Second Floor Common Room, Wednesday Evening

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Tony settled into his now-familiar spot on the couch to watch this week's episode of Darkest Night. Tonight it was the "Headless Horseman," though in this cleverly updated version, the Horsemen were a Vancouver minor league baseball team. For snacks tonight he had the usual popcorn, along with a pack of Rockets (mislabelled by some American company as "Smarties") and a bomb bottle of cola.

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Hurley stuck his head into the common room on his way up the stairs.

"Hey dude," Hurley said. "What is this?"

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"Television," Tony said. "Local form of entertainment. Or are you from around here? I can't keep track."

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"Yeah, I meant the show," Hurley said with a chuckle. "I know about the TV."

[new-to-liirness.livejournal.com]

Liir figured that the show was a story. As such, it wasn't really fair to judge the story until you saw the end of the story.

Which was why he made his way to the common room again this Wednesday. He smiled at Tony and took a place on the couches, putting out some of the Snickerdoodle cookies that'd been left over from work.

"Mind some company?"

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"Vampire detective show," Tony said. "This episode's about a headless baseball player."

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"Hey," Tony smiled. "You sharing the cookies?"

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He pointed to the bowl.

"That's why they're out," he said mildly before snatching one.

"Take as many as you like. They're extras from work."

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"Huh.How does he know when to swing?" Hurley asked.

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"Instinct?" Tony guessed.

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"Awesome, thanks!" Tony grabbed two. "How've you been?"

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"Well enough," he said as he settled in his spot and took a bite of the cookie. "I've been matched up for the dance and got my partner for the evening a little something I think she'll like. And I'm considering a corsage."

He looked over.

"You?"

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"I'm pretty good. I saw Ino yesterday about a corsage for - uh, my date," Tony said. He wasn't sure if he should bring up Andrew with Liir, especially considering Ino's reaction yesterday. Seemed like their breakup was rougher than Liir had let on.

So, you know. Awkward.

"Matched up? Did you do the matchmaker thing?"

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He nodded.

"It seemed better than not going," he admitted.

"Going with Andrew?"

There wasn't any awkwardness for him, not since he and Andrew had talked.

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"Yeah," Tony admitted. "We had a good time last Friday."

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"That's good," he said as he took another cookie.

"I was matched up with Penelope, and we get along well enough, so I figure we'll have a good time."

He leaned back.

"Do you dance?"

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"Not very well. How about you?"

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"I have three dances I know," he admitted. "other than that, I'm rather lost."

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"I don't think dancing's the only thing you can do at these things," Tony said. "I hope."

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"Well, no," he agreed as he took another bite of cookie, "but it's nice to know."

He looked out at nothing and no one for a moment.

"I learned to dance here, actually. One of the professors showed me."

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"Yeah? Like a dance club or just showed you?"

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"He had a little show of how to dance over a weekend," he explained with a quick, somewhat bittersweet smile. "He taught me two dances, one simple and one more complex.

"He was from my world, though far into the future."

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Firekeeper, with Blind Seer beside her, padded in to the common room and flopped down on the couch.

"Tony," she nodded in greeting. "Is same kind of story as last week?" she asked, peering at the screen curiously.

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"I haven't actually done the whole school dance thing before, so this'll be interesting," Tony said.

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"Yeah, it's like the next chapter," Tony said. "How've you been?"

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"It's not so bad. There's places you can hide if you feel uncomfortable. The lights don't cover everything."