Fifth Floor Common Room, Thursday evening

[willbethenight.livejournal.com]

Bruce had developed a sore throat randomly. He didn't want to admit that he had a cold, so he went to the common room to make some tea. Random tea. Not tea to make him feel better. Tea to have and perhaps share if any other tea drinkers were around.

"If I were sick, it would be much tougher to make this tea," Bruce grumbled to himself. His voice sounded like hell. He was pretending it didn't.

[OOC: I'm bored and it's cold. And Elaine gave me this idea. HUZZAH! CR is open. With tea. And Bale Batman voice. Just... pretend that everything I write is in that voice, okay?

ETA: Sorry, landlord is here doing some stuff. Sloooow because of it.]

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[rilla-myrilla.livejournal.com]

"Hello, Bruce!" Rilla said as she walked into the common room. "Oooh, is that tea?"

[willbethenight.livejournal.com]

"Yes. There's plenty to share, too," Bruce rasped. It was like a dump truck was having engine trouble.

[theotherpeter.livejournal.com]

"Man, you need a lozenge," Peter declared, coming into the common room. He grabbed a soda out of the fridge. "And maybe I shouldn't be encouraging you to talk."

[willbethenight.livejournal.com]

"I'll be fine. Alfred always makes this tea when I have a sore throat and it always fixes me up in no time," Bruce said. Not believing him was an entirely reasonable choice.

[rilla-myrilla.livejournal.com]

"What on Earth is the matter with your voice?" Rilla asked. "Have you tried gargling with salt water?"

[inneedofcoffee.livejournal.com]

"...are you planning on threatening someone in a darkened alley?" Maladicta had to ask. Because it was the only plausible conclusion.

[willbethenight.livejournal.com]

"I don't need that. I'll be fine as long as I drink a lot of this tea," Bruce said. "It's how my butler Alfred always took care of me when I had a weak voice."

[willbethenight.livejournal.com]

"I wasn't planning on it, but it sounds like a fun night out," Bruce mused. And then he coughed.

[theotherpeter.livejournal.com]

"Wow. Do you smoke cigarettes, or do you eat them?" Peter continued to joke. He popped open the top of his soda and shrugged. "Well, here's hoping Alfred is an herbal remedy genius."

[inneedofcoffee.livejournal.com]

"Very threatening," Maladicta assured him. "Would you like coffee?"

Coffee, she could make. Tea was just mucky water and beyond her patience.

[willbethenight.livejournal.com]

"No, he's just extremely English," Bruce grumbled. "But he knows what he's doing when it comes to sick people."

[willbethenight.livejournal.com]

"No thanks, I'll stick with the tea for now," Bruce said. "But if I change my drink halfway through the evening, you're the person I'll pester for some."

[theotherpeter.livejournal.com]

"Extremely English?" Peter repeated. "I didn't think the English were extreme about anything."

[willbethenight.livejournal.com]

"Politeness, alcohol, football, and tea," Bruce said. "Not necessarily in that order. Definitely not all at the same time."

[inneedofcoffee.livejournal.com]

Yeah, she was already making the coffee. For herself.

"Try not to get everyone else sick."

[theotherpeter.livejournal.com]

"What, not cricket?" Peter said. "Not that there's much of a call for extremism in cricket."

[rilla-myrilla.livejournal.com]

"What kind of tea is it?" Rilla asked.

[willbethenight.livejournal.com]

"I have no idea," Bruce said, listing a popular English tea. "Although the key is in the preparation."

[Sorry for slowness! Landlord is here doing stuff!]

[rilla-myrilla.livejournal.com]

Rilla nodded. "Susan uses that too, when she's not reaching straight for the soothing syrup. I have some of that back in my room if you'd like?"

[willbethenight.livejournal.com]

"It depends on the Englishman," Bruce said. "But that's a lower priority for most."

[Sorry for slowness! Landlord is here doing stuff!]

[willbethenight.livejournal.com]

"I'm not sick," Bruce said stubbornly. "And this will all be over tomorrow. And can vampires even get sick?"

[inneedofcoffee.livejournal.com]

She had to give that a little thought. "No, I don't think we do."

Unless it involved glitter and stalking.

[willbethenight.livejournal.com]

"Thanks for the offer," Bruce said. "But this will blow over in no time."

[willbethenight.livejournal.com]

"I'll still try to keep any possible germs to myself for the sake of other students," Bruce said.

[inneedofcoffee.livejournal.com]

"You could try a quarantine." Stop being helpful, Maladicta.