Third floor common room, Tuesday afternoon

[notmyownage]

No classes or work -- and not quite having the energy to go out and attempt to rebuild the trebuchet -- made for a nice lazy afternoon. Claudia was curled up on one side of the common room couch for a little light reading.

Look, when you spent more than half your time studying theoretical physics, Gravity's Rainbow WAS light reading. Maybe not as light as, say, Vonnegut, maybe. And, okay, she'd only made it 20 pages in, so far. She kept getting distracted by the whole thing with the giant blobby slime monster eating London.

Literature was totally screwed up, yo. English teachers never told you that.

[ooc: Do I have to meta Pynchon? Open!]

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[decoder-rings.livejournal.com]

"Not a fan of the destruction of London?" Hannibal asked from where he'd taken a seat.

[theotherpeter.livejournal.com]

"Typically I'm not a fan of the destruction of any city," Peter said, a little confused. He didn't actually know the plot of Claudia's book.

[decoder-rings.livejournal.com]

"Not even in movies?" Hannibal asked, raising an eyebrow.

[...let's just pretend I didn't read the post wrong there and think narrative was spoken. Wtf me wtf wtf.]

[theotherpeter.livejournal.com]

"Well, there's something to be said for the ridiculous," Peter said. "Those big rubber monster movies can be amusing enough, if you're watching with the right crowd. "

[decoder-rings.livejournal.com]

"What's the right crowd?" Hannibal wondered. "Drunkards?"

[theotherpeter.livejournal.com]

"Or people who can crack good jokes," Peter said. "Drunkards might work, though. I've not exactly had the chance to experience that, myself."

He was only 17. He could probably easily get a fake ID, but it didn't appeal to him that much.

[decoder-rings.livejournal.com]

"Been to a party here yet?" Hannibal asked. "The bar doesn't card. You go there, you can experience the wonders of drunkards."

[theotherpeter.livejournal.com]

"So now I just have to take a monster movie with me to a bar," Peter said, tinges of his near omnipresent sarcasm in his voice. "I can see how that'd go over real well. 'Hey Bartender, I'll take a beer and would you mind putting this Gojira movie on the TVs?'"

[decoder-rings.livejournal.com]

"Have you been to our bar?" Hannibal wondered, raising an eyebrow. "You might find that easier than you think. Bar's a little special."

[theotherpeter.livejournal.com]

Peter shook his head. "Really haven't," he admitted. "Sounds like it might be quite the experience. Even if i just order a Coke."

He had to ask. "How special are we talking about?"

[decoder-rings.livejournal.com]

"Really special," he said, emphasizing that. "It's a karaoke bar. You might dig the band."

[theotherpeter.livejournal.com]

"A karaoke bar with a live band?" Peter said. "Okay, that does have some appeal. I'll have to check it out sometime."

Maybe take a girl with him. Not that he'd sing. He really wasn't a singer.

[decoder-rings.livejournal.com]

"It's not too bad a place as far as bars go," he said, nodding. "No seediness to speak of unless we're talking Tino's and his greasiness."

[theotherpeter.livejournal.com]

"And who is Tino?" Peter asked. "Because greasiness is something that makes me want to avoid a place, really."

[decoder-rings.livejournal.com]

"One of the bartenders but don't worry, there's two of them on staff all the time," he assured Peter. "Tino's just like...the lackey. I work there on Wednesdays. I spend time throwing peanuts at him."

[theotherpeter.livejournal.com]

"Wednesdays, got it," Peter said, making a note to drop in. "So who should I be asking for, if I only see Tino?"

Since they'd not actually introduced themselves.

[decoder-rings.livejournal.com]

"Hannibal King," he said, reaching a hand over to Peter. "Alumni. Graduated last May, hanging out until they throw me off the island."

[theotherpeter.livejournal.com]

"Do they do that literally?" Peter asked, shaking his hand. "Like bouncers at a club, just toss you out physically?" He chuckled.

"Peter Bishop, nice to meet you."

[decoder-rings.livejournal.com]

"I haven't seen it happen but, with this island, I wouldn't be surprised if it does," he said, shrugging. "I'm just not ready to be a responsible adult yet. All that responsibility and stuff. Ew."

[theotherpeter.livejournal.com]

"Hey, being a legal adult doesn't mean you have to be responsible," Peter said. "You could always end up on a reality show instead."

[decoder-rings.livejournal.com]

"...I could." He hadn't even thought of that. "As long as it's not one where I have to eat like bull testicles or stuff like that."

[theotherpeter.livejournal.com]

Peter made a face. "Yeah, best to avoid those. And those gigs only last a day or two, any way."

[decoder-rings.livejournal.com]

"If I was single, I could do the dating shows but I'm not so that's out," he said and tapped his chin. "Does Wheel of Fortune count as reality?"

[theotherpeter.livejournal.com]

"Professional game show player?" Peter asked. "It's an interesting career choice. How fast is your buzzer finger?"

[decoder-rings.livejournal.com]

"I'm quick like a ninja," he said, making a show of miming a buzzer with his thumb. "I might suck at Jeopardy unless I got lucky but I could do the Wheel."