Second floor common room - Friday afternoon

[falcon-or-blade.livejournal.com]

Faile sat crossed-legged on the floor in front of the TV. She tucked her divided skirts around her bare feet and leaned forward a bit more.

"Do it again," she commanded John who sat on the couch behind her, holding the remote control.

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[missed-the-gate.livejournal.com]

"What, change the channel?" John asked, hitting the channel up button again.

[falcon-or-blade.livejournal.com]

Faile smiled, not answering as she tried to figure out what was happening on this channel.

It was The Weather Channel.

"Oh!" Faile said in amazement. "How does the man know what the weather will be?" Faile knew some Aes Sedai could tell what weather was coming, but she knew that any man who had the power would quickly be destroyed.

[senor-chado.livejournal.com]

Chad was on the second floor; he thought he was on the fourth floor. Not that it really mattered when he peeked into the common room, distracting himself from the original goal of finding Teddy's room.

"Are we teaching a new kid about TV?" That was always fun.

[missed-the-gate.livejournal.com]

"Hey big brother," John said. "I'm always willing to teach people about culture." Even if John was no master of the explanation.

[falcon-or-blade.livejournal.com]

Faile turned and grinned up... and up at him. "Yes! It is quite fascinating. I'm still not sure if I understand how it works, but it is incredible."

[senor-chado.livejournal.com]

"Hey, Little Bro," Chad responded, taking a look around. It was always by the furniture that he recognized which common room it was; only the third had a chair he felt comfortable in, but he still sank down to take up one of the smaller sofas. "S'noble of you."

[missed-the-gate.livejournal.com]

"Well, that man is Bob Stokes. He knows what the weather will be because," John paused, he didn't know how to explain this simply. "...they have special tools in space that send him information that he can use to figure out what it's gonna be like outside." John wondered if he should change the channel to VH1. He could explain music videos better than weather.

[senor-chado.livejournal.com]

"Well, there's these electronic waves that trav--" Chad's finger was lifting, but he stopped. Blinked. Lowered his hand. "You know I don't really think I know how it works either. I don't watch a lot of TV."

[missed-the-gate.livejournal.com]

"Thanks," John grinned. He was proud that he'd been assigned big brother to Faile. "How's Teddy?" John wondered if he was still a dog, but didn't want to ask outright.

[falcon-or-blade.livejournal.com]

Faile turned to look at him. "In what space?" she asked.

[senor-chado.livejournal.com]

"I dunno," Chad said, thinking John was asking in general. "I was on my way to his room to find out, but I think I got misdirected."

[lovesrenoir.livejournal.com]

And then there was a crazy looking fuzzy muppet entering the room with a giant bowl of popcorn held over his head.

"POP-CORN! POP-CORN!"

[falcon-or-blade.livejournal.com]

"But, there is so much on!" Faile said. "John said that there are well over 100 channels. All with something different. You really hardly watch it?"

[senor-chado.livejournal.com]

"Over 100 channels, sure," Chad grunted. "Doesn't mean there's anything actually worth watching. D'rather listen to music, or something."

[falcon-or-blade.livejournal.com]

This? Was enough to get Faile to stop staring at the TV. Speechless, she just blinked at Animal.

[senor-chado.livejournal.com]

"Popcorn?" Chad asked, as if verifying something that wasn't already insanely obvious.

[missed-the-gate.livejournal.com]

"Um, let's look at some music on TV!" John flipped the channel to VH1 classics and an Air Supply video. All Out of Love (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2HejVjzhKTY) blared from the speakers.

[lovesrenoir.livejournal.com]

Animal waved his muppet hand at the pretty girl.

"WOOOOOO-MAN!" he called out in greeting.

[falcon-or-blade.livejournal.com]

"John said there are even channels for music. You don't like to watch those either?"

[lovesrenoir.livejournal.com]

"UH-HUH! UH-HUH!" Animal announced whipping his head up and down in his typical headbanging fashion.

Which of course sent a good deal of popcorn flying everywhere.

[abhorsentobe.livejournal.com]

Sabriel was holding her borrowed copy of The Amethyst Flower when she entered the common room. "Oh, hello." She waved vaguely to the others. "Is there anything to drink here?"

[senor-chado.livejournal.com]

"Those are okay," Chad amended. "Where I'm from, I couldn't get some of those." He nodded over toward John. "My little bro's been helping you out?"

[senor-chado.livejournal.com]

While he never failed to appeciate a good headbang, perhaps there was a time and a place. "Whoa, there, man," he said, taking his hand and putting it on the bowl to steady it. "Popcorn's not as good on the floor."

[missed-the-gate.livejournal.com]

"Hey," John greeted Animal. "Popcorn's my favorite, can I have some?"

[missed-the-gate.livejournal.com]

"Still a dog, then?" John asked, wondering how long people stayed that way, needing to be taken care of and all.