Fifth floor common room, Thursday around noon

[nadiathesaint]

Vacation was all well and good, but Nadia was starting to get bored. So she was out in the common room, listening to the CDs she'd gotten yesterday, with her laptop. One window on it had notes for the "Evil flying pink pony awareness party", the other had her somewhat neglected epic adventure story.

Yes, Elena and Marco were currently being attacked by evil, flying pink ponies. And a new friend, Tad, had appeared in the narrative. He was a very tall Filipino with a penchant for flirting with . . . well, just about anyone, but especially Jean, the skateboarding star from Quebec.

[ooc: another day, another bout of absolutely nothing going on at work. Open!!]

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[strongestgirl.livejournal.com]

Pippi had stopped by Pip's room to do some... Nursing.

You know, heating up some soup, making sure he had tissues, that kind of stuff.

No, really.

"Morning Nadia!"

[nadiathesaint]

"Hey, Pippi. Is Pip feeling any better?"

[walter-n-wires.livejournal.com]

After talking with Cally in her room, stopping in to see Nadia was a logical next step. He leaned over the couch and gave the laptop a curious glance.

"It is very boring here during vacation."

[walter-n-wires.livejournal.com]

"Hey. How's Pip doing?" Not that he was incredibly bored and wanted their friend to feel better so they could go on their planned boat trip or anything.

[strongestgirl.livejournal.com]

"Mostly he's just sleepy." Pippi explained. "He's been taking this stuff."

She said holding up an empty NyQuil bottle and looking at the lable.

"Big N, little Y, big frakkin Q. I think they should replace 'may make you drowsy' with 'may put you in a coma'."

[nadiathesaint]

"I've been noticing that, too." Nadia pointed to the top window. "But Anders and I are talking about having an evil pink pony awareness party when the new kids get here." She tilted her head back to get a better look at him. "What have you been up to?"

[strongestgirl.livejournal.com]

"Dosing himself with this stuff." Pippi said holding up an empty bottle of NyQuil. "I think he's trying to sleep through it."

[walter-n-wires.livejournal.com]

Walter frowned a little. "I... was a pink pony...." But then again, Nadia had been a gremlin for a day. At least he hadn't bitten anyone.

Moving right along. "Reading. Trying to get everything properly lined up to repair Pip's M-16. I think I understand the fundamentals enough to give it a go now."

[nadiathesaint]

"That would do it, yes. You know, we actually use that stuff as a sedative in the field with SIDE?"

[nadiathesaint]

"Yes, but I said evil pink ponies. You're only morally ambiguous." She'd heard that phrase somewhere and fallen in love with it. "Ooo. Just don't blow yourself up trying to do it, okay? I like you better with eyebrows."

[walter-n-wires.livejournal.com]

Walter had no real idea what the NyQuil was, but it seemed to be some patent medicine.

"That sounds like the best idea. And how have you been? Thank you for the book. I'm just about ready to start finally fixing Pip's M-16."

[walter-n-wires.livejournal.com]

Morally ambiguous? Walter turned the phrase over in his mind before nodding. He liked it.

"I rather prefer myself with eyebrows as well. Without eyebrows, I'd look like something a mad scientist with good taste put together." He made a face that was supposed to mimic Saturday matinee monsters' almost universal look of semi-catatonic hunger and leaned down to pretend to bite her shoulder.

[cantgetnorelief.livejournal.com]

Anders was totally unaware -- so far -- of any embarrassment awaiting him as he gingerly picked his way up to the fifth floor and flopped into a chair. "We need a catchy slogan for the party."

[strongestgirl.livejournal.com]

"No I didn't but that's brilliant."

[strongestgirl.livejournal.com]

"I been good." Pippi smiled. "And you're very welcome. I thought that book would be good because it's also about designing your own rather then just building what's already out there."

[strongestgirl.livejournal.com]

"Hey Anders!"

[walter-n-wires.livejournal.com]

Walter looked up and grinned, "How about 'I did not sleep with that woman'?"

Hey, he'd been studying future history as a matter of self-defense and spending almost all of the year in 2006 had made the reference unavoidable. h

[nadiathesaint]

"You don't think just posters saying 'Evil Flying Pink Pony Awareness Party' will do it?"

[nadiathesaint]

Nadia laughed and thwapped at him gently. "You'd need bolts in your neck or something."

[cantgetnorelief.livejournal.com]

"Pippi!" Anders waved at her tiredly. "How's it going, Team Red?"

[nadiathesaint]

Nadia actually had no idea if it was true, but it sounded good. And if it wasn't, it should be. She nodded solemnly. "It's highly potent, so we must take care to only use a little."

[walter-n-wires.livejournal.com]

"Yes, I have a few ideas about where I'd like to start with that. A couple of sketches. But I thought I'd begin with just learning the skills before breaking off in my own direction."

[walter-n-wires.livejournal.com]

Walter snickered and made gnawing sounds. "This is the part where you're supposed to scream and faint," he said sotto voce.

Although this was Nadia. He'd expect something more along the lines of a mallet to the head and a knee to the groin.

[cantgetnorelief.livejournal.com]

Anders tilted his head to one side and peered sideways at Walter. "What does that have to do with evil flying pink ponies? 'cause . . . oh, ew."

[strongestgirl.livejournal.com]

"Great! And yourself?"