Second Floor Common Room - Thursday Morning (Before Classes)

[kawalsky.livejournal.com]

The giant pillow/blanket/chair fort of awesome was still up from last night. Thankfully, someone had turned the TV off so Rescued by the Alarm wasn't on anymore. Kawalsky had fallen asleep during that really bad murder mystery weekend episode where Zeke was in on it the whole time.

Worst episode ever.

He emerged from the fort and eyed the common room kitchenette. This situation called for pancakes. He got to it, being a pancake ninja and all.

"Pancakes! Get your pancakes."

[OOC: Free pancakes! Feel free to come in or say that you stayed there the whole night in the fort. I'll be here until I fall asleep.]

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[whitedeathpod.livejournal.com]

"Thanks," John said, grinning. "I'm excited. Aeryn's coming with me so that's two people you can visit in one go. And you will be coming to visit."

[kawalsky.livejournal.com]

"You bet I will be. Someone's gotta check up on you. The whole family going? The sea monkeys too?"

[whitedeathpod.livejournal.com]

"Every single thing and person is coming," he said, nodding. "Bertram, Toasty, Santa Claus, Bruno, the sea monkeys. Damn, I have a lot of things."

[kawalsky.livejournal.com]

"S'what happens when you settle somewhere a while," he shrugged. "Man, graduation." The thought had escaped his mind for the last few days because he'd been trying not to think about it, but now he couldn't help it. "Stickbugs are gonna need new recruits with you, me and Cam gone."

[whitedeathpod.livejournal.com]

"We could hold a recruiting drive?"

[kawalsky.livejournal.com]

"They'd all be beating down the door wanting in. We'd never get through all of the auditions in time before graduation."

[whitedeathpod.livejournal.com]

"Talent show? Make them sing and dance and judge their merit that way?"

[kawalsky.livejournal.com]

"Or we could go the way of secret societies like in The Craniums and pick them ourselves all stalker-like. Or let the guys who stick around do all the hard work."

[whitedeathpod.livejournal.com]

"Ooooh, secret society." John nodded at this idea. "Secret handshake?"

[kawalsky.livejournal.com]

"We definitely need a secret handshake. And a secret password. We kinda have a secret society song, even if it is just 'mighty mighty stickbug' sung off-key."

[whitedeathpod.livejournal.com]

"I'd suggest monk robes but that might push us into the cult category."

[kawalsky.livejournal.com]

"Plus they make me look fat."

[whitedeathpod.livejournal.com]

"Yeah," John said, nodding. "You do have big hips."

[kawalsky.livejournal.com]

"I haven't been working out. Gonna have to get right on that after I eat all these pancakes." He dished some out fresh onto a plate for John. There was even New Hampshire maple syrup available on the counter. "How's Aeryn taking the post-grad plans? She gonna be okay in our crazy little corner of the galaxy?"

[whitedeathpod.livejournal.com]

"Mmmm. Smells good," John said, taking the syrup and dousing the pancakes. "And she's doing okay. She's excited or so she tells me. Wait till graduation and you'll probably see an entirely different face from her."

[kawalsky.livejournal.com]

"A happy face or a 'oh god what have I gotten myself into, can I really handle this, please hold my hand but I'm not gonna ask you to do that because I'm too tough' face?"

Not that he'd considered the latter too seriously himself.

[whitedeathpod.livejournal.com]

John thought about it. "The second one maybe. For a specific reason. Not a bad one though."

[kawalsky.livejournal.com]

"She doesn't have anything to worry about. She's got you. But what specific reason?"

[whitedeathpod.livejournal.com]

"Can you keep a secret? Super top secret, dude."

[kawalsky.livejournal.com]

Kawalsky raised an eyebrow, shrugged and nodded. "Of course."

[whitedeathpod.livejournal.com]

"I'm asking Aeryn the big question sometime that day. You're the second person to know this."

[kawalsky.livejournal.com]

"No way," he replied. "No way!" He broke out into a big grin. "That's awesome, man." He clapped Crichton on the shoulder. "Really awesome." He lowered his voice. "You got a ring yet?"

[whitedeathpod.livejournal.com]

He shook his head. "Still looking. Shopping for a ring for a woman who carries a gun is hard."

[kawalsky.livejournal.com]

"If you want a partner in crime to do a trip on the mainland, count me in. There's probably a place in Alexandria that'll do custom stuff too if you get any ideas." He flipped a pancake. "So am I getting an invite or am I gonna have to gatecrash?"

[whitedeathpod.livejournal.com]

John perked up at that. "You'd help me shop? Awesome because I was this close to just giving her a shoe tree or something. And you're on the invite list, dude. Groomsman!"