2nd Floor Common Room - Starting Late Afternoon - PARTY!

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Logan had hooked up his gamestation to the flatscreen TV and was playing a videogame involving a lot of women in bikinis bouncing up and down. He was drinking a non-descript beverage from a plastic cup, and anyone within two feet of him would notice the odor of tequila wafting off him.

A couple of coolers with beverages (all non-alcoholic) were set up around the room, and bags of chips and other snack foods were laid out on the table.

Comments

[peter--parker.livejournal.com]

"I wouldn't say 'scared.' I'm mindful that she can conjure fire, and I'd rather she didn't do so to me," Peter explained. "Also, I try to show respect for my teachers. Sometimes I fail, though." Peter may have been smirking. He might one day call Skeeter "Rita," If he were annoyed enough.

[whitedeathpod.livejournal.com]

"I try to show respect," John says, shrugging. "You're a better man than I, Peter Parker. Dude, how have people not mixed up you and Maureen yet?"

[peter--parker.livejournal.com]

Peter smiled a little. "One, she's a girl, two she's taller, three my hair isn't long or dark enough, and four she goes by Parker, I go by Peter." Peter shrugged. "I'm surprised nobody has assumed we're related, though."

[whitedeathpod.livejournal.com]

Now John's wondering about that.

"Are you related?"

[peter--parker.livejournal.com]

"Nope, no relation," Peter said. "I walked right into that question, didn't I?"

[whitedeathpod.livejournal.com]

"Yep," John replies. "And good thing. Parker's kinda scary. Be weird to be related to her and see that scary on a daily basis."

Shrugging again, John asks, "Plans for this weekend?"

[peter--parker.livejournal.com]

"I think I got on her bad side teasing her about her would-be boyfriend yesterday," Peter said. "Oh well."

"Not much for this weekend. I have something to do for the paper. I'm interviewing Dean Zordon."

[whitedeathpod.livejournal.com]

That immediately gets John's attention.

"Dean Zordon who lives in the tube?" John asks. "Really? What about?"

[peter--parker.livejournal.com]

"He lives in a tube?" Peter asked, confused. "It's just a short 'Getting to know you' kind of thing. A tube?"

[whitedeathpod.livejournal.com]

"Yeah, dude, a tube." John nods, making a tube like motion. "He's this...giant head in a tube. He's suspended by nothing. Just a head in a tube."

[peter--parker.livejournal.com]

"Huh. I wonder how that works," Peter said. "Sounds like pretty heady stuff."

[whitedeathpod.livejournal.com]

The pun makes him laugh. He can't help it.

"Dunno. I asked him and he wouldn't tell me. He wanted to give me schematics but then I drew a picture of something and he kinda kicked me out."

[peter--parker.livejournal.com]

"That's useful for me to know," Peter said. "Don't give him pictures or the interview might end."

Peter really didn't want to know what John had drawn.

[whitedeathpod.livejournal.com]

"He's a nice guy but it's just an odd sight," John says, thinking back on his last visit to Zordon. "Tell him John says hello!"

[peter--parker.livejournal.com]

"I'll be sure to," Peter said, noting to say it at the end of the interview. "Are there any other faculty members you've impressed this much?"

[whitedeathpod.livejournal.com]

"Hmmm." John considers that. "Not really. I think Professor Macgyver likes me and I am Professor Ted's TA but nothing like the Professor Skeeter or Dean Zordon. I'm a likeable guy, really!"

[peter--parker.livejournal.com]

"Hey, I believe you," Peter said. "I'm just not if sure the teachers agree."

[whitedeathpod.livejournal.com]

John laughs. "Hey, Parker, your not!sister loves me too. If that's not a smashing endorsement," John says, taking on a faux British accent, "I don't know what is."

[peter--parker.livejournal.com]

"Seriously, stick with the first name. It makes things so much easier," Peter said. "But that endorsement definitely is... smashing. I guess. If you want to be British about it."

[whitedeathpod.livejournal.com]

"Professor Skeeter's British-like," John explains, "so I'm practicing in case I have to track down British type information about her and Mr. Skeeter."

[peter--parker.livejournal.com]

Peter started laughing. A lot. "Have you used the accent on her?"

[whitedeathpod.livejournal.com]

"No," John says, tapping his chin. "Think I should?"

[peter--parker.livejournal.com]

"As long as you take full credit for the idea - and I insist that you do - I think it could be interesting to see what happens," Peter said, grinning.

[whitedeathpod.livejournal.com]

"I bet she'd like me even more," John says, grinning as well. "I could even adopt a British name. Peter's pretty British. Can I borrow that name for a day?"

[peter--parker.livejournal.com]

"Go with Nigel," Peter said immediately. "You don't get much more British than Nigel."