Fifth Floor Common Room, Monday After Classes

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Shira still wasn't entirely sure about this place, but her Queen had wanted her to go here, so she hadn't argued. And she was even willing to give it a try, as strange as the place seemed.

She was sitting in the common room at the moment, having dug around in the cold box -- refrigerator, she thought it was called -- and come up with a can of something that called itself Pepsi. She'd tried it cautiously, found it sweet and sugary, and figured it wasn't so bad.

And now she was on the couch, watching the TV in fascination and horror.

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"Huh." Shira tilted her head, looking at the TV thoughtfully. "That's kind of interesting, actually."

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"I think so," Dolf agreed. He leaned back over the couch, exhaling as he forced his eyes to readjust to the television. "It was been-- a long time since I see it." No, not see. Past tense-- "Um-- Saw? Saw it."

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"Well, you're still one up on me," Shira said. "I've never seen it."

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Is been? Was it is been? "Enjoy it," Dolf said, sincerely. "It's good." (Look, he was happy he could manage that much to another person, now. Don't take it away from him)

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"Oh, I will," Shira said with a nod. "At least, other programming. I'm not sure I like this reality television."

Shira was just happy another person was talking to her and seemed happy to be talking to her. Of course she wouldn't correct him on anything. (Now, if he ever asked her to, that'd be a different story and she'd be happy to. But when they barely knew each other, that wouldn't be nice of her.)

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Dolf nodded in understanding, and only then did he really frown at the television. "Is it Big Brother?" he asked. He remembered Big Brother: his mom had always liked to watch it, although he'd never found it very interesting, and he'd always preferred the Discovery Channel.

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"No, it's... I think it's something called Jersey Shore, maybe?" She thought that was it, anyway.

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"I don't know it," Dolf replied, and sagged a little. Another unfamiliar thing in a familiar setting; it still made him feel a little ill at ease.

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"I don't, either," Shira said with a shrug, taking a sip of her Pepsi. "And honestly, I don't think I want to know it anymore. I want to slap some of these people, I swear."

She reached for the remote. "Your turn to find something," she said reasonably, holding it out to him.

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He blinked at the remote for a few seconds. She had no idea what she was giving him, really; Dolf hadn't held one of these in months.

But staring at it made him look silly, he realised, and so he took it, and tried not to swallow. "Okay," he said. "Okay, I will find Discovery." His thumb slid across the remote until it hit next channel.

Which was Disney. The sudden shifting burst of sound and video made him sit up a little.

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Shira had a feeling this wasn't what he was looking for.

But it was still better than Jersey Shore, so hey, already a win!

"That's... cheerful," she said, gesturing to the show that was now on the screen.