Sep 15 00:49:47 <LipstickThespian>	It had been a while since Kat had found herself using an empty classroom for practice.  History classes had good acoustics, and she sat on the small counter by the window strumming her guitar.  She wanted to do something other than paint this afternoon.  So with the door slightly cracked, and Montreal Hall empty for the day with classes out, she could play by herself.
Sep 15 00:54:51 <Knave>	Wandering, still belting "America the Beautiful", with no destination through the corridors, Austin shuts up to listen. Following the sound of guitar-playing, Austin soft-shoes up to the door of the classroom it emanates from. It glides open at his touch and he settled into leaning on the doorframe, watching the guitarist with an absent smile.
Sep 15 00:57:25 <LipstickThespian>	Katlyn was a distant minded girl when she played, her eyes were usually closed or looking at her hands.  She liked playing in the evening because the sun hit the school in that nice golden light, and it felt good to practice in.  She was busy with some cover of a soft alt rock song, flicking the strings playfully as she played through it.  At some point she finished it and went
Sep 15 00:57:25 <LipstickThespian>	to stretch her arm, her mismatched eyes stopping at the doorframe. And the boy in it.
Sep 15 00:58:48 <Knave>	With a grin, Austin throws up a hand in greeting "Hey. That was nice."
Sep 15 00:59:53 <LipstickThespian>	Katlyn raises her own hand and waves back to him, a wry smile coming to her face.
Sep 15 01:01:36 <Knave>	Austin steps into the room, "Sorry to listen in all sneaky-like, and stuff, but, uh, well, didn't want to interrupt you and I figured it'd be creepy to stand outside the door. I'm Austin, by the way." He glides closer and offers his hand.
Sep 15 01:04:03 <LipstickThespian>	Katlyn watches the boy move over with ease, she takes his hand and gives him a quick soft handshake.  Taking her hand back to pull her hoodie open and show a patch sewn on the inside, the name 'KATLYN' written there.
Sep 15 01:07:01 <Knave>	"Katlyn?" Austin raises his eyebrows, "Your reputation proceeds you, miss." Austin puts up his hands, expecting interruption, "But hey, I'm not a judgemental person. Every story's got as many sides as it's got characters, and we're all imperfect people, so, you know. I'm sure you never meant to hurt anybody, and anyway, it's all on its way to being tidied up now, and I am babbling and being very impolite.
Sep 15 01:07:01 <Knave>	Sorry." Austin smiles.
Sep 15 01:10:38 <LipstickThespian>	Katlyn let her hoodie drop, her reputation? She has a reputation?  She hadn't read anything in the bathroom stalls.  Her face contorts a bit as she processes the thought, a bit of worry showing.  She shook her head in answer, she didn't mean to hurt anyone. Or maybe she was dimissing his claims.  His wild, out of left field, completely true claims.
Sep 15 01:13:14 <Knave>	Reading the worry of her face, Austin babbles on, "It's really, it's nothing, don't even sweat it, I just heard about the whole Sam thing which really wasn't even your fault, I mean as far as I heard you did the right thing, in my opinion. And really never mind my opinion, I'm just the slidey guy, who cares what I think, you don't care what I think, and I'm so rude," Austin exhales through a nervous smile,
Sep 15 01:13:14 <Knave>	"I haven't even let you get a word in edgeways, I am sorry."
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Sep 15 01:17:36 <LipstickThespian>	As Austin kept talking, like, rambling on and on she just sort of shrinks behind her guitar.  He was the slidey guy, he spoke the words of the school's rumor mill.  Well, factual mill.  He wasn't rude he was just, well she wasn't sure but she thought he was slow.  Or fast. One of the two.  She shrugged her shoulders, she didn't have many words to say anyway.
Sep 15 01:19:20 <Knave>	"Sorry, I'm such an asshat." Austin rubs the back of his neck and frowns at seeing the girl grow so meek, "Man I don't even know if you're the same Katlyn. Can we start over?"
Sep 15 01:21:32 <LipstickThespian>	Katlyn nods her head quickly. Yes, starting over, good.  She pulls her guitar off and sets it down on the floor by her shoes. She took them off when she played, it happened, she was still wearing tights so it's a-ok.  Reaching for her bag she pulls out her sketchpad and a pencil, going about finding a blank page.
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Sep 15 01:23:00 <Knave>	Austin raises his eyebrow at this. The gears in his head tick at a snail's pace as he tries to put his finger on what's been off this whole time.
Sep 15 01:24:09 <LipstickThespian>	Katlyn wrote quickly, in print that was rounded and soft and bubbly.  It's a simple message, and she turns it so he can read it.  'hi austin. im kat.'
