2nd Floor Common Room [Sunday, Afternoon]

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Shawn hadn't had a good lazy Sunday like this in far too long. Several weeks in the NTAC facility had really eaten into his summer relaxation time.

He'd made a conscious decision to do as little as possible today, which is why he was lounging on a sofa in the common room reading a large book and picking at a packet of chips and some guacamole dip. The TV was on for background noise, but he really didn't seem to be paying much attention to what was on it.

[[ooc: Open, of course!]]

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Johnny sauntered in and headed straight for the kitchen. Poking his head in the fridge, he grabbed a water bottle and an apple.

Finding a comfy chair, he glanced at the TV, then at Shawn who he thought he might have met? He couldn't quite remember but he didn't want to interrupt his reading time.

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Shawn wasn't quite deeply involved enough to miss someone coming in. He waved a greeting as he leaned forward to snag another tortilla chip from the bowl on the table.

"Feel free to change the channel if you want, man," he said.

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"You sure? Thanks, man," he said with a wry grin and grabbed the remote, flipping through the channels until he came to ESPN. Taking a bite of his apple he nodded over at Shawn's book. "Good one?"

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"It's... appropriate for me," Shawn said with a chuckle. "Picked it up before I came back here, thinking maybe it'd help me make sense of a few things."

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"Yeah? Like what? I'm thinking there are a few things around here that no book would ever help me with," he said with a chuckle.

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"Oh, nothing much to do with here," Shawn said, holding it up so Johnny could see the cover. "And more to do with me in general."

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Johnny looked at the cover then at Shawn. "Something wrong with you?"

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"Nothing deadly," Shawn assured him. "Not as far as I know, anyway. Think it would've done something already by a couple of years down the line."

"I'm Shawn, by the way," he added belatedly.

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"Johnny Storm, nice to meet you," he replied affably. "So, not deadly is good, but what are you hoping to find out?"

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Ah, the Johnny Storm. At least now he could place him after his conversation with Savannah yesterday.

He rubbed the back of his neck awkwardly, kind of hoping Johnny'd managed to miss the radio broadcast, or hadn't made the connection or something.

Shawn shrugged, flicking over a page. "Not really sure," he admitted. "I guess, I just figured it might fill some gaps."

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Johnny noticed the awkward gesture because he used the same one before on several different occassions. Too bad he didn't hear the radio broadcast or he might would have figured it out.

He took another bite of apple and stretched his long legs out in front of him, crossing them at the ankles. "Unexplainable gasps in your life, dude?"

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"Mmm." Shawn nodded, snagging some more guacamole. "About three years, give or take," he replied.

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He quirked a brow. "Seriously?"

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"Got abducted or something," Shawn explained. He tapped the book, "According to this, it was by people from the future." He might just sound a little skeptical.

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Johnny scratched his head. "That book is about you? Getting kidnapped by people from the future? First of all, where are you from and what time frame we talking about here?"

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"Not just me," Shawn corrected him. "Me and 3399 other people, got returned to this beach up near Seattle a couple of years ago. It was, like, a major worldwide freaky phenomenon where I'm from."

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The first thing Johnny thought of was that he was abducted by aliens. So he said that. "Abducted by aliens? Future aliens?"

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"Future normal people," Shawn said quickly. Talk of aliens usually led to bad thoughts of what they might've done to him in those three years.

Somehow, future humans seemed less likely to do anything creepy.

"And hey, I didn't come out the other side too badly off, really."

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"No, no, you look and seem pretty decent to me," he said thoughtfully. "So why mess with trying to figure out why? What if the why totally messes you up?"

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"Because it bugs me not knowing," Shawn said simply. "And the government are gonna keep trying to get it out of me anyway."

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Johnny frowned. "How's that?"

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Shawn shrugged, "Doesn't really matter, it's probably not going to work anyway. Hasn't so far."

"Doesn't stop me wanting to know."

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"I mean the goverment. You need some help with that? I got certain skills you know."

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"Hey, I'm here right," Shawn said giving a quick grin. "So, it's not a problem. Not at the moment."

"Anyway," he continued. "I got some skills myself. That just seems to make them all the more determined to keep an eye on me."

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Shawn was getting cooler by the minute. "What kind of skills?"