Fifth Floor Common Room [evening]

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In a shocking change of pace, Sookie made her way out to the common room in the evening due to some rumblings in her own tummy, and poked through the fridge to see what she could put together.

In the end, in an actually shocking change of pace, she took the lazy girl's way out, and ordered Chinese. And since she was hungry, she ordered way, way too much food -- that was always the problem with ordering out. Everything always sounded amazing.

So, Sookie was curled up in front of the TV within moments, channel-surfing and picking at a plate of food from Ching Tai. She didn't even feel guilty about not cooking for once. Everyone was allowed a day off.

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[longislandiceme]

Hey, Bobby couldn't really say anything considering his own meal-preparation methods usually involved picking up the phone and dialing. Or going to a common room to see if someone had already taken care of the food issue.

Like now, for instance.

"Hey, Sookie!" he greeted with a grin. "You sharing?" he'd already picked up a carton of chicken-fried rice even as he asked. One of these days, that presumptuousness was gonna get him in trouble.

[justwantsquiet.livejournal.com]

"What if I said no and that I already got my cooties all over that?" she wondered.

[longislandiceme]

"I'd make this face at you," Bobby said, and then demonstrated his best sadface.

[itsjustlanguage.livejournal.com]

The fourth floor common room seemed a little too crowded, so Hoshi limped upstairs.

"I'm raiding all of your ice!" she announced as she made her way over to the freezer.

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"Are you making margaritas or something?" Sookie asked curiously, peering into the kitchen.

[likes-chicken.livejournal.com]

Hurley had his ham sandwich, so he left the common room with the crazy girl and wandered up to his floor.

"Whoa, hey Sookie," Hurley said, wandering in.

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"Oh, well. Then it's good that none of that was true," she said seriously, tsking.

[longislandiceme]

"Gah!"

For some completely strange, totally unknown reason, this proclamation nearly made Bobby drop the carton of Chinese food he was currently working his way through.

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"Hi," Sookie replied, waving over the back of the sofa. "There's Chinese if you want some. I was lazy tonight."

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"Mmmm, margaritas would be nice," said Hoshi. "But sadly, no. I had a really good match at Fight Club tonight, but I suspect I'll have bruises everywhere tomorrow."

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"Something wrong with you?" asked Hoshi, giving Bobby an odd look.

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"Oooh, see if there're some frozen veggies. Those usually work great as ice packs," Sookie said with a wince.

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"Good idea," said Hoshi, poking around in the fridge to see if there were any frozen pea. "I'm taking a guess that dropping my workouts over winter break was a bad idea. I didn't even land a hit on my opponent, and she was good!"

[longislandiceme]

"What, no, no, nothing's wrong!" Bobby said hurriedly. "Why are you looking for ice?" he asked, a little suspiciously.

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"Everyone deserves some time off," Hurley said. He raised his sandwich. "Apparently I went on my expedition too soon. I woulda saved myself time if I'd just come in here at the right time."

[longislandiceme]

"It really is," Bobby said with a nod. "The power of the sad face is one I need to use sparingly."

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"And only for good," she said solemnly.

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"Fight Club. I got punched more than I was able to land any punches," said Hoshi. "I know I'm probably going to be black and blue tomorrow, but I was hoping some ice would minimize the bruising."

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"That's when workouts are the best," she noted, nodding. "When you're challenged. Though you're going to feel that tomorrow and probably not agree anymore."

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"You can't have it. We're cutting you off," Hurley joked.

[longislandiceme]

"Fight Club? What's that?" Ah, yes, another example of the brilliant Drake deduction skills at work. This was totally the first he was hearing of this.

[itsjustlanguage.livejournal.com]

"But if I did have to get beat up, I'm glad it happened in practice and not when I'm fighting for my life with something creepy," said Hoshi, giving an involuntary shudder. "I had a close call when I first got to Fandom a couple years ago."

[longislandiceme]

"Dinner is totally a good cause!" Bobby insisted.

[itsjustlanguage.livejournal.com]

"Sunday nights at the Atlas Gym, we get together for sparring. Professor Durden and Professor Atreides run it and most of the time, they'll arrange random matches," said Hoshi. "I normally do some light sparring, but today I had a match with a girl named Kennedy."

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"Aww, come on! Surely you can spare a little bit for the mother of your future alternate universe children?"

The moment the words left Hoshi's mouth, she realized that maybe that wasn't something to joke about.