5th Floor Common Room, Sunday Afternoon

[bitten_notshy]

Even with the excursions home and to London, the week on the near-empty island had felt too long. Jack was more than ready to see his friends again as he settled into the common room. He was paging through one of his history books, but he kept getting distracted by the meta Scrubs marathon on TV. The characters were bizarre, annoying ... and incredibly funny.

[OCO; Open CR!]

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[future_sandworm]

Leto rarely had a reason to visit the fifth floor common room, but he had been on his way up to the roof, and noticing someone was in there, he stopped for a moment.

He hadn't seen Jack in a while, and talking to him was usually interesting.

"Watching something interesting?" Leto doubted that he himself would find it so, but if Jack didn't want to be interrupted he didn't want to disturb.

[bitten_notshy]

"Funny, at least," Jack said, glancing up with an idle smile. "Though I hope it's not meant as an accurate depiction of modern medical care. Hello, Leto. Good break?"

[future_sandworm]

"I don't think I'm familiar with it," he replied, smiling back. "Hello. And yes, it was a good break, but I have to admit I prefer to be back." He approached Jack. "It seems that there is a fascination with spending holidays immersed in water."

[bitten_notshy]

"It's a sitcom," Jack enunciated carefully. He was still getting used to the terminology, but he'd be damned if he'd show that. "So there was swimming, then? I'm not sorry I missed it. I'm not much for the woods."

[future_sandworm]

Leto sat down on the couch. "Sitcom? My only knowledge of TV culture comes from Professor Mitchell's class, but yes, I think he explained the concept. And yes, there was swimming." Not to mention friends who thought it was funny to pull him into pools. "I didn't mind the woods. There is nothing like it on Arrakis, but I find they offer a sense of freedom and solitude."

[bitten_notshy]

"Meant to be funny, anyhow," Jack said, and shifted on the couch. "No, I suppose that's true. I just -- do better in cities."

There were things with claws in the woods!

[future_sandworm]

Leto glanced at him. "I suppose that depend on the city and how freely you can move in it," he observed. "I can't say I would choose to spend my time in Arrakeen, and I have little personal experience of other cities, but as places to observe the complexity of humanity they seem to be a good resource."

Leto did expect there to be things with claws in the woods, but perhaps not of the same kind as Jack was thinking of.

[oops-mbad.livejournal.com]

Diana had deposited Samuel on her bed and was now just wondering around, looking for something to do. "Oh hey, it's that show." Like that.

[bitten_notshy]

"That show," Jack agreed, and gave Diana a pleading look. "It's not meant to be realistic, is it? I'd like to know that before I get sick here."

[oops-mbad.livejournal.com]

Diana shook her head. "Nah. It's a comedy thing. Watch Casa if you want something a tiny bit more realistic. Tiny bit, they're still way too peoplefied to be real hospitals."

[bitten_notshy]

"Peoplefied?" Jack asked, more amused by the neologism than confused. "How was your break, Diana?"

[oops-mbad.livejournal.com]

"Peoplefied." Diana nodded. "Relaxing. I did absolutely nothing for a week. It was awesome. Yours?"

[bitten_notshy]

"I went to see what 2009 is like in my world," Jack said. "And I did rather a lot of absolutely nothing. It was nice to have quiet for once."

[noteviltwin.livejournal.com]

Fresh from a pretty awesome week spent getting to know his brother better, Andy was back and in a totally awesome mood. He dumped his stuff in his room and then went wandering. Spotting his roommate on his wanders, he headed into the common room and flopped down on the couch.

"Hey," he greeted him. "Something wrong with the CR on our floor?"

[bitten_notshy]

The mun can't remember where her characters live?

"Too much time in it this week," Jack said, with a slight smile. "I felt like exploring. I think they're all about the same, though."

"How was your week?"

[noteviltwin.livejournal.com]

"Pretty awesome. Went and visited my twin brother, Webber. Spent the time getting to know each other. You?"

[bitten_notshy]

"A few days at home, and then a side trip to London in my world in this time," Jack answered. "I've been home since Thursday night, though."

He gave Andy a curious look. "How was your brother?"

[noteviltwin.livejournal.com]

"He's great," Andy enthused. "He just seems to get me, y'know? That's what I always thought brothers were like."

[bitten_notshy]

"I wouldn't know," Jack said with a little shrug. He hadn't seen his siblings since he was five; it was hard to miss what you barely remembered. "You were raised apart, then? How did you find each other?"

[guardianborn.livejournal.com]

It wasn't Fight Club time yet, but Rose had less than nothing to do between getting back and then.

Thus it was wandering the halls time. And wandering into the Common Room and flopping down on the couch when she saw her friend. "Missed me?"

[bitten_notshy]

"You weren't here?" Jack was trying to sound cool, but the grin that took over his face provided counter-evidence.

[guardianborn.livejournal.com]

"Yep, you totally did," she decided. "I know, it's hard."

[bitten_notshy]

"You caught me," Jack sighed. "I barely made it through, pining away every second for you as I was."

[guardianborn.livejournal.com]

Rose snorted. "Okay, I said you missed me, not that you're totally pathetic."

[bitten_notshy]

"And now you've complimented me, and my night is complete," Jack said, still teasing. "'Not totally pathetic.' I may swoon."