Third Floor Common Room - Thursday Evening

[imissmydolphin.livejournal.com]

Lucas had a giant bowl of popcorn and was sitting in front of the TV. There was a documentary on, but the remote control was out of reach, so if anyone grabbed it they could probably flick over to something else.

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[notawitch.livejournal.com]

"Hey!" said Will, waving back with slightly less excitement. "Enjoying the penguins just that much, huh?"

[stocksgrrl.livejournal.com]

"Penguins?"

Turtle turned toward the TV. She hadn't even been aware of the penguins.

[notawitch.livejournal.com]

"So everyone keeps telling me about, at least. I think that penguins are adorable. Not as cute as frogs, mind you, but still pretty cuddly."

[stocksgrrl.livejournal.com]

Turtle chuckled. "I've been avoiding evil braids, so I may have missed things. I agree that both those animals are cute." She nodded. "I take it you like frogs?"

[notawitch.livejournal.com]

"Evil braids? Should I be on the lookout for those?"

She broke out into a wide grin. "I love frogs! They're so cute and adorable, with those big eyes and those weetiny little legs! I have so~~~ much frog stuff, especially plushies."

[stocksgrrl.livejournal.com]

"Uh, no, Stark scared them away." But the enthusiasm from Will was definately drawing more of Turtle's attention. Man. When she said 'love,' she realllly meant love... "I, uh...I got a plushie today. But it was a turtle, not a frog. Still green, though?"

[notawitch.livejournal.com]

"Still green, and definitely still cute. Cute plushies are great things to have, no matter what species they are."

[stocksgrrl.livejournal.com]

How egalitarian of her. But Turtle certainly had to agree. "I'm a little partial to turtles, myself, but that's jus' because that's my name." She smiled as she introduced herself to the other girl. "I'm Turtle. What's your name?"

[notawitch.livejournal.com]

"Mine's Will. I'm up from room 422." She grabbed some more popcorn out of the bowl. This stuff was good.

"Turtle seems like kind of an unusual name. But, hey since my birth certificate says 'Wilhelmina', I can't complain."

[stocksgrrl.livejournal.com]

...Wow. That made her real name actually seem not too bad.

"It's a nickname," Turtle smiled a little, with a nod. She briefly wondered if she felt like disclosing the real name, especially after a whopper like Wilhelmina.

...Nope. Wasn't going to.

[notawitch.livejournal.com]

She'd suspected that much. Wow, if Turtle didn't even want to talk about her real name, then it must have been really frightening. The poor girl.

"I hear ya. That's why I go by 'Will'."

[stocksgrrl.livejournal.com]

"I like it," Turtle decided after a moment. "It's, like, short. Kinda sassy. Great conversation starter, I imagine. I know 'Turtle' 's helped me out a lot there."