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]

"Yeah," Kate nodded. "She was supposed to be the perfect woman."

[new-to-liirness.livejournal.com]

That caused a bit of a snort.

"And that is the silliest thing I've ever heard."

[vanillajello]

"Then you're already better off than people making movies in the eighties," Kate smirked.

"Well, actually the idea is still alive and well today," she added after a pause for thought.

[new-to-liirness.livejournal.com]

Liir shook his head.

"It's still silly then," he said, firm in his opinion.

"There's no such thing as a perfect person. After all, you love someone for their flaws as well as their features. Anything less would be boring and stale."

[vanillajello]

Kate was familiar with imperfection, yes.

"You're preaching to the choir," she said, shaking her head a little. "But the society here isn't big on flaws. It loves its idea of perfection. Especially physical perfection."

[new-to-liirness.livejournal.com]

He chuckled and ruffled Makie's fur.

"Every society is fixated on looks. Physical perfection, however, is a bit different in Oz. It has more to do with a man's clothes, the cut of his suit, than it does with what's underneath. Thoroughly shallow."

Then he smirked a little.

"It's a strange dichotomy, though; a society fixated on physical perfection that does everything it can to save one from doing hard work."

[vanillajello]

"What's weird about wanting to be lazy and pretty?" Yes, the sarcasm was at it again.

Kate sighed. "People are just full of suck, that way." Said like someone who might have been kicked around a little by her community once or twice.

[new-to-liirness.livejournal.com]

"Oh, there's nothing odd, but that society would support both outrightly?"

He shook his head.

"Hypocrisy is the way of the world, of all worlds, but they at least try and tart it up a little where I'm from."

[vanillajello]

"I'm not sure whether that's better or worse than what we do here. But I guess I'd bet on 'better'."

She ran her fingers through her hair, and offered him a little smile. "How did we get from bad 80s movies to hypocrisy at large?" Well, quite easily. But it may have been a hint at moving the conversation to lighter topics.

[new-to-liirness.livejournal.com]

"I'm terribly serious," he said with a hand through his hair, "and bring most joyful conversations rocketing towards deep and meaningful subjects."

Then he glanced at the kitchen.

"Either way, though, the brownies need to come out so I'll just go do that, shall I? And you can come up with something thoroughly ridiculous, such as the various and arcane uses of popcorn or perhaps what color ribbons you prefer while transformed into a small fluffy animal."

[vanillajello]

"I do something like that, but I usually take conversations into dark, deep pits of emo. 'Ridiculous' sounds like a better plan," Kate grinned. And made a face at the mention of ribbons on transformed animals.

[new-to-liirness.livejournal.com]

"I've been called that too, but I try not to dignify anything Vice Principal Deadpool says with a response," he said with a faint smile as he walked over and put on the mitts.

[vanillajello]

"Wise move," Kate noted with a nod, leafing through a magazine on the table and resisting the urge to eat more popcorn.

[new-to-liirness.livejournal.com]

The tray came out and was placed on the cooling rack before he came back.

"What's going on now?"

In the movie.

[vanillajello]

"There'a a party, but the main characters have locked themselves in the bathroom," Kate reported. "And also, random stuff happening elsewhere at the party."

[new-to-liirness.livejournal.com]

"Ahhh. Deep drama."

He flopped on the couch, then yawned.

"Anything planned for the day?"

[vanillajello]

"Nah. This was my grand plan: coming into the common room and acting like a normal person."

[new-to-liirness.livejournal.com]

"That will garner attention," he joked with his head back.

"I usually come in here and work on magic. Or homework. Neither of which, I've learned, are particularly normal."

[vanillajello]

"But my 'normal' seems to be grinning manicly at everyone who comes in," she offered.

"Or at least that's how it feels today. Not as odd as homework or magic, but still not exactly really normal."

[new-to-liirness.livejournal.com]

"Well, as long as you don't just stare at people and grin, I think you'll be all right."

[vanillajello]

"I suppose you're right," Kate shrugged with a little grin.

"Tomorrow I thought I might actually venture outside the dorms. Imagine that. Billions of new chances to weird people out, and far more trouble in getting back to my room if things get too bad."

[new-to-liirness.livejournal.com]

"Anywhere you were thinking of going?"

Just random curiousity.

[vanillajello]

"Haven't really decided yet. Might go to the movies, or go for ice cream, or just walk around the island," Kate replied.

"I've been wanting to go bowling for a while now, but I'd need to ask people to come with me for that. Although I think they have an arcade at the same place, that might be fun too."