Second Floor Common Room, Wednesday Evening

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For the Darkest Night finale episode, Tony handwavily picked up a couple of pizzas and several pints of ice cream. He filled up a plate for himself with a little of each. Mmm, pepperoni and chocolate. Wasn't too bad, actually.

Tonight's season finale episode featured a number of flashbacks from Raymond Dark's life. From the previews, it looked like most of them involved waterfalls, children in white clothing and butterflies. Very existential. Tony hoped they could fit some shirtless Lee in there somewhere. Maybe under the waterfall.

[Open! Last non-rerun DN post until fall.]

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[blondecanary.livejournal.com]

Ping-pong popcorn?

"Oh, you say that, but how do I know? I can't sense your Force," Dinah pointed out, catching one of the flying pieces and putting it in her mouth. "You could be hiding out with a big cable-splitter and some clamps somewhere, diverting timelines right, left, and sideways."

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Tahiri thought of something she'd discussed with Ben a few days ago, and that conversation on the beach with Jen even longer ago, and her expression dimmed slightly. "I wouldn't do that."

[blondecanary.livejournal.com]

Dinah swallowed a bite of popcorn, blinking at Tahiri. "I don't think anyone can do that. Not really." She paused, thinking of Jen. "Okay, with a lot of technology..." She shook her head, looking at Tahiri. "No. You wouldn't." Not even to get Anakin back, though...?

[weetuskenraider]

Tahiri thought she could guess at the unspoken question. "I know more than I should about the future already, and I don't want to mess up my present trying to fix my past, you know?"

A half dozen new pieces of popcorn levitated themselves into the air near Tahiri's left hand and flew at Dinah from three different directions. "But why ruin a perfectly cheesy TV program talking about this stuff?"

[blondecanary.livejournal.com]

"Yeah. I know." Dinah relaxed for a second, reassured, then had to duck the popcorn, giggling, and trying to bat it back at Tahiri. "Oh oh wait, wait Shirtless Lee! Look!"

And TK another handful at Tahiri!

[weetuskenraider]

"What is it with you people and shirtless boys, anyway?" That distraction tactic so didn't work, and pity anyone in the vicinity, because it was about to start raining popcorn in a highly localized downpour of puffed grains. Tahiri was not above Force-upending the entire bag at Dinah. "Francine just tried to explain that, and I still don't get it."

[blondecanary.livejournal.com]

"They're all ripply and muscley and, I don't know," Dinah said, pausing to blink salt off an eyelash, then cover her head, snickering. "Touchable, or something!" More popcorn TK'd in retaliation. "What, does everyone go shirtless back at the Jedi homeworld?"

[weetuskenraider]

"What? No!" Tahiri made a few popcorn kernels bounce up off the floor at Dinah for that, partly to cover up for the fact that she was a brilliant shade of red. "I'm just . . . not into . . . looking at just anybody that way."

[blondecanary.livejournal.com]

Dinah grinned, flailing out one arm along with a wave of TK. "I forgot. You have your own personal guy to touch. Or at least kiss. Other guys need not apply.

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Tahiri groaned and buried her face in the carpet.

Ew.

She popped her head right back up again and stuck her tongue out at Dinah. "Exactly. I mean, I don't get drooling over just anybody."

This made her sound so lame, didn't it?

[blondecanary.livejournal.com]

Dinah looked rueful. Because it so totally didn't. "You and Zack. He likes people more for their personalities too." And oh look. There's a suggestion of pink there.

[weetuskenraider]

"Cheerful bouncy guy from Terrain class, who was all happy about the glitter rain?" Tahiri remembered. "Dinaaaaaaaaaaaah . . ."

[blondecanary.livejournal.com]

"Yessss?" Oh, there has to be another popcorn kernel left in the bag. Right?

[weetuskenraider]

No, but there was one flying at her now, if she wanted to use that.

"Does somebody have a crush?" Revenge wasn't very Jedi, generally speaking, but come on, after the teasing she'd had to endure?

[blondecanary.livejournal.com]

"Maybe? I mean, Zack and Arthur sparred in the salle..."

Dinah ate the bite of popcorn, still pink, on the verge of giggling.

[weetuskenraider]

"Oh, really?" Tahiri was enjoying this way too much. Did the smirk give it away?

[blondecanary.livejournal.com]

"It's nothing, he's a friend," Dinah said, fidgeting a little and smiling. "He's just nice. And cute. And he's going to get me Pixie Stix!"

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Tahiri blinked. "I think I should have a bad feeling about this."

[blondecanary.livejournal.com]

And there was a great disturbance in the Force.

"They're paper tubes of flavored sugar! I haven't had them for ages, you rip them open and pour them down your throat and then your teeth hurt, they're great," Dinah said with all the enthusiasm of an 8-year-old. "Zack heard about them and offered to get me some, wasn't that sweet?"

[weetuskenraider]

Like millions of Pixie Stix were suddenly torn open and then eaten.

"I think . . ." Yeah, bad feeling time. Never let Gabrielle get into those. Please. "Sweet is definitely the right word there."