Second Floor Common Room [Thursday Morning]

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Bridge was bored. So he'd dragged the telekinesis ball out of his room, since he hadn't practiced in a while, and sat down crosslegged on a couch in the common room to do so.

After a few minutes, he had the ball floating in a lazy circuit around the room.

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[smartestone]

"It's a hat," Hermione says, showing it to her in all its doesn't-really-look-like-a-hatful glory.

[nadiathesaint]

"Oh!" Nadia smiled, though still a bit confused. She kind of wanted to ask "are you sure?" but thought maybe it was some witchy hat style she didn't know about. "It's very nice,"

[smartestone]

"Thank you," she says. "I'm still working on trying to turn the corners, but I think it's coming out quite well," says Hermione, oblivious to her own badness.

[nadiathesaint]

Well, Nadia couldn't knit to save her life, so, really, who was she to judge? "Good job on the radio last night, by the way."

[smartestone]

"Oh, thank you," she says, only now realizing that people were listening to her when she did that. "It wasn't exactly planned, but it could have been worse."

[nadiathesaint]

"You guys didn't really leave Jaye passed out on the floor, right? Because she can be mean, but she's actually a very nice person."

[smartestone]

"No, one of her friends came to get her while Aeryn and I were still debating the issue," she says. "I wouldn't have left her. That would just be cruel."

[nadiathesaint]

"Oh good. Though I'm not sure if it wouldn't have been the first time she slept there. She does the radio while drunk pretty often."

[smartestone]

"Yes, I'd heard that," Hermione says, frowning. "It can't be healthy."

[nadiathesaint]

"I thought alcohol was supposed to be good for your arteries, or something?"

[smartestone]

"Well, alcohol does help coagulation, which reduces the risk of heart attack, but there are also effects on the brain and liver, so I'm not sure it's a good trade," Hermione recites.

[nadiathesaint]

Damn right there were effects on the brain. "Have you ever been drunk?"

[smartestone]

Hermione shakes her head. "I leave that to others. I'll probably be the one making sure no one falls off the table."

[nadiathesaint]

"You really should try it, just once. It gives you a much better insight into those around you who are drunk. And makes it easier to tell when someone might fall off the table."

[smartestone]

Hermione really doubts she'll ever do it, but she asks, "You've been drunk?"

[nadiathesaint]

"Ohhhhhhh yeah. Many times. The key is to stop before you get the idea to start hunting the Tequila Cow."

[smartestone]

"Hunting the... Tequila Cow?"

[nadiathesaint]

Nadia nodded and adopted a serious, epic tone: "That devine bovine from who's very teat the golden liquor flows!"

[smartestone]

Hermione is never drinking. "That's... interesting. I haven't heard of it before."

[nadiathesaint]

"Well, if it exists anywhere, it exists in Fandom. Though I think a friend of mine might have found it in Buenos Aires."

[smartestone]

"Really. Have you ever hunted the Tequila Cow?" That may be the weirdest thing she's ever asked someone.

[nadiathesaint]

Nadia blushed. "Um, yes. And the Vodka Goose and the Rum Chinchilla. I didn't have to hunt the Pot Llama, though. Alphonse gave it to me."

[smartestone]

"Um," says Hermione, who can't believe she's having this conversation. "Did you find anything you weren't given?"

[nadiathesaint]

"Nope."

[smartestone]

She's not sure what to say in response to that, so she sticks with, "Oh, I'm sorry."