Fourth Floor Common Room; Monday Evening [ 09/14 ].

[not-a-mused.livejournal.com]

Clearly, someone getting his old job back at the diner had been cause for inspiration, as Cal was in the kitchen of the fourth floor common room, flipping burgers. Not just any burgers. Awesome feta cheese burgers.

The fact that the new Rumor Girl was on the TV and he was paying more attention to the TV than the burgers was merely coincidence.

Really.


[[ holy crap, I almost forgot and got home just in time, huzzah. Open common room is open. And common, as I almost typed instead of open. But SP warning. As I am lamesauce. ]]

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[onlysmokesnics.livejournal.com]

Hayley bounced up behind Cal and grinned.

"I hope ya made extra," she said.

[not-a-mused.livejournal.com]

Cal grinned a little himself, head ducking over a slight blush over the Impossible Reality potentially getting to see him at his worse, under the sway of that damn show, the warhorse legs, the uppity bitch. "I did," he said, "but only for cute, doe-eyed blondes."

[onlysmokesnics.livejournal.com]

"Awww, you think I'm cute?" Hayley said. "That's awful sweet of ya."

[not-a-mused.livejournal.com]

"I've got two eyes, don't I?" Cal asked. "I'm not blind Tiresias yet."

Yet, but Tiresias was emerging again.

[onlysmokesnics.livejournal.com]

"Blind tires?" Hayley said. "You been smokin' something?"

[not-a-mused.livejournal.com]

"Tiresias," Cal corrected, grinning. "He's from a Greek play I was in once. A blind prophet."

And also rumored to have been afflicted with a different deformity that Cal could relate to far better...

[itsjustlanguage.livejournal.com]

Hoshi sprinted into the common room. "Did I miss much?" she asked breathlessly as she grabbed a seat on the couch.

[not-a-mused.livejournal.com]

"....miss much of what?" Cal asked, staring at Hoshi a little.

This was, of course, after he barely stopped himself from gushing out everything that happened in the first five minutes to her, and quickly remembered that he wasn't actually watching it, ahem.

[itsjustlanguage.livejournal.com]

"Rumor Gal," said Hoshi, not taking her eyes off the TV screen. "I started watching the DVDs over the summer and couldn't wait for the start of the new season."

Technically, she could have headed off to the future to see how the show ended, but that was cheating.

[not-a-mused.livejournal.com]

Hoshi's clear enthusiasm for the show made Cal pause a moment and reconsider his stance on denying his own obsession. After all, if she was into the show that much...

"Oh, man," he said. "I forgot it was even on. Good thing I already had the channel on for background noise, though."

[itsjustlanguage.livejournal.com]

"Of course I would like a show about a girl who spreads rumors," snickered Hoshi. "But really, you should watch it sometime. It's really good, even if you don't aspire to the person who spreads all the gossip."

[not-a-mused.livejournal.com]

"Well, I've seen a few episodes," Cal said, shrugging.

He also owned the entire first season on DVD. Hush.

"The girls are pretty hot. So you're into the whole gossip aspect of it?"

As someone with a big fat secret, this seemed important to note.

[onlysmokesnics.livejournal.com]

"...wow, people sure like this show," Hayley said.

[itsjustlanguage.livejournal.com]

"It's addictive," said Hoshi, smiling at the new girl she hadn't met. "They don't even have television where I come from, and I managed to get hooked."

[onlysmokesnics.livejournal.com]

"They don't?" Hayley said. "That's awful!"

[itsjustlanguage.livejournal.com]

Hoshi shrugged. "I mean, we still have data libraries with all the classic movies and stuff, but a lot of times I prefer to just read a good book," she explained.

There was no explanation for why the 22nd century still had books when televisions were considered old-fashioned.

[sonofmogh.livejournal.com]

"Has the show started yet?" Worf asked as he entered the room.

[not-a-mused.livejournal.com]

Cal was guarding immediate responses regarding the show, but, since it was Worf, he could be honest.

"I think you're just in time for the beginning, man."

[sonofmogh.livejournal.com]

"Excellent," Worf replied. "What are you making?"

[not-a-mused.livejournal.com]

"Feta cheeseburgers," Cal answered proudly with a grin. "Otherwise known as the best way to eat a cheeseburger in the entire world."

[sonofmogh.livejournal.com]

Worf stared at the burgers for a moment and nodded. "If you say so," he replied. "I'll admit that I have not tried the combination before."

[onlysmokesnics.livejournal.com]

"Golly wow!" Hayley said, seeing Worf for the first time.

[sonofmogh.livejournal.com]

Worf glared at the girl and then looked around the room to see what she was talking about.

[onlysmokesnics.livejournal.com]

"Oh, gosh," Hayley said. "I'm sorry. I didn't mean to stare or nothing."

[sonofmogh.livejournal.com]

"Others have already done so," Worf grumbled, now realizing what she was talking about. "It is not uncommon for newcomers to the island."