Sep 15 01:25:42 <Knave>	"Ohhh." Austin puts a hand between them, at chest height, and the index finger points to Katlyn, "You can't talk, can you?" The finger points to Austin, "And I'm a huge babbling jackass."
Sep 15 01:28:31 <LipstickThespian>	Katlyn nodded her head at the first question, and then nodded more at the second decleration.  A smile coming to her face, a bright one.
Sep 15 01:30:19 <Knave>	"Yeah, the second part's not really news." Austin admits and perches on an adjacent desk, "So, you play guitar?"
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Sep 15 01:32:22 <LipstickThespian>	Katlyn looks down at the guitar next to her, and writes on her sketchpad to show him. 'no. i do not.'
Sep 15 01:34:19 <Knave>	"Ah," Austin says with pantomime intrigue, "I see you too are a student in the Art of Sarcasm."
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Sep 15 01:35:20 <LipstickThespian>	This made Katlyn silently giggle, a hand going to her mouth to cover it as she did.  No sound of course, but the enjoyment was there.  'what you doing. going around spreading rumors.'
Sep 15 01:37:24 <Knave>	"Like, what am I doing in general or what was I doing when I came in?" Austin asks, "Because I only came into the building to find a pen, and I've already signed up for American History class and make a jackass of myself to the cute guitarist."
Sep 15 01:38:49 <LipstickThespian>	Katlyn reached over to her bag and pulled out one of her many drafting pens.  Tossing one over to Austin, and missing by a foot to the side.  The compliment doesn't get past her, her cheeks are starting to burn.
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Sep 15 01:40:05 <Knave>	Austin plucks the pen out of the air and flips it around in his fingers, examining it. "Dude, this is a really fancy pen. This pen is too good for me, do not give me this pen." Austin offers the pen back.
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Sep 15 01:43:31 <LipstickThespian>	Katlyn was a little impressed at how quick the boy was.  Like, that was almost smooth, which didn't seem like him from what he had said.  She shakes her head and writes something. 'i have like. a hundred. and if you are mads approved then you must be pretty okay.'
Sep 15 01:45:23 <Knave>	"If you say so." Austin idly flips the pen around in his hand and shoves it in a pocket, "So, things settled between you and her?" He asks with apparently genuine concern.
Sep 15 01:46:25 <LipstickThespian>	Katlyn thought about it, as she watched her pen disappear into the pocket of a mad man.  'what do you mean. i dont even know whats going on.'
Sep 15 01:48:44 <Knave>	"Uh..." It occurred to Austin that maybe he shouldn't be talking about this, and he said so, as if that would stop the waterfall of stupid that was his tongue, "I'm not sure it's my place to be talking about it but, basically, as I understood it, Sam blamed Mads for you breaking things off with her." Austin's mouth pulled to one side in consternation and he says, presumably to himself, "Man, I've been here
Sep 15 01:48:44 <Knave>	a week and the amount of drama..."
Sep 15 01:50:15 <LipstickThespian>	Katlyn swung her foot forward from where she sat, tapping the boy to try and give him a firm knock out of it.  'its complicated. okay. but everyone is fine. i think. maybe. or at least i hope.'
Sep 15 01:53:00 <Knave>	"I'm sure it'll all work itself out." Austin smiles brightly and reassuringly, "So, are powers a touchy subject for you or are you happy to talk about it? Write about it."
Sep 15 01:55:33 <LipstickThespian>	'you can just call it talking. like. just be natural. okay.'  Katlyn returned the smile, this boy was, well he was all over the place.  Sliding from topic to topic. 'it isnt touchy. whats your thing.'
Sep 15 01:58:12 <Knave>	"Friction, the control thereof. Useful for disarming, discombobulating, and sliding around like a doofus." Austin grins, "Yourself?"
Sep 15 01:58:55 <LipstickThespian>	Katlyn is quick to write, 'you have to show me it. that sounds like. super weird to see. i just do art and music and junk. its kind of boring.'
Sep 15 02:01:49 <Knave>	Austin looks around the room, then shuffles off to the opposite side of the desk. With no apparent effort, he pulls and it slides into the aisle without resistance. Leaning on one side, he pushes off the ground with one foot and rides the desk down the aisle backwards.
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Sep 15 02:06:16 <LipstickThespian>	Katlyn leans forward from her perch and watches the boy work.  The moving of the desk is neat, but the he rides the desk like it's nothing and holy shit that's cool.  She brightens as she watches it, giving him a few claps as he goes.
