Fourth Floor Common Room, Thursday Evening

[brat_inslayage]

It shouldn't have been a surprise that Self-Defense class today was going to be pretty rough, and just to be clear, it wasn't a surprise. After a few hours, the ouch factor had definitely set in, and that called for ice packs and a whole lot of not moving.

That was Kennedy's opinion on the matter, and it happened to be Dru's as well, which meant there were two worn out, sore, and mostly inert girls occupying the common room, ice packs and all. Kennedy'd insisted on letting Dru have the couch, and was sprawled out on the floor instead, eyes half closed.

"You know? I'm really gonna miss that class."

It might have been arguable grounds for insanity.

[[svetocha_blooms modded with permission, and open common room be open, yo.]]

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[svetocha-blooms.livejournal.com]

Tilting her head to look at Kennedy and wincing a bit at the pain, Dru raised an eyebrow. "I seriously question your sanity sometimes."

[brat_inslayage]

"Blame it on hitting my head," Kennedy replied dryly. "It's convenient enough. What? It was fun."

[svetocha-blooms.livejournal.com]

"I suppose it was," she admitted. "Only because they couldn't really kill us. I don't know that I'd enjoy that out in the real world. At least not without my gun."

[glacial_queen]

"Just wait till you see pictures of her in a gown made from feathers," Karla teased. "Then you'll really question it."

[showmetheproof.livejournal.com]

Scully hadn't gotten battered in class so much as run into the ground. But she was too wound up now to do anything like sleep. She paused inside the Common Room, then headed over to the fridge, looking for something to drink. "Hello. You two look like I feel."

[brat_inslayage]

"I'm just trying to make it look good," Kennedy cracked, waggling her fingers in a vague approximation of a wave. "It was fun, current desire to not move aside."

[showmetheproof.livejournal.com]

Scully snorted, and gave Kennedy an eyeroll over her glasses, then finally found a couple tall bottles of water in the fridge. She held out one in invitation, and said, "I tried to remind myself something like that could happen on the island, but I kept thinking 'talking lizards? Really?' Which didn't help me concentrate on killing them."

[svetocha-blooms.livejournal.com]

Fortunately Dru recognized Scully's voice so she didn't need to turn her head to identify her. "You're on your feet. I'd say you're better off."

[showmetheproof.livejournal.com]

"If I stop I'll fall asleep wherever I'm standing," Scully said, peering over at Dru, then rummaged in the fridge again. "Water? And I saw how you did against the lizard-things. You had even more to deal with than I did."

[glacial_queen]

"That goes for me, too," Karla said, giving Scully a tired grin. "Is there any juice in there?"

[showmetheproof.livejournal.com]

Scully smiled back, then squinted into the fridge. "Kiwi-strawberry. Pomegranate nectar. And Raspberry infusion. I have no idea if any of that's good. You look exhausted. Why do you look like you were in Faith's class with us?"

[longislandiceme]

"Anyone in he- oh, good!" Bobby grinned as he spotted the occupants of the common room. No, he hadn't read the narrative about calling for ice packs. He and Warren just had a ridiculous number of pizzas and this happened to be the first populated common room they'd come across.

"I'm assuming no one will object to free food?" he checked, setting down the stack he was carrying on a table.

[wwiii]

"If they do," Warren mused, "then I'm going to wonder if we've somehow found our way to the wrong dormitory building."

Because... seriously, pizza.

[longislandiceme]

"Well, that would explain why the geraniums had teeth," Bobby replied. "I thought that was a little odd."

...The geraniums, for the record, did not have teeth.

[brat_inslayage]

"When am I ever going to object to food?" Kennedy asked in a very long-winded paraphrasing of 'duh.' "Yo, Boy Scout. How's it going?"

[showmetheproof.livejournal.com]

Scully stretched her neck to look at the pizza. And seriously considered moving. "Those look really good-- free?"

[svetocha-blooms.livejournal.com]

"As if," Dru said.

Sadly it looked like sprawling on the couch time was over for the moment, so she slowly pushed herself upright. "Any pepperoni?"

[glacial_queen]

"You're a gift from the Darkness, husband-mine," Karla said gratefully. "I'm starved. You don't mind if I grab?" she said, hand already diving for a few pieces.

[wwiii]

The pizza having been deposited, Warren stretched, shot a grin and a glance around the room (there were girls in here, of course), and then found himself a little corner of couch to flop onto.

It was such a rough life, being able to afford ridiculous amounts of pizza. Honestly, now.

"Now, why don't I come up to this common room more often? This beats being practically grounded on the second floor."

Because of, you know, the female population.

[svetocha-blooms.livejournal.com]

"Too lazy to deal with the stairs?" Dru mused. "Cause those extra two flights can be a doozy."

[showmetheproof.livejournal.com]

Scully gave him an amused look, and waved a piece of pizza at him while her mouth was full.

"...thank you," she finally said when she finished chewing. "This was really needed."

[brat_inslayage]

"Hey, don't knock the second floor. I spend a lot of time down there," Kennedy remarked lazily. "'course, the view in here's pretty good, I have to say. Plus, extra exercise."

[glacial_queen]

Karla had tried to come back to her dorm and rest, but sleep wasn't working for her tonight. After tossing and turning for awhile, Karla accepted the inevitable and decided to go looking for company. If sleep was impossible, distraction would suffice.

"Kiss kiss," she said, waving tiredly at the group.

[brat_inslayage]

"Yo, Karla," Kennedy called from her spot on the floor. "We have pizza. Life is good."

[wwiii]

"You," Warren intoned, "look like you could use a back rub, something to eat, and about a million kittens. Possibly not all at the same time, of course."