Fourth Floor Common Room, Wednesday Evening

[demonbelthazor]

Bored, Bel wandered down to the common room of his former residence, the fourth floor. He ordered a pizza, and after it arrived, sprawled on the couch and started flipping through the channels. There had to be something worth watching on. Dammit, Vanessa Saturn was a repeat due to the Olympics. Maybe CFD: Detroit would have some sort of cool gruesome murder.

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[nadiathesaint]

Nadia wandered her way back up the stairs after self-defense, plotting quietly to herself. She paused on the fourth floor when she heard the TV, and peeked in to see if it was anyone she knew.

Jackpot! It was the demon guy!

She ducked back quickly, hoping she hadn't been spotted, and dug around in her bag for the polaroid she'd bought at All and Sundries. Once she had it out, she leaned cautiously through the door way again, framed her shot, and snapped a picture.

The flash went off, as did a click, followed by a loud whir.

Crap! She swallowed a gasp and ducked back into the stairwell.

[demonbelthazor]

Bel heard the click and the whirl and saw the flash. He sat up, looking toward the stairs. What the hell was that?

[nadiathesaint]

Nadia held her breath and shut her eyes, following the age old reasoning of "If I can't see it, it can't see me".

If she tried to run upstairs now, she'd be caught for sure. Maybe he wouldn't come look?

She needed a cover story. Fast. And "I was pushed out into the stairwell and lost my tour" so totally wasn't going to cut it this time.

[demonbelthazor]

Bel stood up and walked over to the stairwell to investigate, peering around the corner.

[allie-cameron.livejournal.com]

Allie happened to walk down the hall at that exact moment.

"Oh, hey," she greeted Bel with a shy smile. "I haven't seen you since we did our presentation. How've you been?"

[nadiathesaint]

Nadia heard him walking over and nearly panicked. What could she do? What could she . . . she forced herself to look nonchalant and started walking up the stairs. She'd just deny everything.

[demonbelthazor]

Bel stopped before reaching the stairs and caught sight of Allie walking down the hall. "Hey," he said. "Did you just see someone run by here or anything?"

[allie-cameron.livejournal.com]

"No, why?"

[demonbelthazor]

"Thought I saw a flash of light and heard something." He shrugged. "Guess it was my imagination."

[nadiathesaint]

Nadia let out a soft breath and booked it the rest of the way up the stairs.

Oo, that made a lot of noise.

She was going to have to work on the sneaky surveilance.

[allie-cameron.livejournal.com]

"Huh, well, around here, you're probably lucky you didn't get turned into an animal or something," she said with a shrug.

[demonbelthazor]

"True enough," Bel said, grinning. "So how are you doing?"

[allie-cameron.livejournal.com]

"Not too bad," she replied. "One of my friends is leaving though."

[lovechildblair.livejournal.com]

Blair stopped in the common room and perched on the arm of a chair, staring at the tv. "Is it okay if anyone watches with you?"

[demonbelthazor]

"Sure, knock yourself out," Bel said, stretching a little.

[lovechildblair.livejournal.com]

Blair grinned and bounced into the chair, pulling a notebook out of his bag for notes. With his eyes glued to the screen he spoke to Bel. "How's your week been? Did you enjoy your day off?"

[demonbelthazor]

"It's been, uh, okay," Bel said evasively. "You?"

[lovechildblair.livejournal.com]

Blair scribbled in his notebook and nodded. "Good, went to DC, almost got arrested, fixed my girl problems, bought a pot. Pretty good week!"

[demonbelthazor]

Bel raised an eyebrow. "Almost got arrested? Girl problems?"

[lovechildblair.livejournal.com]

"Yeah, I was dating two many of them at once." He turned and looked at Bel. "How weird is monogamy, man?" He turned back to the screen and scribbled in his notebook more. "The FBI people didn't appreciate Nadia and I sneaking off during the tour."

[demonbelthazor]

"Monogamy isn't really a big thing in the Underworld," Bel agreed. "Then again, neither is dating." He peered at Blair's notebook. "What are you writing?"

[lovechildblair.livejournal.com]

"Really? How do people in the Underworld mate? How do you explain your background to other people who like only want you to date one girl at a time?" Blair looked down. "Well, I was taking notes on the tv show, but now I'm taking notes on this!"

[demonbelthazor]

Bel sat up. "The strong take the weak," he said. "If, say, you wanted Nadia, you would just take her. Either you get what you want or you get your ass kicked. Or killed, depending on who you were messing with. Then if you liked her, you'd keep her, and kill anybody who tried to touch her." He shrugged. "Doesn't really work that way here. I had to ask for advice around Valentine's Day on what to do for Phoebe."

[lovechildblair.livejournal.com]

Blair started scribbling notes as Bel talked. Then his mouth dropped open and his pen slipped off the paper onto his jeans. He jerked and started rubbing at the ink stain. "Yeah, uh, you're right. Doesn't work that way at all."

He blushed. "Besides, all the girls I was dating could probably kick my ass. Well, I don't know about Jaye...but she's mean enough to try."

[demonbelthazor]

Bel grinned. "Who knows, they could try to claim you instead."