Fourth Floor Stairwell, Late Wednesday Night

[thankgoditsme.livejournal.com]

If there was a terribly inconvenient place to sit, it was in a stairwell. Still, Friday was sitting roughly halfway between the third and fourth floors on the stairs. He had a couple of books on Antarctica beside him, a map spread across his legs and a pen in his hand, marking a trail on the map.

He was probably up to something, but at least he was doing it quietly.

[OOC: Open as stairwells are. Can one close a stairwell aside from in case of zombie and/or raptor attack?]

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[armybrat-lois.livejournal.com]

Lois was on her way back to her room when she spotted Friday. Hard not to since he was pretty much blocking her way.

"What are you up to?" she asked.

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"Plotting world domination," he replied quickly before looking up. When he did look up to see who he was talking to, he grinned. "Hi. Want to help? I could use a Prime Minister in my new world order."

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"Prime Minister, huh? I think that's a position I'd be good at," she said, grinning. "So what's the plan then? Going to take advantage of our new location and organize an army of penguins and seals to help you?"

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"You know me too well already." Friday scooted over in case she wanted to leave or sit down. He was hoping the latter. "I think give the penguins some decent weapons and they'd make great commandos. The seals could probably do some amphibious attacks."

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Lois took the offered spot and sat down next to Friday. "And don't forget the cute factor. Nobody will see the attacks coming from them. Polar bears, yes. Penguins and seals? No."

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"Stealthy. That's what I'm aiming for. No one will see them coming. What do you think of the plan Madam Prime Minister?"

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"Armies of cuddly animals attacking people, me getting a high ranking position of power," Lois mused. "What's not to like?"

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"I thought it was quite ingenious myself." He picked up one of the books on Antarctica and offered it to her. "I was thinking about exploring a little. I mean, when else am I going to get to go to Antarctica? Where I'm from the entire continent is owned by a company, so no one but employees are allowed there, but it looks like fun, so I'm looking up some of the main sites that the travel books talk about to see what's in a reasonable distance."

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"Exploring Antarctica, huh? That sounds like fun. Cold, but fun," Lois said, taking the book and opening it up.

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"Get some snowshoes, take a packed lunch, maybe climb a hill and pretend it's a mountain. I looked up some photos. If you get high enough, the views are insanely cool."

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"I bet it's awesome. I was looking out at the glaciers earlier. They are so cool," she said. "You're right; this is pretty much a once in a lifetime opportunity. I've been to a lot of places around the world but I never thought I'd get to go here."

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"You could come with," he glanced sidewards at her, trying not to look like as much of a dork as he felt right now.

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Lois smirked at him. "You asking me out on a date?"

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"Well, if you want to put it like that," he mocked, knowing he'd been called out. He shrugged and nodded with a smile. "Yeah, okay. Want to go out on a date to Antarctica with me?"

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"Sure, I'd like that," she said, grinning. "It'll be my first date that's required snowshoes but I don't think it's anything I can't handle."

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"Okay," he replied dumbly. That was much easier than he'd expected and it threw him a little. "I'll bring the snowshoes and lunch and we'll go and be Antarctic explorers. Or at least play in the snow for a bit until we get bored. Er, I mean, we'll further our plans for world domination. Yep, that's what I was going for."

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Lois laughed. "Of course. We can try to recruit some penguins to our army."

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"You've seen through my ruse again. This is really an excuse to go and recruit some penguins."

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"I hope you've got a few ideas on how to do it. I'm afraid I don't have much experience with penguins," she said. "But I do know seals like beach balls so I figure offering them some of those will get them on our side pretty quickly."

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"This is why I think you'd make a great Prime Minister. I never would have thought of that." He tore off a bit of paper from his notebook and scribbled down his room number and phone number before handing it to Lois. "I was thinking maybe Sunday?"

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"Sunday totally works for me," Lois said, taking the slip of paper from Friday. "Can't wait."

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"Great. Cool, I mean." He took a moment to look away, but when he did he focused very intently on the map. "Guess I should find us somewhere to go, yeah?"

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"That'd probably be a good idea. Don't want us to get lost in the Antarctic wilderness," she joked as she stood up. "I'll leave you to that. But I'll see you on Sunday, if not before then."

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He looked up and nodded. "Sunday," he repeated. "See you later."