Fifth Floor Common Room, Sunday morning

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Bruce was declaring his war with the television over. The final battle? Refusing to ever turn it on again. If the television was sentient or cursed or influenced by the island, it would no longer get the satisfaction of messing with Bruce. After all, in the past few months alone, Bruce had been transported to a world full of murderous partygoers under the sea, turned into a mime, turned into a girl, and been made to rap in front of his classmates.

He was trying to take steps towards stability in Fandom to help him justify the amount of time he spent learning and training versus the amount of time he spent dealing with strange crap. While he couldn't control the rest of that without taking control of the machinery of Fandom on a complete and total level, he could simply leave any shenanigans with the television out of his life. After all, not every mystery needed to be solved. It just felt that way very frequently.

And so this morning, Bruce was eating his breakfast (oatmeal) while listening to some music (old jazz standards... Look, he just liked them, okay? So what if he had the musical tastes of somebody's grandfather). It was possible that he shot a few smug glances at the television, reveling in his victory. Possible... but he would never admit to it.

[OOC: Daylight Savings ending means I woke up at 6 on a Sunday. This is wrong. I'm making up for it with a CR post.]

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Percy didn't know why he was up early or why he was on this floor but the music was enough to keep him there. He wandered into the common room, one eyebrow raised.

"Not too many people listen to music in the common rooms," he said, making his way over to the refrigerator to see if there was any water in there.

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"More people should. It could help class the place up a little," Bruce joked.

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"I think you'll have a hard sell there," Percy said, shrugging and grabbing the first bottle of water he saw. He'd have to replace it. Maybe. "Not sure this place can really be labeled as classy. I'd say weird's a better word."

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"I don't know. We have our classy moments and that doesn't seem to hurt anything," Bruce said. "I'm sure we could find a way for it to be both classy and weird."

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"Classy moments?" Percy asked because he'd missed most of those. He shrugged and flopped down in one of the empty seats. "There wine tastings going on that I don't know about?"

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"Well, not that classy. But give it some time," Bruce said.

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"Seriously?" Percy wrinkled his nose at that. "You would go to wine tastings? Why?"

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"To mingle. To see people and be seen. But most importantly to see what Fandom would do with something like that," Bruce said. "After all, the best place to get alcohol around here has zombies playing music. Wouldn't you want to see what the Fandom twist would be?"

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"I dunno," Percy admitted, scratching his head. "I've seen what Fandom does on boring days. What if that wine made people sing again?"

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"I rapped and danced on my desk during class. It would be tough for me to be more embarrassed by random singing," Bruce said.

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"You -- what?" All right, that was a lot worse than what he'd done. "Big class?"

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"Good sized. The teacher and the other TA were part of it," Bruce said. "At least one person took video."

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"Wow." Percy didn't even bother to try and not to laugh. He just laughed. "Getting a lot of flack about it?"

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"Not as much as you'd think," Bruce said. "I like to think it's because it was a good performance."

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"You're a good rapper?" Percy asked, sounding skeptical. "Really?"

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"That's what I'm going to choose to believe until I hear differently," Bruce said.

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"I won't tell you differently." He didn't really know if it was true or not. "All I did was sing in my room. No audience, no rapping, no nothing. Sounds like you got the worst of the deal. I'd ask for an autograph but I don't wanna."

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"I wouldn't give it if you asked. I don't want something I signed ending up on eBay," Bruce joked.

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"I barely know what that is," Percy said, shaking his head. "Besides, who would want some high school kid's autograph?"

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"Nobody yet. But if I pursue a rap career, it might be a different story," Bruce said.

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"The scary thing is that I don't know if you're serious or not," Percy replied with a shake of his head. "You don't look like a rapper."

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"I'm not serious," Bruce said helpfully. "Although I'm sure I could become one if I really set my mind on it."

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"You got other aspirations though?" Percy guessed. "Don't wanna rap?"

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"I'll be taking over my family's companies eventually," Bruce said. "Just as soon as I'm done with all of my schooling."

His very specialized schooling.

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"Yeah? What sorts of things do the companies do? Boring business stuff?" Big companies like that always seemed to be boring.

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"A little bit of this and that," Bruce said. "Wayne Enterprises has divisions in biomedical, aerospace, electronics, motors, cosmetics, and then some. Not to mention the Wayne Foundation charitable organization. So I guess it depends on your definition of boring."

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"Yeah, that sounds boring," he said apologetically. "Sorry man, my eyes would start crossing and I'd stop paying attention if I even tried to work in something like that. Too many words.'

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"If that kind of work were meant for everyone, more people would be running billion-dollar corporations," Bruce said in an understanding tone.

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"That mean you're rich?" The only time Percy had seen a billion dollars was in cartoons.

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"Let's just say that I won't be complaining about the cost of books wben I get to college," Bruce said.

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"Lucky you," Percy said, sounding mild. "I probably won't even go to college no matter how much my mom wants it. I suck at academics."

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"Do you know what you would major in if you did go?" Bruce asked.

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"I dunno," Percy said, shrugging a shoulder. "Can you major in Greek mythology? I'm not bad at that."

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"You could major in Classics," Bruce said. "It deals with mythology, but also the history, art, literature, and culture of the Greeks and Romans. It sounds like it might be down your alley."

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"Maybe." Percy wasn't really sure considering there was literate and other stuff involved. "I dunno, I've got some learning disabilities that make it hard to concentrate."

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"Would you be offended if I asked what kind of disabilities you have?" Bruce asked.

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"Nah. ADHD," he said and shrugged. "It's pretty severe though so a lot classes with a lot of reading and a lot of equations don't work for me."

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"Hmm. That would definitely make things more difficult," Bruce said. "But not impossible."

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Percy shrugged again. "I dunno if I'll even try. I've got other things lined up I could do. I don't really need college if I don't want to go."

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"What kind of things do you have lined up?" Bruce asked. Congratulations on making Bruce curious, Percy.

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"I dunno. Traveling," he listed, shrugging. That wasn't even a lie. He figured he'd be running for his life around the country. "I've got some family stuff I said I'd help with. Nothing huge but it'll keep me busy."

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"I've done my share of traveling. It's good for the soul," Bruce said. Yes, that was kind of trite. He meant it to be since his travels had mostly been good for his training. His soul wouldn't be squared away for a few more years.

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"I haven't been out of the country or anything but coast to coast and in between," he shared. "I didn't get much chance to enjoy some places so I'll probably try and fix that."

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"Have you been anywhere particularly interesting?" Bruce asked.

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"Vegas. San Francisco. Montauk. The Hoover Dam," he named, shrugging. "Not hugely interesting but not boring either. Very definitely not boring."

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"I get three of those, but why Montauk?" Bruce asked. He was familiar with it primarily from researching the alleged secret government Montauk Project. He didn't put much weight into the theories, but it made for interesting reading.

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"It was where my mom and I vacationed," he explained, shrugging. "Just me and her. She got to relax and I got to spend time with her."

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"So you're from New York City?" Bruce guessed. It seemed like a more reasonable place for New Yorkers than for people from other areas of the country.

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"From around there, yeah," Percy said, nodding. "I've moved around a lot, been to a lot of different schools."