Fifth Floor Common Room, Sunday Morning

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It wouldn't be the first time Dolf surfed the TV channels in the common room; he'd gotten over the shock of being reintroduced to audiovisual stuff pretty quickly. It was the lack of familiarity of the channels that still threw him, at this point, and he was determined to do something about that.

It might be a case of a very small victory, but it was something, and kept him from feeling like he had to relearn everything.

Still, he had to admit he was very, very relieved to find that, given enough presses of the next channel button, Eurosport finally appeared. Sure, it wasn't football but the Vuelta, but it was still strangely comforting.

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[shes-got-legs.livejournal.com]

"Oh, they're so funny!" Ariel easily gushed. "It's all gestures and pretending that things are there that aren't and all without words, and I guess I'm probably not explaining it very well, but I'm sure Bruce would love to show you what I mean if you asked. And I'm sure I will; dates are so much fun, especially now that I'm not cursed."

[thinkbetterofme.livejournal.com]

"I shall have to ask him," Faramir agreed, trying not to look too amused at her eagerness.

"I am glad to hear that you are rid of any curses," he remarked, more seriously now. "That doesn't sound like it would be a pleasant experience at all."

[shes-got-legs.livejournal.com]

"Ohmygosh," gushed Ariel, shaking her head, and clearly on some sort of gushing roll. It happened to her quite often, really, and, like most things, once she got going, it was hard to really stop. It didn't seem to matter that there was a good chance Faramir would have no idea what she was even going on about. "You aren't kidding there. It is very frustrating to not be able to kiss someone without something going wrong or someone getting hurt or winding up really embarrassing yourself and then not even being able to explain why it was happening because you had no voice."

[thinkbetterofme.livejournal.com]

Faramir's eyebrows rose and he bit his lip, trying to keep from laughing at that seemed rude.

"That does sound very frustrating," he agreed. "Especially when something as pleasant as a kiss gets interrupted. I am glad that you have rid yourself of this curse."

Even if he wasn't certain if this curse was a real thing or something Ariel had made up to explain her misfortune.

[shes-got-legs.livejournal.com]

It was totally real, ohmygosh. Sea witches and everything!

But Ariel was a little distracted with a wistful sigh for a moment, because, yes, kissing certainly was something pleasant...

She shook her head slightly, bringing herself back to where she was. "Thank you," she said, bobbing her head in a nod. "I'm glad, too. I'll probably try to avoid curses if I can in the future."

Oh, sure, she says that now...

[thinkbetterofme.livejournal.com]

"That sounds like a very good plan," he said. "I hope none on the island would ever consider doing such a thing."

[shes-got-legs.livejournal.com]

"Oh," said Ariel confidently. "I'm sure they wouldn't. Everyone here is very nice and even the people who sometimes can seem like jerks really aren't. Not always, anyway. Well, some of them..."

But, nose wrinkling in distaste, Ariel would avoid that topic if she could.