Third floor common room [afternoon]

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Frankly speaking, a Mat Cauthon with too much time on his hands was a kind of terrifying thing.

Witness example number one: Mat, in a common room, juggling an apple, two spoons, and a carving knife.

At least he wasn't blindfolded?

[OOC: So very open.]

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Zayne walked into the common room and raised an eyebrow at the scene. "What are you doing?" he had to ask.

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"I'm knitting a scarf," Mat told him, grinning.

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"Without any yarn or anything. That takes skill," Zayne said.

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"I'm very bloody skilled," Mat replied with a nod. "Can you juggle? Or knit a scarf?"

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"I tried juggling once. It didn't end well," Zayne noted.

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Mat concentrated, remembering what Thom had taught him, and used the knife to slice the apple in half before catching the knife and spoons in one hand and half the apple in the other. The second half landed in his mouth.

"How bad?" came the muffled reply as he held out the second half of the apple.

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"If it was knives instead of balls, I wouldn't be here right now," Zayne said. "But since it was balls, everyone was just amused."

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"How many balls were you trying to juggle?" Mat asked. "I started with three."

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"Three," Zayne said, just a tiny bit sheepishly.

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Mat laughed. "I'm sorry," he said. "Maybe you just don't have the hands for it."

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"I've never been the most coordinated guy," Zayne admitted.

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"So asking if you dance would be another mistake?" Mat teased.

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"No, I do that. I just choose not to be embarrassed about it," Zayne said.

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"Whoa," Hurley said, blinking at Mat.

He'd wandered down to see what food was hiding on the lower floors' common rooms.

"...Dude."

He was ever so eloquent, that Hugo Reyes.

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Mat laughed again. "A good bloody philosophy," he said. "Have you found a pretty girl to dance with?"

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"Hello," Mat said, still juggling.

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"I hope you do this a lot," Hurley said. "I don't want to help you pick up your fingers."

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Mat smirked. "Normally I juggle knives," he said. "It keeps me awake."

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"Dude, I just drink soda," Hurley joked. "I guess we all have our own little tricks."

He chuckled a bit as he wandered into the kitchen area. "You know if there's any marshmallows down here?"

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"The herb?" Mat asked, looking confused. "I haven't seen any."

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"...Dude, what?" Hurley said, looking over, equally confused. "Marshmallows. Not herbs."

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"Not recently, but I have at a few dances," Zayne admitted.

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"We need to bloody fix that," Mat decided. "I have more than enough to go around. I can introduce you!"

This was probably a terrible idea.

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"Marshmallows are herbs," Mat said. "The Wisdom turns them into a bloody tea if you're stomach hurts, but won't give you any if she thinks you've been out drinking all night."

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All Mirax had wanted was lunch. Instead she was getting a show, and stood with her head tilted, finally asking, "If I run to get something to record this, you're going to stop aren't you?"