third floor common room - wednesday evening - 1/21

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Liir was, quite frankly, exhausted.

That said, as the dorms were as powerless as the rest of town, he'd brought the remainder of the food from the Cafe to the common room. As such, there were a few still-steaming tureens on the counter for anyone who might need a quick bite or something warm. He'd also scared up a few different kinds of moddable cookies that he'd set out with it. Cold, but tasty.

Not that he cared at this point. Right now, he was having trouble keeping his eyes open and on the page of his book. Makejoy tried her very hardest to keep him awake by being professionally cute at him but even walking over him was having very little effect.

[liir's drowsy and waiting for someone but post is open and soup/hot chocolate is warm and free]

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Hurley was bundled up, a lot. He had a blanket draped over himself, he had his earmuffs on, a sweatshirt, the lot.

"Dude, why am I not surprised you got food for folks," he told Liir as he came in.

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"Mmm?"

Liir squinted from the couch and looked over at Hurley, somewhat bleary.

The words finally translated.

"Hmmmnmmm."

Which was 'yeah'.

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"...you okay, dude?" Hurley asked.

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He nodded absently, mostly to make sure that Hurley didn't get worried about him, and shifted on the couch to curl around one of the cushions.

"Tired," he finally got out as Makejoy crossed over to try and lick him in the face from a different angle.

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"Oh." Pause. "You need anything?" Hurley asked.

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He grinned a little, looking up at Hurley but not quite focusing as the puppy landed on his chest.

"M'good. Thanks."

Beat.

"Soup?"

And he pointed at the soup.

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"You want soup, or you're offering soup?" Hurley needed clarification.

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He shook his head before realizing that wasn't very helpful.

"You can," he said.

"Soup. Take some soup."

He scrubbed his face.

"Sorry."

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"Dude, I'm thinking you need a nap," Hurley said. "Seriously."

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He nodded and pulled Makejoy up like a pillow before she started squirming and licking him, which woke him up a little.

"Mmmm," more awake and a little cranky, though that evened out once he started petting the puppy "yes, well... I'm an idiot, but there you go. How was your day?"

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"...how does this make you an idiot?" Hurley asked.

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He gave Hurley a faint smile.

"I spent the day walking around town delivering soup," he explained, "as part of... I don't know, marketing. For the Cafe. And I don't like people being cold."

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"Dude, delivering soup to people, for free? That doesn't make you an idiot, that like... makes you a saint," Hurley said.

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He laughed.

"No no no, no St. Liir, for goodness sake," he said with a shake of his head.

"Bored. Insane. Something of a suck up."

Another shake.

"No saint."

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"Dude, you did something awesome," Hurley said. "Maybe kinda dumb, but still awesome."

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He grinned again and ruffled Makejoy's fur, much to her delight.

"And I'm sure they'll make something terribly interesting out of it on the radio tonight, if that'll even be running, considering."

He breathed out deeply.

"How's your day been?"

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"Dude, I've been hiding in my room under the covers most of the day. This whole no power thing is ridiculous," Hurley said.

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"Oh, it's not so bad," he said.

"At least the dorms aren't made of stone."

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"Dude, California never gets this cold, ever," Hurley said.

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"Kiamo Ko was like this for some three to four months out of the year," he said with a shrug.

He personally thought it was colder, but that might have been the stone and the lack of decent warm clothes.

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"...dude, I am so sorry," Hurley said.

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That got a bark of a laugh that almost startled the actual dog.

"For what, for goodness sake? I grew up with it. It was home. And after the first year, I had my bed and some blankets."

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"Just... still, man. Cold sucks," Hurley said, oh so eloquent.

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"That it does," because just because he could stand it didn't mean he liked it.

"Any plans for the evening?"

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Hurley shook his head. "No power kinda puts a limit on plans," he said.