Fifth Floor Common Room, Sunday evening

[willbethenight.livejournal.com]

Bruce wasn't sure why there was already a Christmas movie on some channel. He really wasn't sure why it was being shown twice in a row. He wasn't sure why people would want to see a movie where Will Ferrell wore tights for the entire running time. But most of all, he wasn't sure why he couldn't stop watching.

He couldn't even blame the TV for this one. Yet another reason why Bruce hated the holidays.

[OOC: It looks like USA had/has Elf on twice today... consecutively... and it's not even Thanksgiving. Look, I love the movie, but come on. Wait a week. Ahem.]

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If Ariel's hair seemed particularly decorated with seashells today and if her dress seemed particularly sparkly today, well, that was probably because it was. She'd only just gotten back from almost literally washing up on shore after her weekend back home in Atlantica. She dropped off some of her stuff at her room, and then went to go see if anyone was around.

And maybe get some chips to snack on. Human food had spoiled her so much and fish food just wasn't as filling anymore.

"Hi, Bruce!" she greeted him as she drifted in and headed for the fridge. "Did I miss anything exciting this weekend?"

There had to be something good in the fridge, let's see...

Ooh, ham!

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"Not much, no. It's been fairly quiet," Bruce said. He wasn't going to mention a bad date with another girl, no. But it was at least bad in an interesting way, so it would have counted. "How was your trip home? Not too bad, it would seem."

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"Oh, it was fantastic!" Ariel said, after politely swallowing the big bite of ham she took. "I think I did pretty well with my party, but it was still nothing compared to what everyone put together! My sisters even sang me aspecial song, and they absolutely loved the gifts I brought home for them."

Love was a bit of a...liberal description, really.

"And I even got to fit in a treasure hunt this morning, found a great telescope and some old pots and pans, and a nice wheel and a bit of sail, and I actually got to tell Scuttle what the whisk was, not the other way around."

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"Have you been keeping him up to date on a lot of things from this world?" Bruce asked. He was kind of curious how she relayed some of this information back to a seagull, yes.

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"Not a whole lot," Ariel said, ceremoniously plopping down on a chair with a plate full of ham on her bedazzled lap. "I don't see him a whole lot, actually! But I did tell him a lot about my collection here, and he didn't believe half the stuff I mentioned, especially not the steering column. I told him to come and see it; I mean, we're on the fifth floor, he wouldn't have a problem getting to the window, but, to be honest, I think he just has trouble finding this place."

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"No chance of teaching him how to use a map?" Bruce suggested. It was half-joking, really.

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"I...actually didn't think of that," Ariel admitted, tilting her head and considering it a little as she chewed on some of her ham.

True, Scuttle would probably wind up reading it upside down, entirely wrong, but Ariel though the seagull was a bit of a genius more often than not, even as he was proving to have been wrong about everything, so that didn't occur to her.

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"What are you watching?" Elphaba asked as she entered to fetch an apple. It seemed that she always encountered people on her quest for apples.

Apples were good, though.

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Consider Bruce surprised. "It'll probably take some trial and error to get it down, but he should be up for it, right?"

Ariel seemed very focused on that ham. Some people just really liked ham, he supposed. Haaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaam.

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"A Christmas comedy. It's not very funny," Bruce said, because of course he didn't find it funny or charming. "The network seems to disagree with me, though."

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"A... what comedy?" Elphaba asked, realizing that this was probably something that everyone here took for granted for knowing. "I'm sorry, but I'm not familiar with Christmas."

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The meatiest things got under the sea was kelp, and even some people had issues against that. Ham was delicious, and oddly suited for the undersea pallet.


"Oh, absolutely," Ariel said with a nod. "Even if he doesn't find it right away, maybe he'll still have an adventure in the attempt."

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"There's no chance he could use a GPS unit, is there?" Bruce asked.

He was starting to crave ham a little.

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"Ooh, what's that?" asked Ariel, blue eyes big with intrigue.

As she nibbled her ham.

Delicious, delicious ham.

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"Christmas. It's a religious winter holiday that has become a significant secular celebration of togetherness, presents, and crass commercialism," Bruce said.

Guess who enjoyed Christmas from age 0 to 7 and then stopped suddenly.

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"It's a device that will track your placement on a map using satellites," Bruce said, trying not to stare at the ham. "It's hard to get too lost with one."

If only Alfred were here to make him a sandwich.

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Ariel considered this over her next bite of ham. "Do they make waterproof ones?"

Who needed a sandwich? The bread just got in the way of all that ham.

All you need is ham (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QsxMivH8ikE&feature=related).

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"Sounds like a bundle of laughs," Elphaba said, a bit droll. "But you said has become? What was it originally?"

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"They do. Those are pretty much standard boating equipment by this point," Bruce said.

Bruce was now thinking of a sandwich where it was a slice of ham in between two pieces of ham. He would never eat such a thing, but he couldn't help but wonder what it would be like.

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"More religious, fewer presents, and the commercialism was scaled back significantly," Bruce said.

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"That's good, then," Ariel said, thinking of getting on for Scuttle now. "Because, you know, it might be a little difficult, to use it with the..."

She flapped her hands in the air a little to gesture for flying, since she didn't want to give away too much in a common room. "And everything."

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"That's not much help," Elphaba said. "But I'll just take from this that Christmas isn't much of a celebration."

She found an apple and walked over to the common room proper. "And yet, you're watching a movie about it?"

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"They usually have good audio directions, too," Bruce said. "It might be a worthwhile investment."

[faithandscience.livejournal.com]

Logically, William knew that he'd have far better luck studying if he stayed in his room where there a much smaller chance of a crowd gathering, but tonight he found himself seeking company more than anything else. The book (on ballistic forensics, still) was more of a back up plan than the main objective.

"Evening, Mr. Wayne," William greeted Bruce with a friendly nod. "What are you watching?"

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"...how much of an investment?" Ariel really had to ask.

Sure, she was a princess, but there was no way her father would give her money for human technology, and, besides, she doubted she could buy it with shells, anyway.