2nd Floor Common Room - Sunday evening, after the game

[fh_jackass]

After watching the Superbowl, Logan cheered. "All right, Angel, Angela, step right up. Got some cash for youse guys."

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[walter-n-wires.livejournal.com]

"I am sorry to hear they did not." Walter shook her hand, "I am Walter and if I speak as though someone has stolen all of my apostrophes, it is a long story."

[auroryborealis.livejournal.com]

"Don't believe in contractions?" Rory asked, smiling.

[walter-n-wires.livejournal.com]

"I do. My tutor does not." Walter had just about reached the point of being able to smile about it. Almost. Maybe when those stripes on his face finally faded.

[auroryborealis.livejournal.com]

"Eek," Rory said sympathetically. "Sorry to hear that. Whereabouts are you from?"

[walter-n-wires.livejournal.com]

Walter shrugged, dismissing the contraction-hating tutor. "London about sixty years ago. And you?"

[auroryborealis.livejournal.com]

Rory didn't bat an eye. "Just outside Hartford, Connecticut. And, um, not sixty years ago."

[walter-n-wires.livejournal.com]

"I think I have seen you in the library." He grinned with a hint of deviltry and asked, "What is your favorite kind of trouble to get in around here? Everyone seems to have their specialty."

[auroryborealis.livejournal.com]

"Hmm." Rory thought for a moment, coming up with and rejecting several replies before answering, "Exploring. I've been all the way through Special Collections, I've gone on a giant squid hunt, and I've been through three hypercubed rooms here. There's an amazing amount of stuff if you know where to look."

[walter-n-wires.livejournal.com]

"Brilliant!" Walter looked quite enthusiastic. "I tried that with locker 327 and ended up getting covered in cherry blossoms and a detention spent staring at it from across the hallway. Your way sounds much more fun. But what is a hypercubed room?"

[auroryborealis.livejournal.com]

"I don't actually know why they're called that - it's a sciencey thing I don't get," Rory said. "But there are rooms up on the sixth floor that do weird things. One of them takes you out to a cloud - like, an actual cloud. I called a friend and he could kind of see us. And then another has no gravity, and another is huge." She grinned. "We haven't explored the others.

[walter-n-wires.livejournal.com]

"That sounds like so much fun!" He almost bounced enthusiastically but didn't want to owe Blair bouncing fees. "You go with friends? Who else, if that is not a secret."

[auroryborealis.livejournal.com]

"Usually big groups. Bridge is pretty much the constant," Rory said, pointing to her friend. "But we have some regulars."

[walter-n-wires.livejournal.com]

"If you ever feel like adding another person, I would love to join in and see some of these sights."

[bridge-carson.livejournal.com]

"Dude," Bridge tilts his head at Walter. "I *knew* I'd seen you somewhere before!" He says suddenly.

[walter-n-wires.livejournal.com]

"Yes?" Walter turned around to look at Bridge. "Bridge, right?"

[bridge-carson.livejournal.com]

"The one and only. Well, sort of," he adds, glancing at Rory. "Gotta question for you."

[walter-n-wires.livejournal.com]

"Alright...?" Walter looks a bit dubious, but waits for the question.

[bridge-carson.livejournal.com]

"I'm *trying* to organise a meeting time for Fight Club. But hardly anyone's responded to my email about availability. So- if you're still gonna come- what day of the week would work for you?"

[walter-n-wires.livejournal.com]

"Monday is really the only day I have open. I was shanghaied into a job. I suppose Saturday or Sunday mornings would work, too."

[bridge-carson.livejournal.com]

"Monday. Huh," Bridge thinks for a second. "Monday... might work, with what I've heard from the like, two other people who bothered to get back to me. Thanks, dude."

[walter-n-wires.livejournal.com]

"Right. I will be there if I know about it. What do you have planned? How will it be different from self-defense club?"

[bridge-carson.livejournal.com]

"I'll send another email, tonight or tomorrow morning. Possibly with "IMPORTANT" in the subject line, so people actually read it," he makes a face. "And, well, I'm seeing it as a place where we can work on offensive rather than defensive skills, you know?"

[walter-n-wires.livejournal.com]

"That sounds perfect. I will definitely keep an eye out for the next email. I am sorry if I missed it. I am not very good with computers yet."

[bridge-carson.livejournal.com]

"S'okay dude. You weren't the only one, and I know for a fact that some of them know how to work a computer!" he grins.

[walter-n-wires.livejournal.com]

Walter smiles and nods in return. "Right. Well I will keep my eyes open. Thanks for organizing it."