2nd Floor Common Room, Friday Evening

[intraspective]

There was the whole Valentine's dance thing that Ino hadn't decided on yet (also, she didn't have a date, but whatever—you didn't need a date for socializing and dance, pffft) and the whole Spring Break vacation thing that she hadn't yet decided if she was going to go on that either.

(Part of her wanted to. Another part of her was hoping that, if she stuck around and made enough phone calls home along the lines of 'I have a week off! Please give me work!' that she'd eventually get a mission of her very own rather than having to mooch off other people.)

All of that, and the fact that she'd had two days of doing nothing but studying and the like, was the reason Ino was sprawled out on a couch now, with a bag of M&Ms that she could totally be persuaded to share, and flicking through a gardening catalogue. It was cold outside now, sure, but spring had to come eventually, right? And that meant flowers. All different kinds of flowers!

The tiny little fact that the couch she was making herself comfy on wasn't anywhere near her floor's common room really didn't bother her much. Why on earth would she limit herself to one floor?

[Ooopen as a common room is!]

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[therewaslife]

This wasn't Bod's floor but Bod's floor was proving quiet and he had little else to do but wander and find something to entertain him. An unfamiliar person in the common room seemed like a good place to start so he slipped in quietly.

"Hullo," he said, veering towards the kitchen area to get something to drink. "Having a quiet night?"

[intraspective]

"Hi," she said, smiling up from her magazine at--oh! Person she hadn't met before! "A bit of one, I guess? What 'bout you? Anything exciting in your evening?"

[therewaslife]

"Not at all," he laughed, retrieving a water bottle and wandering back over the couches. "I live three floors up and it's as quiet as I've ever heard it before. Did I miss a mass exodus?"

[living_endless]

Didi grinned in his direction. "Hey, it's been a while. Ready for Valentine's Day?"

[therewaslife]

"I actually don't know," said Bod, shrugging. "Is there anything I should be doing to prepare?"

[wwiii]

So, there was Warren, with his coat off. And still having small freakouts, yes, but he was doing an admirable job of not letting them be terribly public freakouts.

In one hand, he had a cupcake. In the other hand, he had a list, of the members of the Magic and Military Reserves. And he was a man on a mission. A mission to give someone a cupcake that he'd been carrying around for the past several hours. It would have helped, really, if he'd known who the people on the list were.

The common room seemed promising, right?

Flying might have made this easier, Warren.

[intraspective]

And that was Ino, glancing up with a smile.

"Hi Warren," she said cheerfully. "Where'd you get the cupcake from?"

Because if someone else had them in another common room then she was totally going to go get her own.

Wings? Well, wings got a look, but Ino wasn't going to comment on them when last time she'd talked to him he'd gone all tense when she'd just brought them up.

[wwiii]

There went Warren, giving an awkward little shrug of his shoulders. Nobody cared. It was okay. This was cool.

See, he was totally breathing?

"I'm supposed to give it away," he replied, offering Ino a small smile. "You know, I think you're the only person on the list of people that I'm supposed to give it to that I actually know?"

He didn't get out much. Did it show?

[therewaslife]

"Hullo, Warren," greeted Bod, giving the other boy a brief nod. "It's good to see more people around tonight. I'd thought I'd missed a trip off island."

[wwiii]

"You were noticing it too, huh?" Warren gave bod a short nod, too, still looking a touch on the awkward side, but at least he seemed less inclined to flee for the doorway at any moment. "My guess is, between the carnival and that weird chocolate sickness and the gremlins and all, people are just taking advantage of the downtime to lay low."

Either that, or else there was some huge trip off island that Warren had managed to miss, too.

[living_endless]

"That," Didi told him, "looks like a very tasty cupcake."

No comment on the wings.

[wwiii]

"I'm supposed to give it to someone in one of the reserve groups," Warren replied, smiling faintly at the girl who had spoken up.

If there was no comment on the wings, then he wasn't going to wave his arms around and flare them for the whole room to see and then freak out about them. So it worked out nicely, and they could talk about... cupcakes.

"The problem is, I really don't know many of the people on the list they handed out. I guess that's a sign that I need to get out more."

[willbethenight.livejournal.com]

It was a night for people to not be on their proper floor. Despite not being much of a follower, Bruce found himself taking part in the trend.

"Reading anything interesting?" Bruce asked when he spotted Ino on the couch.

[intraspective]

"Only if you like flowers," she said, smiling over at him. "Planning my garden for when it's nicer out."

[willbethenight.livejournal.com]

"Is that your garden on the roof, or is there another one I should check out in the spring?" Bruce checked.

[living_endless]

"Hi Bruce," Didi said easily. "So are you going to the dance tomorrow?"

[willbethenight.livejournal.com]

"Didi," Bruce greeted. "I am, actually. I wouldn't want to miss out on my first dance here."

Actually, he wouldn't mind missing it, but still.

[wwiii]

Warren, weirdly enough, did belong on this floor.

Thus making him a bit of an oddball tonight, even before the wings folded at his back were taken into consideration.

"Good evening, Bruce." See, he was going to be friendly between fidgets. "What brings you so far down from the roof tonight?"

[willbethenight.livejournal.com]

Bruce immediately noticed the wings, of course. "The stairs," he deadpanned.

He let that go for a beat. "I figured a little bit of socialization wouldn't hurt me, and there wasn't anyone up there. What about you? I haven't seen you down here very often."

[living_endless]

"Hey Ino." Didi lived a floor up, but she was bored and there were people here. "Are we going to watch the opening ceremony thing?"

[intraspective]

Ino blinked at Didi.

"Opening ceremony thing?" she echoed. "For what?"

A beat.

"And hi!"

[living_endless]

"Olympics," Didi explained. "It's a big sports thing with ... skiiing and ice and moose." Just go with it. "Can be fun."

[robinthefrog.livejournal.com]

Robin had been earwormed while surfing the net, and since the song was all about giving, Robin decided to share this gift with everyone.

"We are the world, we are the children..." he was singing when he came into the common room.

[intraspective]

"What song is that?" Ino asked from the couch. "Hey, Robin."

[robinthefrog.livejournal.com]

"Hi Ino! It's called we are the world. It's this thing a bunch of singers did for charity."