Second Floor Common Room, Wednesday Evening

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Tony had his popcorn and pop and was settled into the couch in the second floor common room. Tonight's episode had Raymond Dark facing off with a mummy he'd defeated but not destroyed in 1938. It seems the Nazis had put the mummy in storage under protective glyphs, but it had been sold to a collector who, of course, had to go and pop the coffin open to see what was inside.

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[blondecanary.livejournal.com]

Dinah came in looking way too pleased with herself, and flopped down on the couch next to Tony. "Mummy?"

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"One chocolate-banana milkshake does not make me your mummy," Tony said.

[blondecanary.livejournal.com]

Dinah shuddered. "Now I have that Mister What episode in my head. Euuurgh." She grabbed a pillow, gave him a threatening look, then shoved it behind her head. "Besides, I was sure you were the new babysitter."

[kestrelswolf.livejournal.com]

Fizzy sweet drink and chips acquired, Firekeeper settled in her usual spot on the couch with Blind Seer.

She smiled at Tony, sternly reminding herself that sorcery or not, he was still her friend.

"Hello," she said, and then moved right into: "what is?" gesturing at the... creature wrapped in bandages on the screen.

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Tony smiled at her. "It's a mummy," he said. "Really, really old dead guy walking around."

[kestrelswolf.livejournal.com]

"Like zombie?" Those she knew of, at least!

[blondecanary.livejournal.com]

"Hey, Blysse. Hey, Blind Seer." Dinah grinned at them, especially Blind Seer. "Recovered from eating bologna and preservatives?" she asked him.

[kestrelswolf.livejournal.com]

"Dinah!" Firekeeper grinned.

Blind Seer gave something that could probably be interpreted as a shudder of disgust.

"He say, he not have much..." she frowned, trying to think of the words to say it, "knowing what foods is good and what merely fill the belly? When he was puppy."

[blinkandsneeze.livejournal.com]

Viki wandered in, tilting her head at the screen.

"I think," she said, "that that mummy is far too clean."

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Tony waved. "Have a lot of mummy experience?" He wasn't entirely joking; after all, he'd seen a mummy that had come back to life. Fortunately, the one on screen looked nothing like the one Vicki and Henry had battled in Toronto.

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She made a face. "They live in mines, back home," Viki explained, "and I've had to deal with them before. None of them have ever been so..."

Viki waved one hand. "Pristine."

[blondecanary.livejournal.com]

Dinah looked up, then grinned. "Hey, Viki. Yeah, I think they forgot to roll it around in dirt, or tear it, or do anything to make it look like anything but a guy wrapped up in Ace bandages. How was your weekend?"

[blinkandsneeze.livejournal.com]

"Hello, Dinah! I successfully avoided all small children," she said cheerfully. "And avoided turning into one myself which I think might cause more headaches than it was worth."

Time travel was a bit of a pain that way. Ow.

"At the very least," she said, "the bandages ought to be more yellowish."

[kestrelswolf.livejournal.com]

"Why too clean?" she had no idea how mummies worked, really.

[blinkandsneeze.livejournal.com]

"For many reasons," she said, studying the screen a moment longer. "Mummies are quite old, most of the time, so at the very least the bandages would've yellowed, and then there's the dust that would accumulate from them just having not moved around all that much for so long, and then add in the fact that often they're coming from caves, or other dirty areas and a clean mummy just... doesn't entirely withstand sense."

[weetuskenraider]

Flight Club had cheered her up a bit, but Tahiri was still in a bit of a mood after Leadership class this morning and not really wanting to hole up in her room tonight.

And hey, it was Wednesday, so down to the second floor it was.

"It's that time again, isn't it?"

[kestrelswolf.livejournal.com]

"Is!" Firekeeper nodded. Such a conversationalist, really.

[blondecanary.livejournal.com]

"Dead guys in and shirtless guys, and sometimes they're the same," Dinah sang, then grinned. "Hey, Tahiri. Big kid."

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"Hey," Tony said. "It's mummies today."

[blinkandsneeze.livejournal.com]

"The same time happens every week, I do believe," she said cheerfully. "Though, of course, not precisely the same time as the week changes but I think it is close enough to be called the same?"

...yeah.

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Liir came in, sat down, and glued his eyes immediately to the screen.

Someone really needed a bit of distraction right now.

[weetuskenraider]

Tahiri could definitely sense something about him that hinted at the need for distraction, and sympathized; she gave him a wave and a slight smile.

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"Hey!" Tony said. "How're you doing?"

[blondecanary.livejournal.com]

"Hey Liir," Dinah said with a wave, not glancing away from the TV set for more than a second. Lee Nicholas had his shirt off again. "Have some popcorn?"

[kestrelswolf.livejournal.com]

"Hello," Firekeeper said with a nod in Liir's direction.