Third Floor Common Room; Saturday Afternoon [ 11/06 ].

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Yesterday had been so strange that Alexander felt the need to just sort of relax a little and find himself some nice distractions. He didn't typically watch a lot of television, but decided it was the sort of entertainment that might be called for after a day like the one before.

Of course, that was before he turned it on and started changing the channels to a horrible discovery. He didn't know if it was the television or what, but it seemed that every channel was playing nothing but musicals.

"That is not amusing, television," Alexander informed it with a frown, clicking the machine off.

He was just going to read a book instead.


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[puppy_fair]

Zack was suffering from another case of wanderlust, which meant that he was cruising around common rooms not his own once again.

... Mostly to see if there was any ice cream in the freezer that he could snag while nobody was looking, yes.

"Anything good on?"

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Alexander might have been eying Zack as he went into the freezer to see if he'd stay away from the stash of coffee-flavored frozen treats he'd been stocking up on. Not that he'd mind sharing with Zack, of course,but he had to make sure there was plenty, since there seemed to be a lot of coffee ice cream emergencies lately.

"Not particularly," he said with a disappointed sigh,glancing ruefully at the dark screen. "All I could find were musicals, but perhaps someone else would have better luck."

[puppy_fair]

Zack wrinkled his nose a little at the coffee stuff. It wasn't that he didn't like coffee. Actually, the opposite was very much the case, but so far as he understood, coffee was meant to be drank! Hot!

So he made a beeline for the vanilla ice cream, instead. He was a puppy of simple tastes.

"Musicals, huh? That's kinda weird. You can't even find music on the music channels, most days." Which made Earth even weirder, in Zack's estimation. "Maybe we can find a football game or something? There aren't many football musicals, right?"

He snagged a spoon from the drawer, and then plopped down on the couch, ice cream tub and all.

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"I'm almost afraid to find out," Alexander admitted dryly, but a grin surfaced soon after. He placed a marker in his book, setting it down for the time being. "I fear it might be a thing; I understand that, normally, the television don't work like that, but, around here, one must expect anything. Should you find something without singing, though, I would be most impressed and grateful."

[puppy_fair]

Zack grinned and shrugged, making a reach for the remote.

"You just have to know how to reason with these things," he decided, turning on the TV, which promptly started singing to him about the Circle of Life. Huh. "I mean, technology's technology, right?"

Another click, right to the sports channel.

... Which was playing some sort of musical remake of that movie about baseball-playing angels. Did they even make a musical remake of that movie?

"Theoretically...?"

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Alexander's grin was a sort reluctant victory. "Theoretically," he agreed. "And, apparently, yesterday's musical inclinations weren't quite enough, but, with that into consideration, I'm glad it's the television now and not us some more..."

[puppy_fair]

"No kidding. But then, it could always be worse. The last time that sort of thing happened, I turned into a dog."

At least he'd been a very musical dog?

Zack heaved a sigh, and then clicked the television off again.

"I like music as much as the next guy, but that's maybe just a little overkill, there."

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"Just a little. That's why..." Alexander lifted his book. "They haven't started singing quite yet. But sometimes one can easily appreciate some peace and quiet."

[puppy_fair]

Zack shook his head and laughed a little at that.

"When the book starts to sing, then I think we're going to have to admit defeat," he decided. "Is it a good book, anyhow?"

Zack was not much of a reader, but he could so this 'polite conversation' thing like a pro.

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"You don't like music?" Elphaba asked with a wry smirk on her face. She stood in the doorway for a moment, then decided she rather would just come in. So she did just that, and sat down.

There was probably a bit of cosmic irony that she herself hadn't sung anything.

[puppy_fair]

"Elphaba, hey!" Zack gave a broad smile and a cheery little wave as his sibling entered the room. "How have you been?"

Give him a minute, and Zack might even think to offer some of the vanilla ice cream that he's currently hoarding, too.

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"I can't really complain," Elphaba admitted. "I saw my first fireworks display last night. It was very pretty, if also quite loud."

[puppy_fair]

"Yeah, fireworks are kinda both of those, aren't they?" Zack offered Elphaba a warm smile, and then finally held the tub of ice cream that he was working on in her direction. "They don't have that kind of thing where you're from?"

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"It's not that they don't have it," Elphaba said, raising an eyebrow at the offered tub. "But that it's not really common in the area I'm from. Even though my father is the Governor, he doesn't really believe in... showy displays."

[puppy_fair]

Zack... continued holding the tub out for a moment more. And then kind of frowned into it. And then shrugged and took it back. More for him?

"But you're putting on the show for the people who are already there, right? I mean, sometimes you just have to be a little showy, to keep people happy?"

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Elphaba just wasn't sure he was offering the whole tub, or what. Sadly, the subtle physical cues were lost on her.

But at Zack's comment, she snorted a laugh. "I think that's what the balls and parties are for."

[puppy_fair]

Zack kind of blinked, yeah.

"But aren't balls and parties showy, too?"

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"Yes, but they're required," Elphaba said. "And usually not his idea. I personally would rather have the fireworks than the balls. At least then I wouldn't be asked to stay in the kitchens."

[daventryprince.livejournal.com]

"Oh,"said Alexander faintly. "It isn't that I don't like music. I'm rather fond of music."

He was in Glee Club, after all.

"I just think that, today, I would prefer something else."

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"A bit musicked out, then," Elphaba teased lightly. "Did you serenade anyone yesterday, Alexander?"

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"Only my windows and the stars," Alexander said with a wistful sigh. "Though I discovered Maladicta and I can put together quite the impromptu duet. What about yourself, Elphaba? Were there many musical numbers in your yesterday?"

[didntchewgrass.livejournal.com]

"I am not the musical sort," Elphaba said, even though she did have a rather pleasant singing voice. "I don't know why, but the island didn't compel me to sing at all. Perhaps nothing happened to evoke it."

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"I can't exactly say anything out of the ordinary seemed to provoke me," Alexander said, shrugging a little. "In fact, it was all quite the usual droll order of things. The concert was the only different thing, and it was there that I didn't sing. Most peculiar."

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"I did see you there," Elphaba said. "I guess I was just lucky, I guess. I hardly would have wished to embarrass myself."

[daventryprince.livejournal.com]

"There is at least that," Alexander allowed. "I was mostly alone as far as the unexpected singing went. Alone or the only one who saw it was Maladicta."

And he was used to making an idiot of himself in front of Maladicta.