5th Floor Common Room - Monday, late afternoon

[misshargrove.livejournal.com]

Annette was laying on the couch, on her belly, ankles crossed; a pillow shoved up under her arms. She was flipping through the television channels, not really paying attention to what was on. A minute here a minute there, nothing really snapping out at her. Her mind was too preoccupied thinking about who and what she met and talked to over the weekend. It was totally...mind consuming.

Frozen pizza was in the oven cooking. She knew she could do that. Just had to take the plastic off and stick it in the oven. She forgot to read how long it took to cook though. When she could smell it good, then she would know it was done. Hopefully. Annette wasn't too bright in the kitchen department. 

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[misshargrove.livejournal.com]

She smiled a bit, "I'm wore out, Nadia. I did so much this weekend I don't think I will ever be bored again in my life. Just from the memories."

[nadiathesaint]

"Yeah? What'd you get up to?"

[misshargrove.livejournal.com]

Annette chuckled, "Too much? Really, I'm trying to keep it all straight in my head." She smiled a bit ruefully. "How did your weekend go?"

[the_merriest]

Rikku hated to leave her room, but she had to start getting things back to their rightful owners. So she peeked into the Common Room to see if she could find anybody she was looking for.

The blonde also-a-new-cheerleader (Annette?) she was almost sure about, and when she got closer, the dark-haired girl she was talking to looked like a pretty close match, too. Interrupting was rude, but she was kind of far down the "polite" scale at this point, all things considered.

So she cleared her throat and stepped forward and tried not to die of complete mortification. "Hi! Uh, are either of you guys ... uh ... missing anything?"

[misshargrove.livejournal.com]

Annette looked over and blinked, then frowned, then remembered that yeah, she was missing a few things.

"Last night when I took my clothes off, I realized I had lost a good bit of change and a pack of juicy fruit."

[the_merriest]

Rikku nodded. "Yeah, uh, just a sec." She fished through her pouch and found a small baggie that was labelled pmuhta lraan. She peeled the paper off and held the bag out to Annette, face flushed.

"I, uh, I kind of ... I'm really sorry. And I don't know if all the change is there because it was all in a pile but I tried to make my best guess but if it isn't tell me and I'll fix it. And I'm ... really sorry. A lot."

[misshargrove.livejournal.com]

Annette took her things with surprise written all over her face. Then she laughed.

"It's okay. I'm not sure how you got it, but it's okay, really." And it was funny that she could be pickpocketed so easy. Well, not really funny. She could have had a good bit of money in her pocket. But it was just gum and change so she was cool with it.

"You could have just kept it; it wouldn't have mattered at all. But thanks for returning it, I appreciate it."

[the_merriest]

"I kind of ... took it." She shuddered. "I wasn't really myself this weekend. I mean, really."

"Let me know, I mean, about the change. Most of the stuff I could sort out, but the change kind of clumped together. And I'm sorry, and I swear I'm not usually like this."

[misshargrove.livejournal.com]

Which further explained things. "No worries. Really. I've got change scattered everywhere so it's no big deal. Keep it. I couldn't tell you how much I had in my pockets anyway." She smiled, trying to reassure her.

[the_merriest]

Rikku smiled back, nervously. "Was, uh," she hesitated. "Was everybody just ... crazy this weekend?"

[misshargrove.livejournal.com]

Annette raised her brows. "Absolutely, totally. Okay, not everybody, but close."

She tilted her head, grinning. "So, what were you, or rather who were you?"

[the_merriest]

Rikku laughed, seeming a lot less nervous than she had a minute ago. "Wow, I thought maybe it was just our room or something. But then there were lions and penguins so I guess something had to be up. Unless those kind of things happen around here a lot." She realized with panic that they just might.

"I was - I think I was a fairy?! I was about this big" - she holds her hands out "- and I had wings and I flew around pickpocketing people and looking for treasure." Her eyes widen a bit. "And I have no idea why."

[misshargrove.livejournal.com]

She grinned. "Yep, I petted the lion. Took his picture. He purred for me." And wasn't that the icing on her cake for the weekend!

"I don't know if they happen alot or not. I'm new this year. But I hear the last thing happening was the troll invasion last year."

Annette laughed. "Ohh! How fun! I would have loved to seen you!"

[the_merriest]

"The lion was so cute!" Rikku bounced. "He was singing some fun song about being a king and I started singing, too. I didn't think to pet him!" She sighed. "I wish I had given the penguin a belly-rub."

"I'm sorry you didn't get to see me. I had the cutest little outfit, with ribbons and everything, and scarf wings." She cracked up. "I guess I should have been louder!"

"I'm new, too. You're Annette, right? One of the other cheerleaders?"

[nadiathesaint]

"It could have been better. A squirrel knocked me out on the radio."

[misshargrove.livejournal.com]

That should have surprised Annette, somehow it didn't. Still, she had to ask, "Literally?"

[nadiathesaint]

"Apparently. I remember about half of doing radio, and then waking up this morning."

[misshargrove.livejournal.com]

Annette pinched the bridge of her nose. "I think they might be evil. Evil drunk squirrels. How the heck did one knock you out?"

[nadiathesaint]

"Apparently with a really big acorn. I'd rather know why."

[misshargrove.livejournal.com]

"It's painful to think about." Drunk squirrels with huge acorns. "If I ever come face to face with one again I'm going to offer it chocolate."

[nadiathesaint]

"Rum might work better, but let me know if that works."

[misshargrove.livejournal.com]

"Rum?" Yeah, the radio mentions the rum all the time. "I'm going to have to acquire a bottle of that."

[nadiathesaint]

"It's not bad. But it's an acquired taste."

[misshargrove.livejournal.com]

"For the squirrels. Right. I won't be drinking it, you know, unless it's just a sip...to taste it. I've never had it before. I don't think."

[nadiathesaint]

"Then you've got to get the good stuff. Both for squirrel-ness and first taste-ness."