Fifth Floor Common Room, Monday Evening

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If there was any question if Hurley was dealing healthily with recent events, well... he was sitting in the common room on the couch, watching Monday Night RAW, and eating his way through a box of ho-hos. It was already mostly gone.

But he'd happily repress and act like a normal teenage boy if anyone stopped in and asked him why he had chocolate sort of smeared at the corner of his mouth.

The violence on the TV was kind of cathartic, though.

[ooc: Open!]

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[trigons_child]

Raven stared at the TV as she wandered into the common room. "What is that?"

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Hurley sorta tried to sneakily hide his empty wrappers in the couch cushions. "Oh, wrestling," he said. "Guys pretending to beat up each other, basically. I think. I mean, that's what it is in my universe."

[trigons_child]

"Why are they so....shiny?" Raven wondered. She caught Hurley's movement and peered over the couch. "What are you doing?"

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"Uhhh, watching wrestling?" Hurley said. He grabbed the mostly empty box and held it out at Raven. "Want a ho-ho?"

"They, uhhh, I guess some of them oil up first. For... showmanship... reasons."

[trigons_child]

Raven tilted her head. "It does make their muscles stand out," she decided. She winced as bodies were flung about the ring. "They pretend to hurt one another for the entertainment of others?"

She looked at the near empty box. "Did you eat the rest of those yourself, Hurley? If you are hungry, you should have something more nutritious than that."

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"I, uhhh, just wanted ho-hos," Hurley said. "I had a sandwich earlier, so it's okay."

He was eating them partially because they were Penelope's favorite.

[trigons_child]

"Then why are you hiding them from me?" Raven said pointedly.

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"Cause... like, I didn't want you to think I'd eaten all of them," Hurley said, frowning.

[trigons_child]

"I am only concerned about your health, Hurley," Raven said. But she could taste the edges of what the eating was trying to bury and decided not to push. She settled on the couch by Hurley instead, looking at the screen. "Explain to me what is going on, please?" she asked.

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"Uhhh, that guy is trying to win the belt. Not, like, the big belt. Like... the second belt. Basically, it's a belt that means he's one of the best. Not the best, though. But yeah. Oh, and he used to be the dude in the yellow tight's partner, but they broke up after the yellow tight guy hit him with a chair and stole his pretty manager."

[trigons_child]

"And it is all pretend?" Raven said. "Like a game?"

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"Like... yeah. Kinda... soap opera for dudes, I guess," Hurley admitted. "I kinda like luchadores more than this stuff, though."

[trigons_child]

"What is a luchadore?" Raven asked. "And...why are there cookie sheets under the fighting arena?"

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Ellie headed to the common room to see if anyone was around. Glancing at the TV, she asked, "What are you watching?"

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"Wrestling," Hurley said. "Uhhhh, sorry. Probably not too girl friendly, I guess."

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Ellie shrugged. "That's okay. I had to share a TV with my brother most of my life, so I'm already used to that. And maybe I'll end up liking wrestling if I watch."

Probably not, but she could deal with it for a little while.

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"Cool," Hurley said. "You want a ho-ho? There's a couple left in the box."

He held it out.

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"Sure, why not?" Ellie grinned, taking the box. "I haven't had one of these in awhile. They kind of remind me of when I was a kid."

When things were a lot simpler.

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"Yeah. And they're pretty tasty," Hurley said. For him, they reminded him of other things. Things he was technically trying not to think about.

He was a silly boy.

"So, like, you been good and stuff?"

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"They totally are," Ellie agreed. She thought that of most things consisting of chocolate. "I've been okay. Things were kinda weird for awhile, but I think they're getting better."

Sort of. "How are you doing?"

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"Eh. Things were kinda good for awhile, but I think they got kinda weird," Hurley said. "But nothing that I won't get over soon enough."

[awesomebigsis.livejournal.com]

"Well, I do hope things get better for you," Ellie said sympathetically.

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"Thanks," Hurley said. "Hope things keep getting better for you, too."

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"Time helps," Ellie said. She understood about loved ones leaving and trying to move on.

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"Yeah," Hurley said. "But... people leaving on you kinda always stings."