Room 402, Monday afternoon

[http://users.livejournal.com/_wespryce/]

Wesley wanders back from class and opens the door. Octavia meets him with a list of demands, expressed as pointed mews. He checks her food bowl (full, as usual), throws a paper ball for her (ignored), and eventually sits down on the bed and makes a lap for her. She promptly climbs aboard goes to sleep. With an Olympic-worthy stretch he is able to retrieve a textbook from the nightstand without disturbing the sleeping God-Empress cat.

[[For wraithbait_john, although anybody is welcome.]]

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[wraithbaitjohn.livejournal.com]

After a busy day of ... stuff, John comes home, ready to study and crash. As he opens the door, he notices that his roommate is not alone.

"So this is Octane, huh? Weird that you named your cat after a fuel grade, but... whatever floats your boat. She's cute... but keep her off my bed, okay?"

[http://users.livejournal.com/_wespryce/]

"OctAVIA, dammit. From 'octavo', the size of book between a quarto and a duodecimo." A sheepish grin. "But I'm being pedantic. In any case, the pet shop swears that as long as I keep bathing her regularly, she'll stay non-allergenic."

[wraithbaitjohn.livejournal.com]

Pedantic ... from the 'ped' like pediatrician, meaning 'childlike'. *Shep has no idea what he's talking about, but it sounds good.*

And I'm not having an asthma attack from being in the room with her, so, so far so good on the bathing thing, but still, keep her off my bed all the same. I can't imagine that when I lay down at night having cat hair in my pillow will be good for me. No matter how well laundered it is.

[http://users.livejournal.com/_wespryce/]

((Until further notice, assume that whenever Wes is annoyed, I'm amused. It'll save time. Mock at will.))

[http://users.livejournal.com/_wespryce/]

"No, that's from Greek 'paidos', 'child'. 'Pedant' is probably from Vulgar Latin --" he notices Shep's eyes glazing over -- "Sorry. 'Somebody who's stuffy and talks too much.'" He winces. "It's a family tradition. Which I am being raised to continue."

[wraithbaitjohn.livejournal.com]

Vulgar Latin... would that be telling politically incorrect jokes in mixed company... only replacing all the 'U's with 'V's?

And living with me should do something to put a dent in your stuffy. I don't think I could be stuffy if I ate six yards of cotton batting.

[wraithbaitjohn.livejournal.com]

Oh, and by the way, according the radio, a friend of mine was recently turned into a hamster... or a gerbil or shrew, or something else small and fuzzy. Anyway, I'd appreciate it of Octopus over there didn't eat her, so if you wouldn't mind making sure she's well fed until someone can fix Beka, that'd be swell. After that I'm all for her attacking whatever small fuzzy undesirables try to wander in here. 'Kay?

[http://users.livejournal.com/_wespryce/]

"What's Miss Valentine doing as a hamster? She wasn't anywhere near the... Er, I mean, wasn't she off in a spaceship somewhere?"

[wraithbaitjohn.livejournal.com]

I have no idea, I just caught something about it on the radio this morning. Anyway, you know some really odd interesting things and people. If I were to round her up, do you think there's anyone who might be able to do something about it?

[http://users.livejournal.com/_wespryce/]

He sighs. "Round her up; at this school, half the students are warlocks. I'm sure somebody can either solve the problem... or make it much, much worse."

[wraithbaitjohn.livejournal.com]

If I see her, I'll grab her. Then we'll see what... comes next.

[lovelylana.livejournal.com]

[OOC: Really wants to see One-Handed-Shep-On-Pain-Pills chasing a hamster around one of the common rooms. In fact, I'd probably pay to see it. ;) ]

[wraithbaitjohn.livejournal.com]

[ooc: maybe tomorrow if Beka-mun is around in the time between my work and going to the theater... :)]

[lovelylana.livejournal.com]

[OOC: Woohoo! Going to see or be in theatre?

Would come visit, but don't want to send Wes running for the hills, plus should really be in bed anyway. ;) ]

[wraithbaitjohn.livejournal.com]

[ooc: LOL! Will do. Shep's kind of hard to annoy, but it can happen. The mun is even harder to annoy. So feel free to retaliate. :)]