5th Floor Common room, Wednesday morning

[moonbrain-tam.livejournal.com]

Having no classes today, River had slept in. Now she sat curled up on the couch, a bowl of popcorn and ice cream in one hand and a pen in the other, working on a rather complex drawing involving large amounts of fish.

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[1ordinarygirl.livejournal.com]

"Fish," Buffy commented, joining her. Her breakfast consisted of cereal and juice, but now that she saw what River had she was reconsidering this.

[moonbrain-tam.livejournal.com]

River nodded. "Fish." She had nearly finished her ice cream. "Dawn and I painted a vampire and a slayer in dust yesterday in Home Ec."

[1ordinarygirl.livejournal.com]

Buffy snorted. "In the dust?"

[moonbrain-tam.livejournal.com]

River shook her head. "We added dust to the clean floor. And glitter."

[1ordinarygirl.livejournal.com]

"...I bet that made you popular," Buffy giggled.

[moonbrain-tam.livejournal.com]

"We had fun. More important than being popular," River replied, then threw a popcorn at Buffy. "What have you been doing?"

[1ordinarygirl.livejournal.com]

Buffy caught the popcorn and ate it. "Nothing much. Being woeful that break has ended. There's a practical assignment in Hunting today though. That should be fun."

[moonbrain-tam.livejournal.com]

"Oh? Hunting what?" River grinned.

[1ordinarygirl.livejournal.com]

"Not sure yet." Buffy shrugged. "Some kind of evil shapeshifter, I guess."

[moonbrain-tam.livejournal.com]

"Oh. How is it evil and how do you identify it if it shifts shape?"

[1ordinarygirl.livejournal.com]

"Well, killing and eating people is usually a sign of evil," Buffy noted.

[moonbrain-tam.livejournal.com]

River nodded in agreement. "Eating before or after killing?"

[lovechildblair.livejournal.com]

Blair wandered up in between classes, trying to see if he could track down River. Seeing her on the couch, he waved. "Hey."

[moonbrain-tam.livejournal.com]

River looked up and smiled. "Hello." She felt a little nervous, but thought she hid that quite well.

[lovechildblair.livejournal.com]

"How're you doing?" Blair asked, taking a seat. He was really happy to see her.

[moonbrain-tam.livejournal.com]

"Good. Drawing. You?" She extended a curled up leg and poked him with her toe. "No more skating?"

She was happy to see him too, of course.

[lovechildblair.livejournal.com]

"I'm really great." Blair said with a bounce. "And nope. I think my butt will thank me if I never skate again."

[moonbrain-tam.livejournal.com]

River giggled at that, holding back the urge to give him a hug. She threw a pink pen at him though, trying not to throw too hard.

[lovechildblair.livejournal.com]

Blair caught the pen and smiled. "So what have you been up to lately? I haven't seen you since the day of the carnival?"

[moonbrain-tam.livejournal.com]

"Nothing much," River said, perhaps a little too quickly. "Drawing. Classes. You?"

[lovechildblair.livejournal.com]

"Yeah?" Blair tilted his head at her, not sure what the quick answer was about. "Went to the Wasteland over the weekend and helped to bring Bel back. Other than that, it's just classes."

[moonbrain-tam.livejournal.com]

River looked curious. "Wasteland? Bel's not dead?"

[lovechildblair.livejournal.com]

"It was this really...red place. Sorta like some kind of limbo for demons, I guess." Blair said, not mentioning fighting the giant tongues. "But nope! No dead Bel! It's actually pretty awesome!"

[moonbrain-tam.livejournal.com]

River nodded happily. She might not know Bel very well, but she still appreciated him being alive. Although... "Not evil anymore?" she asked.

And then she frowned. "Giant tongues?" That was odd.

[lovechildblair.livejournal.com]

"Nope." Blair said, giving a sigh of relief. "He feels really bad about the evilness too."

"Yeah...creepy, huh? One licked me. It was very odd." Blair let the image of the tongue licking him run through his head. (http://demonbelthazor.livejournal.com/73607.html?thread=1842055#t1842055)