Second Floor Common Room, Sunday Evening

[cantgetnorelief.livejournal.com]

Anders had had a very quiet day after basketball practice, so in an effort to fix that he took a stack of DVDs, a ton of microwave popcorn, and even a tray of cupcakes, and headed out to the common room.

He popped in an Eddie Izzard show and settled back to watch. Hearing about Noah on a speedboat in the Sea of Galilee wasn't exactly giving him a solid foundation in Thirteenth Colony religions, but hey.

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[bridge-carson.livejournal.com]

"Hey, dude," Bridge greets Anders with a wave as he grabs a spot on the couch, snagging a cupcake (or two) on the way. "What's on?"

[cantgetnorelief.livejournal.com]

"Eddie's talking about how Noah had to build an ark with a big room for poo," Anders says, gesturing with the apple he's having in lieu of cupcakes (because he's being good, dammit). "What's up, dude?"

[soldtoarmenians]

Onlookers would be shocked -- shocked, no really -- to see Xander slouching into the common room shortly after Bridge. If perhaps they'd just arrived on the island via turnip truck. Which hey, valid transportation choice, no one's criticising.

"Hey, people and cupcakes."

[bridge-carson.livejournal.com]

Bridge obligingly hands over the extra cupcake he'd grabbed on his way in.

[cantgetnorelief.livejournal.com]

"Hey, Harris," Anders said. "What do you know about evil herbivores?"

[bridge-carson.livejournal.com]

"Aside from half the school suddenly thinking they're someone else?" Bridge snickers.

[soldtoarmenians]

Xander obligingly leans over and presents Bridge with his winnings. Not that it's all that much of an obligation.

[cantgetnorelief.livejournal.com]

"Besides that, and Willow who thinks she's Nadia running around in the hallways stark naked except for a towel?" Anders shrugs. "Oh, I got one for you. I broke up with Conner."

[bridge-carson.livejournal.com]

"...Yay winning." Bridge says after a while, with a big grin.

[bridge-carson.livejournal.com]

"How'd that go?" Bridge asks seriously.

[soldtoarmenians]

"Evil what now?" Xander repeated, cocking his head and munching on a cupcake, which he waved in thanks.

[cantgetnorelief.livejournal.com]

"Well, there was some kind of harsh talk, and calling each other out on being hypocrites, and some Plato, but other than that?" Anders shrugs. "Pretty well, actually. We're still friends and all that, but no official coupleness."

[cantgetnorelief.livejournal.com]

"Evil herbivores!" repeated Anders, pointing at the TV screen, where Eddie was, in fact talking about evil giraffes (http://www.auntiemomo.com/cakeordeath/glorioustranscript.html#tyranny). "I mean, come on. As cute as the teal deer are, you honestly think all of them are completely innocent?"

[bridge-carson.livejournal.com]

"Well, I'm glad there was a minimum of badness," Bridge says sympathetically. He then notices the fact that Anders still hasn't touched the cupcakes. "Still avoiding the junk food, huh?"

[cantgetnorelief.livejournal.com]

"Yup. Gotta stay in shape, y'know?" Anders shrugs. "I actually feel kind of good about the whole thing. Or I will, eventually."

[soldtoarmenians]

"I think as a...stuffed-animal-parent-in-...something to a giraffe, I'm obligated to defend their honor. I mean, everything evil that came after me seemed to want to eat me. Thus not so much with herbivore."

[cantgetnorelief.livejournal.com]

"True," Anders admitted. "Okay, so not necessarily giraffes. But as Willow would probably say, does anyone speak Tree? I'm pretty sure we could find a eucalyptus or two who might think differently."

[soldtoarmenians]

"I wonder if it's possible to lose with cupcakes?" Xander muses. "I guess by not having any..."

[bridge-carson.livejournal.com]

"That's good, I guess," Bridge says. "Though, still. I think a breakup might merit a cupcake, even if it was mostly okay."

[bridge-carson.livejournal.com]

"But then we'd have to fill the void left by the lack of cupcakes with... other happy things," Bridge points out.

[soldtoarmenians]

"....Okay, point. Maybe." Xander thought about it. "Other Xander might speak tree. I mean, he turned into one."

[cantgetnorelief.livejournal.com]

Anders snickers. "Willow-who-thinks-she's-Nadia tried to offer me special brownies. Different kind of special, though. Besides," he adds with a sheepish grin, "it's not like we didn't fall asleep together last night anyway."

[cantgetnorelief.livejournal.com]

"I heard about that!" Anders said. "I should ask him sometime, or something. Hey, I thought I saw you guys at the carnival the other day. Have fun?"

[soldtoarmenians]

"We shot stuff!" Xander said. "And went on rides, and ate way too many things composed entirely of sugar, grease, and air. It was awesome."

[bridge-carson.livejournal.com]

"Why would she offer you brownies?" Bridge asks, eyebrow raised.