Third Floor Common Room, Very Late Friday Night

[tyler-gone.livejournal.com]

Tyler had decided to participate in shirtless day.

He was also barefoot.

And whistling as he worked.

He had soaked a condom in butane to dissove it. Carefully, he poured the mixture into a saucepan and began to heat it over a low flame.

It was amazing what you could find at a little convenience store.

[OOC: Open to all. If you're coming in after the explosion, the room will smell funny, and there might be some chunks of glass in the carpet, but no lasting damage.]

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[x5-alec.livejournal.com]

Alec wandered in, still shirtless and still nametagged, and arched an eyebrow at Tyler. "Hey, roomie."

[tyler-gone.livejournal.com]

"Hey yourself," Tyler said absently. He poked a wooden dowel into the mixture on the stove.

[twohalvesofaphd.livejournal.com]

Zack wandered into the common room sans shirt.

Since, for all his intellegence, Zack could be a wee bit gullible sometimes he also had his name written in sharpie on his forehead.

[like-a-sponge.livejournal.com]

Greg wandered in, still shirtless. "Hey," he said, waving to the room.

[tyler-gone.livejournal.com]

Tyler glanced up from his work at the stove. "Is just your forehead named Zack, or is it all of you?"

[x5-alec.livejournal.com]

He leaned against the counter nearby-ish, wrinkling his nose at the smell. "Whatcha making?"

[twohalvesofaphd.livejournal.com]

"All of me," Zack replied. He sniffed. "Why are you heating petrochemicals? That's kind of dangerous."

[tyler-gone.livejournal.com]

"Something interesting," Tyler said. "All & Sundry didn't open, so I had to find something to do besides soap."

He passed Alec a handful of white tablets and gestured to a morter and pestle on the counter. "Wanna grind these up? Coarse grind, too fine is just a waste of time."

[tyler-gone.livejournal.com]

"Is it?" Tyler asked innocently. "I'm just trying something out."

[tyler-gone.livejournal.com]

"Hey," Tyler said, adjusting the heat on the burner and blinking a little against the fumes. "What's happening?"

[twohalvesofaphd.livejournal.com]

"Like what, not having eyebrows anymore?"

[x5-alec.livejournal.com]

"Hey Greg," Alec greeted, not waving as he was involved with a mortar and pestle.

[tyler-gone.livejournal.com]

Tyler smirked. "Cute. You're cute."

Defensively, he snapped on a pair of lab goggles. "There. My eyebrows are safe."

[x5-alec.livejournal.com]

Nodding, Alec poured the tablets into the mortar and began grinding carefully. "What'm I working with exactly?"

[like-a-sponge.livejournal.com]

"...that's dangerous," Greg said, moving a little closer as he saw what Tyler was doing.

[fates_jaye]

Jaye can't not notice the pretty, and so she has to stop in.

The third floor suddenly scores some points in its favor.

[twohalvesofaphd.livejournal.com]

"Safety first," Zack drawled. "You know, if you'd prefer something with more accuracy than the stove I have a bunsen burner in my luggage."

[tyler-gone.livejournal.com]

"Petrahydrazine," Tyler said. "It's not dangerous on its own. They use it to treat diarrhea in pets."

[tyler-gone.livejournal.com]

Tyler shook his head. "Thanks, but I'm used to iffy equipment. Plus this is a pretty simple process."

He paused. "So you're a chemistry person?"

[like-a-sponge.livejournal.com]

"Hey," Greg said, nodding to the new girl.

[tyler-gone.livejournal.com]

"You think?" Tyler said. He scooped a little of the powder out of the mortar and began adding it, one tiny bit at a time.

[grand-fallguy.livejournal.com]

After getting some pensive time on the roof, Tim stops into the common room before bed. "Uhm, okay," he says, looking at the shirtless guys. "What'd I miss?"

[twohalvesofaphd.livejournal.com]

"Forensics actually," Zack replied. "Chemistry's a prerequisite."

[like-a-sponge.livejournal.com]

"Yeah. Did you disable the smoke alarm?" Greg asked.

[fates_jaye]

"Hey," she says. "I am noticing a lot of shirtlessness going on."