4th floor Common Room, Saturday night

[soldtoarmenians]

Xander? Might possibly have been dealing with a Twinkie hangover. He was sprawled on a couch watching an evening repeat of Smile Time, occasionally singing along with the music -- Self esteem is for everybody, self esteem is for everyone...You can dream and be anybody but self esteem is how you get it done.... -- and looking like a guy suffering from a serious sugar-dump.

Looks can be deceiving, of course. The astute observer might note a pair of marshmallow blasters and several bags of ammo sitting innocently on the nearest table.

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[psycho-barbie.livejournal.com]

Callisto might have muttered something along the lines of ""

[auroryborealis.livejournal.com]

"Huh?" Rory asked. "What'd she do now?"

[psycho-barbie.livejournal.com]

Callisto crossed her arms and mumbled "" in what might have been an extremely possessive tone of voice.

[auroryborealis.livejournal.com]

"She WHAT?"

[psycho-barbie.livejournal.com]

"Humped Angel's leg," Callisto repeated.

[auroryborealis.livejournal.com]

"...why?" Rory asked, completely confused. And then it clicked. "When she thought she was a dog?"

[psycho-barbie.livejournal.com]

"That's what she claimed," Callisto sounded like she believed it. Really.

[auroryborealis.livejournal.com]

"Wow, okay. Um, Tiger was a prety PG-13 dog, so...that doesn't really make sense. He never humped Greg's leg or anything," Rory mused. "So...ew for Angel."

[psycho-barbie.livejournal.com]

"Yeah, he was in the bath when he told me, I think he was trying to get the taint off."

[auroryborealis.livejournal.com]

Rory quirked a brow, but decided not to comment on Callisto talking to Angel while he was bathing. "Poor guy. I can imagine. I mean, not only Phoebe cooties, but Cole...thazor's, too."

[psycho-barbie.livejournal.com]

Callisto grimaced. "Thank the gods Angel didn't more than kiss Belthazor when he was under that spell, because ew."

[auroryborealis.livejournal.com]

"Yeah," Rory said, wrinkling her nose. "Hey, just think - you're only two degrees away from kissing Phoebe."

And then she ducked, because that seemed like a good idea.

[psycho-barbie.livejournal.com]

Callisto aimed a lazy thwap at the back of Rory's head. "I did not need that mental image."

[auroryborealis.livejournal.com]

"Sorry. But seriously, have you talked to her at all since the...leg-humping?" Rory asked tentatively.

[psycho-barbie.livejournal.com]

"Apart from the cop-out apology she left on my voice mail? She hasn't bothered to show her face near me, and she's not worth the effort of seeking her out."

[auroryborealis.livejournal.com]

Rory rolled her eyes. "She's really not. And she's big on leaving voicemails in place of actually seeking people out when she should. She left me this really long message when I was in the clinic, about how she cares and blah blah...and yet, didn't take time to visit at all. So yeah, so not worth your time."

[psycho-barbie.livejournal.com]

"Don't feel too bad about that Rory, after all snuggling with your pet emodemon obviously comes before visiting an injured classmate. And it could have been worse, at least it wasn't Beka."

[auroryborealis.livejournal.com]

"Beka tried. Parker got rid of her, though. Thank God for small favors. I probably would have thrown something at her. Or...something. I wasn't so much with the moving, but you know what I mean," Rory said.

[psycho-barbie.livejournal.com]

"She did? I mean I heard about her and Aeryn in Professor Carter's class, but..." Callisto shook her head. "I'm so glad I got out of that attic when I did."

[auroryborealis.livejournal.com]

"Yeah, she wanted to see me and Logan or something," Rory sighed. "She was kind of annoying. Kept trying to 'protect' me. Which, yeah, fine, but I don't need anyone in my face telling me how helpless I am." She glanced at Callisto. "I forgot you used to live in the attic, too. Was she weird with you, too?"

[psycho-barbie.livejournal.com]

"Let me put it this way, the emo infestation wasn't the only reason I moved out," Callisto shuddered visibly. "By the end of it, she made my skin crawl, especially her little slave harem."

[auroryborealis.livejournal.com]

"Buh? Slave harem? Leftover Ethics crap?" Rory asked, confused.

[psycho-barbie.livejournal.com]

"Buffy and Illyana. It was like that assignment validated her or something. Gods, Angelus was less into that assignment than she was. And afterwards, she just kept going, did you read that pro-slavery crap she wrote for the paper? "

[auroryborealis.livejournal.com]

"Oh, that's right. I blocked that out. That whole assignment was a world of wrong, anyway. But...wait, Buffy was slavey-girl for her? Buffy as in Angel's ex-girlfriend who supposedly kicks the collective asses of demons and stuff?"

[psycho-barbie.livejournal.com]

"Emphasis on the supposedly, considering she apparently found playing at slave a far more pressing responsibilty than keeping tabs on the soulless vampire," Callisto's lip curled. "I did not spend years keeping a slave collar off my neck to see that kind of shit in a school, let alone the same place I slept."