4th Floor Common Room, afternoon into evening

[izzyalienqueen.livejournal.com]

The last time Isabel cooked dinner on this scale it was because she didn't want to think about everything that had been going wrong. This time? She's happy. And while it's not goulash, hopefully the gods of good times would appreciate a huge meal of paella and assorted tapas food shared with friends.

The CD was glowing on the counter as she stirred and chopped and Isabel could be found singing quietly and occasionally dancing along with the music.

Ever since this old world began
A woman found out if she shook it she could shake up a man
And so I'm gonna shake and shimmy the best that I can today
'Cause you can't stop the motion of the ocean or the sun in the sky
You can wonder if you wanna but I never ask why
And if you try to hold me down I'm gonna spit in your eye and say
You can stop the beat

[Open to all. Come eat!]

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[anextimeagent.livejournal.com]

Jack had come up to the fourth floor looking for Cedric, but the smells and sounds coming out of the common room had drawn him in. "Izzy! Cooking I see - want a hand?" He walked over and gave her a one armed hug, pointing down at the CD. "I guess that means you don't have to worry about the batteries running down."

[izzyalienqueen.livejournal.com]

"Hands are good," Isabel grinned, leaning into the hug briefly. "I've made the filling, but would you stuff those cherry tomatoes (http://www.ericweisstein.com/fun/wine/tapas.html#11) for me please? And yes, I never need a battery or a player even, it's convienient."

[chasingsnitches.livejournal.com]

"Hello Jack," Cedric greets. "Welcome to the fourth floor."

[grand-fallguy.livejournal.com]

After work, Tim returned to the Dorms and smelled food. Soon, he found the source. "Hey, is this a private affair?"

[anextimeagent.livejournal.com]

"Why, hello there cute person I haven't met yet." Jack smiled slowly at him. "I'm Jack, Jack Harkness. And it can be any sort of affair you'd like - public, private, somewhere in between."

[izzyalienqueen.livejournal.com]

"Not private, but you have to work for it," Isabel said. She pushed a head of lettuce over. "Can you tear lettuce?"

[union-jane.livejournal.com]

Seras waved.

"Hi Tim! I haven't seen you since the Art Show."

[saltandammo.livejournal.com]

"Something smells good," Dean observed as he stuck his head into the common room on the way by, drawn by the smells and the music.

[izzyalienqueen.livejournal.com]

Isabel waved with the spoon she was using to stir the paella. " I'm pretending we're in Spain for the evening. Do you like seafood?"

[grand-fallguy.livejournal.com]

Tim waved. he'd run into the guy a handfull of times, but never really quite met him.

[demonbelthazor]

"Free food" worked better than any summoning spell to lure Belthazor out into the open. He wandered into the fourth floor common room. "Hey," he said to Isabel. "What's cooking?"

[izzyalienqueen.livejournal.com]

"Tapas and paella," Isabel replied. "You interested?"

[saltandammo.livejournal.com]

"Hey," Dean greeted the half-demon. "Still human, I see."

[grand-fallguy.livejournal.com]

"Hey Bel."

[union-jane.livejournal.com]

"Hello, Bel," said Seras, seeing someone she recognized, "How've you been?"

[lilpunkinbelly.livejournal.com]

Dawn was drawn into the common room by good smells and fun music, her stomach already rumbling. "Izzy! I'm so sorry I missed goulash night. Can I grovel and help to make up for it?"

[izzyalienqueen.livejournal.com]

"Don't worry," Isabel assured her. "I got involved yesterday and never had a chance to do goulash. I'm hoping the gods would be satisfied with Spanish food instead." She pulled some focaccia bread (http://www.ericweisstein.com/fun/wine/tapas.html#3) out of the oven and set it on the counter. "If you can give this a few minutes to cool and then cut it up, it would be great."

[bridge-carson.livejournal.com]

"Isabel, hey!" Bridge bounces in to the common room, also drawn by the smell of good food.

[izzyalienqueen.livejournal.com]

"Bridge! Hi! You're just in time for food!" Isabel might have bounced a little as well, still keeping time with the music.

[smartestone]

Hermione hears music and is curious, so she wanders up to see what's happening. "Hello," she greets the others.

[izzyalienqueen.livejournal.com]

"Hi! Free food!" Isabel waved. "I'm Isabel by the way, I don't think we've met."

[union-jane.livejournal.com]

Seras was heading back to her room when she heard actual conversation and goings on in her usually quiet common room.

She poked her head in the door.

This rarity needed to be investigated.

[lilpunkinbelly.livejournal.com]

Dawn offered the new girl a plate. "Focaccia? I sliced it myself. All other credit goes to Isabel. Oh, and I'm Dawn, by the way."

[lovelylana.livejournal.com]

Lana wandered in and smiled at isabel and the other people. "Smells delicious, Isabel!"

[izzyalienqueen.livejournal.com]

"Hey Lana!" Isabel waved. "Come eat!"

[once-a-king.livejournal.com]

Peter followed his nose into the Common Food. Good smelling food - always worth investigating...

[izzyalienqueen.livejournal.com]

Isabel waved. "Hi Peter! Come eat!"

[soldtoarmenians]

Food yay. Food that you can smell all the way down on the first floor, in a good way? Yayer.

Xander grinned appreciatively as he made his way into the common room and gave a general wave.

[izzyalienqueen.livejournal.com]

At this point Isabel has reached insane levels of being happy. Because food, friends? Life is good. She bounced over to Xander to give him a hug. "Roomie! Who I miss!"

[chasingsnitches.livejournal.com]

Cedric finds his way to the common room simply because the smell of food is too much to resist.

"It smells wonderful in here."

[grand-fallguy.livejournal.com]

"Thanks, we all bathed."

[psycho-barbie.livejournal.com]

Stomach growling, Callisto wandered up from the first floor. "Hey."

[grand-fallguy.livejournal.com]

"Hey." Tim said, finishing with the veggies and started tossing the salad.