Sunday Evening - Fifth Floor Common Room

[once-a-king.livejournal.com]

Peter was sitting on the couch with a bowl of popcorn in front of him and a box of cookies from J. GOB.  He'd found some Coca-Cola (and still couldn't get over the fact it came in cans now) and was flipping through the channels on the TV.

Oooh, war movie.  That looked interesting.  The planes looked familiar too.  Peter sat forward in his seat as the title rolled.  Rescuing Corproral Smith?  Did they make movies about World War II now?


OOC: open for all of course but especially saltandammo

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[willbedone.livejournal.com]

Willow was determined not to spend her time in Fandom as the big loser girl who only hung out in her room with her rat. She was also determined not to get into trouble for hanging out on the wrong floor.

So she went into the common room on her floor with the hopes of hanging out with people.

Of course she'd been in situations with her, people, and hanging out before, which is also why she'd brought a book. That way if people ignored her it wouldn't look like she was being ignored, it'd look like she was a girl who was engrossed in a book.

[once-a-king.livejournal.com]

Upon seeing the pretty redhead come into the room, Peter stood up and bowed. "Good evening. Have a biscuit."

[willbedone.livejournal.com]

"Oo! Cookies! Only British for cookies which means that you come from the land of Gileses!" Willow said. She took a seat on the couch. "Either that or you watch way too much British TV, which can also be fun. Hi. I'm Willow."

[once-a-king.livejournal.com]

Peter blinked at the flow of information, "Pleasure to meet you, Willow. I'm Peter Pevensie. And I'm British, but I've only watched American TV so far. Is British TV much different?"

[willbedone.livejournal.com]

"Depends on who you ask," Willow said. "Some say the quality is much, much better than anything American TV could produce which is why American TV shouldn't even try to compare. Others say it doesn't matter how many quality shows show up on PBS, everyone is going to remember Benny Hill for as long as they live. But I do think we can all agree on a middle ground involving accents."

[once-a-king.livejournal.com]

"As a Brit, I feel I ought to fall on my country's side of the debate even without watching any of it. But after watching Bitterwoman and this movie," he gestured to the TV set where the intrepid heroes were trailing their missing man through the French countryside. "I have to say that American TV might just have me hooked."

[willbedone.livejournal.com]

"Oh, Bitterwoman's the best," Willow assured him. "I watched it all the time when I was younger. I even had the Underroos!"

[once-a-king.livejournal.com]

"Underoos? Like a pet or something?"

[willbedone.livejournal.com]

"No, more like under - um, yes, a pet. Kinda. In a not really sense of the - so what are we watching?"

[once-a-king.livejournal.com]

Peter remained unenlightened to the function of an Underoo as he said "it's called Rescuing Corporal Smith. Something about a squad of Yanks trying to rescue one of their men after the big invasion of France."

[willbedone.livejournal.com]

"Oo," Willow said. "On the one hand: cute actors. On the other: many body parts. Don't mind me if I hide behind my fingers sometimes, okay?"

[once-a-king.livejournal.com]

"I certainly would never hold it against you, but if the hiding behind the fingers starts to outweigh the appeal of the cute actors, the channel changing thing is yours."

[willbedone.livejournal.com]

"It's a deal," Willow said. Catching the roundabout way he'd referred to a remote, she asked, "So are you one of the people that TV is new for?"

[saltandammo.livejournal.com]

"Hi!" Dean greeted the girl as the redhead entered. "Still not Trina?"

[willbedone.livejournal.com]

"Last I checked," Willow said. "I've been working really hard at it. When I sign my name, I put no T, R, N, or A in it. Unfortunately the I must remain but I'm trying to make it my own."

[saltandammo.livejournal.com]

"You could always be daring and change the 'i' to a 'y' if you want to completely separate yourself," Dean suggested. He patted the cushion. "Pull up some couch."

[willbedone.livejournal.com]

Willow took a seat, resting her book on her lap. "I don't know. Start spelling Willow with a Y and it's a half-step away from spelling 'women' with a Y and while I do believe in equal pay and the right to vote, I'm also a big believer in grammar."

[saltandammo.livejournal.com]

"A fighter for truth, justice and good spelling?" Dean teased.

[willbedone.livejournal.com]

"Sure, laugh. But the next time you get attacked by a dangling participle I shall sit back and mock you," Willow replied.

[saltandammo.livejournal.com]

Dean grinned. "Does buckshot work on those? Or would I have to hit it over the head with a grammar textbook?"

[willbedone.livejournal.com]

"Even worse," Willow said. "You have to diagram a sentence or it will haunt you for the rest of your life."

[saltandammo.livejournal.com]

"If that's so, then my ass is well and truly cooked," Dean said wryly.

[willbedone.livejournal.com]

Willow did not glance in the direction of said ass. That would be far too forward.

"Well, maybe if you had friends who could get your back and distract the participle with Mad Libs."

[saltandammo.livejournal.com]

"Like someone who has lots of moral support experience with weird shit?" he asked.

[willbedone.livejournal.com]

"Possibly," Willow said. She grinned. "Of course I don't know anybody who might be like that."