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Sep 15 02:08:18 <Knave>	He hops off the desk on the opposite side and gives it a hip-check, sending it clattering back down towards where it came from. Austin bows deeply in place towards Kat, "Thank you, thank you. I don't normally get applause." He rubs the back of his neck, smiling nervously.
Sep 15 02:10:20 <LipstickThespian>	Katlyn finishes her clapping and watches the desk go away with a hip check.  She gave him a thumbs up, good use of powers, fun to watch.
Sep 15 02:12:21 <Knave>	"So," Austin gives a quizzical look as he walks closer to Kat and takes up a new perch, "You're a multi-discipline artist? How does that land you in Sergeant Slaughter's School for Gifted Youngsters?"
Sep 15 02:16:13 <LipstickThespian>	Katlyn shrugs her shoulders, sliding off the counter she's one as she sets her notebook down.  With a sharpie from her bag, she goes down to the floor and starts to draw on it.  Quick lines, not the most detailed, but eventually there's a flower on the floor.  Putting her fingers on the lines of the drawing, she ran them along the floor and a shower of sparkles popped out from
Sep 15 02:16:14 <LipstickThespian>	her fingers and the floor.  With a long swipe she pulled the sharpie doodle off the floor, as an actual real flower.  Standing up, she offered it to Austin.
Sep 15 02:19:11 <Knave>	As if afraid it'd crumble at his touch, Austin takes the flower gently between thumb and forefinger, "You think this is boring?" Austin looks at the flower, the floor, and Kat with slack-jawed wonderment, "That's- that's some, like, big time stuff! As you envision it, so it is, man." Austin says excitedly.
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Sep 15 02:20:46 <LipstickThespian>	For what it's worth, the flower doesn't fall away at his touch.  Katlyn shrugged her shoulders, it was okay she thought. Not that great.  She went to grab her sketchpad and pencil, 'its okay. i really like yours. you look so casual when you do it. i do music too but thats sort of boring. do you skateboard or anything.'
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Sep 15 02:22:04 <Knave>	Weaving the flower into his hair, behind his right ear, Austin grins, "Don't need a board. I just skate."
Sep 15 02:23:09 <LipstickThespian>	'jealous.' she wrote on her notepad.  She didn't really skate, she was like, the most casual longboarder-who-does-it-because-she-saw-someone-on-instagram-doing-it.  You know. For style points.
Sep 15 02:25:58 <Knave>	"Well, if you trust me not to get you landed crumpled in the dirt with me, I could pull you along with me sometime." Austin smiles, then his face falls into concerned seriousness, "That's- I'm not flirting, just, I can make you slippy tooOH GOD." Austin puts his face in his hands. "Why do I talk?"
Sep 15 02:30:35 <LipstickThespian>	'trust. lets try it.' Katlyn answers before he goes serious, then as he gets more serious and really commits to the awkward she can't help but smile. 'its okay. you can flirt.' This is said with a reassuring tap of her pencil on his arm.
Sep 15 02:33:16 <Knave>	Austin reads the line, and smiles, "I'm flattered both that you think I have the capacity to flirt and you'd be willing to let me flirt with you, but I'm kind of promised to another." He gets up and holds out his arms, palms up, "Take my hands. Let's go for a spin."
Sep 15 02:35:35 <LipstickThespian>	Katlyn was about to ask who he was promised to, but, well.  That did look like fun before.  She set her sketchpad down and placed her hands with their chipped fingernail polish into his.
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Sep 15 02:37:36 <Knave>	Taking a firm but gentle hold, Austin begins skating backwards down the aisle to the front of the classroom, pulling Kat along with him. "Try to keep your feet steady and flat," He suggests as they glide up past the desks and he turns them a quarter-circle on the spot, "Feel balanced?"
Sep 15 02:40:07 <LipstickThespian>	Katlyn follows him up, looking down at her feet to check her feet on the floor.  She nods her head and smiles at him, she did.  This was fun, active and fun.
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Sep 15 02:43:53 <Knave>	Shifting his hands to grip his gently about the shoulders, Austin kicks his foot against the wall behind them and the pair of them slide across the classroom floor and out through the door, into the empty corridor outside. From their Austin leads Kat in an impromptu icedancing routine, skating her up and down, spinning her on the spot and around him, then holding her steady for a moment, grinning madly at
Sep 15 02:43:53 <Knave>	her, "Having fun?"
