Third Floor Common Room, Saturday Afternoon

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Dawn meant to be studying. She had a ton of work to do, after all, not the least of which was memorizing demon traps. So, her notebook was out, as were the handouts from Hunting, and she had a protractor, a ruler, and a pencil, and she had been practicing drawing the designs, right up to the point where she got hungry about ten minutes after she started working.

So now she was engaged in experimental food assembly--after doing some foraging, she grabbed an apple, a banana, some raisins and dried apricots, a couple of flour tortillas, a jar of crunchy peanut butter, and the container of marshmallow fluff. Kind of the Dawn take on burritos, but it probably wouldn't be fatal.


[ooc: Open, as common rooms are. Experimental cooking and/or non-lethal study group, anyone?]

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Buffy walked in while Dawn was assembling burritos. "Hey! Just the Dawn I was looking for!" She stopped and stared. "Uh, Dawn? What are you doing?"

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Dawn looked up from placing apricots on fluff. "Making brunch. You want?"

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"Uh. Maybe?" Buffy stepped closer, following Dawn's hands fascinated. "Is it any good?"

[joxertehmighty.livejournal.com]

Joxer wandered down a floor, yawning a bit.

"Morning everyone," he said.

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"I don't know yet," Dawn added a couple of slices of apple, sprinkled some raisins, then folded the ends in and started rolling up the burrito. "It's an experiment. So, you said you were looking for me?"

She took a bite and considered the flavor while she chewed.

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"You kinda missed morning, Joxer," Dawn informed him as she sliced up banana.

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"Yup." Buffy nodded, watching Dawn's face for taste-reaction. "I was wondering when you're going home for the holidays. I'm leaving Tuesday, but if you're going before that I have to give you your presents sooner."

She bounced a little at the mention of presents.

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Joxer rubbed his face. "I did?" He looked around. "Oops."

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"Long night of drunken debauchery and dancing girls?"

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"Only in my drea... I think of no one but Kaylee!" Joxer said quickly.

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"I'm not going home," Dawn decided the burrito was a little sweet, but not nearly as bad as the pizza with anchovies, pineapple, and pickles she'd had the year before. "Everyone's busy all over the planet, so I'll be here."

She tried to ignore that Buffy would be spending Christmas with their...her mother, but wow, hi, jealousy.

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Dawn grinned. "No, of course not. I was teasing. Did you sleep in?"

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"That sucks," Buffy decided. "You could come home with me?" She paused. "Though that might be really weird since mom doesn't know you yet."

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Dawn almost jumped at the offer, but shook her head sadly after a minute. "Thank you, and you'll never know how much it means to me, but I...can't. It's complicated."

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"I guess I must have," Joxer said. "I really need to figure out a way to tell time better."

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"How do you tell time now?"

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"By how high the sun is," Joxer said. "It's about the only way."

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"Okay, this I can help you with," Dawn decided, pulling out her cell phone, "but your times are probably off anyway, right? Because we're at a different longitude than you're used to, and that makes a difference."

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Buffy nodded. "It wouldn't be the same, I know. But, if you change your mind... There'll be other people here too, so you won't be all alone? Right?" Because if not, she was bonking Dawn over the head and dragging her home. She eyed the ingredients thoughtfully. "I want peanut-butter and banana."

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"No, I think there are other people staying, though I think a lot of those people are going to Los Angeles for a while to hang out with Angel," Dawn said, remembering what Molly had told her, but not that Buffy didn't know Angel yet. "And are your hands broken? Grab a knife and a banana and start spreading."

"Er, not dirty."

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"...I should hope not dirty." Buffy made a face as she reached for a knife. "Who's Angel again? I'm guessing she or he's one of the old students?"

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"Um, student who graduated before I started," Dawn explained vaguely, "Kinda looked like Seely."

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"Hunky then," Buffy commented.

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Dawn almost facepalmed, but started giggling at the irony instead. "You think Seely is hunky? Does he know?"

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"...What's a longitude?" Joxer said.