5th Floor Common Room - evening

[bookyeve.livejournal.com]

Evie was eating apple pie from Jeff, God of Biscuits (and she's been rather disappointed to find out he wasn't a *real* god), going over a dozen photocopied maps with highlighters (hurray!), and watching Wormhole X-Treme. She had *no* idea what was going on. But she rather liked Dr. Christian Levant.

There was a whole pie out on the counter, with cookies next to it. She'd go get another piece when the show was at the commercial.

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[grenfelzer.livejournal.com]

"Hey... Evie, right?" Carmela says as she grabs a spot on the couch. "From Myths class with Doctor Covington."

[bookyeve.livejournal.com]

Evie nodded with her mouth full, and waved, then swallowed and smiled. "Yes! Evie Carnahan. And you're Carmela, correct? Please, help yourself to some of the pie on the counter. It's delicious."

[grenfelzer.livejournal.com]

"Ooo, pie!" Carmela says with a grin, bouncing up to do just that. Sitting back down, she adds, "and that's my name, yes. Don't wear it out." She adds with a wink.

[bookyeve.livejournal.com]

Evie giggled, then nodded toward the television set while circling a spot on her map of the Island in pink. "Do you understand this 'show'? I'm afraid I'm rather lost, coming in at the middle."

[grenfelzer.livejournal.com]

"I... think my friend's little sister watches it, sometimes," Carmela says thoughtfully. "They use the... portal thingies, which I *think* are like worldgates? To go to other planets and explore and beat up bad guys and stuff."

[bookyeve.livejournal.com]

"Ahhh. And that one, there? Dr. Levant?" Evie bounced a little. "He doesn't have a girlfriend, does he? And Grell used to be a bad guy, did I understand that correctly?" She made a rather expansive gesture with the highlighter, and ended up drawing a pink mark on her face.

[multi-madrox.livejournal.com]

Jamie walked into the room and began collecting the garbage.

He gave the other occupants of the room a glare. "Don't be making any messes today."

[bookyeve.livejournal.com]

"I wasn't planning on it?" Evie said, cautiously. "Um, there's pie there? And cookies. If you want any." She blinked at him, intimidated.

[grenfelzer.livejournal.com]

"I think you've got it," Carmela says, trying not to giggle at the highlighter-mark. "Uh, you've got..." she makes a gesture at her own cheek.

[bookyeve.livejournal.com]

"Mmm?" Evie dabbed at her face with the napkin, and a little pink came away. "Oh, dear." She sighed. "And this type of ink is *marvelously* persistent, I've found." She shook her head, and went into the kitchen area, wetting a towel and scrubbing at her cheek until it had at least faded the mark. "I'm forever doing this sort of thing." She came back into the living area and sat down, blushing a little. "In any event. I rather like being able to watch a 'show' while studying."

[grenfelzer.livejournal.com]

"You don't have television where you're from?" Carmela guesses, as if it's something she can't quite imagine.

[multi-madrox.livejournal.com]

"No thanks. I'm on duty," Jamie said throwing more trash into his bag.

[bookyeve.livejournal.com]

"1916. If you're not from our planet, that's ninety years ago. And no, we barely had radio for more than a year at that point." Evie sighed, then turned to smile dreamily at Dr. Levant on-screen. "I did love the cinema though. But this is much better. Are you from here and now? Or elsewhere and elsewhen?"

[bookyeve.livejournal.com]

"Right. Um, well, should I not make messes tomorrow, as well?"

[notajar]

Door wanders upstairs, drawn by the sounds of the television echoing faintly down the stairwell.

"More space stories?" she asks, coming in and curling her feet under her in one corner of a couch.

[bookyeve.livejournal.com]

"Good evening, Door. Yes! They're exploring other planets. Although I'm rather disappointed nothing's tried to eat them yet." Evie waved her fork and added, "And there's pie. And cookies."

[notajar]

"Oh, thank you!" Door jumps up and procures herself a piece of pie. "Perhaps whatever lives where they're exploring has pie and cookies so it doesn't need to eat them," she adds thoughtfully as she sits back down.

[grenfelzer.livejournal.com]

"This one has things that are sort of like worldgates," Carmela says wisely. "And explosions. There's always explosions."

[multi-madrox.livejournal.com]

"I'm not cleaning up tomorrow so you can make as much of a mess as you want," Jamie said with a small grin.

[bookyeve.livejournal.com]

Evie gave a small sigh and smile of relief. "Right then. Good luck with the rest of it."

[grenfelzer.livejournal.com]

"I'm from here and now," Carmela says. "But as far as I can tell, not quite the *same* here and now as anyone else."

[bookyeve.livejournal.com]

"It's very confusing," Evie said meditatively, staring at her pie. "I don't pretend to understand it. Einstein's published some things that address this, but it's not my field." She sighed, cocking her head. "What is different about your here-now from the other here-nows?"

[grenfelzer.livejournal.com]

"We've got wizards, where I'm from," Carmela says. "A lot of places don't seem to have those. Though I suppose they could and just not know about it..." she muses. "But Door said she's never heard of any worldgates existing in London, and I *know* there's at least one major station..."

[bookyeve.livejournal.com]

"Really. I wonder if it exists in *my* London. Where is it, exactly?" Evie looked wildly intrigued as she forked another mouthful of pie into her mouth. "And, and, worldgates? Like on this show?"

[notajar]

"Between different dimensions?" Door takes a closer interest in the show. "Are they space-wizards then?"