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."

[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.

[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]

"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."

[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!

[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."

[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.

[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've been in cities almost all my life," Jack explained. "They feel free to me -- and of course I like observing human complexity." He shrugged a little, writing it off to the mystery of taste. "Will you be in Arrakeen after graduation?"

[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."

[future_sandworm]

"It is likely, but it depends on my aunt," he replied. "I'd rather stay at Sietch Tabr, though. Smaller, and the open desert close by." He smiled at the thought.

[bitten_notshy]

"I remember the desert from the trip to your home," Jack said. Even though it had been a good visit, his feelings on open desert were largely summarized with the phrase better him than me. But never mind that, not if the thought alone made Leto smile. "It's not like anyplace else I've ever visited."

[future_sandworm]

"No? So, what is your home like?" There were different kinds of cities, after all.

[bitten_notshy]

"Busy, gray, wet," Jack said briefly, which went for most of the places he'd lived. "Spain was warm, but not the way Arrakis is. Lots of people coming and going, mostly."

[future_sandworm]

"That must have been fascinating." Leto felt a little envy there. He remembered his father roaming through Arrakeen in disguise, and perhaps that was a habit he would take up, but the danger of being recognised was always there. "Fandom must be quiet for you."

[oops-mbad.livejournal.com]

"What did 2009 look like in your world?" Diana asked, curious.

[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?"

[bitten_notshy]

"It is, though I'm used to it now," Jack said. "I think you can do about anything for a year."

[bitten_notshy]

"Oh, like this one but with some different cultural markers," Jack said. "It's odd. For all the changes in history, it seems like the universe wants certain things to happen sooner or later."

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"Tell me those things didn't include Paris Hilton." Diana said.