Third Floor Common Room [Saturday Evening]

[grenfelzer.livejournal.com]

Having nothing better to do, Carmela was sprawled on a couch in the common room, channel surfing. Not so unusual.

What *was* unusual was the *way* she was doing it. The remote sat off to the side, untouched, and the TV was apparently changing channels on its own, every time Carmela said "No."

[ooc: a note about the Speech. It's in italics, and since it's the language of *everything*, your character will most likely hear whatever's being said as in their native language. If they listen especially carefully or have an ear for languages, they might be able to tell there's something unusual about it, though.]

Comments

[connernotconnor.livejournal.com]

"Hey, Rory," Conner said, waving at her from the couch.

[auroryborealis.livejournal.com]

"Hi Conner!" Rory said, waving back. "What's new and fascinating?"

[connernotconnor.livejournal.com]

"What Carmela's doing with the TV," he said, pointing. "That is like the coolest thing ever!"

[auroryborealis.livejournal.com]

"It's like when Xander Harris had powers last spring by accident," Rory said, nodding. "He kept changing it to whatever he was thinking about."

[connernotconnor.livejournal.com]

"It did?" Conner repeated, his eyes widening as his brain went through the logical steps of Xander = guy, guy = thinks about sex a lot, thinks about sex = porn on TV? "Man, getting powers by accident sucks."

[auroryborealis.livejournal.com]

"My limbs fell off," she told him casually.

[connernotconnor.livejournal.com]

Conner's face twisted into comical horror. "How is that even useful?!?"

[auroryborealis.livejournal.com]

"It wasn't. But it was entertaining!" she replied. "John got me to put them on the wrong way. It was funny."

[connernotconnor.livejournal.com]

"That sounds kind of creepy," Conner said. "But being entertaining is totally a useful superpower sometimes."

[auroryborealis.livejournal.com]

"It was very creepy," she nodded. "But I could reach things, too. It could've been worse. Bridge had animals sticking to him."

[connernotconnor.livejournal.com]

"That sounds kind of inconvenient," Conner said with a frown. "What was it, like a disease?"

[auroryborealis.livejournal.com]

"Kind of. One of our friends messed around with magic and then everyone he touched ended up with weird powers," she replied.

[connernotconnor.livejournal.com]

Conner chewed on his lower lip thoughtfully. "I don't know if that's a good thing or a bad thing that this didn't happen the same time as what happened with Marie last week."

[auroryborealis.livejournal.com]

"Is she okay?" Rory asked. "I heard some stuff, but I don't actually know her or anything...."

[connernotconnor.livejournal.com]

"She's coming along. I don't think she'll be hanging out in public much for a while, but at least she's back," Conner told her. "She really didn't want to be around people at all, at first."