Third Floor Common Room: Evening

[southernbender.livejournal.com]

Katara had a whole bunch of packets of "gourmet" and flavoured hot chocolate.

And a whole lot of almost-boiling water.

There was, perhaps, going to be a taste testing in a few minutes.

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[by137.livejournal.com]

A.J. was bored and restless and therefor wandering for interesting things to do, which meant poking his head into common rooms.

"...is that chocolate?"

Some people just had a sharpened sense for these sorts of things, it seemed. And here he thought he didn't have any kind of special powers. Ppssshhh.

[southernbender.livejournal.com]

Katara looked up with a bright smile. "All different kinds of chocolate!"

[by137.livejournal.com]

"Oooooh." That was definitely enough to pull A.J. strolling into the room. "And I take it that it's all different kinds of chocolate for sharing, yes?"

[southernbender.livejournal.com]

"Of course," Katara said. "Otherwise how could we compare which is the best?"

[by137.livejournal.com]

"Is that what we're doing, then?" A.J. asked, interested definitely piqued. "Do tell."

[southernbender.livejournal.com]

"Yep!" Katara prepared herself to explain. "Okay, so, we have all these different kinds of hot chocolate. And there's different flavours and types of chocolate. So we need to test them all to find out which one is the best!"

Obviously.

[by137.livejournal.com]

"I...think I could do that," A.J. decided after, clearly, very careful and deep consideration, grinning. "What are we starting with?"

And, because it did register for a second that he wasn't sure if he knew this girl or not, he mentioned, "I'm A.J., by the way. One floor up."

And if it turned out he did know her and just failed to remember, he could totally pass that off as a joke, right?

[isourking.livejournal.com]

Ron wandered into the CR looking for food or something to mooch. "What's that? Hot chocolate? Wicked," Ron said. "Is that just for yourself?"

Cue puppy dog eyes.

[southernbender.livejournal.com]

Katara snickered. "How much hot chocolate do you think I can drink, huh? Course it's for sharing."

[isourking.livejournal.com]

"Obviously you've never met my brothers," Ron grinned. "They're like bottomless pits."

[southernbender.livejournal.com]

"Yes, but I've met my brother," Katara laughed. "Would you like some hot chocolate? I'll share if you don't act like our brothers."

[isourking.livejournal.com]

"I promise to take only a little bit," Ron promised. "Or at least less than your brother."

[southernbender.livejournal.com]

"Deal," Katara said immediately. "Do you want to try rich chocolate, raspberry hot chocolate, dark hot chocolate or the kind that is supposed to be spicy." She eyed that particular packet suspiciously. "Which I think is wrong."

[isourking.livejournal.com]

"I'll take the spicy," Ron said with a shrug. "Can't be all bad, right? If not there's other flavors to wash it down."

[inthereflexes.livejournal.com]

Jack's sniffer broughthim to the third floor. "...chocolate?"

[southernbender.livejournal.com]

"Yep! Hot chocolate taste test," Katara replied happily.

[inthereflexes.livejournal.com]

"Count me in!" Jack said excitedly.

[bed now!]

[southernbender.livejournal.com]

"So what kind do you want to try first?" she asked. "Regular, rich, dark, raspberry, double chocolate, or mint. Ron drank the spicy."

[inthereflexes.livejournal.com]

"OOh, mint," Jack said. And blinked. "...spicy?" He looked around for Ron.

[not_in_the_book]

Ronan wandered into the third floor common room, some seventh sense indicating that there might be something worthwhile if he were to come down. "Hey, Katara," he said, smiling. "What's up- is that chocolate?"

Worthwhile, indeed, young wizard!

[southernbender.livejournal.com]

"It is an excess of chocolate!" Katara said happily. "Come in, Ronan, help me drink it."

[not_in_the_book]

"There is no such thing as an excess of chocolate," Ronan said, with complete certainty, "but if you're offering, then I am perfectly happy to help drink it! Got anything spicy?"

[southernbender.livejournal.com]

Katara made a face. "You can have it! Chocolate is not supposed to be spicy." As she talked, she found the other packets of spicy and filled a cup with hot water for him.

[not_in_the_book]

"Clearly," Ronan said, laughing, "You've never had the good stuff." He took a look at the package. "... And you never will, if this is what you're drinking. Here, hand me a packet of that dark chocolate stuff..." He rummaged in the fridge for a moment, coming out with a carton of milk. "It says water, but it'll be so much better in this."

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Katara eyed him but handed him the dark chocolate. "I don't know. I know where water comes from, but milk that's not from seacows is just weird."