Third Floor Common Room, Tuesday Evening

[the_merriest]

This had to be the weirdest cartoon Rikku had ever watched. They were all weird yellow spotted animals fighting in an army with really bad dialogue and ... that episode was totally just a commercial for breakfast food. Then there was an educational segment about ... Peer-2-Teen Life Choices? Uh. At least the Thanksgiving special was pretty rockin. And then some guy sang a song about Spring Break! She was going to be singing that all week! "Kids, don't play with too many knives!" See? Informative and educational.

The common room was wide open, and Rikku was bouncing around with snacks watching a Cheat Commandos marathon.

("Cheat Commandos" is a fictional show from the Homestar Runner universe.)

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[sarcasm-guy.livejournal.com]

"BEST. SHOW. EVER!!!"

Sokka vaulted onto the couch and grabbed some snacks.

[withoutverona]

Romeo grinned at Sokka. "You watch it a lot, then?"

[sarcasm-guy.livejournal.com]

"Uh... No. Never seen it before in my life. But it's AWESOME. Total. Awesome."

[withoutverona]

Romeo wasn't sure he trusted Sokka's judgment, but he liked the enthusiasm, so he plopped down on the couch.

"They're very ... yellow," he said, after staring at the screen for a few minutes.

[sarcasm-guy.livejournal.com]

"Which, as everyone knows, is the color of AWESOME," Sokka replied. "...after blue, of course."

[withoutverona]

"Of course," Romeo agreed mindlessly; he was watching the show.

After a moment, he added, "Why blue first?"

[sarcasm-guy.livejournal.com]

Sokka stared at him. "Because it's BLUE." As if that explained everything he needed to know.

[the_merriest]

"I've never seen this before," she grinned. "It's crazy. What does imagining yourself as pizza have to do with shoplifting? Wait, no, you imagine other people as pizza. I think?"

[sarcasm-guy.livejournal.com]

Sokka scratched his head. "No idea. But... I'd like a pizza?"

[the_merriest]

"Me too," Rikku said. "Oh, man. We should call for one."

[sarcasm-guy.livejournal.com]

"Yes," Sokka replied. "YES! We need to! Make mine a large meat lover's with extra pineapple!"

[the_merriest]

"With pineapple?" Rikku scrunched her nose up. "Ew."

[sarcasm-guy.livejournal.com]

"YES, pineapple. With meat. Trust me, it's good. Meat is good."

[the_merriest]

"Meat is awesome. Why are you going to ruin good meat with pineapple?"

[sarcasm-guy.livejournal.com]

Sokka considered that. "Hmmmmm... Okay, you win. Make it double extra meat lover's."

[the_merriest]

"Now, you're talking." Rikku pulled out a phone. "How many you think we need?"

[sarcasm-guy.livejournal.com]

Sokka looked around the room. "Six? Seven? You should probably make one vegetarian, just in case."

[key-of-heart.livejournal.com]

Sora wandered into the common room after hearing the sounds of explosions. Nevermind that they were from teh TV, it usually made Sora come running.

"Oh hey Rikku!" He smiled brightly.

[sarcasm-guy.livejournal.com]

Sokka waved at Sora. "Dude, you have GOT to see this!"

[key-of-heart.livejournal.com]

"Yeah?" He grinned. "What is it?" Sora asked and sat on the floor in front of the couch.

[sarcasm-guy.livejournal.com]

"I have NOOO idea, but it ROCKS!!!"

Sokka pumped a fist in the air, and sang the show's theme song: "Buy All Our Playsets and Toys!!!"

[key-of-heart.livejournal.com]

Sora couldn't help but grin along; Sokka's enthusiasm was really contagious.

He tried to sing along, but mummbled most of it, don't worry, it wouldn't be long till he was singing it like a pro.

[sarcasm-guy.livejournal.com]

Sokka grinned and gave him a high five. "You know, I suddenly have an urge to go see if Turtle and Canary has any of their playsets or toys..."

[key-of-heart.livejournal.com]

There was a brief pause for the high five and then the brunnette went back to starting mesmerzied at the television. "It's Turtle, if it will make her money, it will be at the store," he pointed out.

[sarcasm-guy.livejournal.com]

"This is true... But I don't really WANT the playsets and toys, I just feel like buying them..."

[key-of-heart.livejournal.com]

"Yeah, I kinda do too," he said tilting his head curiously at the TV. "But part of me is saying it would be really bad if I did."

Yeah, he was half expecting Jiminey to pop up on his shoulder any moment.

[sarcasm-guy.livejournal.com]

"But how could mindless consumerism be bad?"

[key-of-heart.livejournal.com]

"Uhh... because uhmm. It can't?"

[the_merriest]

"Sora!" Rikku bounced and waved. "Hi! How've you been?"

[key-of-heart.livejournal.com]

"Good! How 'bout you?" He asked, but couldn't seem to take his eyes off the television.

[the_merriest]

"Awesome! Are you going to Mexico? Uh. Do you have any idea what this is?" Rikku couldn't look away, either. "I've never seen it before but I can't stop watching it."

[key-of-heart.livejournal.com]

"Nope and nope," he said shaking his head. "Its really.... wow." Sora just kept staring, it was weird.

[the_merriest]

"It's crazy, isn't it!?" Rikku laughed. "I think it's making fun of itself? Or do you think it's not that bad on purpose? It's kind of so-bad-it's-good or maybe it's just bad and I'm insane and this rules."

[key-of-heart.livejournal.com]

Sora could only nod his head vaugly. "A-huh. Insane is good. I think?"

[the_merriest]

"If it's this, then yes," she decided. "Because this rules. Do you think maybe it's meta? An art-thing? Something?"

[key-of-heart.livejournal.com]

It was interesting. "It makes me think of Chip and Dale, if they were like... evil? And maybe mixed with Pain and Panic."

[the_merriest]

"Chippendale?" Rikku looked at him oddly. "I thought those were the weird dancers."

[key-of-heart.livejournal.com]

"No, no. Chip and Dale are chipmunks. They Fly the Gummi ship that takes me from here to home and junk."

[withoutverona]

Romeo was packed for the trip.

Romeo was ready to celebrate.

He wandered down to the third floor common room. "Rikku! You have to tell me what we're watching," he greeted, mesmerized by the screen.

[the_merriest]

"Romeo!" She giggled. "I have no idea! Those little yellow animal-things are fighting a war except they're really just ... fighting against the other little yellow dudes? And it's all crazy weird and it's awesome."

[withoutverona]

"I will take your word for it," Romeo said, settling in to watch.

"You seem happier," he added, softly.

[the_merriest]

"I love the weird things they show on TV," she laughed. "And, uh, I'm out a few of my good explosives. Apparently they make for impressive bribes?" She smiled. "He'll be back in the morning."

[withoutverona]

"Then the bribes were well-received," Romeo said. "Excellent. I hope they still let him on the trip."

[the_merriest]

"It's crappy timing," she frowned. "Kinda feel bad being all, hey, you're back, I'm going to Mexico. But I wasn't going to sit around and mope, you know? I did that last time. It sucked."