Fourth Floor Common Room | Tuesday Evening | October 27

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It was a vaguely sedate Hayley that was crashed out on a couch. She was watching a movie on the TV about evil clowns from space.

She pouted at it.

"...no wonder people don't like clowns," she said.

She did have a plate of store-bought chocolate chip cookies out, in case anyone wandered in. It was only fair to offer food, right?

[ooc: Open, come play with me?]

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"Is...is that a clown?!" Jack asked. He heard the noise while wandering, and... "What the hell?!"

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"It's a movie, silly," Hayley said. "Ain't ya ever seen one before?"

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"I have," said the lad originally from the 60's, "but not one about...that."

Which is why he scored a cookie and some couch space. "This looks awful. Did I miss any of it?"

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"...well, yeah," Hayley said. "But I think you already understand the important parts."

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"What, that clowns are evil?" he asked, staring at the screen. "I think I knew that already, but...wow."

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Hayley frowned. "Clowns aren't evil. That's... that's a mean stereotype!"

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"Well, not all, just the scary ones. I mean, look at them. You telling me you wouldn't run screaming from a clown?"

The video sided with Jack on the "clowns = evil" side of the board.

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"From these ones, yeah," Hayley said. "But they're not real."

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"I hope not. All the other things that happen here? I don't want to come up against clowns," he admitted.

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"Clowns don't hurt nobody," Hayley said. "Only bad people who think they're clowns."

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"There's a lot of bad people in clown suits. I mean, you never hear of evil mimes. Well, probably because they never talk, but still."

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"There's a lot of bad people wearing lots of things," Hayley said. "Even police uniforms. So there."

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"True, and in banana costumes, but...I suppose there are nice clowns. LIke, the circus clowns that juggle."

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"See?" Hayley said. "You just are biased against 'em. There are good ones."

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"Well, yeah, but...they're creepy." Jack was not pouting. He was just being stubborn with a lip-thing. "Okay, some of them are creepy."

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"You don't seem nice at all," Hayley said, making up her mind.

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"Hey, I'm nice! Most of the time, at least." Okay, that was a pout.

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"Well, you don't like clowns, so that's a big strike," Hayley said. "And you got funny hair."

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"There's nothing wrong with my hair," he stated.

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"It's pretty wild, and not in a good way," Hayley said. "At least, I think so."

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"Hey, there's nothing wrong with my hair. It's fine. I like it. It looks good. Other people like it, too." No they didn't. But they haven't told Jack (lately).

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"What the hell are you watching?" Elle asked as she wandered into the common room. "Do I even want to know?"

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"Well, a lot of people think clowns are scary," Hayley said. "Doesn't mean they're right."

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"...probably not," Hayley said, looking over at Elle and smiling. "We can change it if you want."

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"Are you saying I look scary like a clown?" he asked, a bit heated.