Second Floor Common Room [Wednesday evening]

[thegirl-onfire.livejournal.com]

Katniss had been here for a full term now. And really, all things considered, she thought she had experimented fairly well with the options available to her. She'd tried a multitude of foods, she'd become deeply familiar with the woods surrounding the school -- she'd even learned to work some of the electronics here.

What she had not done sufficiently, of course, was watch the television. Once she'd learned that there were multiple channels, she'd buzzed through them, concentrating on news stations and sports (as these were the things that appealed to her.)

Tonight, though, Katniss had discovered something special. Katniss had discovered that people cooked competitively on the television. So she was plunked in front of the television with a gallon of ice cream (all hers unless you asked nicely, thank you), enraptured by...Top Chef.

(She was gratified to see people eating the food, though the structure reminded her a little of the Games. At least, though, it was much...gentler. Or seemed to be.)

[come distract me from dreary WWII memoirs, omg!]

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[thegirl-onfire.livejournal.com]

"I think it's called Top Chef. I didn't even know there were any -- let alone more than one -- cooking shows until tonight," Katniss admitted.

[willbethenight.livejournal.com]

"There's a channel with nothing but cooking shows. I know someone who's mildly obsessed with them." Yes, Alfred picked up some tricks from TV shows. It was one of the reasons he was always improving as a chef. "Personally, I do my best not to watch too many. They might start to give me ideas."

[thegirl-onfire.livejournal.com]

Katniss cocked a brow. "What kind of ideas? Ideas about eating? I've already had those." She indicated her carton of ice cream.

[willbethenight.livejournal.com]

"Ideas about cooking. Honestly, that's not something I really need to spend too much of my time on," Bruce said. Again, he had Alfred. And if he didn't, he would live on simpler foods as he spent more time training. "Just eating takes up a lot less time."

[thegirl-onfire.livejournal.com]

She almost smiled, just a tiny bit, and offered, "I'm a horrible cook, so I can't fault you there. I've never had the patience."

[willbethenight.livejournal.com]

"I think most of the student body has that in common. Fortunately, Fandom seems to make it easy for us non-chefs," Bruce said. "You usually don't have to wait too long before you find a common room filled with food."

[thegirl-onfire.livejournal.com]

"Or at least something sweet to tide you over. And television to help," Katniss added.

[willbethenight.livejournal.com]

"Absolutely," Bruce said. Not that he ate sweets or watched television much. Being social meant that he lied. "You know, I don't think we've met before. I'm Bruce."

[thegirl-onfire.livejournal.com]

"Katniss," she offered with a vague little wave. "Have you been here long?"

[willbethenight.livejournal.com]

"Since January," Bruce said. "You must be newer than me, right?"

[thegirl-onfire.livejournal.com]

"Very new," she said, poking her spoon into the ice cream. "Only since the last group of new people. From what I hear, though, I won't be so new for so much longer."

[willbethenight.livejournal.com]

"You're right. The fall semester starts in a couple weeks. Even newer students will come to town for it," Bruce said. "And then you'll have the chance to share anything you've learned about Fandom over the last two months with them. It's a familiar pattern by now."

[thegirl-onfire.livejournal.com]

"I've learned," Katniss ventured, "that you should try not to fall out of trees when hunting, because sometimes you will fall into another world. That is about the most useful thing I've learned this summer, here."

[willbethenight.livejournal.com]

"It's probably impractical. Most of the time you'll just hurt yourself when you land," Bruce mused. "But it is a possibility to be aware of, just in case."