Fourth floor common room [evening]

[momslilassassin]

Ben--who had droids, but no pets--had not noticed anything amiss so far.

He'd decided that an entire day of hiding in his room was probably bordering on overdramatic, so he wandered down to the common room, flipped on the television and made popcorn.

Thank the Force for the "popcorn" button on the microwave.

He was now trying to follow the plotline of some movie about cheerleading.

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[missed-the-gate.livejournal.com]

Still in search of food that wasn't created in a laboratory, Yoda slowly padded into the common room. Spotting the teen, he muttered, "Ugh, another one."

[momslilassassin]

Ben blinked. "Another what?" he asked.

[missed-the-gate.livejournal.com]

"Kid with stupid hair," Yoda snorted, lowering himself into a chair. It took a while to get down there. No way he was going back upstairs anytime soon.

[momslilassassin]

"My hair isn't stupid!" Ben said, yanking at his stupid braid. "Aren't you really, really, really old to be a student?"

[missed-the-gate.livejournal.com]

"Yes. Doesn't stop the kids from passing me around like a used baseball bat," Yoda bitched.

[imac-kenzie.livejournal.com]

Mac wandered in, pushing a reluctant Poe in front of her.

"I'm finding you real food, whether you like it or not," she told him firmly as she did so.

[momslilassassin]

"Popcorn is real food," Ben said, thinking she was addressing him.

[imac-kenzie.livejournal.com]

Mac looked at him. "I think it's better than what he was about to eat," she remarked. Not much better, but better.

[momslilassassin]

"What was he about to eat?" Ben asked curiously.

[imac-kenzie.livejournal.com]

"Whatever they put in commercial hamster food," she replied, wrinkling her nose.

"Nothing wrong with it!" Poe complained petulantly. "It's what I normally eat."

Mac seemed unmoved by this. "Yeah. Not now."

[saltandammo.livejournal.com]

The room was fine and all, but it was boring after a while. So Hunter wandered out to see what he could hunt up.

"That smells good," he observed, coming into the common room and seeing the boy eating something.

[momslilassassin]

"It's just popcorn," Ben said, "but I'm willing to share. I'm Ben!"

[saltandammo.livejournal.com]

"Hunter," Hunter said. "I've seen popcorn before but I've never tried it. Is it as good as it smells?"

[momslilassassin]

"I think so," Ben said, holding out the bowl. "Nice to meet you, Hunter."

[saltandammo.livejournal.com]

"Oh, we've met before." Hunter took one kernel, sniffed it carefully, then ate it. "Not bad. The butter works."

[not-fangirl.livejournal.com]

Blissfully unaware of any animals being humans today, Temari was finishing off the candy she found in her shoes before. She paused in the doorway, looking in on the kid Ender seemed to be spending so much time with.

...maybe she was too much of an older sister.

"What are you watching?"

[momslilassassin]

"Movie about cheerleaders," Ben said. "They're very, very perky. I'm trying to figure out if there are narcotics involved."

[not-fangirl.livejournal.com]

Tilting her head, Temari took a long look at the television. "Or they're too young to know better."

[momslilassassin]

"I'm young and I know better," Ben declared.

[not-fangirl.livejournal.com]

"Young and dumb," She amended, nodding at him.

[robinthefrog.livejournal.com]

Robin was still not used to being human. Even if he was short for 15, everything was so much smaller now.

This was actually kind of cool.

On the other hand it was hard to recognize some people when he no longer had to crane his neck to look at them. He didn't think he'd met most of the people in the room anyway though.

[momslilassassin]

Ben gave the new guy a wave.

[robinthefrog.livejournal.com]

"Hi! I'm Robin. I'm not usually human."

[momslilassassin]

"That seems to be going around," Ben commented. "I'm usually human."

[robinthefrog.livejournal.com]

"I guess you're pretty used to it then." Robin grinned. He had teeth! And his mouth was mobile! He'd never grinned before.