5th floor Common room, Saturday morning

[moonbrain-tam.livejournal.com]

River sat perched on the couch. Not only wasn't Simon around, there was also a lack of kitchen staff to make her breakfast. She'd had to improvise, which had resulted in cookies and ice cream. That wasn't too bad although perhaps a little low on nutritional value and high on sugar.

There was also a lack of books, which bothered her even more. The art books were interesting, and her roommates fashion magazines did give her some insight into cultural values, but overall, River was bored. And also, why did she have a roommate? Her parents could afford to give her a single room. Not that she minded the other girl - and she'd been asleep - but other girls usually minded her. And boys. Most kida her age did, in fact.

She had pulled out her notebook and was scribbling something resembling a plan for the day.

[Open, of course.]

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[lovechildblair.livejournal.com]

Blair was dragging his yoga mat upstairs when he saw River scribbling and stopped. "Hi!"

[moonbrain-tam.livejournal.com]

River looked up and grinned at Blair. "Good morning," she said. "Time for exercise?"

[lovechildblair.livejournal.com]

"Maybe." Blair sighed, dropping his mat on the floor and plopping down next to River. "Stairs are hard."

[moonbrain-tam.livejournal.com]

"Dragging the mat up here was exercise?" River suggested. "Or you need breakfast first? There's a lack of staff in this place though, so you have to find your own. I found cookies."

[lovechildblair.livejournal.com]

"Cookies, River?" Blair gave River his best puppy dog eyes. "Wanna share?"

[moonbrain-tam.livejournal.com]

"Maybe," River said teasingly, grinning. "What do I get if I do?"

[lovechildblair.livejournal.com]

Blair thought for a moment then bounced happily. "Hugs!"

[nadiathesaint]

Nadia led Walter and carried Furrball into the common room. "I want cereals with mashmellows in 'em. An' pineapples. An' hot sauce."

[walter-n-wires.livejournal.com]

"Hot sauce is yucky," Walter disagreed. He'd detoured long enough to grab Pup, because he had to have the superior pet.

Pup dangled helplessly in Walter's grip, looking resigned to being carried by his neck again.

"And I want someone to cook me a big breakfast." No one looked ready to do that. "Or some cereals."

[nadiathesaint]

"I think we'd need a 'dult to make a big breakfast."

Furrball gave Pup a look of "omg how do we get away?!" Nadia gave Furrball a big hug.

[walter-n-wires.livejournal.com]

Walter pulled the fridge open and peered inside. "Eggs. You just put them in a pan, right?"

He pulled out the eggs and a jug of milk and put both on the counter. "I've seen my mum do it."

[nadiathesaint]

Nadia found a box of chocolate frosted sugar bombs, made herself a giant mixing bowl full, then climbed up onto the counter to watch Walter. "I don't have a mum. But my Sofia says that sometimes eggs have salmon-nilly."

[walter-n-wires.livejournal.com]

"Salmon-nilly? Is that like pickalilli?"

Rummaging yielded a preposterously large frying pan. "Can I have some of your cereal?"

[nadiathesaint]

"I dunno, what's pickalilli?" Nadia drummed her heels on the cabinets. "Okay. But I want some of your eggs if that's okay. And if they don't have any salmon-nilly."

[moonbrain-tam.livejournal.com]

River looked up and waved at Nadia and Walter. "No proper breakfast here, unfortunately."

[walter-n-wires.livejournal.com]

"I'm gonna make eggs." If they were lucky. "You just make them hot, right?"

[moonbrain-tam.livejournal.com]

River nodded. "The heat makes the protein coagulate. Unless you want to eat them raw."

[walter-n-wires.livejournal.com]

"Ewww!" Walter looked at her, both fascinated and grossed out. "Why would you want to do that?"

[moonbrain-tam.livejournal.com]

"Nutritional value and preference for slimey consistency," River suggested.

[walter-n-wires.livejournal.com]

"Yuck." Walter shook his head. "I don't even like poached eggs but my mun does and is now getting hungry."

[nadiathesaint]

Nadia waved back. "I bet there's some cereals somewhere,"

[moonbrain-tam.livejournal.com]

"I gave the last of the ice cream to Blair," River informed her.

[nadiathesaint]

Nadia rummaged through the cabinets. "That's okay, I want cereals, not ice creams." She found a box of chocolate frosted sugar bombs. "I can make you a bowl, if you want,"

[moonbrain-tam.livejournal.com]

That did look nice, actually. "Yes, please," River said.

[apocalypsesoon.livejournal.com]

Wee!John raced around trying to find stuff to do, stopping when he saw River. She was cool. He waved, thinking she was cool.