[Jihatsu] Wataru lets Maki lead him up to the rooftop and away from Kyoko and Kaede, who he just can't handle right now above the stress of being in a new place full of new people and being expected to know how to social! He looks around when they arrive... --- [Ciara] [The roof is set up with a small folding table and some chairs, and a couple of festive cloth hangings with spring flowers and birds on them that also provide some shade. There's a food table off to the side, with an array of snacks that's mostly things like rice crackers and other nonperishable items, and a cooler with some sodas and bottles of water.] --- [Jihatsu] Wataru also notices a Katie! He brightens and grins at her! He then glances at Maki to make sure it's okay to help himself, but presumably she is already all over the food, so! He grabs some spicy peanuts and rice cracker mix and looks for some alcohol! Punch maybe? --- [Ciara] [Maki, having done her host duty and guided her fellow introvert to the Introvert Space, has indeed headed for the food, though she gives Katie a friendly wave before she does so.] [There is not punch on the table, but there may be beers in the cooler.] --- [Ardweden] Katie is on the roof, sitting in a chair that she dragged to under the shade and drawing something in a sketchbook, with her bag on the floor nearby. She looks up at the sound of people approaching and gives Maki and Wataru a little wave before going back to it. --- [Grysar] [The ambient noise level is fairly manageable. The music on the first floor doesn't quite reach typical ears up here, though the odd laugh or loud comment does. The share house is very much in the city, so cars do pass by at street level with some regularity. The neighboring buildings are a mix of sizes, most at least two stories, some taller.] --- [Jihatsu] Wataru scopes out some beers. Boo, boring. But he picks out the least boring beer he can find, gets a glass, and looks at Maki. "This place is pretty sweet. Thanks for taking me up here." --- [Ciara] Maki swallows her current bit of food. "Ah, you're welcome. Haruko and I came up with this together, actually. I kind of figured there should be a quieter place for people, and if you're not me, hiding in my room is generally not an option. Haruko suggested up here, and I picked the food, and Chidori - she's one of the other people who lives here - made the decorations." She glances at Katie over in the corner. "Do you guys know each other?" she says quietly to Wataru, completely unaware of the fact that Katie can hear her perfectly well, because why would she possibly know that? "Am I being remiss in my Alternate Backup Hostess Duties by not introducing you? I kind of don't want to intrude." --- [Jihatsu] "Yep! That's my friend Katie." He smiles at Maki, a little. "Wanna come hang out? Katie, is it okay if Maki-san and I hang out with you for a bit?" He looks back over to her. "I don't want to interrupt your drawing." --- [Ardweden] Katie glances up. "Yeah, that's cool. Hey, Maki." She smiles a bit at her before turning back to hear art. She's drawing a person - one of the party-goers, probably one of the dancers Haruko invited - in profile, in a way that makes him look half asleep or thoughtful, with his eyes partially closed. He seems to have long bangs; she's sketching in his hair now. --- [Ciara] Maki smiles back. "Hey." She looks at Wataru. "Haruko and I used to share a dorm room, and Katie stopped by a few times, so that's how we know each other." --- [Jihatsu] "Oh, cool!" Wataru heads over and takes a seat next to Katie. He opens the beer and pours it into the glass. "What are you drawing?" He tries not to peek! --- [Ardweden] "Someone I saw downstairs." Katie turns the picture, slightly, so Wataru can see. "I like his look." She points out his expression. "And he's got a different way of carrying himself. I'll probably try putting him in a few poses, just to see." --- [Ciara] Maki grabs a few more things to put on her plate before also heading over. "May I take a look?" --- [Ardweden] "Sure." Katie holds it out so they both can see. It's clearly a work in progress, but she's got his posture worked out - both well balanced and slouching, somehow - and he has a wiry but pretty well-muscled frame. --- [Jihatsu] Wataru has a bit of a crooked smile. The guy's pretty cute. "I didn't notice him. Who is he?" --- [Ciara] "Oh nice," Maki says. "I think he's one of Haruko's dance ensemble people." --- [Ardweden] "I think so, too. He came in with a couple of other guys." Katie looks at the picture. "I didn't catch his name, but he's pretty easy to spot. Taller than average, too, even when standing like that." --- [Jihatsu] Katie almost certainly picks up on a slight hike in pulse and facial flush from Wataru; Maki almost certainly does not. "Cool. I, uh, I bet there's a lot of cool peoplewatching to do at a shindig like this." Did he seriously just say shindig? BUH --- [Ciara] Maki grins. "'Shindig.' I like it." --- [Ardweden] "Accurate, yet cool. Haruko'd like it, too." Katie sighs and stretches; her pencil's still in one hand. "People watching's pretty fun, but I don't want to deal with them." --- [Jihatsu] Wataru Drinks Beer. "I... definitely... will probably head back down in a bit. It was just sort of immediate overload." --- [Ciara] Maki munches some more. "It was a lot of people," she agrees. "A *lot*. I think I might chill up here until the lure of all the foods I haven't tried yet is too much to resist." --- [Ardweden] "What would I need to bribe you with to get you to bring food up here when that happens?" Katie asks, apparently serious. "And to take pictures of interesting looking people, as a bonus." --- [Jihatsu] "Oh shit," Wataru grins. He raises his eyebrows expectantly at Maki? --- [Ciara] Maki laughs. "I've only got two arms," she says. "I can't bring food for all of us up at once unless I could make things float with the power of my mind or something. But I could take pictures when I head down, and make two trips to bring stuff back up. Then one of you has to do the next food run. Deal?" --- [Ardweden] "A rotating schedule." Katie smiles. "I like it." She doesn't at all look at Wataru re: the telekinesis reference, but then, she probably has a lot of practice not spilling other people's secrets. --- [Jihatsu] Wataru Drinks Beer. "Perfect," he says, with a very natural smile. "Let's do it." --- [Ciara] "It's a plan, then!" Munch munch munch. --- [Ardweden] Katie's smile tones down to a much smaller one. Wataru probably finds it more natural on her. She goes back to drawing. --- [Ciara] [And so Wataru and Katie and Maki chatted for a while about food and drinks and parties and drawing. At one point games came up, and Katie had brought a notebook, so they decided to play some pen and paper games for a bit. Wataru suggested Hangman, which earned him a *look* from Katie that he proceeded to completely misinterpret when he suggested that maybe they could draw something less gruesome, like a bunny. Or maybe building a house.] [When Maki went down to get some more food, Katie turned to Wataru and asked, "" at which point Wataru realized what he had done and they had a good laugh about it.] [If Wataru and Katie are interested, Maki can also bring up a book of logic puzzles at some point, too.] [After that, there was more chatting, and more eating, and the Introvert Food Rotation proceeded to go swimmingly. Now, it's Wataru's turn to brave the party and get the foods, and perhaps socialize for a bit. (The rest of the group will allow it.)]