Fifth Floor Common Room, Monday evening

[willbethenight.livejournal.com]

When Bruce came out into the common room to do some reading on seventeenth century agrarian societies, he wasn't expecting to find a carton of eggnog next to a snoring gremlin. A quick sniff suggested that whatever the gremlin spiked his nog with, it was very strong.

Bruce could have disposed of the gremlin somehow, but with it right there, he couldn't help but watch it, from a safe distance, of course. He was really curious how a drunken - or by the time it woke up, hungover - gremlin might act. Sue him.

[OOC: I'm bored. Come watch the gremlin! Get bit if you want! I'm not going to stop you from doing that if it's what you want!]

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[inneedofcoffee.livejournal.com]

"...what did you do to it?" Hello to you too, Maladicta.

Yes, and to the tiny, tiny owl that was Faramir as well.

[willbethenight.livejournal.com]

"Nothing, other than interrupting its quiet," Bruce said. "It seems someone's holiday was a little too happy."

[inneedofcoffee.livejournal.com]

Well then. That made perfect sense. "Should we move it somewhere? Perhaps a cupboard?"

That was a smashing idea.

[willbethenight.livejournal.com]

"That will go over well with the next person who needs a glass," Bruce mused.

[inneedofcoffee.livejournal.com]

"It's part of the experience of going to school here I gather."

[willbethenight.livejournal.com]

"It's usually not aided by other students hiding gremlins where they can be stumbled upon later," Bruce said.

[inneedofcoffee.livejournal.com]

"Well, they'd hardly know we left it there." A beat. "As long as the squirrels were taken care of."

[chief-cheerio.livejournal.com]

"Do you think he really did anything to it?" Quinn asked, still from the doorway. "Hey. How's the break going?"

[inneedofcoffee.livejournal.com]

"It is the logical conclusion to someone not running away from the creature," Maladicta pointed out. "It's been very quiet. Everyone going home for family and all."

[chief-cheerio.livejournal.com]

"Yeah, I got back for work this morning," Quinn nodded. "You've been here? Place must have been deserted."

[inneedofcoffee.livejournal.com]

"It helped that there were no lines at the Perk."

[chief-cheerio.livejournal.com]

"Probably made it easier to feed the addiction," Quinn said. "I went home, but there was like nothing going on. Came back because I was bored and figured it was better to be bored at work."

[inneedofcoffee.livejournal.com]

"Well," Maladicta replied dryly. "I don't think you'll have to worry about boredom here at least. Even on days like this."

[chief-cheerio.livejournal.com]

Quinn made one of her regular trips up to steal borrow food from the fifth floor, and froze in the doorway. ".. Is that what I think it is?" she asked from a safe distance, her disdain mixed with naked curiosity.

[willbethenight.livejournal.com]

"A gremlin that's passed out drunk from too much eggnog?" Bruce asked. "Because that's exactly what it is."

[chief-cheerio.livejournal.com]

"So I got something right today," Quinn said, with a tiny smile as she slipped into the room. "I probably shouldn't wonder how it got at the eggnog..."

[willbethenight.livejournal.com]

"Somebody left it out, or the gremlins had their own holiday party. Those are my two main guesses," Bruce said. "I doubt we'll ever know for sure."

[chief-cheerio.livejournal.com]

"Speculating doesn't suck," Quinn shrugged. "Though if I think too much about them partying I'm going to get all disturbed."

[willbethenight.livejournal.com]

"Just be glad it isn't wearing a Santa suit," Bruce said. "That would really throw you."

[wrongkindofsith]

Cara raised an eyebrow at the sight of the drunken gremlin. "Do I even want to know?"

[willbethenight.livejournal.com]

"It was drunk when we got here," Bruce said. "Now we're just watching it."

[wrongkindofsith]

"And there I was wondering about your taste in drinking companions." Cara doubled-checked that her gloves were securely on before moving further into the room, she still remembered the time she'd been bitten. "Any particular reason you're watching it?"

[willbethenight.livejournal.com]

"It's an anthropological study for me," Bruce said. "I'm curious how it'll react to being drunk."

[wrongkindofsith]

Cara tilted her head, watching the gremlin. "Looks like the same way most people who can't hold their drink do."

[willbethenight.livejournal.com]

"But when most drunk people wake up, they don't try to bite anyone else," Bruce said. "I'm wondering if the gremlin is going to try to."