Fourth Floor common room, Sunday morning

[demonbelthazor]

Bel awoke with a groan. The common room couch really wasn't big enough for him to sleep comfortably, so he'd tossed and turned all night. Wait -- why was he sleeping on the couch instead of going back to his room? He vaguely remembered not having his keys, but when he checked his pocket, he found them there. So why had he slept on the couch?

Then it all started coming back to him.

He sat up and held his head in his hands, groaning some more. Gremlins must die.

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[untouchableskin.livejournal.com]

Marie was wandering. She'd walked past the fifth floor common room and, upon seeing people throwing knives, decided to look elsewhere for people to hang out with.

She spotted Bel in the fourth floor common room and poked her head in.

"You okay?"

[demonbelthazor]

"Kill me," he said unhappily.

[untouchableskin.livejournal.com]

"What?" Marie asked, blinking as she entered the room and sat down.

[demonbelthazor]

"Gremlin bite," Bel said, as if those two words should explain everything.

[untouchableskin.livejournal.com]

Except for the part where they totally didn't. "What are you talking about? Does this have something to do with Nadia turning into a gremlin at the game yesterday?"

[demonbelthazor]

"Nadia bit me?" Bel said. "I'm gonna kill her."

[lovechildblair.livejournal.com]

Blair wandered out to forage for food and smiled at Bel and Marie. "Morning, guys!"

[untouchableskin.livejournal.com]

Marie shrugged. "I dunno. I just know that she dropped the spirit stick yesterday."

She said that in a tone of voice generally reserved for discussing events like car accidents or dismemberments.

[untouchableskin.livejournal.com]

"Morning, Blair!" Marie grinned.

[demonbelthazor]

"Is that like a bad thing?"

[demonbelthazor]

Bel groaned and buried his head under a pillow.

[untouchableskin.livejournal.com]

"It's bad luck," Marie said, nodding solemnly. "I guess that's why she turned into a gremlin."

[demonbelthazor]

"And then bit me!" Bel said indignantly.

[untouchableskin.livejournal.com]

Marie shrugged again. "I don't know anything about gremlins. Do they usually bite people?"

[demonbelthazor]

"Yes," Bel answered. "They live to bite you and that makes you...do things."

[untouchableskin.livejournal.com]

"What kind of things?" Marie asked carefully.

[demonbelthazor]

"Like...think you're someone else," Bel said. "One time a bunch of people got bit and thought they were characters in some sort of stupid TV show."

[untouchableskin.livejournal.com]

"Oh," Marie said, tilting her head at him. "So who did you think you were?"

[lovechildblair.livejournal.com]

"Morning! How's your weekend been?" Blair smiled while he looked for breakfast food. "Do you want a bagel?"

[demonbelthazor]

Bel clamped his mouth shut and scowled.

[lovechildblair.livejournal.com]

Blair blinked and walked closer. "Bel? What's up, man?"

[untouchableskin.livejournal.com]

"Oh, a bagel would be great!" Marie said. "My weekend's been good. I got to cheer yesterday, even though my team lost. How about you?"

[untouchableskin.livejournal.com]

Marie looked at him expectantly.

[demonbelthazor]

Bel removed the pillow from his face and sat up. "Nothing," he said. "I'm fine. How are you?"

[demonbelthazor]

"I thought I was another student, okay?" Bel snapped.