3rd Floor CR, Friday Morning

[bitten_notshy]

Jack had arranged his week to have a three-day weekend for ease of travel back and forth to Baltimore. Of course, now that he wasn't visiting Baltimore so much, it meant he had a long chunk of dead time at the end of every week. It bothered him.

Today, he was trying to fill that time in the common room. There was some rerun on the television -- a wacky doctor show, full of adults acting like children in ways intended to be humorous -- but Jack's attention was on a chess board he'd pried free from the back of the storage shelves. He didn't play chess regularly, but he was decent enough to find it a good mental exercise.

He was playing himself. Right now, the black side seemed to be winning, but Jack saw a way for his white pieces to regain their advantage.

[OOC: Open common room, natch.]

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[fratboybitch.livejournal.com]

This wasn't Alex's floor but like he really gave a shit. Besides, Jack playing chess with himself caught his eye enough that he had to stop and smirk a bit.

"Who's winning?" he asked after a moment. "Good Jack or Evil Jack?"

[bitten_notshy]

Jack shifted a white pawn forward a square, preparing to capture a bishop.

"Good Jack always wins," he said angelically. "How are you, Alex?"

[fratboybitch.livejournal.com]

"It's Friday," he said, wandering into the room and settling into one of the chairs. "I shouldn't be up this early but I'll live. I'm halfway decent. What about you?"

[bitten_notshy]

"A little bored," Jack admitted, looking up from his game. "I don't have anything to do, Fridays."

[fratboybitch.livejournal.com]

"So, you're making your own fun," he said, mildly amused. "With a thrilling chess game. Wow, Jack, you're moving too fast for me."

[guardianborn.livejournal.com]

"Do you, like, live in Common Rooms?" Rose teased, giving Alex a warm smile.

[fratboybitch.livejournal.com]

"What if I do?" Alex asked, giving her a grin right back. "There's food, comfortable places to lounge and such good company."

[guardianborn.livejournal.com]

"What, you mean yourself?" she smirked and added in a tone of faux-sweetness. "Cause I think that's with you wherever you go."

[fratboybitch.livejournal.com]

"Aww, Rose, it's so nice of you to recognize how amazing I am," he said and grinned. "Spread the word. There's some that are still resistant to that and they shouldn't be."

[pastmewrong.livejournal.com]

Now, this was Effy's floor, so not too strange really for her to be wandering in with a cursory look at Jack's game before heading over to a cupboard and digging for a box of weird American cereal. Much as she complained about the colours, it did taste alright.

That found, and emptied in a bowl, she made her way over to peer at the board a little closer. "Must be really bored," she commented eventually.

[bitten_notshy]

"I am," Jack agreed, moving the black king a plodding square. "Were you going to entertain me?"

From the way he was smiling, it was probably a joke.

[pastmewrong.livejournal.com]

Effy curled a little smirk and picked something marshmallowy out of her bowl as she settled on the end of the couch to observe. "Don't know if I know you well enough for that."

[bitten_notshy]

"How well do you have to know someone to entertain them?" Jack asked, smirking right back at her.

[pastmewrong.livejournal.com]

"It's more 'how well do I have to know them to entertain them well'," she decided after a moment of thought. "I don't really know what you like, do I?"

[fratboybitch.livejournal.com]

"You're awake early," Alex remarked from his lazy sprawl in one of the chairs. He would have gotten up but...he wasn't a gentleman. "Having trouble sleeping without me there?"

Yeah, yeah, he knew that wasn't the case but teasing her about it was too fun to resist.

[pastmewrong.livejournal.com]

"Oh yeah," she replied dryly. "Can't live without you." And she sounded so sincere. Really. Ignore the smirk.

"Notice you're not passed out somewhere either," she commented. "Must go both ways."

[fratboybitch.livejournal.com]

"What, you don't miss me when I'm not around?" he teased, resting his head on his palm. "How tragic to find out like this. And here I thought you liked me. I'll cry myself to sleep, I'm sure. Pass out that way."

[pastmewrong.livejournal.com]

"So sweet." Aww. "Hope it works. Can't think sleep deprivation's gonna suit you." This was affection. Funny way of showing it, but...

[guardianborn.livejournal.com]

"Donut instead of scary colored marshmallows?" Rose offered, pointing to the bag.

[pastmewrong.livejournal.com]

Effy shook her head slightly, with a slight reminiscent smile. Never really much of a donut sort of girl, no matter how many times Panda offered them around at home.

"Quite like my scary marshmallows." And they were technically breakfast cereal. Even if she was eating it more like a bowl of popcorn. "Full of nutrition, I'm sure."

[guardianborn.livejournal.com]

"Absolutely," Rose deadpanned. "The more freakily something's colored, the more nutrition it has. Like candy. Just chock full of vitamins."

[guardianborn.livejournal.com]

It definitely wasn't Rose's floor, but she had donuts to share and there were voices coming from the Common Room.

"What colour are you cheering for?" she asked. There would've been a comment on the boringness of the game, but given the people already in the CR, Rose figured that had been covered. "Anyone want a donut?"

[bitten_notshy]

"Mine," Jack said, grinning up as if that should be obvious. "Hi, Rose. What kind of donuts?"

[guardianborn.livejournal.com]

"They're fried dough with sprinkles," she teased, tossing him the bag to mod choose as he pleased. "You'll eat 'em." She studied the board again. "Right. Go grey then!"

[bitten_notshy]

Jack snagged a chocolate donut with sprinkles then put the bag back on the table for Rose to pick up if she wanted.

"Grey's the best color in chess," he nodded, before taking a bite. "And this is very good fried dough."