Sep 15 02:47:19 <LipstickThespian>	Katlyn stiffens as they start to slide, holding onto him tightly as they go.  Once they're out there, she starts to feel herself being moved.  She'd never iceskated before, but she had been taught formal dancing.  As she didn't have to worry about the skating part, it didn't take long for her to start playing along with it.  Holding a hand always firmly on him, but enjoying the
Sep 15 02:47:19 <LipstickThespian>	dace down the hallway.  She looked to him and nodded, a wide and bright smile on her face.  This was something else entirely
Sep 15 02:52:22 <Knave>	Emboldened and delighted by Katlyn's encouragement, Austin grows more adventurous, both in the dance and in his contact with Kat - he's not going to let sheepishness about touching her waist and overstepping a boundary stop him showing her a good time. He dances her down the corridor to the stairwell and parks her elegantly on the bannister, holding her hand and Fred Astaire-ing his way down the steps as
Sep 15 02:52:22 <Knave>	he slides her down, then pulling her closer to him and using the momentum to just slide right down the corridor, twirling gently.
Sep 15 03:00:02 <LipstickThespian>	Katlyn was enjoying herself, truly and fully having a fun time.  She wraps her hands around his neck with she is pulled close, and keeps herself fluid in her motions.  She's glad she wore a dress, it flowed wonderfully with the movements.  Her partner was an excellent lead, and she could feel safe in her small additions to the movements.  She isn't sure about the bannister until
Sep 15 03:00:03 <LipstickThespian>	she's sliding down it, and that makes it alright.  She twirls along with him, one hand in his and the other on his shoulder, Austin made a fine partner.
Sep 15 03:05:10 <Knave>	The pair slide softly to a halt, having come really quite close together indeed over the course of the slide down the hall. Austin is grinning - boyishly, proudly, obliviously. When he realises one hand is resting on Kat's waist and the other is looped behind her neck, he self-consciously slides backwards, the first hand dropping off her and the other sliding down to her wrist, "Back up to your notebook,
Sep 15 03:05:10 <Knave>	then?" He asks.
Sep 15 03:09:04 <LipstickThespian>	Katlyn looks up at him as they come to a halt.  She is close to him, for sure, it's the end of the waltz and this is where she should be.  Though she is breathing a little more than she should, she moved a little too much during the dance.  She watches him slide off of her and her free hand goes to take the hand holding her wrist.  She nodded, that same goofy smile of childish
Sep 15 03:09:04 <LipstickThespian>	excitement on her face.
Sep 15 03:10:44 <Knave>	Austin continues to hold Katlyn's hand up the stairs and along the corridor back to the classroom, seemingly as much out of habit and forgetfulness as much as anything else. With the notepad back in sight, he asks, "So, how was that?"
Sep 15 03:14:27 <LipstickThespian>	Katlyn walks along with him as they go.  She heads over to the notepad as they get there, and picks it up to share with him.  'it was wonderful. i havent danced like that since i left france.  even then it was different. thank you.'
Sep 15 03:16:25 <Knave>	Austin's cheeks flush pink, "Thank you. Anytime you want to go for another spin, feel free to come find me. I'm in San Fran hall. On the boy's floor. Obviously." Austin sways nervously with a quiet smile.
Sep 15 03:20:13 <LipstickThespian>	'sure. maybe you could text me and invite me out to skateboard sometime. well. austinboard.'  Katlyn wasn't asking for his number.  Okay she was, or offering hers.
Sep 15 03:21:49 <Knave>	"I, uh, don't have a phone, so I'll get back to you on that one." Austin smiles weakly.
Sep 15 03:22:47 <LipstickThespian>	'oh. okay. well it was fun. you should listen to me play sometime. i do pretty good private shows.'  This wasn't anything more than a guitar show, Katlyn wasn't flirting.
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Sep 15 03:24:04 <Knave>	Austin gulps and tugs nonchalantly at his collar, "Uh huh?" /This was almost as bad as the fairy. Well. Nearly almost./ "I'd, uh, I'd love to."
Sep 15 03:26:13 <LipstickThespian>	Katlyn nods her head and smiles, 'okay. its mostly covers. you have to bring drinks though as an entrance fee.'
Sep 15 03:28:03 <Knave>	"I'll see what I can do," Austin smiles, looking around, and definitely not at Kat's lips or her neck or her waist, "I'm gonna hit the trail. Leave you to your guitar practise. Thanks for the pen." He finishes lamely.
Sep 15 03:31:17 <LipstickThespian>	Katlyn had pretty great makeup skill, she was usually on point with it, and her lips had this really great wetlook urban decay lipgloss on today.  Totally not trying to flirt with people, just liked makeup.  'dont lose it. thanks for the dance. see you around.'  She gave him a small wave and a smile, it was a fun little detour to her day.
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Sep 15 03:32:13 <Knave>	With a bow and a smile, Austin slides out of the room and skates off, whistling to himself.
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