Fourth Floor Common Room | Sunday Evening | 9/5/2010

[didntchewgrass.livejournal.com]

It was with great hesitation that Elphaba turned on the TV in the common room. While the roving hands did quite vex her, she was not wishing to spend any more time this weekend cooped up in her room.

While a trip outdoors seemed the best idea, she had seen the unattended television and had felt compelled to come investigate it. She reached gingerly with her verdigris fingers, switching it on with a careful press of the button. She found the remote and sat down on the sofa, exploring what each button could do, what wonders the television could deliver.

Except Elphaba didn't really think of the television shows as wonderous. For her, it was more like traveling the terrible trappings of television. She couldn't stay on one channel for much longer than a few minutes, but she felt the need to look at each and every one.

[ooc: Open like a common room!]

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[didntchewgrass.livejournal.com]

"I understand," Elphaba said. "I did not think you were being literal, but these things are so strange to me that I had to make sure. I have yet to find a good use for them."

She shrugged, shaking her head. "I do not think I will use them much, in the future."

[wesleynotponcy.livejournal.com]

"A wise decision," said Wesley. Anyone opposed to the idiot box was a-okay with him. "I'm Wesley Wyndam-Pryce, by the way," he added, holding out a hand to shake.

[didntchewgrass.livejournal.com]

"Elphaba Thropp," she introduced, shaking his hand. "Since I will not have them when I leave, it seems foolish to try and get too used to them. Much like the phones, even though Zack has told me I shall need one here."

[wesleynotponcy.livejournal.com]

"Ah, yes, mobile phones," said Wesley, as if they were some ancient invention he hadn't heard of in years. "I myself only accepted the one my father gave me with great reluctance. They're not yet very common back where I live. Or 'when,' I should say. And I quite understand why that is - all they've done for me thus far is subject me to a number of very irritating conversations I rather wish I hadn't taken part in."

[didntchewgrass.livejournal.com]

Elphaba frowned a bit, not sure what to say. "I do not suppose you are versed in other topics?" she said, hoping to change the subject of conversation. "These machines are not something I can speak of for long before exhausting my knowledge."