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]

"You could sing songs," Willow said. "Or ride around on horseback and see if anybody will joust with you in a non-deadly fashion."

[once-a-king.livejournal.com]

"Hmm, there aren't any horses around except the one who watches TV in here sometimes. So maybe I could play the harp? Lull the enemy into a false stupor?"

[willbedone.livejournal.com]

"Can you play the harp?" Willow asked.

[once-a-king.livejournal.com]

Peter nodded then looked defensive. "A bit. Knights are supposed to be musical. I don't have one with me though; I'd have to remedy that first."

[willbedone.livejournal.com]

"That's so cool!" Willow said. "I took lessons with the recorder when I was a kid but that never stuck either."

[once-a-king.livejournal.com]

"I think the idea is to be in a place where there's no radio or television or outside distractions. And once you've done weapons work until you can barely move, and all the Court chores are out of the way, you have to find something else to do. Thus - harp."

[willbedone.livejournal.com]

"That's when I usually pull out a book," Willow said, indicating the one she'd brought with her. "Either that or review my notes from class in case there's a surprise quiz the next day."

[once-a-king.livejournal.com]

"And my tutors would have been much happier with me if I followed your lead, but I couldn't get over the whole parchment situation," Peter grinned. Following her gesture, he asked "what are you reading?"

[willbedone.livejournal.com]

"Oh! Um - " Willow tried to hide the college level textbook by sitting on it. "Nothing. Nothing interesting like knights and dragons and harps."

[once-a-king.livejournal.com]

"Is this a situation where I have to use pulchritude in a sentence in order to find out?"

[willbedone.livejournal.com]

Willow grinned shyly. "Well now you have to, buster."

[once-a-king.livejournal.com]

"Pulchritude, from the Latin," Peter said with a wink. "A thing of pulchritude," he shot Willow a sideways glance, "is a joy forever."

[willbedone.livejournal.com]

Willow blushed and giggled at that, though part of her was very tempted to look over her shoulder at the person he clearly had to be speaking of.

"Well, okay." She said. "I guess you got me."

She pulled the book out to show him. It was a chemistry textbook, appropriate for a college freshman.

[once-a-king.livejournal.com]

Peter glanced at the textbook. "Chemistry, hmm? You're not going to blow up the common room like Tyler did the other day, are you? Only chemistry for good deeds, I hope."

[willbedone.livejournal.com]

"Chemistry for good and proper chemical causes," Willow said. She crossed her heart as part of the promise.

[once-a-king.livejournal.com]

Peter sighed in faux relief. "I can't tell you how relieved I am to hear that. If zombies and snowmonsters are going to be attacking the school, we probably ought not help them out by blowing ourselves up."

[willbedone.livejournal.com]

"Oh yeah," Willow said. "I'm much more on the side of trying to blow them up, if at all possible."

[once-a-king.livejournal.com]

"Most definitely. Or dropping heavy things on them from above."

[willbedone.livejournal.com]

"Hitting them with tranq guns works too," Willow said.

[once-a-king.livejournal.com]

"Tranq guns? Are those like a machine gun?"

[willbedone.livejournal.com]

"Kind of," Willow said. "Only more sleepy and less deadly."

[once-a-king.livejournal.com]

"Sounds like they could be useful. You didn't happen to smuggle any into school, did you?" Peter asked.

[willbedone.livejournal.com]

"No, I don't hang out with werewolves any - um, I mean, I'm not much of a shooter by hobby," Willow said. "Besides, they shook everybody down for weapons when they got here."

[once-a-king.livejournal.com]

"Why would you hang out with werewolves in the first place? I mean, if that's not too personal a question," Peter temporized. "And I know they did, but I keep hoping something got through the screening."

[willbedone.livejournal.com]

"I sort of - um - knew one," Willow said. "It didn't end well."