A chance meeting.

[river-dancing.livejournal.com]

River shuts the door to her dorm room behind her, then strides off down the corridor.

She'd been sitting, researching potential coding sites, when a tickle of discomfort twitched through her abdomen. Not pain, or anything quite so easily identifiable. Maybe I'm just hungry. She'd glanced at the glowing clock-display on the cabinet-top. Lunch was over six hours ago...

That's why, barefoot and clad in sweats and a overlarge T-shirt, she clambers down the concrete stairwell towards the vending machines on the first floor. Outside the windows, the last touches of evening twilight glimmer across the campus lawn as dusk takes over from the day.

She pads across the cool tile, jingling the loose change in her palm. The coins rattle as the machine's pay-slot swallows them, and the discomfort inside of her twists again. She thinks a moment, then chooses a chocolate bar with the inexplicable legend "HERSHEY'S" emblazoned across it and turns back towards the stairs. A little chocolate, and this bad feeling will just melt awa--

There, across the expanse of tile and carpet, stands another woman. Dark-haired, slender and almost gaunt, about the same height as River, with eyes shining pale and blue in the fluorescent illumination.

River stands very still, suddenly realizing the true origin of the discomfort, and whispers, "Drusilla."

Comments

[oatmanspatient.livejournal.com]

[OOC: Holy crap! Grab the popcorn and dim the lights! We're in for a *SHOW* people!

[river-dancing.livejournal.com]

[ OOC: *evil laugh* ]

[bluemanoncampus.livejournal.com]

(OOC: ::settles in and passes a soda to Martin::)

[oatmanspatient.livejournal.com]

[OOC: Popcorn?]

[bluemanoncampus.livejournal.com]

(OOC: Don't mind if I do, thanks! ::starts munching::)

[river-dancing.livejournal.com]

[ OOC: This may take a while. I believe Dru's player is on the East Coast, so she'll likely be posting come the morning. But then, trust me, things'll get interesting fast. ]

[oatmanspatient.livejournal.com]

[OOC: So far the premise is great, but I think they're missing a second act. What do you think?]

[river-dancing.livejournal.com]

[ OOC: *pokes you* *grin* Wait for it. I started the post, and she's on the East Coast... stuff'll most likely start getting good tomorrow morning. *gives you the hairy eyeball* ;) ]

[oatmanspatient.livejournal.com]

[OOC: Well then... I'm just going to go to bed and think up a bunch of prime numbers to throw at you for tomorrow. And why am I getting the hairy eyeball? This is pure squeeish glee going on here!]

[river-dancing.livejournal.com]

[ OOC: For the peanut-gallery comments, you goof. *grin* ]

[bluemanoncampus.livejournal.com]

(OOC: I'm just waiting for the previews, actually. I hear that the new Mirrormask one is on. :-P)

[oatmanspatient.livejournal.com]

[OOC: Oooo. I love trailers.]

[bluemanoncampus.livejournal.com]

(OOC: Until we actually start chucking peanuts, we're not the peanut gallery. :-p)

[oatmanspatient.livejournal.com]

[OOC: WE WANT THE SHOW! WE WANT THE SHOW!]

[OOC: *Waves at everyone else* C'mon people! Chant with me!]

[OOC: WE WANT THE SHOW! WE WANT THE SHOW!]

[river-dancing.livejournal.com]

[ OOC: Ahh. Clarification. :-) ]

[oatmanspatient.livejournal.com]

[OOC: *Offers bag of Peanuts* Peanut?]

[river-dancing.livejournal.com]

[ OOC: Hmmm. I hadn't heard anything about that one. ]

[mparkerceo.livejournal.com]

_{{ooc: show, show, show! Or, you know, go jump Jack Harkness!}}

[bugofjustice.livejournal.com]

[OOC: Peanuts? Good grief.]

[aka-vala.livejournal.com]

[aka-vala.livejournal.com]

[river-dancing.livejournal.com]

[ OOC: *grin* Astonishing. 22 comments so far and all of them OOC. Yaaaaaay for the draw of a neat idea! *is slightly drunk* ]

[psycho-barbie.livejournal.com]

[maias-notebook.livejournal.com]

((OOC: WE WANT THE SHOW! WE WANT THE SHOW!))

[notstakedyet.livejournal.com]

[OOC: Unfortunately somebody already spoiled me for the ending. I don't want to ruin it for you, but suffice it to say you won't look at the butler the same way again.]