Fifth Floor Common Room, Tuesday Evening

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Hurley sat on a couch in the common room, though metaphorically he was still on cloud nine.

He was a man now. It was totally awesome.

The TV was showing some TV show where this giant basketball player was playing other people at their own sports. He wasn't paying too much attention, admittedly. He was paying more attention to his nachos.

He had enough chips and cheese and stuff for other folks to have nachos, too.

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[stylin-wizard.livejournal.com]

Alex wandered up a couple of floors from her own, feeling a little restless. She decided to check out the common room. Maybe that would help ease her boredom.

"Hey," Alex smiled, adding in a wave when she spotted Hurley.

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"Hey," Hurley said. "Uhhh, hey. Have we been in a class together or something?" He kinda recognized her.

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Alex took a minute to think about that. "Yeah, we had Food Appreciation together," she nodded.

She missed Professor Eriksen.

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Hurley snapped his fingers. "Thought so. Alex, right? Help yourself to the nachos."

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"That's right," Alex nodded, smiling. "Thanks, Hurley."

She could remember names when she wanted to. "Looking forward to the new semester? And the newbies?" Alex was kind of wondering how many brains were going to be broken during the first week of classes.

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"Oh, I guess so," Hurley said. "I mean, as much as you can look forward to classes and stuff."

[tasenburn.livejournal.com]

Elle was bored. This was nothing new.

However, instead of being grumpy about said boredom, she was attempting to sit in one of the common rooms -- her own, for a change. That was kind of shiny and new.

"Hey," she greeted as she walked into the common room, pulling her hair up in a ponytail.

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"Yeah, I know what you mean," Alex chuckled. "Though some, if not most of them, are more entertaining than normal classes."

And she'd experienced those back home. Her old highschool had nothing on Fandom.

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"True," Hurley said. "I dunno. I'm like... starting my senior years and stuff. Kinda scary."

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"Oh, hey Elle," Hurley said. "You want some nachos?"

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"Oh wow," Alex shook her head. "And here I thought starting my junior year was scary."

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"Ooh, sure." Because like Elle was going to turn away free food? Ahaha, right.

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"Yeah," Hurley said. "So I'm kinda starting the beginning of the end and yeah."

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"Hey," Alex replied. She added in a wave, once she was sure she wasn't about to knock over her nachos.

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"You been cool and stuff?" Hurley said, smiling. "I've been pretty good."

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"I can only imagine what that's like," Alex admitted. She didn't want to think about how she was only one year away from that. "Do you know what you're doing after this?"

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"Eh." Elle shrugged. "Been okay. Nothing much been going on." she grinned. "Am so looking forward to the newbies."

Because brain breaking? Was kind of Elle's hobby.

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"Frying chicken at Mr. Cluck's, probably," Hurley said.

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"Yeah?" Hurley said. "I guess so. There should be some cool people, right?"

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Elle gave a slight wave, sprawling out on the couch she'd claimed as her own. "I have no idea who you are," she said cheerfully.

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"Or at least people who aren't completely lame," Elle said. "Because it's bad enough that they'll be newbies, they don't need to be lame newbies, too."

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"Hey, I've yet to meet anyone here that's completely lame," Hurley said. "Some jerkfaces, but nobody lame."

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Elle thought about that for a moment. "Yeah, you've got a point," she said. "Nobody lame. At least, not consistently so."

Because more than a few people had their moments, in her opinion.

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"Yeah," Hurley said. "Got any specific hopes for the newbies?" He was mostly joking.

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Alex couldn't help but laugh at that. "I'm Alex Russo," she replied. "From 301," she added, just in case she wanted to know.

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"Innocent people," she decided after a moment. "Like, completely not used to this weird crap. They're more fun to watch."

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"Elle Bishop, from 519."

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"What, like... people most likely to freak out?" Hurley said.

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"Not a bad way to go," Alex admitted, with a shrug. "I'll probably end up working in my family's sub shop for a little while," she added.

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"Exactly," she said with a nod.

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Hurley had to admit, it was kinda fun. "Let's just hope they handle the freak out okay," he said, with a little chuckle.

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"Let's hear it for dead end fast food jobs," Hurley said.

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"Nice to meet you, Elle," Alex replied. "Looking forward to new people arriving?" She was. If only to see how varied their reactions might be.

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"Because breaking them that badly their first few days here would probably be frowned on, after all."

Which would be pretty much the only thing keeping her from doing it. She'd kind of like to not make teachers write home about her just yet.

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"Oh, definitely," Elle said with a nod.

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"Could be worse, right?" Alex smiled. "Could have no job at all." She could be an optimist when she wanted.

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"I wonder how many brains will break before classes even start," Alex mused.

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"Yeah," Hurley said. "THat'd suck a lot."

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"Kinda depends on the fresh crop and how resilient they are, I think," Elle said.

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"Well, yeah," Hurley said. "Plus... kiiinda mean."

Om nom, nachos.