Fourth Floor Common Room | Evening | 8/30

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Hayley hadn't slept much since her arrival. She'd wandered back into her room after visiting the common room at the wee hours of the morning, but hadn't had anything truly restful. Even tired, though, she seemed happy and cheerful. Just ignore the bags under her eyes. She sat on a couch, her legs curled up under herself. She flipped through the channels, not staying on anything for too long. She was just in awe of it all. The colors, the shows, the clothes, the music.

This was the future for Hayley Fitzpatrick. It was awe-striking, wonderful, and terrifying.

Though deep down, she just wished she could relax enough to sleep.

[[OOC: Common Room is Open like Zatanna's legs!]]

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Showering after his workout (and it was weird to think of returning to a routine at this place again), Cal thought about just going back to his room and messing around with more of Merlin's stuff while the Ears was still out, but changed his mind and decided to be a little social. He missed being around people who spoke English all the time. So, long hair still damp (which was one thing he did miss about his shorter hair; it dried easier, quicker) and making dark spots on the shoulder of his jacket, he went down to the common room to see if anything interesting was going on.

He thought about it for a second and decided he really didn't miss TV at all, really. He'd never been much of a fan.

But he did need to see what was going on with Rumor Gal...

"Hey." He lifted a hand in a wave to the girl he'd met at the shuttle, only then realizing he never got her name. In a way, he kind of liked that. It never hurt to have more mystery.

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"Hey," Hayley said, waving with the hand in which she held the remote. She smiled at him, recognizing him from the shuttle as well. "You want this? I ain't really watchin' nothin'."

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"Oh, no," Cal shook his head. "I'm not--"

But then he stopped, a thought striking him. "Wait a second. What time is--" He looked at his wrist, but didn't have his watch, so his eyes then danced to the clock. "Put it on channel handwavey," he said, drifting over to plop on the couch.

Maybe Rumor Gal actually was on. A long shot, but worth a try.

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Hayley fiddled with the buttons on the remote and... utterly failed at getting it to the right channel. She scrunched her face and then held it out to him.

"You betta try, cause I don't think I got the hang of it, yet."

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"No problem," Cal grinned, leaning over to take the remote from her and he trained it on the TV to do it correctly. "Even if practice makes perfect."

He did frown, though, once he watched for a few seconds. "Crap, I don't think it's on..."

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"Don't think what is on?" Hayley said, totally unfamiliar with what might even be on TV in the future.

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"It's totally stupid," Cal said, keeping his attention on the TV to hide him embarrassment a little. He had a feeling that he was about to lose some of those admiring eyes he'd gotten yesterday if he explained too much. "Just a show I remember watching back when I was here in the spring. I was just wondering if it was on."

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"Oh, okay," Hayley said. "I don't even know what'd be on, actually."

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"Meh." Cal shrugged. It wasn't on, so he wasn't very interested anymore, and sort of left it on something neutrally interesting and tossed the remote between the two of them. "Nothing good on a Sunday night, that's for sure."

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Hey, someone he didn't recognize was in the common room on his floor! Since he hadn't met too many people yesterday, he wandered in and waved as he did.

"Hey there," he greeted.

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Hayley recognized him. She couldn't possibly have actually approached him, when he was shirtless yesterday. She blushed when she saw him. "Nice to see you found your clothes," she said, smiling.

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That stopped him for a moment before he realized why she said and laughed. "You saw me yesterday, I take it?"

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"I was worried someone had stolen from ya," she said. "That woulda been awful."

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"Nah, it's a tradition," he said, taking an empty seat. "Boys tend to lose their shirts. And some girls do too. Just one of those unspoken traditions of the island."

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Hayley gasped. "You gotta be jokin'!" she said.

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"I'm not," he said, laughing at that reaction. "Nope, happens every picnic. It's not the only time it happens, of course, but it's the traditional time. Picnic before this one, I even took my pants off."

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Hayley's eyes went even wider. "And they don't lock you up?"

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It was newbie weekend, and Mirax really did not feel like hanging out in her room where the new kids weren't. So she was glad to see someone she didn't recognize when she got to the common room.

"Tell me there's something good on," she said, feeling hopeful there.

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Hayley pointed at Cal. "He told me to change the channel, so if it ain't good, it's not my fault." She smiled and laughed.

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"Shifting the blame, very nice," she laughed, finding a seat. "You're new, right?"

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Hayley nodded three times, rapidly. "Yep!" she said. "I'm Hayley. I just got here yesterday."

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"Mirax. I'm an oldbie now," she said, with all the smug superiority of someone who totally was just now the newest anymore. "Liking it so far?"

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"I'm in the future," Hayley said, like she still didn't believe it. She still didn't quite believe it, really. "It's amazin'."

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"Yeah, we get a lot of that," Mirax said with a smile. "It gets easier. When are you from?"

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"1962," Hayley said. "A long time ago, apparently." She smiled. "But it was nice, honest."