Second Floor Common Room, Saturday Afternoon

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Tony put the DVD for the Roman Polanski version of The Scottish Play into the player and went to make popcorn while the FBI warning came up on the screen. He plopped down on the couch with his popcorn and pop and waited for a few people to arrive before starting the movie itself.

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[icecoldfrost]

"Tweet," Emma answered sweetly, giving a little wave.

What? It suited.

"Are we having fun yet?" She cast a glance at Dinah's work, then back over at the television. "Clearly, the murderous rampage hasn't started yet, if people still have an appetite."

Or they were Emma, who'd spent too long on her own to pass up potential free food.

[blondecanary.livejournal.com]

Frost, was Dinah's immediate thought, tinged with envy and some exasperation. Not that she knew Emma would pick up on it; Karla had said something, but it had flitted through Dinah's mind without connecting to *this* Emma. Yet. Then her shields were back up.

"Nope. No huge bits of gore yet. Witches and prophecies, but the bloodshed's still a little ways away. I think the part where MacFinlay's wife talks him into it is coming up."

[icecoldfrost]

"Because heaven knows a man can't make a bad decision on his own without a woman pushing him," Emma complained. "Honestly."

[blondecanary.livejournal.com]

"Yeaaah," Dinah had to admit. "I mean, awesome character, she's the best part of the play. But Karla, who's playing her? Has the same reaction. MacFinlay waffles too much, but he's the one that does it, after all."

[icecoldfrost]

"She's clearly the smarter one in the relationship; she gets him to do the dirty work," Emma sighed, "but yeah. Still his decision, and she's the one who gets vilified, if I remember correctly."

[blondecanary.livejournal.com]

"I think it's all the..." Dinah paused, then plowed ahead, more at ease saying this to a girl, "Stuff she says about why isn't she a man, and MacFinlay not being enough of one to do anything, and even though she's right I don't think they want to hear it, you know?"

[icecoldfrost]

"They don't ever want to acknowledge it, let alone hear it, darling, which is why they need a good kick in the nuts at times." Sometimes, Emma was less-than eloquent.

[blondecanary.livejournal.com]

Dinah burst into laughter, thinking of some of the guys she knew who could regularly use that, and grinned. "Yeah, exactly. But so far, I'm liking the play, even if I don't like the bits that blame her. Really freaking eeeerie." She looked thoughtful. "And not as many long speeches as the last one."

[icecoldfrost]

"Do they do many plays, here?" Emma asked curiously, tossing a quick glance towards Jack. "I apparently know a few people in the show, but I didn't even know the school had a drama department or whatever."

"I'm in the acting class, mind you, but theatre isn't a strong suit of mine."

[blondecanary.livejournal.com]

"This is the community theater in town, the Boards, run by Geoffrey. Uh, Tennant," Dinah corrected herself. "A lot of students are in it, but so are a couple teachers and people from in town. And they do one just about every semester, over ten weeks. This one will be ready at the end of August. I was in last semester's, and Tony's always the Stage Manager." Dinah tilted her head. "How's the acting class going?"

[icecoldfrost]

"Pretty good, I think," Emma answered thoughtfully. "I haven't studied theatre since -" I got kicked out "- I was fourteen or so, so I don't know much to start with. But the teacher seems to know what she's doing."

[blondecanary.livejournal.com]

"Maybe I'll take that next session," Dinah said. "I've only got a little part this time, but I can always use more practice. How are your other classes going?"

[icecoldfrost]

"I've got spying, seduction, and superhero fashion with you," Emma laughed. "It's a combination of useful, fun, and just plain strange."

[blondecanary.livejournal.com]

Dinah blinked at the second one of those, overamping making her zero in on the one guaranteed to be fascinating right now. "Seduction? Really? I ... how does anyone even teach that?"

[icecoldfrost]

Emma's eyes glazed over happily. "Very, very prettily," she sighed. "Have you met Professor Bond?"

"Besides, I get to be the TA. Do you have any idea how much fun that is?"

[blondecanary.livejournal.com]

Dinah shook her head, eyes huge. "No, I haven't met Professor Bond. Is he as cute as Mr. Dex?" Then she swallowed hard. "I-- I would think it is kinda fun," she said, trying to be dispassionate, missing by a mile. "But what's in the class?" At this rate, she'd have to take the course, just to satisfy her curiosity.

She snuck a look at George. And wondered if maybe, possibly, that class would help?

[icecoldfrost]

"I don't know Dex, but I'm pretty sure Bond is qualified to teach it," Emma laughed.

She had caught the 'George' and 'Date' earlier, and her smile sharpened slightly. "I think you've already met one of my classmates," she drawled, gesturing at the boy, "and my co-TA, Mr. Priest."

Special Hell, Emma.

[blondecanary.livejournal.com]

Very Special Hell. Dinah's brain cracked a bit, as the Seduction-Jack-George all melted together in a minor conflagration of really great accents and pulse-pounding there. "Oh. Wow." Yikes, get a grip, Lance! "Right. George is cooking for me."

Facepalm.

[icecoldfrost]

"I noticed," Emma said dryly. "And what are you two stirring up tonight?"

Totally dirty.

[blondecanary.livejournal.com]

"Stir fry. Chicken. Peppers." Try to keep it clean... The taste of George and peppers on her lips was momentarily sharp and warm again, and she looked down, rubbing her cheek as she instinctively strengthened the ice-lattice around her thoughts. "First date. You know. No expectations. Yet."

[icecoldfrost]

"Going for something spicy on the first date?" she drawled. "How very daring."

[blondecanary.livejournal.com]

Since Dinah pretty much knew she wasn't, stuck as some stupid Nice Girl or the lame Countess in that meta for Les Liasions Dangereuses, she could only roll her eyes and say, "Yeah, that's it." She shook her head. "Honestly, this hormonal stuff was fun to begin with, and I never thought I'd want it to go away, but I'm gonna be glad when it does."

[icecoldfrost]

Emma blinked at Dinah like she was excessively dim. "It doesn't go away, darling," she said slowly. "It's always there. Some of you are just more honest about it than others, and some are better at repressing it."

[blondecanary.livejournal.com]

"It's not usually this intense," Dinah protested. "Or this out-of-control! Usually I can think of this stuff without acting on it every time it occurs to me." She paused. "Do you really think that's true?"

[icecoldfrost]

"That's what I mean," Emma replied. "Always there, always thought on, the only difference is in the action or reaction."

"But it still lurks, right there under the surface, waiting to be acted upon."