3rd Floor Common Room, Late Monday Afternoon.

[psycho-barbie.livejournal.com]

Callisto was bored. Very bored.

This was possibly why she was watching Bitterwoman while sitting upside down on the couch .

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[emo-padawan.livejournal.com]

"Hey!" Anakin said from where he was upside down on the sofa next to Callisto.

Because he is occasionally very, very strange.

[auroryborealis.livejournal.com]

"Hi!" Rory said gleefully, flopping onto another couch. "I just had the best day ever. How are you?"

[emo-padawan.livejournal.com]

"All the blood is rushing to my head," Anakin said, "but this seemed like a good idea at the time."

He grinned. "Why was this the best day ever?"

[auroryborealis.livejournal.com]

"You should flip over. I passed out last time I did that," Rory said, still gleeful. "I went on the trip to Washington and met my idol."

[emo-padawan.livejournal.com]

"I'm okay for a little longer," Anakin said. "Yoda--the one at home, not the turtle--likes to make the Padawans train upside down. Weirdo." He grinned. "At least I'm not lifting rocks at the same time."

He tried to look at her. "Who's your idol?"

[auroryborealis.livejournal.com]

"Christiane Amanpour," she said rapturously. "CNN's top correspondant. Basically, she's the best at what I want to do, eventually."

[emo-padawan.livejournal.com]

Anakin flipped himself right-side up. "That's great," he said, grinning at her. "What did you say to her?"

[auroryborealis.livejournal.com]

"I babbled. And she was all nice and I got a picture and lookie!" Rory said bouncily, holding out her phone. "Picture!"

[emo-padawan.livejournal.com]

Anakin leaned over to look at her phone. "Nice picture," he said, amused by her enthusiasm. "What else did you do in Washington?"

[auroryborealis.livejournal.com]

"Went to the National Archives and the National Gallery and the Museum of Natural History," she replied, reaching for a bag. "Got you pressies, too."

She pulled out a stuffed dinosaur (http://cdkenterprises.com/animals/images/mz-111160.gif). "It's a stegosaurus," she said helpfully. "And I got you something else, too, but it's more delicate and less squishy."

[emo-padawan.livejournal.com]

"I got presents?" Anakin said with a huge grin. He took the stegosaurus and made it walk up the sofa arms. "He needs a name," Anakin said. "Any suggestions?"

[auroryborealis.livejournal.com]

"I like Hal," Rory suggested. "He looks like a Hal. But that's my toolbox's name. So hmm."

[emo-padawan.livejournal.com]

Anakin didn't even blink to hear that Rory's toolbox had a name. "Okay, not Hal. Not Kettch. Not Wasabi. Not George."

[auroryborealis.livejournal.com]

"Dan," Rory said firmly. "His name is Dan."

[emo-padawan.livejournal.com]

"Hello, Dan," Anakin said, lifting the stegosaurus up to his face. He turned to Rory. "Have I missed the part of your world where these are running around?"

[auroryborealis.livejournal.com]

"By a couple hundred million years, yeah," Rory said. "They're all extinct. They were like really, really big lizards, though I think birds are their closest living relatives."

[emo-padawan.livejournal.com]

"They were so fuzzy and cute, though," Anakin said, making Dan dance. "Shame I missed them."

[auroryborealis.livejournal.com]

"Scaly, not fuzzy. Dan's just a toy," Rory said. "There are movies on them that'll show you what dinosaurs were more accurately like. And really, really big. Like, Dan here? A baby one would be like, the size of my car."

[emo-padawan.livejournal.com]

"Oh," Anakin said, blushing. "I didn't know that."

[auroryborealis.livejournal.com]

"Of course you didn't," Rory said, smiling. "But Dan is very cute, definitely. And his kind was a nice dinosaur, too. Herbivore. Like a really big cow or something."

[emo-padawan.livejournal.com]

"Or a nerf," Anakin said, nodding. He looked up. "Which is an animal and not a fluffy orange ball. I've been told I need to make that distinction."

[auroryborealis.livejournal.com]

"Helpful, yeah, since my mind immediately went to squishy footballs," Rory grinned. "Are they like cows?"

[emo-padawan.livejournal.com]

"Sure," Anakin said. "They're prized for their meat, and are raised mostly on Alderaan. They're not exactly the brightest animals in the galaxy." He looked at Rory. "Are cows especially wily?"

[auroryborealis.livejournal.com]

"Really, really, really no," Rory said. "They're cute though."

She sifted through her bags. "I also got many, many, many books. Most of which aren't here. I think I'm going to have to pull a Bridgey and knock down the wall between my room and 211."

[emo-padawan.livejournal.com]

Anakin looked down at the bags. "Wow. Are there any books left in Washington?"