Third Floor Common Room: Morning after first period

[cantjossme.livejournal.com]

Mel was out later than usual patrolling the vampire free island and is still feeling the effect even after her morning class.

Which is why she's slumped on the couch, barely awake and wondering why small children from some reality show are telling her to play a pretend instrument so that a car with drums for wheels can go faster.

"Come on now, Carmine
You can win the race
Because you are an amazing music car!

Mel stared some more at the screen and wondered if someone had slipped something into her coffee.

"If we want Carmine to go faster, we need to help him by playing our bass drum. Take your hand like this and beat your pretend drum and go BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!"

Mel took a sip of her coffee in the vain effort to get herself awake enough to change the channel.

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[moonbrain-tam.livejournal.com]

River was heading out for a walk before class, but stopped by the third floor common room when she heard the song from the TV. She sat down next to Mel, seemingly meserized by the screen.

[cantjossme.livejournal.com]

Mel waved at River in a semi-drowsy/hypnotized way and struggled to sip another bit of her coffee.

[moonbrain-tam.livejournal.com]

River tore her gaze from the TV, looked at Mel and smiled. "No vampires?"

[cantjossme.livejournal.com]

"Nope. Just kids chasing race cars," she said with tired grin.

[moonbrain-tam.livejournal.com]

"Meant on Fandom, not on TV." She grinned back. "Can see the TV for myself."

[cantjossme.livejournal.com]

"No," Mel said with a yawn. "No vampires. No demons. No dinosaurs. Just an empty graveyard and yours truly."

[moonbrain-tam.livejournal.com]

Suddenly looking serious, River asked: "You ever doubt the meaning of it?"

[cantjossme.livejournal.com]

"No," Mel said shaking her head seriously. "Because it's just something that has to be done. I'm not saying the world will end if I don't patrol? But I'm not going to take any chances."

[moonbrain-tam.livejournal.com]

River said nothing. Fate didn't seem to have left her with a similar purpose in life.

[cantjossme.livejournal.com]

"I say something wrong?" Mel asked curiously.

[moonbrain-tam.livejournal.com]

"No," River replied, but didn't elaborate further.

[early bedtime for me tonight!]

[robinthefrog.livejournal.com]

Robin shuffled into the room, rubbing the sleep out of his eyes.

*Yaawn* "Morning."