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Third Floor Common Room - During Lunchtime/Afternoon Classes

After her Civil War Reenactment class (and seriously, what were her parents thinking with that one?), Joan decided to make lunch in the common room. Nothing fancy, just some sandwiches and cut up fruit, but she had spent the weekend hiding from the insanity of the new folks and figured it was time to get out and meet people.

Rather than put the TV on and deal with trashy talk shows or soap operas, Joan had the radio tuned to an 80s station and was bopping along to the music as she worked.

[open to new & old alike! sandwiches & fruit are totally moddable.]

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"No, it shouldn't," Joan said. "There are weird things that happen every once in a while, but people here are really nice."

"Good!" she said, beaming. "I met a few grumpy people on the way here, but hopefully that's just from travelling, and everyone I've met here has actually been super nice. Both my roommate and my big sibling are completely kind."

"Who's your big?" Joan asked.

"Marco," she said, nibbling on some of the fruit. "Turtle's my roommate."

Joan blinked. That was certainly interesting.

"I know both of them. Marco and I are... good friends," she said. "And Turtle and I were on Student Council together."

"Then I'm happy to meet a friend of Marco's! Student Council?" Maron asked interestedly, completely unaware of anything intersting in her situation. "Like, with class representatives and everything?"

"Yup, we plan all kinds of events for the school," Joan said. "Like dances and other get togethers."

"Class clean up lists?" she asked. "Or is it true that students don't have to do that here?"

"I don't know what that is," Joan admitted.

"Every week, or so, it depends on the school, the class representatives--there's usually one boy, one girl, for each class--make a list of who is on cleaning duty for the week. Those who're on the list have to stay and clean the classroom, and halls and such. It's a little each day, so it doesn't take forever."

Joan made a face. "No, we have people who do that kind of stuff here."

Maron gave a bit of a shrug at that. "That's going to be a little weird," she admitted. "Maybe weirder than the magic."

"I'm sure no one would object if you wanted to clean," Joan said. "But you certainly don't have to."

She laughed. "It's the routine of it that I might miss! Not the actual cleaning. Does this mean that clubs aren't mandatory too?"

"Nope, the only thing that's mandatory is classes. Or, well, workshops in the summer," she said. "But there are a lot of fun things to do. I'm on the cheerleading squad."

"Oooooh," she said, impressed. "Is there a gymnastics club? I tried looking, but I'm not sure where I'm supposed to find out about things like that..."

Joan considered that. "Not that I'm aware of. But you could try out for the squad. We do a lot of gymnastic stuff."

"Maybe," she said, frowning slightly. "Do you know if there's a place I can practice, at least? Ms. P would just die if I didn't keep in shape."

"There's a gym here. I'm not sure what kind of equipment it has though," she said. "But there's also a gym in town."

"Thank you!" she said, brightening. "I'll have to look into them both! Can you tell me more about the cheerleading squad?"

"Sure, what do you want to know?" she asked.

"When's practice?" Maron asked promptly. "Are there going to be try-outs, do you know? How many people are on the team?"

"I think we have about a dozen. Or at least had. We lost quite a few to graduation," Joan said. "So, yeah, we'll probably have try-outs at some point, though I don't think we'll be doing much over the summer. Oh, and practices are usually on Wednesdays."

"Wednesdays," she repeated. "Is it okay if people come to watch? I wouldn't want to be a bother."

"People come and watch all the time," Joan told her. "I'll have to give Savannah a call and find out what's going on for the summer. She's the captain."

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