Victory Party in the Common Room

[oatmanspatient.livejournal.com]

[OOC: Yeah... Of course I come online as soon as Ash makes off with the big boomstick thingie.]

Beverages and Food line the common room. Kick back and enjoy kids.

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[river-dancing.livejournal.com]

River sits on a chair in the corner, watching the victory party swirling around her with a glum expression on her face. A full cup sits by her arm, but it doesn't look as though she's bothered to drink from it.

[chasingangela]

Angela notices River looking sad, and goes to stand beside her. "Is everything okay," she asks hesitantly.

[river-dancing.livejournal.com]

"It is now," River says. "I just... wish I could've helped more. I wasn't any use at all once those things got near me."

[chasingangela]

Angela nods. "They must have been intense for you. Bad intense."

[river-dancing.livejournal.com]

"I thought I would be, you know? Just charge out there like everyone else, weapons at the ready, or bringing supplies to the others, but the minute those zombies came into view I couldn't do anything. It was like someone just hit a switch between my body and my mind, and I could barely do anything but lie in my dorm room and fumble around trying to move."

[chasingangela]

Angela smiles, not sure what to say. "I guess the psychic thing can be, like, this double-edged sword," she finally ventures.

"I couldn't do much last night, but tonight ... I felt like I helped, at least a little."

[river-dancing.livejournal.com]

"It definitely can be." She considers Angela for a moment, then smiles and pats the arm of the chair next to hers. "We haven't really had a chance to talk before, have we? So. Go grab a drink. I'd like to get to know you."

[chasingangela]

Angela goes to mix herself a weak rum and coke, then takes the seat. She begins by answering River's first question.

"During the whole thing? Yesterday I was at work in town, then Mr. Phale and Maia started moving us around. I was at his bookstore, then the police station, then the church. Marty found me there, and we walked back to the school around two this afternoon. Then when the, like, mass of zombies came, I joined up with the medics and support staff. Oh, and I got to shoot a zombie. I'm totally proud of that."

[river-dancing.livejournal.com]

"Cool! Much more exciting than my afternoon." She cocks her head to one side and thinks. "This whole thing means I'll need to try to reschedule the 80's refresher course. For those in the dorms who have no idea what's up with this whole Homecoming theme."

Her brow furrows. "And why it's called Homecoming, anyways. Do you know?"

[chasingangela]

Angela wrinkles her forehead. "I'm not completely sure about that myself. I know it's a party attached to a big high school football game, but I don't know what makes one game homecoming and another ... not."

"Do they have football where you're from?"

[river-dancing.livejournal.com]

"Is that anything like Calvinball?"

[chasingangela]

"Calvinball?" Angela frowns, trying to remember where she's seen the name. Her eyes light up when she gets it. "You mean like in that cartoon with the kid and the tiger? Make it up as you go along? That Calvinball?"

[river-dancing.livejournal.com]

"It's from a cartoon?" River seems astonished. "But... we used to play it all the time on Serenity! What's football like, then?"

[chasingangela]

Angela smiles. "Yeah, it was a comic strip back in ... the 1980s and 1990s, I guess? My sister and my dad totally loved it."

She concentrates trying to figure out how to explain football, then gives up. "Football is a lot more rules-y. Like, two teams are both trying to get the ball through a goal, and you get different numbers of points depending on how you get it through the goal, and you're allowed to tackle each other." She sighs. "I never liked it, so I'm kind of glad this school doesn't have a team."

[river-dancing.livejournal.com]

"And that's related to the dance somehow?" River absorbs this new bit of information. Then... "Weird. So you and he are going to go together?"

[chasingangela]

"It is weird, isn't it?" Angela says. Then, "Marty and I are going to go together, yeah. We're talking about going in a group with ... have you met Rory Gilmore or Logan Echolls?"

[river-dancing.livejournal.com]

"I don't think so. Logan... is he connected with Veronica Mars somehow?"

[chasingangela]

Angela squints, trying to remember. "I think they went to the same high school in California," Angela hazards.

[OOC: I honestly can't remember how much Angela has heard from Rory about the Veronica/Logan thing. I think not much, if anything.]

[river-dancing.livejournal.com]

"No one's asked me yet." She shrugs. "But what with being in the clinic, and now the zombie attacks... it's been a busy week."

[chasingangela]

Angela smiles at River. "I think a lot of people haven't even started thinking about homecoming," she says. "it's been a crazy week for everyone."

She downs the last of her drink and looks down at the drying zombie goo on her shirt. "I'm going to go try and grab a shower before I pass out. Let me know when you reschedule the '80's movies night, 'cause I'd love to come."

[river-dancing.livejournal.com]

"OK. I'll definitely let you know!" River waves as Angela makes her exit, then looks for another conversation to strike up or step into.

[river-dancing.livejournal.com]

"I see you and Marty are..." River gestures vaguely and raises her eyebrows in a suggestive manner. "... talking?"

[chasingangela]

Angela remembers her conversastion with River of the week before, and flushes. "Talking. Possibly dating. May have called him my boyfriend in a weak moment this morning."

She shrugs and plays with her drink.

"I hate what he's done, but ... he makes me feel safe, somehow."

[river-dancing.livejournal.com]

River hugs her knees to her chest and says, "I know what you mean. It's good to have people around like that."

Then she looks up, schooling her expression into a smile. "So what were you doing during the whole thing?"