Fifth Floor Common Room [evening]

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Sookie was sort of surprised by the very sticky rain, and that in and of itself was a mark of how long she'd been there.

And after a day spent indoors reading, she decided to do something smart about the rain. And so she wandered out to her common room, found it empty, and took to carefully positioning some buckets to hang out the windows.

Sookie, meanwhile, set to work mixing up some pancake batter. And, of course, frying up some bacon and eggs. It wasn't really breakfast-for-supper unless you had all the components.

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"Totally not arguing," Rose said quickly. "I've just gotten too much syrup in my hair today to even think about eating it."

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Sookie made a face in sympathy. "Well. There's no requirement to put it on pancakes, if you're interested in those anyway! And there's bacon and eggs, too."

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"You're the awesome breakfast for dinner fairy today?" she asked, smiling over at her. "I'm Rose, by the way. I totally can't remember if we've talked before or not."

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"I am, and we haven't!" Sookie said, waving with a spatula. "I'm Sookie! You're not new, are you? I'm pretty sure I've seen you before."

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"I came the beginning of the summer," Rose said. "So not totally new. I'm pretty sure I've seen you before too. At the picnics and stuff if nothing else."

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"I'm not good at those," Sookie said, wrinkling her nose a little. "So sorry we haven't talked 'fore now! Help yourself to some bacon to make up for it."

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Rose laughed. "Pretty sure that's not your fault, but I'm still taking the bacon." And she did. "So should I be all Captain Obvious here and ask if you're from the South?"

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"How can you tell?" Sookie asked, wide-eyed and trying not to smile. "I thought I was blendin' in so well!"

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And now Rose was trying to keep a straight face. "The hair?"

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"I have southern hair?" Sookie wondered. "And here I was worried that my Confederate flag bra was showin' through my shirt or something."

She was not wearing, nor did she own, any such thing. Don't worry.

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"Well..." Rose had to take a second to snicker. "Now that you mention it, I think it is, yeah.

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"That's what I get for wearing special occasion underwear!" Sookie sighed dramatically. "It's laundry day, you know how it goes."

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"Well after the great syrup drenching, it totally is even if it wasn't before," Rose agreed.

Then she had to ask. "Do people actually have Confederate flag bras?"

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"You know, sad as it is, I'm sure they do," Sookie sighed. "I'm from Louisiana, in any case. And I don't really have Confederate bras. Or panties, for that matter."

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"I really didn't think you did," Rose said reassuringly. "I don't have a clue what a person who'd wear 'em would look like maybe your brother?, but I'd totally give you the benefit of the doubt."

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"My brother could probably tell you," Sookie said, rolling her eyes. "He's probably seen a set or two."

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Rose snickered. "I don't even have a brother, and the thought of knowing that about mine would freak me out."

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"I know," Sookie said, making a face. "I don't want to know. He's just...popular. Word gets around. Plus I've got some problems that prevent any chance I might want to keep from knowing things about my immediate family's activities."

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"Really thin walls?" Rose asked. "Shouldn't be so much of a problem here, you'd think or is he back home still?"

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"He's here. A version of him," Sookie told her, smiling a bit. "Which is still weird. And the thin walls aren't the problem, but it is less of a problem here, anyway -- I'm telepathic. Jason overshares even when he doesn't mean to."

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"Okay, fair enough, that would be really crappy," she said, trying to multiply what she had with Lissa by freaking everyone.

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"But it's under control. I haven't peeked in your head!" Sookie reassured her quickly. "And I have no plan to. But yeah, my brother and the ladies. Know waaaaaay more than I want to."

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"Not like there's a lot in there," Rose said lightly, wondering what it would be like to see into everyone's mind. Emotions were what drew her into Lissa's, and Rose tried to push hers down.

She was still curious though. "What's it like? When you look in someone's head? Like seeing through their eyes?"

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"Sometimes," she offered thoughtfully. "More often'n not, it's more like just memories, or things they wish would happen, or I hear what they're thinking. Which isn't exactly like hearing, but I can't explain it better than that. It's easier if I'm touching them, or if I'm tired. Otherwise I keep my shields up."

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Yeah, suddenly Rose got a lot more clear on why Lissa hated Rose looking through her eyes and feeling everything she did.

"You can do that? Prevent yourself from looking into their heads?" she asked.