Fourth Floor Common Room; Thursday Evening.

[by137.livejournal.com]

A.J. was having one of those days again, where he had a ton of creative energy coursing through him, but wasn't exactly sure how to release it. He tried working on plans for his room in his room, but it was too quiet. It was a social kind of energy. So he moved into the common room on his floor, flopped comfortably on the couch with his sketchpad, and started sketching, hoping some people might drop in to keep him company while he drew. Sometimes, the best pictures came out that way.

He thought that, if he wanted people to come be social, he should be making food. But then he remembered that probably no one really wanted that. He could make a pretty mean bowl of Ramen, though...


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[notthehulk.livejournal.com]

Hoping for some free food from the common room gods, Teddy wandered over to his floor's one. No food.

Damn it.

But there was a newbie there so he might as well be social. "Hey."

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A.J.'s eyes flitted upward for a moment. "Hey," he greeted back with a smile, before his gaze quickly danced back down, having hardly broken the movement of his pencil through the careful curve of a bent arm.

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Curious as to what he was drawing, Teddy wandered over to peek. "You new here?"

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"Yeah..." Recognizing that about-to-peek expression, A.J. smiled and shifted the sketchbook in his lap so that Teddy could see the sketchy but pretty expertly done images of a few muscular figures. His smile then turned kind of shy, kind of hopeful that the peeker wasn't disappointed. "A.J., John, or Leaf, depending on who you ask. How 'bout you?"

[notthehulk.livejournal.com]

Teddy just kinda stared. "Can I just call you AJ?" He waved slightly. "I'm Teddy." Or Ted. Or Dorrek.

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"A.J. is perfectly acceptable, Teddy," he assured him with a firm nod and serious demeanor, but the seriousness faded quickly into a grin. "You new, too?"

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"Nah," Teddy replied, grinning back. "Been here since the fall. Have you heard all the stories yet?"

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A.J. let the groan and the roll of his eyes answer for him, slumping in the couch a little more, but he shook his head and grinned lightly.

[notthehulk.livejournal.com]

"Is that a no on the gremlins and invasions then?"

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"Oh, maaan," A.J. groaned. "Those actually are new ones, I think. I don't know; I can't keep them all straight."

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Teddy laughed, reaching over to give AJ a reassuring pat on the shoulder. "You get used to it. After the first invasion, they all start to blur."

[girlzippo.livejournal.com]

Charlie came in after her shift at Groovy Tunes was over, and flopped down onto a couch in the Common Room. "Hey. Hi." She curled her legs under her and yawned a little. "What are you drawing?"

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"A picture," A.J. answered with an unforgiving grin.

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"They already blur," A.J. sighed, his head bobbing appreciatively for the pat. "Thanks. I think maybe that's because the barrage of weird crap people tell you about could probably technically be considered the first invasion..."

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Charlie got caught in another yawn, and giggled, leaning her head on one hand. "Of? And I'm Charlie. Do you live on this floor?"

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"Potentially super heroes, nice to meet you Charlie, and yes," A.J. responded, in that order.

[turtle-techie.livejournal.com]

Donnie was surprised to find people in his own common room. Never mind that he didn't go to them that often to know if it was actually weird or not.

"Hope you don't mind more company," he said as he took a seat, settling back with a sigh.

[girlzippo.livejournal.com]

"I'm in 419, with Carmela. And cool! Which ones?" Charlie tried to peek over his arm. "The ones from Ninth Wonders, or other ones?"

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Please forgive him; he's still quite new, but A.J. couldn't help but staring.

"Dude," he breathed out in awe, "the craftsmanship on that is incredible." He'd never seen costuming that looks so...amazingly....lifelike...

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"Hey, Donnie," Charlie said, watching him through half-slitted eyes. Yay for color-coordinated masks, making it easier for her. "How goes the designing?"

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"402 for me. And I'm A.J., by the way." He smiled and shifted the sketchbook so that Charlie could see easily the four figures he was sketching out. They were still vague, but it was easy to tell that his basics were very good as they stood as muscular outlines of things to come. "And they're my own, actually. Maybe. If I can think of them, but I have a few idea."

[notthehulk.livejournal.com]

"It might," teddy admitted good naturedly. "But then when random monsters from space or something show up, you'll be woefully unprepared."

[turtle-techie.livejournal.com]

"The what?" Donatello blinked and looked down at himself. "My belt? It's not bad, I guess. It's lasted quite a while, anyway."

[girlzippo.livejournal.com]

"Nice to meet you, welcome to Fandom, look out for Gremlins." Charlie grinned back, then leaned forward to look at his sketches. "Oh, cool. You're good! I can barely draw anything, even after Art class." She tapped a figure on the end. "I like this one... how long have you been into art?"

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"If that does happen," A.J. said pointedly, fleshing out the guy in the center of his picture's bicep, "I'll be hiding under my bed. Maybe in the closet. Either way, it's hard to be woefully unprepared for that. Simple process, really. Go to destination, hide, let it all slip away with shreds of your sanity..."