Fifth Floor Common Room, Monday Evening

[demonbelthazor]

Bel was sprawled on the couch, remote in hand, flipping through the channels in search of something relaxing to watch. Maybe that would help settle his mood.

The Discovery channel documentary on hunting habits of wild animals was right out.


[ooc: open, natch.]

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[walter-n-wires.livejournal.com]

Walter wandered in and dropped his bookbag on the counter while he rummaged for a pot to put on some water. He glanced over at Bel and the television and shrugged before continuing his Quest for Tea.

[nadiathesaint]

Nadia waved from her bowl of ice cream.

[walter-n-wires.livejournal.com]

Walter waved back and joined her after he'd gotten the water on to boil. "I saw the biggest cobra ever today."

[nadiathesaint]

". . . Well, you obviously got away, fine. Where did you see it?"

[walter-n-wires.livejournal.com]

"CSC today. Creature Languages. We're covering Parseltongue again. He was there to help us practice." He held a hand up to around her eye level. "Its head was this high without really stretching."

[nadiathesaint]

Nadia's eyebrows went up, impressed. "That's pretty big. No anaconda, mind you, but impressive."

[walter-n-wires.livejournal.com]

Walter laughed and leaned over her ice cream in an obvious moocher's pose. "An anaconda isn't venomous, either."

[nadiathesaint]

Nadia pretended not to notice the posing. "Doesn't have to be. It--" She wrapped an arm around his waist and gave it a squeeze. "--hugs you to death."

[walter-n-wires.livejournal.com]

Walter tried to snag her spoon since one of her hands was occupied. "I'll be sure to keep you at a distance if you ever turn into an anaconda."

[nadiathesaint]

Nadia pouted but did not release her spoon. Instead, she just hugged tighter. "You wouldn't want my hugging if I were an anaconda? I'm insulted."

[walter-n-wires.livejournal.com]

"If I were an anaconda, too, I'd be happy for your hugging," Walter said and tugged again.

[nadiathesaint]

Nadia still didn't let go. "But as an anaconda, I would still want to hug you, even if you were not an anaconda. It would make me sad if I couldn't."

Then she made a sad lobster noise at him. And pretended it was an anaconda noise.

[walter-n-wires.livejournal.com]

Walter hissed at her in Parseltongue, which is hard to do while trying not to snicker, but he mostly pulled it off. //You're silly. I'd coil with you.//

[tyler-gone.livejournal.com]

Tyler raised an eyebrow at Walter. "Hey."

[walter-n-wires.livejournal.com]

"Hey yourself." Hot water procured, Walter pulled a tin out of his book bag. "How are you?"

[tyler-gone.livejournal.com]

"Happy to be back in color," Tyler said. "It's weird, I haven't really wanted to do anything since Homecoming. Maybe I'm coming down with something."

[walter-n-wires.livejournal.com]

"I've been the other way around," Walter said, measuring out some loose tea from the tin. "Restless. I've been out walking a lot. Today I talked to a huge cobra."

[tyler-gone.livejournal.com]

Tyler considered this for a moment. "Did it talk back? Because that's when you worry."

[walter-n-wires.livejournal.com]

Walter laughed and opened the refrigerator to rummage around. "In fact, it did. We're covering the language of snakes in Creature Languages class."

[tyler-gone.livejournal.com]

"I think I heard something about that class," Tyler said. "Sounds interesting. Anyone get bit?" From his tone, it wasn't clear what he hoped the answer would be.

[walter-n-wires.livejournal.com]

"I'm the TA for that class. I've found it to be a very practical class." He made a little sound of triumph and pulled out a pack of lunchmeat and some cheese. "No one was bitten. The snake was rather friendly with the teacher."

[tyler-gone.livejournal.com]

"What kind of friendly?," Tyler asked. "Because that is an itneresting skill in a teacher."

[walter-n-wires.livejournal.com]

Walter shrugged while he started building a very large sandwich. "Friends friendly. They were talking about getting together for her birthday the next time it falls on a full moon."

[tyler-gone.livejournal.com]

"Huh," Tyler said, mildly surprised. "I guess weirder stuff happens here all the time."

[walter-n-wires.livejournal.com]

"My girlfriend turned into a gremlin and bit me, making me think I was my employer," Walter said, mostly to the refrigerator while he pulled out mayonnaise and cheese. "So yes, weirder stuff does happen."