Third Floor Common Room, Afternoon

[morpherboy.livejournal.com]

Marco really, really hated the cold. But unlike everyone else, he didn't actually need to deal with the cold and lack of electricity as a human. Which is why there was a polar bear sprawled in the third floor common room, seemingly almost happy with life.

The polar bear was also playing with a Coca-Cola bottle. And old school, glass Coca-Cola bottle. Just because he was cold, didn't mean he had lost all of his sense of humor.

[ooc: Open like a common room with a polar bear is open]

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[likes-chicken.livejournal.com]

Hurley had wandered down a couple floors, forgetting that heat rose and that it would actually be warmer on his own floor.

He entered the common room, and just sort of froze.

omgwtfpolarbear.

"Dude," he said.

[morpherboy.livejournal.com]

Marco lifted his head up from the rug and nodded at Hurley.

[likes-chicken.livejournal.com]

"Uhhhh, hi," Hurley said, just trying to casually walk to the fridge. "Nice, uhhh. Fur."

[morpherboy.livejournal.com]

Marco waved at him with a paw and offered him a bottle of Cola. Cold Cola.

[likes-chicken.livejournal.com]

"Uhhhh, thanks," Hurley said, slowly approaching to take the cola. "Nice bear. Nice."

[morpherboy.livejournal.com]

Marco made sure the bottle made its way to Hurley and gave him a cheerful polar bear wave.

[likes-chicken.livejournal.com]

"Dude," Hurley said. "I... you are the coolest polar bear ever."

[morpherboy.livejournal.com]

Marco tried to give him a thumbs up.

[joan-notjane.livejournal.com]

Joan wandered down to the common room to heat up some water for tea and smiled when she spotted the polar bear.

"That's totally cheating," she said.

[morpherboy.livejournal.com]

< Using resources available to me. > Marco corrected.

[joan-notjane.livejournal.com]

"You should be sharing that warmth around," Joan said. "The rest of us don't have the ability to spontaneously be covered in fur."

Well, maybe a few people did, but she didn't know about it.

[morpherboy.livejournal.com]

Marco offered up a paw. < You could cuddle with a polar bear? >

[joan-notjane.livejournal.com]

Joan smiled. "I think I'll have to take you up on that offer."

Even though it was possibly a very bad idea. "I was going to make some tea first though. I, uh, don't suppose you'd want some?"

[morpherboy.livejournal.com]

< I think I'll wait. > Marco said graciously. < It might stain the coat, you know. >

[joan-notjane.livejournal.com]

"Yeah, I don't think giving a polar bear a bath would be much fun," Joan admitted.

[morpherboy.livejournal.com]

Marco shook his head. < And sometimes the stains transfer over to when I de-morph and that just sucks. >

[joan-notjane.livejournal.com]

"Oh, yeah, that would suck," Joan agreed, filling the kettle with water and hanging it over the fireplace to heat up.

[morpherboy.livejournal.com]

< Old school. > Marco commented. < Why'd the power have to go out? >

[joan-notjane.livejournal.com]

Joan shrugged. "Cause there's a metric ton of snow outside?"

[lovemykilt]

Priestly had finally made it out of his room, Ramone tucked away under his shirt.

He blinked when he got to the common room.

"Well, that's new."

It was hard to tell if he meant the fireplace or the polar bear.

[morpherboy.livejournal.com]

The polar bear lifted up his head and nodded at Priestly.

[lovemykilt]

Priestly nodded back, having been here long enough that he was only a little bit perturbed by there being a polar bear in the dorms. "'Sup?"

[morpherboy.livejournal.com]

< It's warmer this way. > Marco cheerfully replied. < Soda? >

[lovemykilt]

Well, that was new. "Probably a lot warmer, yeah." He tilted his head. "I think I'll stick with a hot drink today, but, uh, thanks."

[morpherboy.livejournal.com]

< Brand image, you know how it goes. > Marco said casually, playing with the soda bottle.

[lovemykilt]

Priestly had to snort at that. "You getting a decent check from that?"

[morpherboy.livejournal.com]

Marco considered this. < I can probably get my people back home to get on that, yeah. > Somewhere, his mother felt a headache coming on and had no idea why.

[lovemykilt]

"You have people." Priestly shook his head. "Man. Some bears have all the luck."

[morpherboy.livejournal.com]

< Marco. > Marco introduced himself. < And I have people. >

[lovemykilt]

"Hey, wait, you're the guy who's all anti-veggie."

[morpherboy.livejournal.com]

The polar grinned. < Baby seals are delicious. >

[lovemykilt]

"Okay, now that's just wrong."

[morpherboy.livejournal.com]

< Yeah, a bit. > Marco admitted. < I actually went veggie when a morph went wrong a few years ago. Couldn't even look at meat. >

[lovemykilt]

"So you were just arguing for the sake of arguing, then?"

[morpherboy.livejournal.com]

< D'uh. > And if polar bears could look smug, this was one was rocking it. < Plus, I really do like meat and think veggies are evil. I didn't stay a vegetarian. It was just a thing. >

[lovemykilt]

Priestly rolled his eyes. "You've clearly not had a properly prepared veg-and-meat combo."

[morpherboy.livejournal.com]

< That sounds kind of wrong. > Marco commented, lazily stretching along the floor.

[lovemykilt]

"Yeah, well, that's because you're a bear."

Okay, probably not.

[morpherboy.livejournal.com]

< I'm not always a bear. >

[heromaniac]

Momoko wandered into the common room, once again in her coat, mittens and scarf, and stopped dead in her tracks. "You're a polar bear!" She pointed, rather obviously, at the polar bear.

[morpherboy.livejournal.com]

The polar bear nodded cheerfully at her.

[heromaniac]

"Is it that cold out?" Momoko grinned cheerfully, mostly out of instinct. "Are you invading or just visiting... Wait, you nodded at me. You can understand what I'm saying?"

[morpherboy.livejournal.com]

Marco nodded again and offered her a Cola bottle.

[heromaniac]

"Ah! So sweet! Thank you!" She took the cola with a smile. "Well, you're obviously friendly. And since you understand me, you're probably not from out of town, or at least you're not invading with your penguin army. Are you a friends with the teal deer, too, maybe? Like the reindeer that were here a while ago?"

[morpherboy.livejournal.com]

Marco tried to process all that and ended up just shaking his head.

[heromaniac]

"Hmmm." Momoko took a drink and considered the existence of a friendly, soda-offering polar bear in the common room. "Well, if you're a student, I hope someone's told you that this happens. Although usually people turn into cats or rabbits, but I guess since it's so cold out? You should be back to normal by Monday, I think. People usually are! Well, My roommate was a cat for a bit longer, once, though." She patted the bear on the shoulder. Or as close to a shoulder as she could reach. "It'll be okay. Oooh. You're actually very soft!"