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]

"I'd be glad to," Willow said. "And not just because you correctly used words like 'shoals' and 'putrid' in a sentence. The same one even!"

[once-a-king.livejournal.com]

Peter blushed slightly. "Err, well, can I use British as an excuse?"

[willbedone.livejournal.com]

"No excuse needed!" she assured him. "Normally I'm used to people who get scared at the bigger words, let alone using them."

[once-a-king.livejournal.com]

"In that case, I'll embrace my polysyllabic words AND the junk food fiesta," Peter said, smiling.

[willbedone.livejournal.com]

Willow pretended to fan herself, smiling. "Oo - be still my heart."

[once-a-king.livejournal.com]

Peter laughed, "Now you're mocking me, a stranger displaced in time."

[willbedone.livejournal.com]

"Wasn't! Honest!" Willow said. "I don't mean to be mocky. Usually I'm the one being mocked for the books and the clothes and the books. More a mock-ee than -er."

[once-a-king.livejournal.com]

Peter looked properly repentant. "I'm sorry, that was me teasing you. But certainly never for books or clothes. Only because I think you're very sweet."

[willbedone.livejournal.com]

"Oh," Willow deflated. "Then thanks. You too. Not that you weren't sweet before, but since we're mentioning it and all."

[once-a-king.livejournal.com]

Peter nodded solemnly, "we could now form a proper mutual admiration society."

[willbedone.livejournal.com]

"Could it have scones and tea?" Willow asked. "I always wanted to join a club with scones and tea but Xander insisted we use chocolate instead."

[once-a-king.livejournal.com]

"Tea certainly, but scones only if we have clotted cream and raspberry jam as well. I can't stand them without." He looked at Willow conspiratorially. "Don't tell anyone. They'll take away my passport."

"Did you know Xander before you came here?"

[willbedone.livejournal.com]

"A Xander," Willow said. "This Xander isn't exactly the same as the one I left back home. He's younger and also gay. But they're very close. Except for the gay thing."

[once-a-king.livejournal.com]

"I know exactly how you feel. Except it's my sister. And she's not precisely very happy at the moment."

[willbedone.livejournal.com]

"Oh no," Willow said, totally forgetting the language barrier they were facing. "Problem with her girlfriend then?"

[once-a-king.livejournal.com]

Peter choked on the cookie he was biting into and spent a minute or two coughing before he could speak. After a copious application of Coke, he said, "Umm, no? Why would my sister have a girlfriend? I meant she's not the same as the one I left at home. She's about 20 years older and very sad."

[willbedone.livejournal.com]

"Oh," Willow said. "Did she fall into another dimension? Sometimes people have a rough time of it in other dimensions. Plus they get older."

[once-a-king.livejournal.com]

"I don't particularly know. She hasn't told me what she thinks happened. Just something about me disappearing years ago with our other sister and brother and that she should have come," Peter shrugged.

[willbedone.livejournal.com]

"My friend Buffy? Her boyfriend went into a hell dimension for nobody knows how long," Willow said. "He wasn't too happy when he got out of it. Granted this was Angel so he wasn't exactly Mr. Singing A Chipper Tune before, but I still say he was broodier."

[once-a-king.livejournal.com]

"Hmm," Peter considered the idea. "That makes a lot of sense. Maybe she had an experience like that. Though it begs the question: how does one randomly fall into a hell dimension? And more importantly, did he get better? Well, less broody?"

[willbedone.livejournal.com]

"Apparently he started dating somebody who wasn't Buffy," Willow said. "At least, the one here did. The one back where I live just sulked off to LA like some big, melodramatic jerk. Didn't even say good-bye."

[ooc: must go to bed. night!]

[once-a-king.livejournal.com]

"Those are not particularly the actions of a gentleman. On behalf of my gender, I offer an apology." Peter bowed from where he was seated.

[willbedone.livejournal.com]

"Oo, you bow?" Willow said, her face lighting up. "I like bowing. We don't do enough bowing. I'm told I can manage a mean curtsey myself when I'm actually wearing skirts."

[once-a-king.livejournal.com]

"When the situation warrants, a bow appears. I can't stop them," Peter grinned. "I'm told the trick to a curtsey is all in the right knee. I've not tried it myself."

[willbedone.livejournal.com]

"I made a bowing situation?" Willow looked pleased. "Giles must've rubbed off on me. Only not literally because much, much older and also a figure of authority which means that any sort of contact there would've been very inappropriate, however tempting."