Fifth Floor Common Room, Thursday Evening

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Ino was cooking.

Which she didn't do often, admittedly, but she wasn't bad at. It just wasn't all that fun for her. And, alright, it was a pretty basic meal of fried chicken and rice, but that was a lot more effort than she usually put into it and Ino knew it was mostly because she was rather bored and hoping vaguely that food would draw people out.

It was really weird, how everyone ever was, like, so sleepy. Because, seriously, she was just the same as usual. Weird. Ino flicked the TV on, setting it to a music channel, and sang along snatches of lyrics as she chopped up vegetables.

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[longislandiceme]

Food drew at least one non-sleepy person out!

"Hey... Ino, right?" Bobby ran a hand through his hair as he recalled her name.

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Ino glanced over her shoulder and grinned. "You got it," she said, "and you hungry?"

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"See, normally I'd reply with 'No, I'm Bobby', but then you might withhold food and as a teenage boy I don't think I could stand the trauma," Bobby informed her. "Which is really just a long-winded way of saying 'yes'."

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She laughed.

"Would I do something like withhold food?" Ino asked lightly. Yes, yes she would. "Just over a name? Grab a plate."

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"One of these days I'll have to figure out this whole cooking thing, I guess," Bobby said, doing as ordered.

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"If you don't want your meals held hostage, then it's probably a good skill to learn," she said, wrinkling her nose. "Or being, like, utterly dependant on whatever else other people make."

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Hurley shuffled into the common room, a big cup of coffee in one hand.

"Hey Ino," he said.

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"Hiii Hurley!" Ino said, back to him as she checked the chicken. "How're you?"

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"I need to stop dozing off," Hurley said. "I have no idea what is going on, but it sucks."

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"I burn macaroni," Bobby informed her sadly. "My old school even had a rule about me not being allowed in the kitchen unsupervised."

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She peeked over her shoulder at him. "I'd say it just means you need more sleep, but then radio says that half the town needs more sleep if that's the case. What's up with the sleeping stuff? It hasn't gotten me at all."

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She couldn't help the laugh. "Maybe it's an attention problem? Maybe you ought to stick to mircowaving things then?"

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"Dude, every time I doze off, I get weird dreams," Hurley said. "Earlier, I thought, like... Reno was a ghost. That was odd."

He wasn't going to mention the sex dream.

[longislandiceme]

The rule had been implemented after the fourth time he'd wandered off to go play video games while attempting to make lunch. So, yeah. Totally an attention problem.

"It's probably for the best," Bobby agreed. "I don't think I would've survived in the era before microwave dinners."

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"Reno was a ghost?" Ino asked incredulously. "No way."

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"Seriously," Hurley said. "I'm going nuts or something."

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She was just going to totally gesture to the food here.

"Eat," yes that was another order, "and, ha! Then your best bet would be to either really hope you were born into a family rich enough to have a cook, or to marry rich and then get a cook."

A pause.

"Or live off of vegetables and stuff from restaurants."

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"Half the island, Hurley," she said. "Not just you. Reno would never be a ghost."

Ino was sort of in denial over the idea of Reno ever really dying, honestly. Even though she knew it was likely with his job. And his living habits.

"You hungry?"

[stylin-wizard.livejournal.com]

Alex had wandered upstairs in search of people. And hey, she found some on the fifth floor!

"Hey," Alex offered, upon entering the common room.

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"Yeah," Hurley said. "What've you got?"

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"Hey!" Ino said, smiling. "Nice to see not everyone is asleep!"

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"Fried chicken and rice," she said easily, "'less you want raw vegetables as well in which case I've got peppers and carrots too."

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"My thoughts exactly," Alex admitted, returning the smile. "I'm guessing you haven't been falling asleep randomly either?"

Sure, Alex liked to take naps as much as anyone but from what she'd heard on radio, it was far from normal.

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"Dude, that sounds awesome," Hurley said. "For a second, I was worried your were going to offer enchiladas."

[longislandiceme]

Or he could hang around his other boarding school long past graduation until they ended up giving him a teaching job!

"And ice cream," Bobby informed her solemnly. "It's totally a food group." No, Bobby, dairy was a food group.