Third Floor Common Room - Monday Late Afternoon

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It had been a busy day of classes and Neil was still a bit unsettled from the subject matter of Ethics. While some of the rumors started and flung around had been funny, it was also a stark reminder of the power of words and perception.

Dropping off his books in his room, Neil sifted out the ones he needed for Traditional Fairy Tales and then he decided to head back to the common room for a bit. He'd seen enough of the inside of his dorm room this past weekend and felt a change of scenary and the chance to observe some of the post AU weekend awkwardness might be a nice change of pace.

The TV didn't really interest him, so he flipped on a radio and made some popcorn. As microwaves were still a bit of an oddity for him, he made the popcorn the old fashion way, on the stove with oil, salt and fresh butter and he probably made way too much. Shrugging, he dumped it all together into a large bowl, which he placed on the table near the couch he flopped upon. Opening his books and perching his reading glasses on his nose, Neil put his feet up on the opposite cushion and set about doing some extra credit.

[Open, as common rooms tend to be.]

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[water-wonder.livejournal.com]

Tori entered the common room, glad to see that some of the people in her class that had been affected over the weekend, had turned back to normal. She was extremely relieved.

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Hearing someone moving around Neil looked up briefly overtop of the rim of his glasses and smiled.

"Good afternoon." He said. A simply greeting, to be friendly but not intrusive if she was just playing through.

[water-wonder.livejournal.com]

"Hi Neil." Tori greeted him warmly. "How are you?"

She was feeling a whole lot better about the events that had happened over the weekend. At least everyone was turning back to their normal selves. Though, she was still itching to figure out what caused it.

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Nudging his glasses further up his nose with the tip of a finger, Neil smiled and looked up at her.

"I'm doing good. Had both my classes today, doing some extra credit for one of them. How are you?"

[water-wonder.livejournal.com]

"I'm glad to hear that." Tori smiled. "I'm well. Everyone seems to be back to normal, so I'm happy about that."

[iftheseshadows.livejournal.com]

"And dealing with the repercussions of the weekend, if the averted glances and shielded eyes I saw in my first class today were anything to go by." Neil said with gentle humor in his tone.

[chasingangela]

Angela offered her roommate an apologetic smile. "For the record? I really, really don't treat people the way I treated you Saturday."

[water-wonder.livejournal.com]

Tori smiled when she saw Angela. "It's okay. Technically you weren't you, so there's really nothing to be sorry about. I'm just glad you're back."

[chasingangela]

"I'm glad to be back," Angela said. "I think I thought you were a servant or something. Whoever Juliet was, she must have had a spoiled little life."

[water-wonder.livejournal.com]

"Yeah, something like that. Maybe a messenger or something, because you kept asking me where Romeo was." Tori smiled. "It seemed like she did, yeah."

[chasingangela]

"I asked half of town that," Angela replied. "But the hair thing, that was because you were there when I woke up."

She shrugged. "Did you see any other weirdness?"

[x5-alec.livejournal.com]

There was food in the third floor CR, so that was a draw, but as Alec wandered in, he frowned at the lack of TV. "What else is there to do?"

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Free food, for sharing even.

Neil glanced up briefly overtop the rim of his glasses, which is probably part of why he made the obvious mistake he was about to make when he said in a friendly tone, "Afternoon, Dean."

Reaching out, he nudged the popcorn towards Alec. "Help yourself."

[x5-alec.livejournal.com]

"Alec," he corrected somewhat absently, taking a handful of popcorn as he glanced at the TV. "Thanks," he added after a moment, turning back to Neil. "So who're you, now that we've established you know Dean, at least?"

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Neil had a moment's pause and he glanced up quickly at Alec, concerned that the strangeness had finally caught up with Dean but then he remembered Dean telling him about Alec when the subject of 'twins' had come up.

Sitting up a little straighter, Neil nudged his glasses up onto the crown of his head so he could see better and he smiled.

"Neil Perry." He said, leaning to offer Alec a hand. "Sorry about the assumption. Dean was right, you two bear a striking resemblance."

[x5-alec.livejournal.com]

Alec shook Neil's hand with a grin. "Nice to meet you, Neil. And don't worry about it, really. We do look exactly alike, except for our hair, how we dress, and I'm obviously way hotter."

[chasingangela]

After Aziraphale's class, Angela decided she couldn't hide forever. The scent of popcorn drew her to the common room.

"Hi," she said, a little shyly.

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Neil looked up from his studying and smiled in a friendly manner to the young lady he hadn't met yet.

"Good afternoon." He offered.

[chasingangela]

"Hi," Angela said, perching in a chair. "You're Neil from my group in Fairy Tales, right?"

[OOC: I don't think they really *talked*, but they did *meet*]

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[ooc: I have a memory like a steel sieve. *facepalms]

As she came closer and he got his glasses back up on his face, Neil recognized her from Fairy Tales and he blushed a little at his initial faux paux.

"Oh! Hey, yes...yes I am. Angela, right?"

[chasingangela]

"Most of the time," Angela agreed. "We didn't really get to talk in class, Neil."

[OOC: No worries, I have gmail instead of a memory *g*]

[x5-alec.livejournal.com]

Alec waved. "Hey Angela, long time no see."

[chasingangela]

"It has been forever," Angela agreed. "By the way? I'm really, really not married."

[x5-alec.livejournal.com]

"You do, however, really really have a boyfriend," Alec said, amused. "Unless it's been so long that's not true anymore?"

[chasingangela]

"Still true," Angela said sheepishly. "I spent the whole weekend thinking I was married, so I wanted to get the disclaimer out of the way."