Third floor common room, Friday evening

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Jan hadn't been in a common room since the incident with the amorous skunk, but found he wanted the company of humans. Given his recent encounter with the only other one of his kind he'd seen since he arrived, right now, he preferred humans.

There was no one in the common room, but the box with the pictures and the sound was turned on, so he lay down on the floor next to the couch to watch it. He perked up a little when he realised it was showing a story about horses.

[ooc: open, of course - it's a common room.

...one of these days we need to have an uncommon room. /random]

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[intraspective]

"All boys suck," Ino declared as she wandered into the common room, and looking for people who didn't suck. "Except for you, Jan. You're pretty awesome, really."

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He didn't feel overly awesome, but he pricked his ears at her. "Why do boys suck?" he asked, having discerned that sucking was something bad.

[intraspective]

"Because they're all stupid," she told him, wandering over to him and sitting on the floor beside him. "All of them, seriously."

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Jan nuzzled her hand and sighed quietly. "Have they always been stupid, or did something happen?"

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She went to try and run the fingers of her other hand through his mane. "Stupider than usual lately," Ino said. "I'm just frustrated with them, that's all."

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He liked that, and he put his head down on the floor to make it easier for her. Patting was always good, especially today, and his mane was rather tangled. "It has not been a good day for anyone," he said, snorting softly.

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"Yeah?" Ino asked, shifting so she could better face his mane and concentrate on it more. "What's bothering you, little brother?"

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"All boys?" Molly asked, once she was settled carefully on the couch. "Or just that Michael guy?"

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"All boys," Ino declared, eyeing her. "'Cept for Jan. And what happened to you?"

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"Jan's special." She smiled over at him, then turned back to Ino. "I, uh, got stabbed in the butt by a crazy unicorn. What have they all done?"

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Ino contemplated adding girls to her list of everyone who was stupid. "You need that healed," she said, frowning. That was more important than her boy issues.

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"That's why I went to the clinic," Molly explained slowly.

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"You're still limping!" That wasn't healed.

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Bored out of her mind after a day of reading and replacing the batteries in her portable CD player no less than three times, but not quite ready to go back outside, Molly limped her way into the common room, carrying a pillow.

She froze in place when she saw Jan.

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Jan lifted his head, ears pricking forward. "Are you hale?" he asked curiously, rising to his feet.

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Molly didn't move. "Are you...you?"

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His ears curved to the sides and he stared at her in confusion. "Am I me?"

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"Were you on the new island yesterday?" She asked, still not coming closer, but to her credit, she felt, not running in terror either.

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And then it all became clear. Jan's ears wanted to flatten but he held them straight. "No, there is another. Molly, what did he do? Are you hurt?" He stretched out his nose towards her, but otherwise held himself very still.

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Dor wandered into the common and gave everyone a wave. "Hi!" he said munching on blueberry pie. "How's everyone doing today?"

Dor may not exactly have any idea what's going on outside of the school grounds today.

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"There have been better days," Jan admitted, ears flicking at the scent of the pie. "What of you?"

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"Pretty good actually," Dor said cheerfully. "Got a package from home. Want some pie?"

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"If you have some to spare," he said eagerly, clambering to his feet. Jan was developing something of a weakness for sweets. "Was the pie in the package?"

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"Actually it was a tree," Dor replied as he pulled out a slice of pie and offered to Jan. "It's part of the garden behind the stables. Feel free to help yourself to them if you're down there. There's a great variety down there. The chocolate cherry tree is great as well."

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"Pie grows on trees?" Jan stared at Dor for a moment before taking a careful, polite bite of the pie. It was delicious.