5th floor Common room, Friday afternoon

[moonbrain-tam.livejournal.com]

Preparing for the camping trip later this evening, River was examining her food supplies in the kitchen. There was fruit, she had some cookies and pie left from Wednesday's baking and she made sure to bring enough water. Having packed all this in a bag, River sat down on the couch and watched the weather forecast.

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[scary-jeff.livejournal.com]

After a nice and comforting session of headdooring in his room after class this morning, Jeff finally decided it was safe to leave the room. Without any real destination in mind, however, and no intention of touching the stairs, the common room was pretty much the only place he could end up in.

He stared at the television for a while.

[moonbrain-tam.livejournal.com]

River looked up at him, smiling. "Does the weather interest you?"

[scary-jeff.livejournal.com]

Jeff was startled out of his revery like a deer. "Uh," he said, "I'm very fond of clouds."

[moonbrain-tam.livejournal.com]

River nodded solemnly. As she could read minds this statement was probably understandable to her. "I'm going camping," she said.

[scary-jeff.livejournal.com]

"Best mind the clouds, then," Jeff said. "You wouldn't want to be attacked by a rabid one." Rabid clouds?

[misshargrove.livejournal.com]

Annette walked in and sat down on the couch next to River but not like next next. And she stared at the TV. At the weather forcast.

"Hmm."

[moonbrain-tam.livejournal.com]

Smiling at Annette, River said: "Going camping tonight."

[misshargrove.livejournal.com]

Annette looked at River and smiled, "Lucky."

[moonbrain-tam.livejournal.com]

"Scouting class assignment," she explained, then handed Annette the remote to the TV. "I know what weather to expect now."

[misshargrove.livejournal.com]

"That sounds like fun. Dick should be going then because I believe he is in Scouting," she said, wondering why he never told her. Oh well.

Taking the control, Annette started flipping through the channels and stopped at the Food Network Channel. "I think I'm addicted."

[by137.livejournal.com]

A.J. had to let more things dry before he could paint anything more, so he went looking around the dorms for people.

"Hey, look!" he announced his success as he came into this common room. "People!"

[moonbrain-tam.livejournal.com]

"Numbers increased when you arrived," River said, smiling at A.J.

[by137.livejournal.com]

"Oooh," A.J. grinned back at River. "Glad I could help." He flopped down on the couch with a comfortable sigh. "How've you been, River?"

[moonbrain-tam.livejournal.com]

"Good," River said, avoiding an elaborate and more truthful description. "Painting much?"

[by137.livejournal.com]

Grinning, A.J. lifted up his hand to show her; it was still smudged with a little bit of white and brown paint. "Of course," he said. "In fact, you should come by my room sometime, maybe help a bit. Contribute your handprint to the wall I want to get everyone's eventually."

[misshargrove.livejournal.com]

Annette looked over at A.J. and smiled, waving at him.

[by137.livejournal.com]

A.J. grinned and waved back. "Miss Annette," he greeted. "Thankfully soundtrackless, I see."

[misshargrove.livejournal.com]

"Wonderfully soundtrackless," she said with a grin. "How's it going today?"

[oncourtandstage.livejournal.com]

Troy grinned at A.J. "Hi! I don't think I said yet, it's great work you're doing in the room."

[by137.livejournal.com]

"Glad you like it," A.J. said, with more than a little bit of relief because he had been worrying about it. "Make sure to thank Annette and Anemone, too, 'cause they've been helping. Our room is going to rock, man."

[oncourtandstage.livejournal.com]

"I will! Uh, if I meet them. Well, Anemone. I met Annette." He was a little hyper. Please excuse the rambling. "But yeah. Sorry I haven't been around much to help! We kinda seem to keep missing each other coming and going."

[oncourtandstage.livejournal.com]

Troy was wandering a bit, and made his way up to the fifth floor common room. Just because.

He was still humming, and there was a bit of dance to his walk. Dorky dance, but dance nonetheless. The music the day before had left him in a good mood. "River!" he exclaimed, as he came into the room. "Hi!"

[moonbrain-tam.livejournal.com]

River tilted her head backwards and looked at Troy upside down. "Hello!" she said cheerfully.

[oncourtandstage.livejournal.com]

Troy turned around and tried to do a handstand. "Hello!" he repeated, managing his balance for just a moment before tumbling over in a heap. "... Ow." But he got up and dusted himself off. "Uh, yeah. So! Hey! How're things? How's... the weather?"

[moonbrain-tam.livejournal.com]

River eyed the heap of Troy on the floor, but smiled again as he got to his feet. "Cloudy," she said. "Going camping tonight. Good day?" It was always nicer to ask that.