Third floor common room, Saturday around noon

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Malcolm had spent the morning wandering around, boggling. Harken had never looked like this before! They must have remodeled the whole dorm! Of course, that meant he kept getting lost -- Malcolm wasn't that great at finding his way around on a good day. But there were all these new people around! It was his duty as a long-standing Harken student to meet them, right?

He just wished he could find Jake or Zoe or even Mr. Felcher. They'd know what was going on. . . .

He finally settled into one of the large common rooms and sat perched on the couch. Maybe someone would come by who could tell him what was going on.

[ooc: open! I have to run to work in a few hours and am greedy and want to get some play in. *grumbles at stupid work scheduling me all weekend*]

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Malcolm laughed. "Your stomach sounds funny. You sure must be hungry!"

Genius, I tell you.

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"That's because I haven't had anything to eat," Calliope said, deciding that, yeah, this guy was as stupid as he looked. She tugged open the fridge, eyeballing the choices in the bright light. "And if you don't eat anything, your stomach starts eating itself."

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"Doiiii," Malcolm said. "I'm not stupid."

Yes, yes he was.

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Callie decided that she wasn't even going to bother holding back a roll of her eyes and a skeptical look over her shoulder toward him.

"There's what looks like leftover Chinese in here," she reported. "Want some?" It looked a little gross, but it also looked easy, so she'd nuke it but wouldn't eat all of it.

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Malcolm bounced slightly in his seat. "Oh, yes please, I'd like that, thank you!"

He knew his manners.

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That was definitely bouncing, and Calliope, as she went rummaging for plates, was left wondering what she had ventured into. She wondered if he'd notice if she spit in the chow mien before nuking it.

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He really probably wouldn't.

"I'm Malcolm. What's your name?"

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"Callie," she answered, looking over her shoulder to see if he was paying attention before carefully leaning in to drop a fairly decent spitball into the center of the plate intended for the Malcolm (even a preppy name!) before putting Saran wrap over the top of it.

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"That's a pretty name!" Malcolm said brightly. "Are you new?"

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Calliope made a face at the microwave as she tried to figure it out, feeling glad she'd stuck with the nickname instead of the full name if he was going to call it pretty. "Um, I think I'm just visiting," she said, honestly.

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"Ohhhh. Do you have a friend who goes here?"

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"I think," Calliope answered carefully, "I have a friend who has a friend who goes here. Do you know Claire?"

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"No. But I know Zoe and Dani!" Not that that had anything to do with anything at all.

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"Oh," Callie's shoulders fell a little. "I don't think I know them."

"Um, so...were you at that party last night?"

Calliope still wasn't feeling sure there'd even been a party, but maybe...

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"Oh no, I have a test on Monday."

He was a very diligent student. He just never learned anything.

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"But yesterday," Calliope informed him, looking confused, "was Friday."

At least, she hoped it was. Eesh.

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"That's why we don't have classes, today," Malcolm said cheerfully.

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"Right," Calliope nodded, "but since you don't have classes today, there wouldn't have been any harm in going out last night, right?"

The microwave gave its warning beep of finished food and she took it out, peeling away the Saran wrap and stirring it up with a fork, blending the spit in before handing it over to Malcolm.

"Here you go."

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"Thanks!" Malcolm took the plate and started digging in happily. "Did you go out and party last night?"

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"I think so," Callie answered, which was as honest as she could actually get as she went to go and nuke her Chinese as well.

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"Did you have fun?"

Malcolm liked making conversation.

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"I...think so?" Calliope repeated, only a question this time, because she really wasn't sure. It couldn't have been that bad. She'd fallen asleep with Claire afterwards. Faintly, Callie smiled a little, breaking a little through her otherwise dull expression.

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"That's good! I like fun parties."

He was brilliant, he was.

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"...then why didn't you go to it?"

If he said because he has a test Monday....so help her...

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"I didn't know about any parties. And I have a test on Monday."