Third Floor Common Room - Thursday Evening

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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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[southernbender.livejournal.com]

Katara hadn't done much of anything today but walk down to the water and play with it for a bit. So she wandered into the Common Room to try to find some more chocolate. Or hot chocolate. Both would be nice.

"Hi!" she said happily to the boy already there.

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Lucas looked up from his popcorn, unknowingly clutching the popcorn bowl a little tighter. "Uh, hi," Lucas replied. "I'm Lucas."

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"I'm Katara," she replied. She noticed the clutching and worried. "I'm not interrupting you, am I? Just wanted to find some hot chocolate."

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"No, not at all," he said hurriedly. "I think there might be hot chocolate under there." Lucas looked at the popcorn bowl, then back at Katara, and then offered it. "Popcorn?"

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She tilted her head at the popcorn a bit curiously. "Is it good? I don't think I've had it before."

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Someone who had never had popcorn? That amazed him. "Well, yeah. It's popcorn. Everyone likes popcorn." He took a piece and put it in his mouth and chewed. "It's salty."

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Katara laughed and found a bag of Valentine's candy that somehow had gotten left in the CR. "Okay then, I'll take your word for it," she said, taking a few pieces and finding a seat on the couch.

[stocksgrrl.livejournal.com]

Turtle was feeling restless and running up and down the halls (not her own, of course, because, hey, she had to live with those people), and whizzed by the common room, stopped, and then backtracked, with exaggerated backwards walking gestures. She stopped, breathless, at the door. "People!" And then moved in and flopped on the couch with a deep exhale. "Whooo..." She fanned herself a little. Running up and down the halls could be exhausing.

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"You can turn it over to something else if you want." He gestured at the TV. "It was just on."

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"Been running a marathon?"

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"Not quite," Turtle said with a huff of air, lifting a finger, but only getting it half-raised before dropping it back down lazily, "but close. These halls? A lot longer than they look."

[southernbender.livejournal.com]

Katara had a wild vision of accidentally getting the channel stuck on...pirates like Sam had that one time. She picked up the remote tentatively and poked at it to see if she could make it work.

There was flickering. And the volume changed a few times. And then, "ooh! Penguins!"

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"Turtle," Katara said with a wave. "Did something chase you? A lack of detention maybe?"

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"They seem like an obstacle course. Squirrel here, floormate gone crazy there."

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"You like penguins?"

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Turtle giggled. "Random moving piece of furniture," she shrugged. "Y'know. Good for keeping on your toes."

Once her breath had caught up with her and she was relaxing a little into the ooh-comfy of the couch, Turtle sort of paid a little more attention to who she was talking to, saw it was a relatively cute boy that she didn't know, and let a smile slide onto her face. "I'm Turtle, by the way."

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"Ohmigosh, Katara!" Turtle gasped dramatically. "You wouldn't believe it if I told you! Every...everywhere I turned, it was there, following me! This...this....horrible..." She whipped her head around behind her, as if checking to see if whatever it was was still there, sending her braid sailing over her shoulder and settling down her front. "Whew," she said, turning around with a breath of relief, until she looked down at the trail of braid and let out a small shriek, "Ahhh! There it is! The Braid! The Braid of DOOOOOOM."

Which was when she couldn't keep up the act anymore and feel into a reeling of giggles, clutching her stomach from laughing so hard.

...She was in an odd mood tonight.

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Katara nodded. "They're funny looking things, aren't they? Flocks and flocks used to live by my home. We used to try to feed them."

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Katara almost fell off the couch giggling. "No! Watch out! It's CHASING YOU," she managed to gasp out.

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Turtle's hands went up to her face as if to shield her from the terror as she screamed out between giggles, "Oh no! Get it away, get it-- Ah! Katara! You have one chasing you, toooooooo! NooooooooOOOOOOooooo *pays royalties*!"

[imissmydolphin.livejournal.com]

The family resemblance and the mention of penguins clicked. "Hey, are you Sokka's sister?"

[robotboyfetish.livejournal.com]

Cassie wandered up a floor, because she could.

"What're we watching?"

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He offered the bowl of popcorn. "I'm Lucas. Is your name really Turtle or is it a nickname?"

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Katara swung her head and gasped at the sight of her braid flying around. "NO! NOT THAT? How did they find us?"

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Turtle's hand dug into the bowl and appriciately grabbed a handful, beginning to munch before answering. "If I say nickname," she said, "are you going to pester me about what it really is?"