3rd Floor CR, Saturday Afternoon

[living_endless]

It was a boring spring Saturday as Didi padded into the common room and flicked on the TV. Sports, news, bad old movie, worse old movie, sitcom rerun ... and then she found a marathon of a teen soap opera.

Those things were like crack, and she'd come in right at the middle of a dramatic babydaddy reveal scene, so Didi let it play for a while. Then a while longer. By the third commercial break, she'd made some popcorn and was shouting advice at the screen.

It was getting irritating that the characters wouldn't listen.

[OOC: Open CR. It's been forever since I posted one of these.]

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[therewaslife]

With his own floor quiet, Bod couldn't help be drawn by the shouting when he'd ended up on the third floor. He peered into the common room and asked, "Everything all right?"

[living_endless]

"With me, yeah," Didi said, smiling as she glanced up at Bod. "With this ..." she made a face. "The girl with dark hair's a complete moron. I think I'm going to start throwing things if she doesn't shut up soon."

"How are things with you?"

[therewaslife]

"Better than her, I'd imagine," said Bod, slipping into the common room and glancing at the screen. "It's a bit quiet this weekend. I feel like I missed a mass exodus."

[living_endless]

"I know people were talking about going home with Karla for the weekend," Didi ticked off. "Jaime's home. And Kate told me she was going to England. But you're right, it makes the whole dorms feel lonely."

[therewaslife]

"Kate went to England?" he asked, thinking back to see if he could recall if she'd told him that. In the end, he was pretty sure she hadn't. Bod shook his head and took a seat. "I thought she was going home. Change of plans, I suppose."

She was right about the dorms feeling a bit lonely though. He was just glad he'd found others who remained. "I suppose we don't have to be lonely for awhile, then, right? There's a person on the television to yell at."

[longislandiceme]

Bobby didn't have a roommate to harass hang out with at the moment, so he headed to the common room in search of people. And found shouting.

"It's nice to know I'm not the only one who does that," he commented as he found a place to sit.

[living_endless]

"So get this," Didi said, happy to have a target to share her indignation with. "She cheated on her boyfriend with this other guy, right? And now she's in love with the other guy, and she's not telling her boyfriend. It's so irritating."

She gave a sheepish wave. "And hi, Bobby."

[longislandiceme]

"I hate when they do that," Bobby complained. "Though I guess it's less dramatic if they don't put off the big reveals as long as possible." Didn't stop him from yelling at the screen about people being idiots whenever he got too invested, though.

[living_endless]

"Yeah, but I just feel bad for the boyfriend, you know?" Didi said. "If his girlfriend doesn't want to be with him, she should tell him so they can both move on."

[longislandiceme]

"See, but that's logical and reasonable and these shows don't really place that much stock in that sort of thing," Bobby pointed out.

[therewaslife]

"Hullo, Bobby," Bod greeted, giving the other boy a wave. "I'm glad to see that not everyone left for the weekend."

[longislandiceme]

"Seriously, if I hadn't heard radio about a bunch of people leaving on a trip I would've worried we were dealing with something creepy again," Bobby admitted.

[therewaslife]

"And I wasn't even aware of a trip," he replied, making a face. "I should start listening to the radio more often. I know your roommate was leaving, because she told me, but that's all I'd heard."

[longislandiceme]

"You should," Bobby said seriously, as if he hadn't just started listening regularly himself rather recently. "Even if half of what Mr. Deadpool says on his nights is kind of insane."

[not-jaded-yet.livejournal.com]

Jennifer wandered into the common room, wearing jeans and a t-shirt. She had no socks or shoes on, oddly enough.

She flopped down onto a couch and just let out a happy sigh.

"It is wonderfully calm this weekend."

[living_endless]

"Hi, big sis," Didi smiled. "Enjoying the peace and quiet?"

[not-jaded-yet.livejournal.com]

"Definitely," Jennifer said, stretching out and getting comfortable. "Nobody acting not themselves, no evil fog or giant monsters... just nice to have a break."

[living_endless]

"I cannot disagree with you," Didi said firmly. "I'm hoping it holds and suspecting it won't."

[knowsnokungfu.livejournal.com]

Chuck was yet another of those managed to miss the entire mass island exodus yesterday. After last weekend, he could easily see why people would want to get out of the way. Unfortunately, he didn't really have anywhere else to go.

So he was here, pouring himself a giant bowl of cereal for a snack. "Is this the sort of show I need a primer?" he wondered. "Or is just jumping in going to work?"

[living_endless]

"Hi," Didi said. "Not really? Brunette girl is an idiot, blonde girl cries a lot, and both of the guys are in love with the brunette and she's trying to choose."

She eyed his snack. "Is there a lot of cereal left?"

[knowsnokungfu.livejournal.com]

"Uh." Chuck peered into the box to check. "I guess? I suppose it depends on, you know, your opinion, but-- Yeah, I'm going with 'enough'." Because it stopped him from babbling about something no one had any interest in.

"You wanted some?" he asked.

[living_endless]

"A little, sure," Didi said, clearly amused by the length of his answer. "I'm out of popcorn. Dry is fine."

[not-jaded-yet.livejournal.com]

"Hey Chuck," Jen said, waving at him from her spot in the couch. "You going to help move Ellie tomorrow?"

[knowsnokungfu.livejournal.com]

"Heeey, I... move?" His most recent conversations with Ellie had been a little dominated by 'oh thank God you're not actually a monkeypony'. "What uh, move?"

[not-jaded-yet.livejournal.com]

"I promise not to be a bad influence on her," Jennifer said, grinning. "She's going to be my roommate, since we're both alone in our rooms, now."