Third Floor Common Room, Saturday Afternoon

[vanillajello]

Kate had come out of hiding.

After several days of staying firmly in her own room, she was now in the common room, lounging on one of the couches. She was reading an old magazine and eating popcorn from a big bowl.

The magazine was fascinating enough, but she kept looking up towards the door and wondering whether she should go down the hall to knock on a random person’s door and drag them back to keep her company.


[Open! Come entertain her, so she doesn't go bother random people.]

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[vanillajello]

"They pretty much seem to give a new meaning to 'adjusting', here," Kate sighed.

"Man, I wonder how many times this same conversation has been had on this island?"

[joan-notjane.livejournal.com]

Joan chuckled. "Probably pretty often."

[vanillajello]

"I know I have had it like a gazillion times since I came here, and I've been here only a month," Kate snorted. "I think it's part of the Fandom experience."

[joan-notjane.livejournal.com]

"It's an experience you wouldn't get anywhere else, that's for sure," Joan said.

[vanillajello]

"There's no need to mention anything about how it's not necessarily an experience you wanted to have in the first place," Kate noted, attempting a grin.

Yeah, she had wandered a little too close to subjects that should be avoided.

[joan-notjane.livejournal.com]

"Yeeeeah, there is certainly never a dull moment around here."

[vanillajello]

"I don't know, Wednesday morning was kinda on the slow side?"

[joan-notjane.livejournal.com]

Joan laughed. "Well, it can't be 24/7 insanity or we'd all crack."

[vanillajello]

Kate winced. Just a little. But she covered it up fairly smoothly. "I know. Then it wouldn't be about whether someone's gonna crack, but when. Who can keep their sanity intact for the longest amount of time after arriving in Fandom?"

[joan-notjane.livejournal.com]

"Pretty much, yeah," Joan said. She noticed Kate wincing but decided not to ask.

[vanillajello]

"For all we know, the whole island could just be one big psychological experiment."

[joan-notjane.livejournal.com]

That had never occurred to Joan. "Huh. Never thought of that."

[vanillajello]

"I think not thinking about it any further would probably be a good idea," Kate smirked. "We'll go all paranoid. Which is exactly what they want to happen."

[joan-notjane.livejournal.com]

"Right," Joan said. "And that way lies straightjackets and craft hours."

[vanillajello]

"I could do with craft hours," Kate chuckled. "But the straightjackets aren't really my style."

[joan-notjane.livejournal.com]

"The craft hours are pretty lame," Joan said.

She immediately realized her slip and tried to cover it up. "I mean, I would think"

[vanillajello]

Kate was going to let that go, even if her eyebrow bounced a little at it. A topic for another time.

"Well, at least here we can make our own craft hours. I have glitter in my room," she said with a light smile.

[joan-notjane.livejournal.com]

"Ooh glitter! Alex and I were saying that we need to spread the word about how the third floor is the most awesome."

[vanillajello]

"Well obviously the third floor is the most awesome! Do you think we should do somtehing with the glitter to prove it?" Kate grinned.

"We shouldn't get glitter too near Alex's roomie, though."

[joan-notjane.livejournal.com]

"Obviously we need signs or something," Joan said. "Who is Alex's roomie?"

[vanillajello]

"Signs, oh that sounds like a good idea. Glittery signs," Kate nodded.

"Tybalt of the house of Capulet," she answered. "There may have been an incident involving him and glitter."

[joan-notjane.livejournal.com]

"Oh, I don't think I've met him," Joan said. "What happened?"

[vanillajello]

"Oh, I snuck into his alcove during the slumber party boxer raid and dumped a full container of glitter on him."


[And this info is still NFB, even though he pretty much knows it already.]

[joan-notjane.livejournal.com]

Joan giggled. "Oh boy. I wish I could have seen that."

[vanillajello]

"I wish I had had a camera when I did. I saw him two days after I did it, and he was still twinkling a whole lot. And he didn't find it nearly as funny as I did."

No surprise there, really.