Fifth Floor Common Room, Monday Evening

[not_in_the_book]

"Can you hand me the ginger?" Ronan asked, as he ground some spices with a mortar and pestle. "The fresh, I mean." The fragrant smells of cooking curry were already pervading the common room, and probably making their way through the rest of the dorms. When Isabel handed over the asked-for ginger, he added some to the mixture in the mortar, and went back to grinding. "Thanks. I hope this isn't too spicy for whoever else comes along," he added.


[OOC: Open, as common rooms are! Come have some curry. :D]

Comments

[itsjustlanguage.livejournal.com]

"I'm getting better at dealing with it since I've been here," said Hoshi. "The first week of classes? I was freaking out at the thought of classrooms since I used to be home-schooled. And me, in a graphic novel? That sounds kind of cool!"

[girlzippo.livejournal.com]

"Lieutenant Ildiko, able to translate any computer language and talk starships into doing her will," Charlie told her, grinning a little. "Right now she's breaking out of illegal lock-down with Officer A. And the home-schooling, that makes sense." She took another bite of curry, and admitted, "My old school was almost smaller than this place. I don't know if I could handle a big high school. I'm just glad I don't have to find out."

[itsjustlanguage.livejournal.com]

"If the door is locked by some type of computer, Lt. Ildiko could break the pass-code since math is just a language," suggested Hoshi. "And they have high schools bigger than this one? I definitely would not have been able to handle that."

[girlzippo.livejournal.com]

"The one in Albany? Has about a thousand kids," Charlie said, shaking her head. "I seriously couldn't handle that. And cool! Yes! I can write that in, and then Officer A can duplicate herself, and they can get to the shuttle bay and swipe a... Hmm. Something cool."

[itsjustlanguage.livejournal.com]

"A phase pistol?" asked Hoshi. "Or maybe a phase rifle if you wanted some serious fire power. My parents never would have gone for a high school with thousands of students. They felt I needed more individual attention. I'm still surprised they were persuaded to send me here."

[girlzippo.livejournal.com]

"What convinced them?" Charlie asked idly. "And ooo! Phase rifle! That sounds a lot cooler. Can it blast through doors, maybe?"

[itsjustlanguage.livejournal.com]

"This guy named Daniels showed up and told them how Fandom High was fantastic for someone with my special skills and that home-schooling would hinder my abilities to work with others," said Hoshi. She didn't know at the time that Daniels was actually a time-traveler who would later serve on her first starship.

"The phase rifle should definitely be able to blast through doors, depending on what they were made of. I think they use the tougher materials on the outer hull of the ship, so the interior bulkheads must be a lot weaker."

[girlzippo.livejournal.com]

"Hunh. I guess if there are crowds on starships, he had a point," Charlie said. "So I guess it's good he was, what, on the school board for that?" She looked thoughtful as she messed with the curry. "Hmm, okay, so blast an 'interior bulkhead', get a glider? Maybe? They have some like that around here. And then ... ooo! Space station! I was going to put them on the surface of the planet, but a space station is way cooler." She cocked her head. "Would you want to serve on one of those?"

[itsjustlanguage.livejournal.com]

"I'm not sure what he was in relation to the school. He dropped me off at the end of the causeway, but when I got here, no one knew who he was," said Hoshi.

"Right now, where I come from, they're still trying to get their first deep space starship off the ground. I think in ten years or so, I'd like to be on one of those. More chances of meeting other aliens than on a stationary space station."

[girlzippo.livejournal.com]

"Coolness!" Charlie was so taking mental notes. "A.J.'s illustrating the novel, so, if you want to see what he's drawn, just ask him. And... that's weird abut Daniels." She frowned. "But maybe it's a time travel thing? Maybe they just don't know him yet?" Talking to Ronan makes her think too much.

[itsjustlanguage.livejournal.com]

"I hadn't considered that before," said Hoshi. "It makes sense, though, since I'm from the future."

[girlzippo.livejournal.com]

"Yay." Charlie grinned, feeling useful. "So are you dressing up for Halloween on Wednesday?"

[itsjustlanguage.livejournal.com]

"I hadn't really planned on it," said Hoshi. "Halloween isn't such a big deal where I come from."

[girlzippo.livejournal.com]

"Hmm. I wonder if there'll be a party, somewhere?" Charlie cocked her head. "It might be fun to dress up. I haven't done that for a couple years. The kids at Hastings Glen were more about egging windows and tipping cows on Halloween."

[itsjustlanguage.livejournal.com]

"There always seems to be a party going on around this place," said Hoshi. "And tipping cows? People actually do that?"

[girlzippo.livejournal.com]

"Drunk people," Charlie admitted. "Drunk, stupid, football playing people, mostly. They tried it at my grandpa's place, and he drove them off with a shotgun. Some of them got busted for it last year and got booted from the team. It was pretty ridiculous."