Fourth Floor Common Room; Wednesday Evening [ 10/06 ].

[daventryprince.livejournal.com]

It had been an interesting Wednesday for Alexander, what with a fake cat at the store that he was pretty sure was following him and then his usual issues with the reserves meeting. Top that all off with the demands that had come from his mother after his visit, and he was feeling the need for something grounding that didn't take too much concentration on his nice little bag of issues.

That, of course, meant turning to cooking. And, so that the habitual activity wouldn't bring up other facets of his past, he was at least challenging himself with making something new. After all, he'd enjoyed so many different pizzas on the island before, yet he had failed to actually make one himself.

He was finding it to be fairly successful thus far. And perfectly cathartic, as well.


[[ open common room is open, of course! PIIIZZZAAAA. I want pizza now. Figures. ]]

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[inneedofcoffee.livejournal.com]

"Oh, of course!" No, never. It was lovely and fit her so well! "As soon as I have it laundered," Maladicta replied.

[daventryprince.livejournal.com]

Alexander nodded. "Don't feel the need to launder it," he offered. "I do know how to launder clothes myself, you know, but I certainly would not mind the gesture. And it has been a busy weekend. Did you have any visitors?"

[inneedofcoffee.livejournal.com]

"No, but I did meet Faramir's brother," she replied. "I managed to miss you and your guests unfortunately."

[daventryprince.livejournal.com]

"Quite alright," said Alexander. "It was mostly Rosella convincing me to avoid our mother, and our mother apparently trying to inspire a match between my dear sister and random men. How is Faramir's brother? I would say I am saddened to think I missed the chance to meet him, but that would have meant that my mother would also have met him, and then press an engagement."

[inneedofcoffee.livejournal.com]

"...he seemed quite eager for most matches."

[daventryprince.livejournal.com]

There was a slight pause there, and Alexander's brow arched most inquisitively at Maladicta.

"You don't mean...."

[inneedofcoffee.livejournal.com]

"I'm sure he could be very charming for most women," Maladicta replied dryly. Which was mostly just funny if you asked her.

[daventryprince.livejournal.com]

No, no. Alexander was not laughing, really. Not at all. A mere...chuckle at best, followed by a cough, a clearing of the throat.

And perhaps a deft change in the conversation, because the moving picture was prepared and any further thinking on this topic would threaten his attempts not to laugh again.

"So what is the picture of choice this time around?" he asked.

Not laughing. Not laughing, really.

[inneedofcoffee.livejournal.com]

You just keep not laughing, mister. You just keep it up. "31 Days After. It's about zombies."

And not overzealous flirts.

[daventryprince.livejournal.com]

Oh, he will.

"Zombies?" Alexander asked, getting up from the television to plop on the sofa with a glance at the timer on the pizza. Then he shook his head. "People of this realm choose such bizarre things to make moving pictures about."

[inneedofcoffee.livejournal.com]

"I don't think they're used to normal things," Maladicta pointed out, taking a seat on the other end of the sofa.

Yes. Normal. Because a guy who was enslaved by an evil wizard since birth and a vampire knew all about normal.

[daventryprince.livejournal.com]

Normal, clearly, was all relative.

"Perhaps," he allowed. "I still can't see zombies managing to fill a whole moving picture, though."

[inneedofcoffee.livejournal.com]

"They can be awfully chatty once they get started, though."

[daventryprince.livejournal.com]

Excuse Alexander a moment as he looked at Maladicta a bit funny.

"Blaaarg, grrrraaaw, and urrrrgh is considered chatty?"

[inneedofcoffee.livejournal.com]

Oh sure, bring that up!

"...well, if they don't have jaws."

[daventryprince.livejournal.com]

"Do you mean to tell me," asked Alexander, more intrigued than he would have expected he'd be on this topic, "that you're more familiar with zombies that can get an actual word in edgewise?"

Pause.

"I mean, besides brains, of course."

[inneedofcoffee.livejournal.com]

"Oh yes, they tend to crop up on occasion," Maladicta replied. "It's as though the people just can't seem to stop moving, even after death. So they tend to be a bit more zealous than the average person."

[daventryprince.livejournal.com]

Unfortunately, Alexander still had a while to really learn about that sort of thing.

He considered that a moment, and found that he liked how it supported his decision to turn Manannan into a cat. He'd often wondered if it would have been easier to just kill the man, but Manannan was exactly the sort to be more zealous than the average person, yes.

He frowned as he turned on the television and started the movie. "I guess we'll find out, then, which it is in this case."

[inneedofcoffee.livejournal.com]

"Should we make a wager on it?" Because those had worked out so well for her lately!

[daventryprince.livejournal.com]

Alexander snorted, grinning at the thought of what exactly they could wager.

"On what terms, precisely? How talkative our zombies turn out to be?"

[inneedofcoffee.livejournal.com]

"Exactly."

Yeah, this was gonna end well.

[daventryprince.livejournal.com]

"And I'm on the not exactly great conversationalists side," Alexander chuckled. "What shall we wager?"

Was it terrible that he was thinking of asking that it be his shirt?

[inneedofcoffee.livejournal.com]

VERY TERRIBLE.

"If I win, I get one of those bags to store my clothing the next time I turn into bats."

[daventryprince.livejournal.com]

Silly Maladicta. You were probably now going to get one of those bags regardless.

And not just because Alexander wanted to keep the rest of his shirts.

Really.

"Alright, then," said Alexander, nodding. "And, if I win, you get to bring me a cup of your finest coffee every Wednesday to help get me through my shift at the shop."

[inneedofcoffee.livejournal.com]

"Oh, you drive a hard bargain," Maladicta replied. Then, after a moment, offered a hand to shake on it.