Third Floor Common Room, Friday Afternoon

[vanillajello]

It was Kate’s last day as one of the new kids. She was celebrating this by sitting in the third floor common room with some candy and a volume of manga.

Okay, so maybe ’celebrating’ wasn’t quite the right word, but at least she was happy.


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[future_sandworm]

"Hello, Kate."

Leto walked into the common room, mostly looking for company. He sat down next to Kate.

[vanillajello]

Kate was pretty busy laughing at something, but managed to pry her gaze from the comic to look up and give him a smile. "Hi Leto. How's your Friday going?"

[future_sandworm]

"Good," he said. "I met my stepmother this morning."

He smiled back. "What are you reading?"

[vanillajello]

"Meta forDramacon," she said, showing him the cover. "I'm actually re-reading it, for the zillionth time."

[future_sandworm]

He looked at the cover, not recognising it. That wasn't entirely surprising as he knew nothing about manga. "I assume it's good, then."

[vanillajello]

"Oh it is. One of the funniest things I've ever read," Kate said. "A little too girly sometimes, though, and the drawings could look better, but I don't care since it's so awesome otherwise."

[future_sandworm]

"Girly? The style of the drawings are quite peculiar." He smiled at her again. "I have to admit I don't read much fiction."

[vanillajello]

"It's a romantic comedy type of thing, so that's where the girly comes in. And the style is Japanese, although this comic's been done by a... Canadian," she said, inspecting the back cover.

"So, what do you read?"

[future_sandworm]

"History, philosophy, religion, science. Anything that helps me understand humanity. And of course, the literature among my people include oral tradition as well." Leto looked at Kate.

[not-jaded-yet.livejournal.com]

Jennifer wandered into the common room, a little wistful.

"Oh, hello everyone," she greeted.

[vanillajello]

"Hi," Kate greeted the other girl with a little wave and a smile. "I don't think we've met. I'm Kate."

[not-jaded-yet.livejournal.com]

"Jennifer," she greeted, smiling at the other girl. "I think you're right about the not meeting."

[vanillajello]

"At least we got it out of the way just in time before the new new kids come tomorrow," Kate grinned.

[not-jaded-yet.livejournal.com]

"Yeah," Jennifer said with a chuckle. "Sometimes I feel like I must be a hermit, if I keep meeting people probably months after they arrived."

[vanillajello]

"That probably happens pretty easily around here. Like for example, I tend to stay on this floor, so there's probably a lot of people I've never met because of that," Kate said.

"And then there's the remembering problem. I just realized we were in Creative Writing together."

[not-jaded-yet.livejournal.com]

"Oh, right!" Jennifer said. "Mr. Castle was great, wasn't he?"

[vanillajello]

"He was alright," Kate said, shrugging lightly. "He was cool about how I missed the first class because I was a cat."

[not-jaded-yet.livejournal.com]

"You were a cat?" Jennifer said. "...really?"

[future_sandworm]

Leto looked up. "Hello," he said.

[not-jaded-yet.livejournal.com]

Jennifer waved. "Jennifer," she introduced. "I live up on the fifth floor."

[future_sandworm]

He smiled. "I'm Leto Atreides. And welcome to our floor." The last part was added with a smirk.

[not-jaded-yet.livejournal.com]

"I've been down here before," Jennifer said, smiling. "This isn't my first time."

[future_sandworm]

"I'm glad to head that this isn't the first time you've decided to explore the dorms," he said. "I didn't mean to imply you hadn't."

[not-jaded-yet.livejournal.com]

"Have you done much exploring, yourself?" Jennifer teased, lightly.

[future_sandworm]

"If you mean have I visited all the common rooms and the roof, then the answer is yes," Leto replied. "But I stay away from entering people's rooms without permission."