2nd Floor Common Room, Tuesday Evening

[faithandscience.livejournal.com]

Thanks to Claudia, William had a phone.

Of course, he now had to figure out how to use said phone.

He'd brought it out into the common room in the hopes that someone else familiar with the technology might be around. Maybe they could help him figure out how to make this "texting" thing work.

Stupid tiny buttons.

[ooc: open like an open common room!]

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[daventryprince.livejournal.com]

Alexander had greatly enjoyed cooking in the second floor kitchen with Scully and, on his way up after the reserves, he decided it wouldn't hurt to take a brief detour and poke his head in and see if she or any other friends who may live on that floor were around.

He did, at least, see William, who he remembered at the very least from the picnic and he offered the other boy a smile. "Hello."

[faithandscience.livejournal.com]

"Alexander, hello!" William looked up from where he'd- very slowly- been attempting to type something with his phone. "And how does today find you?" he inquired.

[daventryprince.livejournal.com]

"Quite well, thank you!" At the welcome, he went ahead and entered the room, nodding his head before having a seat. "A little uneventful, with only some of my additional classes and the Reserves meeting to keep me occupied, but sometimes, that can be a very good thing indeed. And how has your day been for you, William?"

[faithandscience.livejournal.com]

"A bit puzzling," Will admitted honestly. "I'm trying to decipher the intricacies of this little device," he held up his mobile phone, "and I'm afraid I'm not entirely successful."

[rilla-myrilla.livejournal.com]

Rilla's smile broadened when she saw who was in the common room. "Good evening, William," she said.

[faithandscience.livejournal.com]

"Evening, Miss Blythe," Will's frustration with the mobile phone was rather quickly forgotten as Rilla made her presence known.

[rilla-myrilla.livejournal.com]

"How have you been?" she inquired. "It's been ever so long."

[faithandscience.livejournal.com]

Far too long, as far as William was concerned. "I've been well," he assured her. "Mr. Holmes has made me a teaching assistant!"

[didntchewgrass.livejournal.com]

"Rilla," Elphaba greeted with a friendly nod. "I do hope you are well today. No horrible happenings?"

[rilla-myrilla.livejournal.com]

"It's been a most satisfactory week," Rilla said with a smile. "And for you, Elphaba?"

[didntchewgrass.livejournal.com]

"I think I have to agree," Elphaba said, thinking for a moment. "It's very strange to be so... accepted." She had no shame in actually sharing that fact. "It's like I've begun an entire new life."

[nohaircutsplz]

Medusalith and her hair swanned into the common room. Staring at the same four walls in her room was getting boring, after all. "Good evening," she said to the person she didn't know.

She definitely wasn't going to be any help with the texting, but she prettied up the place?

[faithandscience.livejournal.com]

"Evening, Miss," William nodded to the unfamiliar face. "If you'd like to turn on the television, feel free," he offered.

[nohaircutsplz]

"Good evening," Medusalith said, and eyed the television warily. "I thank you, but no." Even after taking a class on it, she didn't understand the appeal of the television.

[faithandscience.livejournal.com]

From a purely technical standpoint, William was fascinated by the device, but apart from the occasional educational program, he'd determined it had little of interest to offer. "I don't believe we've met. My name is William Murdoch," he stood, offering a hand to shake.

[rilla-myrilla.livejournal.com]

"Your hair is divine," Rilla breathed.

[nohaircutsplz]

"Thank you," Medusalith said. "My name is Medusalith."

[chief-cheerio.livejournal.com]

Quinn was wandering in search of food or something to do.

"New phone?" she asked as she paused in her rummage through the cupboards.

[faithandscience.livejournal.com]

"Indeed," William affirmed. "It's taking... some getting used to." Something of an understatement, considering the last phone he'd used had involved a rotary dial and speaking to an operator.

[chief-cheerio.livejournal.com]

"Is it your first phone or something?" Quinn asked, leaning over. "Let me see..."

[didntchewgrass.livejournal.com]

Elphaba was on the so-called 'wrong' floor, but she was exploring and noticed William and his phone. She made a mental note to contact Zack about helping her with getting her own, but she decided to check on her friend's progress.

It was rather odd, thinking of people that weren't Nessa as friends.

"Are you finding them difficult?" she asked, empathetic.

[nohaircutsplz]

"Good evening," Medusalith said, and, "May I say, you are a lovely shade of green." Blackagar hadn't lied.

[didntchewgrass.livejournal.com]

Elphaba continued to find that sort of compliment rather startling, not to mention near-impossible to believe. She looked at Medusalith for a moment, taking in her own good looks and wondered idly if it was just a joke. "Thank you," she said after that moment, though her tone was quite baffled. "Most people don't seem to think so."

She might as well be honest, really.

[faithandscience.livejournal.com]

"Miss Thropp," Will greeted. "I've got a handle on the more basic functions, but how I am supposed to use this to type messages is quite beyond me."

[didntchewgrass.livejournal.com]

"I thought it was a machine for sending your voice to other places," Elphaba said, confusedly. Zack mentioned nothing about using to send written words.