//ext. sun deck, upper floor - night. @angstfactory (claude)
Has Ash mentioned he wasn't a party person? He'll mention it again, to himself, quietly, flashing smiles to random faces he's never seen before feeling his social battery depleting fast, having reserved those for his friends first and foremost. It was weird pulling up to this side of Carroll, he wasn't familiar with it at all, driving in felt like he was driving in elsewhere, like Hollywood or something, living in the small town part of the small town it was easy to forget there was a bigger part of Carroll, where the elite get to call a small town home too. "Guess it's kinda cool to see it.." Ash muttered to himself and sucked in a deep breath of the cooling night air, happy for the wind to hit his face after being stuck indoors for awhile. He sent March a quick text before keeping his gaze up to the stars as the night darkened, folding his arms on the railing as he sat on one of the lounge chairs on the deck. Peace and quiet, it was a good choice. He went upstairs for a quieter part of the house to escape for a bit, and guess he wasn't the only one with the idea.
"Hm?" Ash slightly turned his head that was still resting on his folded arms on the rails, turning to see an all too familiar face. After so many years of avoiding each other, once they gave in just one time, it felt like the floodgates opened, fate letting them meet time after time again. "Need a break too?" Ash lolled his head back out to the view, lightly patting on the lounge chair next to him for signal to Claude that it was fine to join them. "I was probably gonna get a headache staying in there for too long."