Second Floor Common Room - evening

[auroryborealis.livejournal.com]

Rory lounged on a couch in the common room, watching The Sampsons and giggling intermittently.

Vladdie, on the other hand, was busy nosing a ball back and forth across the floor, concentrating diligently.

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[auroryborealis.livejournal.com]

"Thanks," Rory said, reattaching it. "Sorry. I don't know why it did that."

[krycek-rat.livejournal.com]

"Yeah, um, do you mean the falling off or the hitting?" Krycek looked at her warily, as if expecting her to fall apart again.

[auroryborealis.livejournal.com]

"Either," Rory shrugged. "But specifically the hitting. I didn't tell it to do that."

[krycek-rat.livejournal.com]

"So is the falling apart thing new or are you a mutant?"

[auroryborealis.livejournal.com]

"It just started happening. Do you really think I could hide falling apart as a mutation for this long?" Rory asked, raising an eyebrow skeptically.

[krycek-rat.livejournal.com]

"I would think not. But if it's just started, you're taking it awfully well," Krycek observed, arching an eyebrow in return.

[auroryborealis.livejournal.com]

"It doesn't hurt. I'm just trying to figure out what the hell happened to me."

[krycek-rat.livejournal.com]

"Have you eaten at the cafeteria? Been bitten by anything? ...Maybe we should start a checklist for these kinds of things."

[auroryborealis.livejournal.com]

Rory rolled her eyes. "No, and no. I haven't done anything unusual in the last week or so."

She paused, a slight blush creeping across her cheeks as she thought of something. She shook her head, and picked up Vladdie.

"I'm just going to go to bed. I have to teach class tomorrow."

And with that, she left.