Second Floor Common Room: Tuesday morning

[anextimeagent.livejournal.com]

There was a rather cranky Jack in the common room this morning, and he was cursing a certain temporary Principal under his breath. He was bruised from falling on his...posterior when the floating spell had worn off. The shirt she'd cursed him with he'd thrown in the garbage and contemplated setting fire too, and he was still fighting the urge to scratch his chest (though he was prepared to admit that might just be in his head).

What wasn't in his head, however, were the scratches and redness from yesterday's magic induced attack of the itchies, scattered all over that part of the body traditionally covered by a shirt.

And no, he wasn't wearing one. He was giving serious thought, as he sat on the kitchen counter, drinking his coffee, to never wearing one ever again. Just to make a point.

[ooc: it is a common room of openness!]

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[wannabehunter]

Searching the common rooms for coffee, Jo grinned when she caught sight of Jack. "Morning."

[anextimeagent.livejournal.com]

He was still grumbly, but he grinned at her over his coffee. "Morning, Jo. You're looking gorgeous this morning, as usual."

[wannabehunter]

Jo grinned back. "Thanks, you're looking very..." she frowned, "...red."

[anextimeagent.livejournal.com]

"What can I say, Jo." He raised his coffee cup to her. "The sight of you is enough to turn me into a shy and blushing Jack. Tongue tied even." Despite the obvious evidence to the contrary.

[wannabehunter]

"That's a relief," Jo said, playing along. "For a second I though you were allergic to me or something, since it kinda looks like a rash."

[anextimeagent.livejournal.com]

"Nah, just the result of some overvigorous scratching." He peered around and beckoned her closer. "Come here."

[wannabehunter]

Jo raised her eyebrow, but came closer anyway. "You fall in poison ivy or something."

[anextimeagent.livejournal.com]

"Nope." He leaned right over so he could whisper in her ear. "The new Principal? Not a nice person at all." Not that he actually thought he had to whisper, it was just more fun this way. "Nasty sense of humour. She magicked a shirt to me."

[wannabehunter]

Jo's eyes widened, and not just because of Jack's proximity. "Magicked it to you? Like you couldn't take it off?"

[anextimeagent.livejournal.com]

"Exactly. And it was ugly, and it itched. A lot. Which is why--" Jack gestured at his bare chest - and the scratches, but mostly at his bare chest - and made a sad face. "She didn't appreciate shirtlessness."

[wannabehunter]

"She's evil," Jo stated flatly. "More evil than Hades. I could shoot her?"

[anextimeagent.livejournal.com]

"Mmmm, let's hold off on that for a little while," he said, and went to squeeze her shoulder. "But I think we need to keep it in mind. You've had a run in with her?"

[wannabehunter]

"Not yet," Jo said. "But clearly anyone who's against shirtlessness is evil, and she sounds creepy on the PA."

[anextimeagent.livejournal.com]

"You should hear her when she giggles." He shuddered and made a face. "I was simply trying to explain the grand old tradition of Shirtless Day. She's really not a fan."

[wannabehunter]

"Like I said," Jo said solemnly. "Evil. Maybe even a demon."

[anextimeagent.livejournal.com]

"I think she's a witch, actually." Jack took a sip of coffee and leaned back on one hand, looking thoughtful. "She used magic, she had a wand, I recognised one of the spells. And she's from Hermione's world."

[wannabehunter]

Jo nodded thoughtfully. "Break the wand. That should help."

[anextimeagent.livejournal.com]

Jack flashed back to yesterday. "I don't think it's going to be that easy to do."

[wannabehunter]

"If it were easy, someone would have done it already."

[anextimeagent.livejournal.com]

"Now that I can believe. She's bad news, Jo." He gave in to the completely irrational urge to scratch his ribs. "At least I didn't get detention," he muttered.

[wannabehunter]

"At least Principal Washburn will be coming back," Jo said. "And hopefully we'll get to watch her kick some ass when she does."

[anextimeagent.livejournal.com]

"I miss her," he sighed. "I really do. I think she might be one of my favourite people in the whole world."

[wannabehunter]

"She's the coolest principal I've ever had," Jo nodded in agreement.

[anextimeagent.livejournal.com]

"She's the only principal I've ever had, but I still think she's the best. I think we should rename Shirtless Day in her honour."

[wannabehunter]

"Principal Washburn Day? Sounds good to me."

[anextimeagent.livejournal.com]

"Shirtless Principal Washburn Day," he corrected, then snickered at how that sounded.

[wannabehunter]

Jo grinned. "Much as I like the sound of that too, I don't think she'd be quite as impressed."

[anextimeagent.livejournal.com]

"I'll take my chances. I figure when she gets back, she'll have more to worry about than just me." Besides, he'd likely be safely back in the fifty-first century. Zoe probably couldn't follow him there.

[wannabehunter]

"You're probably right. Just don't ask her to join in then."

[irulan-atreides.livejournal.com]

Irulan woke early and found she couldn't go back to sleep, she rose and stepped out of the room, following the scent of coffee still barely awake.

[anextimeagent.livejournal.com]

Jack grinned at her from his spot on the counter. "Morning, Irulan."

[irulan-atreides.livejournal.com]

"Morning," she mumbled, still not quite aware of her surroundings. "Coffee?"

[anextimeagent.livejournal.com]

Jack snagged a mug out of the cupboard and poured a cup, holding it out temptingly in front of him. "Coffee," he said, waggling the mug back and forth.

[irulan-atreides.livejournal.com]

"Yes, please," she said, eyes tracking the path of the mug, almost hypnotized.

[anextimeagent.livejournal.com]

Hiding a grin, he offered it to her. "And I think you might need it."

[irulan-atreides.livejournal.com]

Irulan took it and proceeded to drink it almost she let out a happy sigh. Mmmm coffee and blinked, "Jack! When did you get here?"

[anextimeagent.livejournal.com]

He started to laugh. "I snuck up on you while you were drinking your coffee. I can be stealthy that way."

[irulan-atreides.livejournal.com]

Irulan reddened, "I suppose I looked rather foolish but without coffee in my system I tend to be a bit... 'spaced out' I think is the term?"

[anextimeagent.livejournal.com]

"I would have said adorable, myself," he told her, leaning forward a little. "Or maybe focused. Adorably focused."

[irulan-atreides.livejournal.com]

That was certainly a blush, no denying that. "Oh, thank you, erm..." Irulan tried to search for anything to say that won't lead to embarrassment, "you have lovely complexion."

...which that most certainly was.

[anextimeagent.livejournal.com]

"Why, thank you," he laughed. "And you are as gracious as always, even mid-coffee."

[irulan-atreides.livejournal.com]

This time Irulan managed a small chuckle, "I do seem to say the most random things." She looked down and said shyly, "I missed your company, Jack Harkness."

[anextimeagent.livejournal.com]

His smile softened, and he touched her on the shoulder. "It's nice to be back, Irulan."

[ooc: and la, I got to bed now. SP?]

[irulan-atreides.livejournal.com]

She smiled at him over the rim of her cup, "I think I better appreciate Fandom after my months stay at home."

[anextimeagent.livejournal.com]

"You went home?" he asked, grinning. "Did you take over the planet yet?"

[irulan-atreides.livejournal.com]

"If only," she said with some humor, it was astonishing how distance seem to make the memory less stifling, "but I was under the Reverend Mother's eye since the day I arrived home. She was not the most pleasant company."