Fourth Floor Common Room//Thursday Morning

[union-jane.livejournal.com]

Seras had taken the medicine that Ms. Poppins had given her before bed last night. It had, oddly enough, tasted just like gingerbeer. And, it seemed to be at least somewhat effective.

Seras still looked rather corpse-like, but her appetite was back. Which was a good thing because the two pairs of jeans that she hadn't cut up while under the impression that she was, in fact, an anarchist punkish rebel, were starting to bag at the waist.

Still clad in pajamas and wearing thick, though mismatched socks, she'd made her way down to the Common Room and fixed herself (and anyone else who cared for some) a large batch of apple cinnamon oatmeal with lots of brown sugar.

She was now curled up on the couch, dividing her attention between her breakfast, the old Errol Flynn movie that was on tv, and her copy of the London Times, circa 1993.


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[notthehulk.livejournal.com]

Teddy smelled food. Food that that neither came in a can, nor was made of mac that was particularly easy.

He pokes his head in the common room and sees Seras.

Usual manners forgotten he asks, "Food?"

[sogothcally.livejournal.com]

Cally wandered up from having said goodbye to Xander, a little sniffly. She heard the TV on the fourth floor, so she came in to see who was all gathered. She tilted her head at Seras' newspaper.

"Research?" she asked.

[union-jane.livejournal.com]

Seras looked up. Another new guy. Man, she had to start meeting all the new people, curse her wussy immune system.

"Through there," she said, using her spoon to point the way to the kitchen where she'd laid out the pot of oatmeal and some bowls and spoons.

[tyler-gone.livejournal.com]

Food. Food was good.

Tyler wandered up to the common room and sniffed at the oatmeal. "Hi, Seras. Is this for everyone?"

[union-jane.livejournal.com]

Seras smiled at Cally and shook her head.

"I'm from 1993, and I took out a subscription before I left for Fandom," she said, "So, technically, this is the lastest news."

[union-jane.livejournal.com]

Seras smiled because who doesn't like apples and cinnamon?

"Yup. There's a big pot in the kitchen. Help yourself."

[lovechildblair.livejournal.com]

Blair bounced into the common room with River. "Hi!"

[tyler-gone.livejournal.com]

Tyler filled his bowl with oatmeal and rummaged in the fridge until he found some milk, then came to sit on the couch near Seras to eat it. "Good," he said, mouth full. "I haven't seen you in a while."

[tyler-gone.livejournal.com]

"New person," Tyler noted. "Hi."

[moonbrain-tam.livejournal.com]

River waved her camera. "Someone want to take a photo of us?"

[ktarian-wildman.livejournal.com]

Naomi had wandered into the fourth floor common room as she hadn't been in there yet and saw that there were people (and food), "hi," she said to everyone in general.

[sogothcally.livejournal.com]

Cally smiled at that. "Gosh, I can't even imagine what'd happen if I got newspapers from home. They'd totally break poor Anders."

[union-jane.livejournal.com]

Seras smiled and held out her hand for the camera.

"I'm game," she said.

[union-jane.livejournal.com]

"Been sick," replied Seras, wrinkling her nose, "I was pretty much out of it for a couple weeks."

[lovechildblair.livejournal.com]

"Yay!" Blair held out a hand to River. "Ready to twirl?"

[union-jane.livejournal.com]

Seras chewed and swallowed her mouthful of oatmeal before asking, "Why would they break Anders?"

[union-jane.livejournal.com]

Seras waved to the person she did not recognize.

"Morning! Want some breakfast?"

[notthehulk.livejournal.com]

Teddy runs walks at a sedate pace to the kitchen and returns with a bowl of oatmeal.

"Thank you so much! I haven't had much real food since I got here."

He extends his hand, "I'm Teddy by the way."

[ktarian-wildman.livejournal.com]

Naomi waved back, "morning," she replied, "yes please,"

[union-jane.livejournal.com]

Seras dropped her spoon back into her bowl and took his hand.

"Pleased to meet you. I'm Seras," she said with a smile, "And, if you check out the common rooms around morning and lunch time, people will generally be cooking something. And, oddly enough, they'll usually make enough for everyone."

[tyler-gone.livejournal.com]

"That sucks," Tyler commiserated. "Ordinary sick, or weird Fandom sick?"

[notthehulk.livejournal.com]

"That would be me, yes. Though I usually go by Teddy." He needed that name tag back.

[union-jane.livejournal.com]

Seras nodded.

"There's a pot of oatmeal and bowls and spoons and milk and orange juice and whatever else you might like to drink in the kitchen, over there. Help yourself," she said with a smile.

[tyler-gone.livejournal.com]

Tyler started to wave to Blair before he noticed River.

His oatmeal suddenly got much, much more fascinating. He'd managed to avoid her for almost a month, and he wondered if he could stretch that for the whole year.

[sogothcally.livejournal.com]

"Cause I'm from his future," Cally said. "Like, nine years or so."