Fourth floor common room [Monday evening]

[sorella-vecchia.livejournal.com]

Triela was sitting with a cup of tea resting in front of her. Which wasn't unusual at all. What was unusual was that she was staring somewhat pensively off into nowhere. She was distracted enough that she hadn't really noticed that her tea had gone cold.

And, somehow, she was distracted enough not to really notice that the TV was on and playing one of those truly awful science fiction movies about one improbably giant animal fighting some other improbably giant animal. If she'd been paying any attention at all, Triela probably would have turned the thing off in disgust when it became clear that this particular film involved a giant killer sea turtle and some sort of mutated jellyfish.

There was no way she'd object to someone changing the channel, and it was entirely questionab le as to whether she'd even notice, but if someone were in the mood for some lukewarm tea, well... she had a pot of it.

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[anarchist-queen.livejournal.com]

Leda had been missing her friends, many of which she hadn't managed to run into for a bit. So she was quite happy to spot Triela.

"Hey Triela, what's up?"

[sorella-vecchia.livejournal.com]

Triela blinked once, her reverie interrupted. Then she spotted Leda and smiled just a bit. "Leda, hey."

[anarchist-queen.livejournal.com]

"Did I interrupt something?" She glanced at the tv. Huh.

[sorella-vecchia.livejournal.com]

"Not at all," Triela shook her head. "Did you do anything interesting during the break?"

[anarchist-queen.livejournal.com]

"Nah. Just hung around here. Not very memorable." Partly because she'd been so out of it she couldn't remember. "How about you?"

[sorella-vecchia.livejournal.com]

"Went home. No missions though." She'd spent most of her time showing the new girl around.

She wasn't sure what she thought of said new girl.

[anarchist-queen.livejournal.com]

"Kinda boring then?" She sank down on a nearby chair.

[sorella-vecchia.livejournal.com]

"Well, I managed to keep busy, but it wasn't as fun as it could have been."

[anarchist-queen.livejournal.com]

"Maybe next time we can send you with a care package. Of, gremlins and hostile veggies."

[heromaniac]

Triela probably should have turned it off, yes, for the siren call of a low budget giant monster movie had lured its native prey - the wily hyper otaku...

Momoko came squealing in the room and bounced into place near Triela. "Ooh! Is this on?! Hi, Triela! How much did I miss? Have the little fairies appeared yet or is that the other one? I can never remember which is which. Are they talking funny or is it just me? Ooh! Tea?"

[anarchist-queen.livejournal.com]

Leda supressed a laugh. "What are we watching?"

[heromaniac]

"Hi Leda!" Momoko grinned. "What's up? I think this is that one where there is a volcano god who was frozen in a flash flood and some nuclear test explosions woke him up and he gets mad and tries to kill everything because it's all strange and different,but this reporter finds a girl in a tree and she's a fairy princess and he frees her and she calls up one of her gods... no, wait." Momoko paused, her hands still spread out to imitate a princess sitting in a tree, and tilted her head at the screen. "That one had wings. And it was green. You know, I am not sure which one this is!"

[anarchist-queen.livejournal.com]

"I...don't think I saw that one. I did see one once where this old scary octopus god thing wound up fighting off an alien robot. It was really weird."

[heromaniac]

Momoko's eyes were like saucers and she bounced in her seat as she leaned closer. "Whoa! I haven't seen that one! What was it called? Okay, was it in colour or black and white, cause that can make a movie totally different. And was the octopus god really evil or protecting his people? If the robot was an alien, it was totally the evil one!"

[anarchist-queen.livejournal.com]

Oh my God Momoko was so cute! "I think it was called Dagon Vs. Robothulu. And it kind of went from black and white to color and back again. But might have just been Bordertown playing with the film."

[heromaniac]

Wow! Both colour and black and white?

"It does? That's a super cool concept! I am so totally going to have to find that movie! Think it's on the internet?" Momoko filed the name of the movie and totally planned a night scouring the web and emailing a few people if necessary. She didn't even mind if the alien was the good guy, it just sounded totally awesome! "So was Bordertown the name of the production company? I haven't heard of it before."

[anarchist-queen.livejournal.com]

Leda giggled. "No Bordertown's where I'm from. Magic and Technology kind of wash up against each other and make them both unpredictable. So I'm not sure if the movie was supposed to be black and white, or color."

[heromaniac]

"That is so cool!" Another person from a world with magic! Momoko was starting to feel left out. "Wait, 'magic and technology'? Can't they exist at the same time where you're from?"

No one else had mentioned that part. Momoko didn't like the idea of giving up mecha for magic.

[sorella-vecchia.livejournal.com]

Triela looked up, blinking in startlement. "Um... what?"

[heromaniac]

Momoko rolled her eyes. "I said, Tea? As in can I have some? Or is there not enough? You make really great tasting tea, you know! I didn't know you liked monster movies, too!"

[sorella-vecchia.livejournal.com]

"You're welcome to have some," Triela waved. "But..." she frowned. "It's probably a lukewarm now, though."

[heromaniac]

"That's okay! It's a bit late for very hot tea, plus it can still be really tasty when it's warm!" Momoko didn't take a moment to consider, jumping up to fetch a cup for herself. "So, are you a secret monster movie fan? I never thought to ask, but it kind of makes sense, although you probably root for the army guys with all the guns, right? They never win, you know! Not in a proper monster movie."

She sipped her tea. "Hmmm. We need snacks."

[sorella-vecchia.livejournal.com]

Triela just shook her head and smiled bemusedly. "I wasn't even watching it."

[heromaniac]

"But this is totally a good one! I think." Momoko grinned and leaned back, pulling her feet (without shoes, thank-you-very-much) under her as she sipped her tea. "Okay, I'm not sure I've seen this one, but it does look very familiar! If you weren't watching it, were you busy thinking or just daydreaming? Doing some homework maybe?"

[sorella-vecchia.livejournal.com]

"Daydreaming, I guess." She sighed. Because that was unusual for her.