Third floor common room, Wednesday night

[chasingangela]

Angela has a beautiful copy of Handmaid's Tale to flip through, a kitty curled up next to her and purring, a fresh episode of Vanessa Saturn to watch, and soda and candy to munch on.

Yet, strangely, she is not smiling. Perhaps it is just because she isn't on the FLOOR OF AWESOME, but she seems vaguely uneasy.

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[emo-padawan.livejournal.com]

"You didn't," he said, equally desperate for a conversation shift. "And today was a stick bug?"

[auroryborealis.livejournal.com]

"Yes. I set him on her head."

Rory's smile? Really about as close to mischievous as she could get.

[emo-padawan.livejournal.com]

"You didn't," he repeated, coming very close to a giggle. "I think I kind of love you for that. What did Professor Skeeter do?"

[auroryborealis.livejournal.com]

"She turned him human again. While he was on her head."

She grinned. "But I guess she messed up the spell or something. Because she turned into him, too. It was like having John and Cam there, except one of them was still wearing bifocals and a skirt and stuff."

[emo-padawan.livejournal.com]

Anakin was definitely giggling now. "Did you get pictures?" he asked.

[auroryborealis.livejournal.com]

"Not of her as John. I didn't want to be a grasshopper or something," Rory said sadly. "She was really mad. She turned into a bug, too, before she went back to normal."

[emo-padawan.livejournal.com]

"That's okay," Anakin said, reaching out to pat her hand. "I like you not being a grasshopper. Yoda might eat you by accident or something and then I would be sad."

[auroryborealis.livejournal.com]

Rory blinked.

"Yes, that would be alarming," she said slowly. "Also, I don't like bugs. They're icky."

[emo-padawan.livejournal.com]

Anakin blinked back. "Um. Yeah. Apparently my brain is no longer turned on."

He yawned. "I think I'm off for bed." He smiled. "Need a hand getting Vladdie downstairs?"

[auroryborealis.livejournal.com]

"Always," Rory replied, watching Vladdie chase himself dizzy, and fall over. She scooped him up and smiled. "But you have Yoda to take upstairs. I should walk you to your room for a change."

[emo-padawan.livejournal.com]

"I haven't seen Yuffie around for a while," Anakin said, smiling. "So if you'd like to come up, I'm sure that would be fine. We won't wake her or anything."

[auroryborealis.livejournal.com]

Rory raised an eyebrow. "Okay. I hope she didn't vanish, like my first roommate here," she said, making her way to the common room door. "I'm still not sure where Summer went."

[emo-padawan.livejournal.com]

"I'm giving it another week and then the random stuff on the ceiling is coming down," he said with a slightly evil smile.

He picked up Yoda's tank and headed for the stairs.

[auroryborealis.livejournal.com]

"Dibs on redecorating," Rory said, following him up the stairs. "I think your room'd look nice with some...magenta accents."

[emo-padawan.livejournal.com]

Anakin stopped and stared. "Yeah. Not going to happen," he said.

[auroryborealis.livejournal.com]

"Fucshia?" Rory asked sweetly.

[emo-padawan.livejournal.com]

"Nope," Anakin said, walking down the hall and toward his room.

[auroryborealis.livejournal.com]

"Seriously, how do you feel about manly colors like red or blue?" Rory asked, following closely.

[emo-padawan.livejournal.com]

"Blue and red are okay," Anakin said slowly. "But I really prefer neutrals." He gestured with the hand that wasn't holding Yoda at what he was wearing. "I mean, not a lot of color going on here. The Temple's kind of the same way. Beige is fine. Soothing even."

[auroryborealis.livejournal.com]

"Oh." Rory looked down at her pink sweatshirt. "I like color. But I like your neutrals, too."

[emo-padawan.livejournal.com]

"Color is fine," Anakin said, reaching into a belt pouch for his keys, "But just not, you know, a lot of it everywhere."

[auroryborealis.livejournal.com]

"There is too much of a good thing, yes," Rory agreed, watching him. "Think I should go? In case she's randomly here?"

[emo-padawan.livejournal.com]

Anakin opened the door and popped his head in. "I don't see her, but, you know, ninja."

He gave her a quick smile. "Wait right here."

He walked into his room, dropped Yoda off on his desk and then came back out. "In case she is around. I'd hate to disturb her." He looked a little too pleased with himself. "And now I can walk you to your room."

[auroryborealis.livejournal.com]

Rory sighed. "Sneaky. Cute," she said, smiling a little doofily. "But then who will walk you back up here?" She cleared her throat as she started to walk, staring down at Vladdie. "Assuming you come back up, of course."

[emo-padawan.livejournal.com]

"I'm sure I can take care of myself, should I have to face the myriad terrors between your room and mine," Anakin said with a smile. "Even if I don't have laser eyes. But if it seems too scary, I might just have to hang out with you and Vladdie for the night."