Third floor common room [Wednesday afternoon]

[weldedtomyspine]

Once he'd encountered a few people and figured out what was going on, Jaime had almost locked himself in his room. Not because he wasn't used to weird stuff, but because he wasn't used to being more off-balance than the Scarab. Usually he was calm and collected and the Scarab flipped out an told him to blow things up.

Not that the Scarab wasn't flipping out and telling him to blow things up, it was just that the Scarab was apparently unimpressed by the fact that a lot of girls were now boys. Which was not supposed to happen. So Jaime found himself in a weird position where he was confused and unstable while the Scarab just kept on business-as-usual.

And there was only one thing Jaime knew of that would help stabilize him at a time like this... Home cooking. And while he didn't have his mom around to do it, he did have a phone and could follow a recipe.

Which explained the rich smell of beef and peppers and mole sauce wafting through the common room. Jaime felt himself relaxing already.

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[living_endless]

"Roomie! You're cooking," Didi said as she wandered in. "Favorite person."

If the nickname hadn't let Jaime know who she was, the dark hair, black shirt, and ankh should have helped.

[weldedtomyspine]

Jaime managed, barely not to double-take. "You too, huh?" he asked with a snort. "Just when I was starting to get used to rooming with a girl, too."

He waved at the skillet he was currently watching. "You want some?"

[living_endless]

"People say it wears off," Didi told him. "So don't get too used to this. Thank God."

She liked being a girl, okay?

She padded over to stand next to him. "Sure. What is it?"

[weldedtomyspine]

"All I know is that I'm glad nothing happened to me," Jaime grinned cheekily. And, that was good news. He liked her being a girl, too!

"Well, I was going to make fajitas, but then I realized I wanted some mole sauce, so..." he shrugged helplessly. "Beef and onions and peppers and mole sauce, I guess."

[furnaceface]

Jono didn't live on the third floor, no.

But Jono was feeling social, and like mixing it up a little, and it was entirely possible that since the third floor was on the way to the fourth, stopping here made sense!

He was in a good mood. Go with it.

He did kind of pause and double-take, mind. At first, because there was another bloke in the room wearing a good deal of black, and it was possibly the first guy goth that Jono had bumped into since getting here. And then because, well, that ankh, and with every other girl today...

//Didi?//

[living_endless]

"You get a gold star for guessing right," Didi told him, smiling, then noticed something Very Important. "Oh, hey, I'm your height now!"

[furnaceface]

That was a Very Important Observation! Didi now towered over her usual self?

//Quite the growth spurt, really,// Jono mused, resting his hands on his hips. //Now I can look yer in the eye without hurting my back or something.//

No, he'd never hurt his back looking her in the eye before. It was highly unlikely that he ever would, either.

[awesomebigsis.livejournal.com]

Ellie was on he way back to her room after class to hide for the rest of the day. She made a detour to the common room that wasn't even on her floor instead when she caught the scent of something cooking. "Smells good in here."

[weldedtomyspine]

"That's because food is always a good idea."

Jaime paused, head cocked as if listening to something else and frowning with concentration. "Ellie?"

[awesomebigsis.livejournal.com]

"Yeah, hi," Ellie replied, waving slightly. "Have you adjusted to all this weirdness, yet?"

If there was ever a time to ask that, she felt this was that day.

[weldedtomyspine]

"Well, I haven't run screaming quite yet. Though I think I might be close to it..."

He looked over at him... her... whatever. "What about you? I suspect you've got more weirdness experience than I do."

[living_endless]

"Hey," Didi waved. "Are you usually a boy?"

[awesomebigsis.livejournal.com]

Ellie glanced at the other guy and shook her head. "Nope. Just today apparently. Same for you, I'm guessing?"

She did not immediately recognize him, so she figured she was likely correct.

[living_endless]

"Exactly the same," Didi confirmed. "It's ... not too bad once you get over the initial weird of it."

[not-jaded-yet.livejournal.com]

Jennifer, being one of the only girls that didn't transform this day, wandered into the common room.

"Whatever that is, I like the smell."

[awesomebigsis.livejournal.com]

"You're still a girl," Ellie said, stating the obvious. She gave a little wave.

[not-jaded-yet.livejournal.com]

"Am I not supposed to be?" Jennifer said, confused. But hey, cute boy. She returned the wave.

[awesomebigsis.livejournal.com]

"Guess you haven't noticed the unusual amount of boys wandering around today, huh?" Ellie asked, somewhat amused.

[weldedtomyspine]

"You're welcome to have some," Jaime offered, glancing up and grinning at the girl he hadn't met yet.

[not-jaded-yet.livejournal.com]

"Oooh," Jennifer said. "Very generous. And who do I have to thank for it?"

[living_endless]

"Mole," Didi said to her big sister. "... how come you didn't change?"

She wasn't saying who she was, but she figured Jen would catch on soon enough, what with the coloring, the black clothes and the ankh.

[not-jaded-yet.livejournal.com]

"...luck?" Jennifer said. "That, or my other changing problems counteracted it. I have no idea."

[azuldragon.livejournal.com]

Someone was cooking. Good. She was hungry again. Honestly why are boys always so hungry?

"Is there any chance you're cooking something really hot?"

[weldedtomyspine]

"Depends on how hot is 'really hot'," Jaime said, glancing over. "But probably not. Just regular mole sauce." And a scattering of crushed chilis 'really hot' did not make.

[azuldragon.livejournal.com]

Azula agreed, "You should add more chili, that's an inadequate amount."