4th Floor Common Room - Monday Evening

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Edmund wasn't sure why he felt compelled to cook an ever-growing pile of grilled cheese sandwiches, but the pan was still hot and he kept making more. They were always good cold, he reasoned, and really, doing something was better than watching the very strange, badly dubbed Japanese game show on television.

The smell of grilled cheese wafted out of the room and down the hall. Mmm grilled cheese. There might have even been cans of tomato soup in the cupboards.

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Pulled into the room by the siren song of food, Merlin looked longingly frowned at the pile. "Are you actually going to eat all that?"

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Edmund glanced over his shoulder to see who was talking to him. He was pleasantly surprised to see Merlin. "Help yourself," Ed assured him. "I don't know why I made so many. I won't eat them all."

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"You could always pretend you're trying to throw some sort of party with them," Merlin suggested helpfully as he moved closer to the cheesy goodness.

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He turned back to flip one of the sandwiches in the pan. "It makes more sense than 'I felt like making a ridiculous amount of sandwiches'. Though a 'sandwich party' sounds sort of ridiculous itself."

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Claire had trekked up to the fourth floor in search of Jon, but the wonderful smells emanating from the common room distracted her from her goal.

She was surprised to find the source of them though.

"Hi," she said, walking in and leaning a hip against the counter. "I'm Claire. I don't think we've met, though you look exactly like my boyfriend's roommate."

Sometimes she thought she was funny.

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"As long as you feed people, I don't think they'll question it." There was a pause as Merlin took a bite of one of the sandwiches. "And there could be some celebration going on today that no one else knows about apart from where you're from."

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"The Day of the Walrus," Edmund decided randomly. "The walruses...walrii?" He shook his head. "They don't have a day of their own. Perhaps they should, and it should involve cheese sandwiches. I'll be sure to make it a royal decree when I'm next home." Peter was going to love that.

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"You mean the ever-elusive roommate who may or may not still be in Fandom? That one?"

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Claire wasn't sure if he was talking about himself or Jon given how little she had seen of either of them lately but she smirked.

"That's the one."

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"Walrii," Merlin agreed solemnly. "A very wise choice."

Of course, he had to ask, "Are there walruses there?"

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"I feel like I should apologise for not being around, but that implies there will be an effort to change that and I don't think I can promise that. But since I'm here, have you been well?"

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"I'm doing better now," she said, assuming that Jon had filled him in at some point about the whole Peter and Nathan thing. "How've you been? And what brings you out to being social today?"

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"Sometimes. They're Talking Beasts, and considered Narnians, but they visit only rarely in my time. They prefer colder climates than Narnia's waters provide. When they do visit, they certainly make their opinions known." Loudly. "No walrii at home, I assume?"

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"Not that I've seen," Merlin replied with a laugh. "Though I only saw the sea once before coming here."

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"I've been keeping myself busy," he replied, which was mostly true. "Which is what this seems to be. Er, to celebrate The Day of the Walrus. It's a Narnian thing." Well, it was now. Thanks, Merlin. "Help yourself. There's more than even I'll eat."

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"Thanks," Claire said, randomly opening cabinets until she found a plate so she could help herself to a sandwich. "What exactly is the Day of the Walrus?"

No, she didn't realize it was something he made up five pings minutes ago.

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"I lived fairly inland too, I think," Edmund tried to recall. "Before Narnia. I don't remember it well, but I do remember going to the seaside was a big family holiday, so it must have been far away." It bothered him that he didn't remember things too well. "Do you like having the water nearby?"

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"A day celebrating the Walrus. They're noble creatures with a strong sense of social justice. It's a day to celebrate their contributions to society. With cheese sandwiches." Okay, he was perhaps smiling a little at the end.

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She raised an eyebrow at the smile. "And what is it that cheese sandwiches have to do with walruses?"

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Beauty was squawking hungrily as Menolly came into the Common Room. She was trying to shush the fire lizard, but since there'd been none of the usual meat she kept in the second floor Common Room, Beauty was getting annoyed.

She hurried to the kitchen area, smiling apologetically at the other people. Beauty, however, thought the cheese sandwiches looked good and launched herself off Menolly's shoulder to land near the plate.

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"It's not too far away, there's just not much opportunity to just go places like that," Merlin replied, cocking his head at Edmund. "Where did you live?

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"That was my addition," he admitted. He didn't want to say that walruses liked cheese sandwiches, in case Claire was in a position where she was facing off with a walrus and tried to act on his advice. "Walruses would probably want to celebrate with large amounts of fish."

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Claire wrinkled her nose. "Okay, cheese sandwiches are much tastier."

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Edmund looked at the fire lizard, surprised by its presence, but not startled. "Hello," he greeted and then also greeted Menolly in the same way. "You're welcome to share the sandwiches."

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"Thank you," Menolly said, smiling at him. "You don't have to feed my fire lizard though. She's just a greedy guts today."

Beauty chirped once as she stretched her neck towards a sandwich.