Fifth Floor Common Room, Thursday Evening

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Lazy was taking a new form of extreme when John decided to just chill in the common room after making a fresh pot of strong coffee.

Sure he was completely capable of walking all the way back down the hall and collapsing on his own sofa but that would take effort he wasn't willing to put out right then when he was already collapsed and close to making out with his coffee mug.

Besides, he might need more coffee and then where would he be? Far from the coffee, exactly.

[I am bored. BORED.]

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[iruinenglish.livejournal.com]

Buffy was either on the hunt for people or junk food, whichever made itself available first, which was how she ended up two floors above her own. "Hangover?" she guessed when she saw John.

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"Only if hangovers extend to dancing," John replied. "But the need for coffee is strong. You?"

[iruinenglish.livejournal.com]

"Noooo," she said, shaking her head, not sure how to even go about touching the dancing thing. "Well, the coffee's good, but I'm happy and hangover-free. Also, no food poisoning. So we're clear."

[missed-the-gate.livejournal.com]

"Did I miss a food poisoning threat somewhere?" John wondered. "Should we all avoid Outback for a few weeks?"

[likes-chicken.livejournal.com]

Hurley waved to Buffy. "Happy New Year," he greeted.

[iruinenglish.livejournal.com]

"Happy New Year," she grinned. "How's it going?"

[likes-chicken.livejournal.com]

"Pretty good," Hurley said. "You go on the Endor trip?"

[notqueenyet.livejournal.com]

"I smell coffee," Aravis said, after trekking up the stairs in search of it. Her head hurt too much to try to make tea.

[missed-the-gate.livejournal.com]

"Then your nose is working," John informed her. "Had it been broken long?"

[notqueenyet.livejournal.com]

Aravis made a face at him. "Shhhh, I've a headache. I believe you're permitted to state the obvious when you feel as ill as I do."

[missed-the-gate.livejournal.com]

"Too much to drink?" John whispered. "We could get you some champagne to fulfill that hair of the dog that bit you thing."

[likes-chicken.livejournal.com]

"Hey Aravis," Hurley said with a wave. "Happy New Year."

[notqueenyet.livejournal.com]

"And to you," Aravis said with a small smile. "How are you today, Hurley?"

[likes-chicken.livejournal.com]

"Pretty good," Hurley said. "I mean, new year, great school... everything's going great. You?"

[iruinenglish.livejournal.com]

"The coffee fairy brought it overnight," Buffy greeted her. She was kind of way too cheery today.

[notqueenyet.livejournal.com]

"Is that a real thing?" Aravis asked, looking concerned. "Does she also sneak into people's homes to deposit things?"

Aravis was a little afraid of things like the Tooth Fairy. And Santa. And Cupid.

[iruinenglish.livejournal.com]

"Here? Probably," she said. "I mean, I've never seen a coffee fairy but it wouldn't surprise me at all. Maybe she pops in to drop off coffee grounds and biscotti." Mmm biscotti.

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Hurley wandered into his own common room.

"Coffee? This late?"

He could smell it, after all.

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"Blasphemy! It's never too late for coffee," John chided his neighbor.

[likes-chicken.livejournal.com]

Hurley chuckled. "I'm just sayin', dude. Last night was the one for staying up super late."

[sorella-vecchia.livejournal.com]

Triela had portaled back from Rome with the intention of going straight to her room. Unfortunately she was still groggy from anesthetic they'd used during the operation.

It didn't help that they'd had to flush her system of drugs and then reintroduce the conditioning cocktail. Her body was still trying to cope, which left her distracted and prone to mood swings.

"This... isn't my floor," she said to no one in particular as she looked around the common room.

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"You think that's bad, I don't know whose coffee this is," John replied with a bright smile.

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"It's not mine, if that helps?" Triela offered doubtfully.

[iruinenglish.livejournal.com]

"It's okay, we won't tell," Buffy assured her.

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"That's..." Triela paused looking for the word. "Very nice?" She sounded more confused than sure of herself. She was pretty out of it.