Third Floor Common Room, Late Sunday Evening

[the_merriest]

Rikku had no idea why she was up. She should be tired, but she wasn't. Go figure!

Luckily, her Monday class wasn't until after lunch, so it was okay if she stayed up late. She'd even remembered to bring snacks this time. Lots of sugary goodness and crunchy stuff.

The TV said it was a Movie Monster Marathon and Rikku was learning all kinds of stuff. She felt like taking notes. She'd have to ask someone later if any of these creatures were real or not. Most of them weren't anywhere in Spira, that was for sure.



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[socksofcool.livejournal.com]

Seely also wasn't so much with the sleeping, he flopped down onto the couch next to Rikku. "Hey."

[multiplez]

Z also should have been tired, but wasn't. So the common room it was! "Hey, what're we watching?" she asked as she entered the room.

[notqueenyet.livejournal.com]

Aravis had learned that one of the risks of staying out late and coming back to one's room late was that you might wake up to find your roommate's horse there.

And yet, she wasn't tired and she was seeking company. So that was why she wandered into the third floor common room, took one look at the television, and said, "...are those factual reports? Or is this more fiction?"

[the_merriest]

"Hey!" Rikku bounced. "Did you know werewolves need silver bullets to kill 'em? I so didn't. Are werewolves real or is that more of a swamp monster thing? Oooooh, did you want some snacks?"

Rikku: far more hyper than anyone had a right to be this late.

[socksofcool.livejournal.com]

"Hey Z," Seely waved. "Men in bad rubber costumes and worse special effects."

[the_merriest]

"Hiya!" Rikku waved towards the screen. "Monster Movie Marathon! Lots of black and white and zombies and werewolves and I think some guy who was a vampire. Creeeeeeeepy, but I think it's all fake."

[socksofcool.livejournal.com]

"Aravis," Seely grinned and perked up a little. "Monster movies, pretty damn fake."

[the_merriest]

"Aravis!" Rikku waved. "I think it's fiction? I'm gonna ask someone later who knows. The swamp-monster thing was fake, but zombies are real, so it's kinda confusing. Snacks?"

[ihatedenmark.livejournal.com]

Hamlet had spent a lot of time to himself as of late. He wasn't entirely sure why; maybe he was feeling the change from being a regular student to being a alumni and TA hard than expected. In any case, he found that he couldn't sleep on this Sunday evening, and decided to wander down to the common room at the end of the hall. He was somewhat surprised to still find a group in there at this time of night.

"Mind if I drop in for a short while?"

[socksofcool.livejournal.com]

"Yeah, I knew that," Seely said, and shrugged. "They're not real around my neck of the woods, but this is Fandom, so..."

[the_merriest]

"Hamlet!" Rikku bounced excitedly. "Don't be silly, nobody minds. Hey! Do you know if any of this stuff is real? 'Cause zombies are, even though they're weird-looking. And this all looks fake."

[notqueenyet.livejournal.com]

"They could be real," she argued, settling down beside him. "I have no way of knowing. Especially here."

[the_merriest]

"Your zombies are tooooootally different than ours," said Rikku, munching on some chips. "They don't glow bright green or anything. So maybe they're supposed to look fake. Except the ones at Caritas are real, aren't they?"

[notqueenyet.livejournal.com]

"Ooh, snacks. Have you anything with sugar?" Aravis asked. "And I agree absolutely. Any of these things could show up and no one in this town would be surprised."

[socksofcool.livejournal.com]

"Hey," Seely waved.

[socksofcool.livejournal.com]

"I haven't really gotten close enough to check," Seely said. "But I think they're real."

[cantjossme.livejournal.com]

Mel doesn't bounce. Really.

But she does look pretty damned happy as she enters the common room wearing a new leather duster (http://community.livejournal.com/fh_trips/16939.html?thread=2974507#t2974507). "Hey gang. What's up?"

[notqueenyet.livejournal.com]

Aravis ducked her head slightly. "Good evening. We are watching something about creatures that don't actually exist, though I'm not certain I believe that."

[the_merriest]

"I always have sugar," said Rikku, eyes dancing a little. "And hey! How did the cow-thing go? And hey! Did you, you know talk to him?" Rikku's bouncing was decidedly more pronounced now.

[socksofcool.livejournal.com]

"Definitely fake in the movies." Seely pointed to the screen. "You can see the seams in the costume."

[the_merriest]

"The Jared-guy there said they were real. I offered him some holy water, to change them back? But he said that wouldn't work." Rikku shrugged. "So hey! How've you been? Missing the cabins at all? They were awesome. Well, ours was, anyway."

[socksofcool.livejournal.com]

"Firelady Mel!" Seely waved, then whistled. "Nice jacket."

[ihatedenmark.livejournal.com]

Hamlet smiled at Rikku, and took a seat on the couch. It took a couple minutes of watching the screen to grasp what was going on.

"Oh, these zombies are definetly fake." He pointed at the screen. "If you look carefully at the left half of the screen, you can see a few members of the production crew in the background."

He leaned back against the couch. "The zombies that invaded the school during the second month I was here, and the zombies that work at Caritas are most definietly real, however."

[the_merriest]

Rikku's jaw dropped. "Whoa. Duuuuuuuude. That coat rocks."

[notqueenyet.livejournal.com]

"I haven't yet," she said, shaking her head. "There hasn't been a moment to, really. But the cow thing went well! He was slightly startled! And then there was a horse in my room this morning, but surprisingly it wasn't a gift of retaliation."