Third Floor Common Room, Monday Morning

[vanillajello]

Kate had not been pleased to find herself still a dude when she'd woken up today. It wasn't that she had a huge problem with it as such herself, it was just that she was kind of worried for the sanity of a certain someone else.

But there was nothing she could really do about it, so she'd just wandered down into the common room and decided it was a day for baking. Everyone would appreciate chocolate chip muffins, right?

(Kate, by the by, was not mature enough to not laugh at the fact that they had nuts in them.)

A couple of batches of muffins baked and set on the counter to be taken, she flopped down onto one of the couches and started leafing through an issue of Cosmo. Trying to see if she could get a male perspective on it today.

[ooc: Yes, you guessed it, it's an open common room!]

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[boho-to-be.livejournal.com]

"Are these for anyone?" Christian asked, having wandered down in search of breakfast. Now that the shock had worn off, he was rather enjoying being a girl; it was a totally different perspective, and he had to admit he made for a pretty one.

[vanillajello]

"Uh huh," Kate confirmed lazily, flipping to the next page without looking up. "That's the idea. Thought everyone might want chocolate at a weird time like this."

Only then she bothered to actually look at the girl. Possible boy. It wasn't a familiar face, anyway. "Who are you?"

Too early for guessing games, in her book.

[boho-to-be.livejournal.com]

"Someone who appreciates chocolate therapy," Christian answered as he picked up a muffin and peeled off the paper. "It's Christian. I should ask you the same."

[vanillajello]

Kate raised her eyebrows a bit; she wasn't sure she would've gotten this one too quickly if she hadn't asked.

"Kate," she said. "I see you're doing pretty well with the whole girl thing."

[seaweed-demigod.livejournal.com]

Waking up and still being a girl only put Percy in a worse mood than he'd been in yesterday. Brooding in his room was his first choice but he had some forethought that maybe his roommate would hate that so he decide to take his bad mood down to the common room.

Lo and behold, there were already people there and there was food too. Good, that meant he could stay inside the dorms and not venture out looking like this.

"Morning," he grumbled, hating that stupid girl voice so much.

[vanillajello]

"Morning," Kate replied from her spot on the couch, glancing up and trying not to smirk even faintly at that fairly obvious bad mood. After yesterday she was well aware some people didn't take this quite as easily as she did.

"There are muffins on the counter if you want some."

[seaweed-demigod.livejournal.com]

"Thanks," he grumbled, wandering over to grab a muffin. It was stupid to think that sweets would make him feel better, wasn't it? "Are you new or just dealing with this stupid island's idea of a joke?"

[vanillajello]

"Oh, I'm so not new that this isn't even my first time experiencing this," Kate told him, lazily stretching some on her couch. "I'm guessing you're not a fan?"

A shame, really, because he was kind of cute.

[shyest-eyes.livejournal.com]

Hinata was, in all honesty, simply grateful that nothing had affected her this time around. So it was her perfectly normal self that was wandering into the common room in search of food.

She studied the people she didn't recognize for a moment. "Good morning," she said softly in greeting.

[vanillajello]

Ooh, someone unaffected! Seemed to be a rarity, today.

"Hey, Hinata," Kate greeted with a little smile and a lazy wave. "Or person who looks like Hinata, at least."

[shyest-eyes.livejournal.com]

Definitely a rarity if radio was to go by.

Her lips twitched. "I am quite sure," she said lightly, "that I am Hinata entirely."

And hopefully no one else looked like her. That would be weird.

"You know me," she added, "but I'm afraid that today I cannot say the same for you...?"

[vanillajello]

"Kate," Kate replied, helpfully. "I think you're one of the very few easily recognizable people today."

Seriously. She had seen like two or three people she could identify when they'd gotten back to Fandom yesterday.

[daventryprince.livejournal.com]

While it was perhaps a little less pleasing to still find himself looking like his sister, Alexander had to admit that the smell of chocolate chip muffins wafting from the common room on his new floor was a welcoming one, and one that his stomach agreed needed to be investigated.

"Please tell me," he said, smiling faintly as the smell of the sweets (which, honestly, seemed more appealing today than he felt they usually would), "there are plenty for sharing and it is not just a cruel trick to leave all but a select few wanting..."

[vanillajello]

"They're meant for everyone," Kate was happy to inform him. Or lazy, or something. "Seem to be kind of a hit with the newly girlified crowd."

[daventryprince.livejournal.com]

"They do smell incredible," Alexander had to admit with a small, pleased sigh. "Did you make them yourself?"

[vanillajello]

"From scratch," Kate nodded. "Thought it'd be appreciated, and I had nothing better to do, so..."

She had played the girl and baked. With her guy hands.

[shyest-eyes.livejournal.com]

Hinata was relatively certain that she didn't know who this was--but the same could be said for nearly everyone in the room today.

Nonetheless, she nodded and offered a smile at the girl.

[daventryprince.livejournal.com]

Alexander gave a faint smile and a nod back. "Good morning," he offered. "Or perhaps as good as it could be, all things considered, for most of us..."

[shyest-eyes.livejournal.com]

"Are you finding it a poor one?" she asked, a bit sympathetically. "It does wear off, if previous experience is correct."

Of course, previous experience also said that it only lasted a day, but...

[eyesofahero.livejournal.com]

The smell of chocolate got him. That and what Cloud would call a growning need to wander around.

"Those smell good." It was more of an indication, and Cloud refrained from reaching out. It wasn't all that easy. "Are you...preparing them for an occasion?"

[shyest-eyes.livejournal.com]

Hinata couldn't really answer the question, no, but she was going to smile with a small wave at the other person who she recognized-but-didn't know.

But at least she wasn't the only one who hadn't changed over in here now.

[eyesofahero.livejournal.com]

People in their right gender were very much welcomed by Cloud. Same with the others, but it was a lot less weird if you knew the girl you were talking to was going to stay that way.

"Hey", said as he racked his brains trying to remember her name. It wasn't going so well. "I'm Cloud." A beat. "I'm still getting used at the whole meeting new people thing." It had only taken...how many moths? Tifa would call it an astounishing progress.

[shyest-eyes.livejournal.com]

Her smile was a bit wry. "I am Hinata," she said lightly. "And I can... sympathize. I am not very good at it either."

[vanillajello]

"Just for the special occasion of 'oh look, our normal bodies aren't back yet'," Kate informed the new boy. She was pretty sure she'd seen him around, so he probably wasn't affected, she guessed. "But even if you usually look like that, you can still help yourself."

[eyesofahero.livejournal.com]

"That sounds like a good excuse to eat, thanks", commented as he indeed helped himself. "You aren't taking it too bad..." Or you did but already released all the steam. Benefits of being a male, you could punch your way to tranquility.

"I'm Cloud, by the way. It's hard to tell if we have already met."