Third Floor Common Room, Tuesday evening

[walter-n-wires.livejournal.com]

Enough of the hiding out from everyone. Walter realized he'd been invisible lately, and that clearly hadn't worked on a number of levels.

So, out into the common room where he'd fried up a batch of potatoes and turned on the television, deliberately opting out of the Hitler History Channel and picking up a random improvisational comedy programme.

There he sat with a pile of salty fried potatoes, a panting hellpuppy, and a metric tonne of homework he hadn't been paying sufficient attention to.

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[strongestgirl.livejournal.com]

Pippi is lured down to the 3rd floor by the siren call of carbs.

"Hey there. Long time no see."

[walter-n-wires.livejournal.com]

Walter waved a potato at her. "And you aren't seeing me now. I'm a figment of your Walter-starved imagination."

[strongestgirl.livejournal.com]

"...and the potatoes?"

[walter-n-wires.livejournal.com]

"I suppose you must be potato-starved, too. It's a pity; you were such a healthy girl before, too."

[strongestgirl.livejournal.com]

"I'm falling apart in my old age..."

[connernotconnor.livejournal.com]

Well, it had been a weird day so far, with some ups and downs. Maybe some time hanging out in the common room would swing the balance toward the 'up' side more.

"I smell food," he noted as he walked in, vaulted over the back of a chair, and dropped into it with all the grace of an overweight diplodocus. "Anything good on?"

[walter-n-wires.livejournal.com]

"Some show with men grabbing styrofoam things and pretending they're moustaches and such."

Walter pushed the plate toward Conner. "Food?" As though anyone said no.

[walter-n-wires.livejournal.com]

Walter pushed the plate toward her. "Potatoes aren't quite the fountain of youth, but it's worth trying."

[connernotconnor.livejournal.com]

As if Conner was going to say no. "Sure thing, thanks! Oh, hey, I love this show. Especially when they have to improv that song they all hate so much."

He reached for the plate, snagged a potato, bit into it with a little too much enthusiasm, and ended up making a rather silly face as he burned his tongue. Spitting it out would be kind of gross and rude, though, so he clapped his hands over his mouth and sat there, eyes wide and face turning red.

[strongestgirl.livejournal.com]

Pippi took a potato from the plate and muched on it.

"Eternal youth is a myth anyway."

[strongestgirl.livejournal.com]

"Hey Conner! Congratulations on getting your hair back to normal."

[walter-n-wires.livejournal.com]

"So is eternal life," Walter said with a nod. "And who wants to do anything forever anyway?"

[strongestgirl.livejournal.com]

"I can't think of anything that wouldn't get tedious after an extended period of time." Particularly World of Warcraft.

[connernotconnor.livejournal.com]

"Hey, Pippi!" Conner replied, once he'd managed to swallow the mouthful of potato. He was grimacing a bit, because ow, burned mouth, ow. "Thanks, I think. It was kind of harder than I thought it would be."

[walter-n-wires.livejournal.com]

Walter watched the spectacle, smirking just a little.

He probably could get up and get Conner some water, but why? It was rather amusing watching the guy turn red.

[strongestgirl.livejournal.com]

"I bet." Pippi said, but quickly she added. "It looks nice!"

Maybe it's a trick of the light, but now that she's getting a better look the color looks a little... fake.

[nadiathesaint]

Having unsuccessfully looked for Walter in his room, but had a nice conversation with Chad instead, Nadia found her way to the common room.

Hey, she had to show off her newly glitterfied immobilizer and hair and pants and . . . er, I won't say what, but damn that chafes!.

"Ahhh. Here we see the wild butler, hard at work preparing the evening meal. . . ."

[walter-n-wires.livejournal.com]

"As he has discovered that courting his mate with gifts of pebbles is only effective for penguins," Walter added in his best nature show host narrator tone.

[nadiathesaint]

"Not if the pebbles are shiny. . . ."

[walter-n-wires.livejournal.com]

"You have to wait for Christmas for shiny pebbles," Walter said and pushed the plate of potatoes in her direction. "Until then, I might be willing to exchange a hot snack for a kiss."

[connernotconnor.livejournal.com]

Conner bounced up and down in his seat a bit, his eyes bugging out a little more. His eyebrows twitched, subtly, in a way that could have been a glare if he'd had the focus to actually muster one at the moment.

[connernotconnor.livejournal.com]

Conner gave her an odd sidelong glance. "Is there something on my face?"

[walter-n-wires.livejournal.com]

"Precisely." Which might explain Alucard's frequent turns of mood, come to think of it.

"So, what's new for you?"

[nadiathesaint]

"You drive a hard bargain, wild butler, but I think I can meet your terms. . . ." Yeah, so the metaphor was now well and truly mixed. Sue her. She turned to survey the room. "But . . . who to kiss?"

[walter-n-wires.livejournal.com]

Which really only served to cause Walter's "just a little" smirk to expand to a full one.

"What is this I hear about your hair?"