Fourth Floor Common Room, Thursday Evening [10/18]

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Hoshi was not taking her chances on leaving the dorms after dark. Who knows what she could run into out there? After making a quick phone call to let Jack know where she was, she started cooking some chicken teriyaki for dinner. There would be plenty to go around in case anyone else was hungry.

[Hoshi is expecting Jack Burton, but the common room is open for anyone else to interrupt their "date" thing.]

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As expected, Jack made it up to the fourth floor. Was this a date? Class assignment?

Time to put the ol' Burton charm to the test. "Hey, Hoshi," he said in his best 'I am not attacking you' voice.

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Hoshi was still a little jumpy. She had her back turned to the door and yelped in surprise when Jack spoke.

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"Holy cra--are you okay?" he asked, looking around for a Big Nasty, fists up in those 60s style pugilist pose.

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"Fine!" squeaked Hoshi. "Just fine. You just caught me by surprise, that's all."

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"Oh. Uh, you want me to leave and try that again, now that you're expecting me?" he asked with a small grin on his face. Fists turned back into hands, his thumbs hooked in his jeans pockets. "That smells good."

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"It's not tofu," Hoshi stated rather bluntly. Because, for some reason, she and Jack always have some sort of conversation about tofu.

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"That's good. What is it?" Jack and tofu didn't agree. Mostly because tofu thought it was food and Jack knew better.

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"Chicken teriyaki." Tofu was most definitely a food. Hoshi wondered if Jack would know the difference if she just covered tofu in teriyaki sauce and cooked it.

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...he probably wouldn't.

"That sounds good. Need any help?" Charming smile.

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"Not really. It's almost ready. I'm just waiting on the rice to finish cooking," said Hoshi, wondering why the heck this felt so awkward. Her "date thing" with Robin last weekend wasn't like this at all.

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Jack wasn't noticing any awkwardness. Heck, he thought things were going fine.

"You wanna talk about what happened? I had a monkey steal my sandwich this week."

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"That's it?" said Hoshi with a snort. "Just a sandwich? I went to lunch with someone and a monkey tried to drag her off and eat her. I had to kill the monkey."

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"You... you killed the monkey?" His jaw dropped. "They were trying to eat someone? Man, I got off lucky. WHat happened?"

If Jack were the hugging kind, Hoshi might have had her personal space invaded by two meaty arms a hug.

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"It was absolutely vicious," said Hoshi. "I tried to scare it off with a chair and it wouldn't budge. Then I tried to give it a slice of pizza, but it wouldn't take the bait and tried to drag Annette away. So I had to slam it on the head with something heavy to get it to drop Annette. That really pissed it off and it tried to attack me."

It's not a good idea to get in Hoshi's way especially when she's armed with a ritual Andorian weapon and looking fierce.

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"But you got away. And Annette's okay. Right? YOu're safe now."

Of couse, Jack's definition of "safe" was "not in danger right exactly now" so some conditions apply, not valid in New Mexico.

Jack would agree that Hoshi looks fierce and is not picturing her in leather pants owning the common room.

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"It wasn't my idea of fun," said Hoshi with a sigh.

At least the rice was done cooking. Hoshi started serving up portions of chicken teriyaki with rice and vegetables.

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"I dont' see that as anyone's idea of fun," he said. That's just not right.

The food? Looked excellent, even if the conversation was a bit...awkward.

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"It hasn't been a very fun week. I can't wait until classes start again on Monday," said Hoshi, for the sake of making conversation.

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"I miss it, too. What's your favorite class? I was liking COmmunications...but I think something happened to the professor." Conversation was good.

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"So far, I'm liking my Keeping Your Wits class the best. I actually look forward to Mondays just for that," said Hoshi.

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Jack started blushing. HIs Monday class was Sex Ed...and...he wasn't as knowledgeable on that subject as he thought. "What's this Wits class?"

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"It's about keeping your cool in stressful situations so you can get out safely," explained Hoshi. That just about described her week, actually.

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"Sounds like a great class. Who teaches it?"