5th floor common room: [2/23] - evening

[strongestgirl.livejournal.com]

Once again, Pippi is here with her script for Midsummer Night's Dream.

Dispite spending much of the day listening to the Ramones, she's still got songs by Butler Fetish stuck in her head...


It's Monkey Brain Soup!
In the Cantonese cuisine
It's quite popular.

Elsewhere? Not so much.
But most Cantonese people
Will go "Yum yum yum!"

Washington DC
Those cats, they don't eat much soup
Made from Monkey's Brain!

It's Monkey Brain Soup!
In the Cantonese cuisine
It's quite popular.

The taurine is full
Tender cubes of Monkey Brain
Floating placidly

Perfectly seasoned
Monkey Brain Soup is the best.
An exotic treat!

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[walter-n-wires.livejournal.com]

Walter wanders in, having decided to poll his friends about any odd new abilities.

"Hi. You're looking far too studious for a Friday night."

[strongestgirl.livejournal.com]

Pippi looks up from her script and seems to be about to say something.

But then her eyes get wide and she gasps.

[walter-n-wires.livejournal.com]

Walter spun around looking for some sneaking danger that would make Pippi look like that, but there was nothing. He turned back around and looked at Pippi to make sure she wasn't choking or having a seizure or something equally not good.

"What's wrong?"

[strongestgirl.livejournal.com]

She makes another sharp intake of breath...

"Ah..."

[walter-n-wires.livejournal.com]

"Pippi?" Walter came a little closer and looked at her with concern.

[strongestgirl.livejournal.com]

Pippi waved her hand at Walter and turned her head away.

"Ah..."

[walter-n-wires.livejournal.com]

"What? Do you need some help?"

[strongestgirl.livejournal.com]

"AHCOOOOOOOO!"

There was a sudden gust of "wind" as Pippi sneezed... Several pencils embedded themselves an inch deep into the opposite wall.

[walter-n-wires.livejournal.com]

Walter's eyes widened. But this was Pippi - he wasn't sure this actually counted as an odd new power, or was just part of the usual Pippi experience.

"Bless you." He went and eyed the pencils where they were stuck in the wall, but the fact that they were a bit... wet dissuaded him from trying to pull them out.

"Was that a normal sneeze?"

[strongestgirl.livejournal.com]

*sniff*

*shrug*

"I guess. My nose has been itching something awful today."

She saw the pencils in the wall. "Hey! I've been looking for those!"

[walter-n-wires.livejournal.com]

"They're all yours," Walter said, flopping down in a chair.

"Odd day. Do you know anyone who has been showing weird new powers? It seems to be going around like a flu."

[strongestgirl.livejournal.com]

Pippi went up to the pencils and peered at them.

"Yeah. Everything Pip touches becomes covered in glitter... His hair sparkles and is mesmerizing..."

She pulled out a red hanky and wiped them off, then pulled them out of the wall.

"I was doing some homework and they just... Disappeared. It was odd."

She blew her nose dryly into the hanky.

[lovechildblair.livejournal.com]

[ooc: I picked up Midsummer's Night Dream comic book today! ]

[strongestgirl.livejournal.com]

Pippi blew her nose dryly in her hanky.

"Walter, I've been reading this book for the better part of an hour and it hasn't disappeared yet. Let's focus on your pasta for now."

[walter-n-wires.livejournal.com]

"That is quite odd." Walter looked down at the second, rapidly filling wastebasket. "No control yet. I don't suppose you know anyone with a huge appetite for spaghetti or someone who deserves to have their bathtub filled with it?"

[strongestgirl.livejournal.com]

Pippi gave it some thought.

"I don't know... I should think after a time it would be obvious who did it if you're not able to control that. Otherwise I'd say let's just fill Dewy's office with it."

[walter-n-wires.livejournal.com]

"Hm. And I'm not sure whether being annoying is enough excuse to do something so bothersome to Logan. I'll have to think on it. I will find a good use for this spaghetti. Other than filling wastebaskets."

[strongestgirl.livejournal.com]

"He did say something to me this morning about how he enjoyed being sticky... So... Maybe he'd like it?"

[walter-n-wires.livejournal.com]

Walter thought about that for a microsecond before making a face and shaking his head vehemently. "Not thinking about that. No. No. No."

[strongestgirl.livejournal.com]

"What?"

[walter-n-wires.livejournal.com]

"Um... It is a dirty mind thing?" And all Walter could think was, Please don't ask for elaboration. Please don't ask for elaboration.

[strongestgirl.livejournal.com]

There is a ridiculously long pause as Pippi considers asking for elaboration.

[walter-n-wires.livejournal.com]

New subject. New subject! Yes, new subject. Now was a good time for one.

Um... "Are you getting excited about your part in the play?" he asked, waving a hand at her book.

[strongestgirl.livejournal.com]

Oh shiny! Pippi is distracted.

"Yes, I've bee following along okay with the script. This edition has good footy notey thingings. Hippolita doesn't really have that much to do according to this script... But, I think perhaps our prodiction will deviate a bit ya know?"

[walter-n-wires.livejournal.com]

"How so? Will the queen of the Amazons be the queen of the pirates instead?" Walter could easily picture that. "I can't wait to see how it all turns out," he said quite honestly.

Shakespeare might roll in his grave, but it was destined to be unforgettable.