4th Floor Common Room - Monday Afternoon

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For once Rose didn't feel like being outside - something about the humidity or the thunderstorms or whatever. She didn't feel like being in her room which still felt too empty without Morgana there either so she found herself down in the common room with the music turned up loudly.

Even better, in the refrigerator, there was a tube of chocolate chip dough. Rose eyed it warily. Should it be eaten with a spoon or should she try to make cookies? The oven was on and a cookie sheet was out, but the possibility of ruined cookies was high once they actually went in the oven. Difficult choices for a Monday afternoon.

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"Good," Rose said, giving her a little smile. "Didn't want to think of you heading out somewhere without an idea of where you're going."

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"Nah, I'll be sticking around. I've got some friends," And yes, Dru did still look a little surprised by that fact. "People get the whole Real World thing. And if you are in the right place at the right place at the right time, there's a whole lot of pretty. There are definitely worse places to be stuck killing time."

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Conflicted as always at the mention of just killing time, Rose nodded. "Don't think this school's what any of us expected. And when half of us are some kind of weird variant of human - yeah." She kinda wished she and Lissa had found this place when they ran away from St. Vlad's. "I'll be so jealous of you all dealing with crazy Fandom things when I'm at college."

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"I could send you pictures," Dru offered. "It won't be the same as being here. But it'll still give you something to tease people about."

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She smiled a little at the offer and took another bite of cookie dough. "I wouldn't mind at all, but totally don't feel like you gotta."

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"It gives me a legitimate reason to go ahead and buy the little netbook thingie I've been considering," she admitted. "I wouldn't normally bother with electronics. Out there they're like a lure for cranky poltergeists. It'd be a waste of money. But since that doesn't seem to be a problem here, I might as well get one."

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"That and joining the 21st century's always a fun idea," Rose teased.

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"I'm taking steps, a few at a time," Dru laughed. "Next thing you know I'll have one of those new fangled cell phoney thingies."

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She gasped. "Not that! You might be able to communicate from anywhere? Crazy talk."

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"Absolutely ridiculous talk," she agreed, taking a scoop of ice cream. "I'm going to have the vapors just thinking about it."

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"Did you need me to loosen your corset there, Dru?" she teased.

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Dru snickered. "No, I think I'll survive. Just keep the smelling salts handy. Or chocolate. Chocolate works."

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"Chocolate'll have to be it," Rose decided. "Because I don't even know where to get smelling salts."

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"My Gran used to have them around. Not for herself," she quickly clarified. "But sometimes she needed them when she was taking care of people that were sick. They had the nastiest ammonia smell."

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"Ew," Rose's face showed what she thought of that. "Yeah, definitely have to stick with chocolate from me."