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!]

Comments

[lilpunkinbelly.livejournal.com]

"Really? A police officer? Isn't that dangerous? And do you miss England?"

[union-jane.livejournal.com]

Seras nodded.

"Yeah, I suppose it's dangerous. But, it's also important to me. I've wanted to be cop since I was a little girl. And, no, I don't really miss England."

Seras paused and laughed a little.

"Though, there's so many English people here, it would be hard to."

[lilpunkinbelly.livejournal.com]

"Any particular reason you want to be a cop?" She asked. "And, yeah, there are a lot of British people here, but at least it means there's good tea."

[union-jane.livejournal.com]

"Well, my Dad was one," she said, "And...I dunno. I'm not really brillant or rich or gifted or anything. So, this seems to be the only way that I can do something really good and useful..."

Seras cleared her throat.

"So, are you enjoying fandom? Despite being 'dumped' here?"

[lilpunkinbelly.livejournal.com]

"It's an important job," Dawn agreed, not mentioning the cops in Sunnydale. Hopefully they were the exception. "Yeah, it's great. Except for the mummies, but they're gone now."

[union-jane.livejournal.com]

"I keep hearing about these mummies," said Seras, "I never saw one, and from what I've heard, I'm glad I didn't."

[lilpunkinbelly.livejournal.com]

"I didn't see any either," she admitted. "I was strictly research."

[union-jane.livejournal.com]

"So, you didn't fight the mummies, but you figured out how to get rid of them?"

[lilpunkinbelly.livejournal.com]

"Sort of? I had a lot of help."

[union-jane.livejournal.com]

Seras nodded.

"What did the trick, if I may ask?"

[lilpunkinbelly.livejournal.com]

"I think fire was the most successful," Dawn said, trying to remember what she'd heard (or overheard) from everyone.

[union-jane.livejournal.com]

"Fire...would be successful against most things, I think."

Privately, she wondered how well it would work against vampires. Well, one in particular...

[lilpunkinbelly.livejournal.com]

"Oh yeah," Dawn nodded, resisting the urge to rattle off a list just because she could.

[union-jane.livejournal.com]

"So, which workshops are you in, anyhow? I don't recall seeing you in any of mine."

[lilpunkinbelly.livejournal.com]

"Archery, First Aid, and Nature Magic," she said. "What about you?"

[union-jane.livejournal.com]

"Arts and Crafts and First Aid," said Seras, slapping her forehead, "I guess I was just to busy battling badgers to notice anyone around me..."

[lilpunkinbelly.livejournal.com]

"Oh, you got the badgers?" Dawn winced. "Yeah, I can't imagine that was easy."