Fifth Floor Common Room; Thursday Evening [ 12/30 ].

[shes-got-legs.livejournal.com]

Ariel was in a sparkling dress and rooting around through the cupboards in the common room, pulling out all the Cheetos and Pringles and Pop Tarts and jelly beans she could find which meant only one thing: someone just got her legs back after her stay at home and she was hungry.

It wasn't even that all that swimming tended to make a girl hungry; she just really missed human food.

What she would constitute as human food, anyway.

[[ open common room is open, of course! ]]

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[willbethenight.livejournal.com]

Bruce walked into the common room and, upon seeing all of the food, figured that the gremlin did safely escape the cupboard, that Ariel managed to miss the gremlin cupboard, or Ariel found the gremlin, made friends with it, and was currently treating it to her kind of meal.

He figured the first was most likely as it had been a few days since the gremlin incident.

"Good evening, Ariel," Bruce said. "Is the feast for a special occasion?"

[shes-got-legs.livejournal.com]

That cupboard must not have had the usual spoils of Ariel's taste, so who could really tell at this point?

"Oh, hi, Bruce!" Ariel looked over her shoulder from where she was kneeling on the counter, because she was absolutely dressed for climbing on counters, and she gave him a smile. "No particular occasion except my just getting back. No food like this..." She cleared her throat a little. "Back home, you know."

[willbethenight.livejournal.com]

"Sure," Bruce said, catching her meaning. "How was the visit home?"

[shes-got-legs.livejournal.com]

"Oh, it was great!" Ariel chirped. "My sisters really liked the gifts I gave them, and my friend Flounder know of a newer shipwreck to explore, and I even convinced everyone to decorate the palace for the holiday."

And, being mindful of Bruce's feelings on junk food, she held something out for him, helpfully pointing to the label. "Would you like a Pop Tart? They're made with read fruit, see?"

[willbethenight.livejournal.com]

"No thanks, I just ate," Bruce said. He had a salad after an evening run around the island. He was still a little hungry, but no.

[showmetheproof.livejournal.com]

"Hi Bruce," Scully said as she wandered in. "Anything new and exciting happen here since last week? And merry late Christmas."

[willbethenight.livejournal.com]

"Snow. That's about it," Bruce said. "Been out of town?"

[showmetheproof.livejournal.com]

"San Diego, visiting my brother's family," Scully said, reaching for the popcorn. "It's very strange to be back here after being in the 'real' world. I heard there's a New Year's Eve party tomorrow?"

[willbethenight.livejournal.com]

"Out in the park, apparently," Bruce said. "It'll be nice to move into a new year and a new semester. The past week has made me a little twitchy."

[therewaslife]

With his goals for today accomplished, Bod found his way down to the common room to see if anything was going on. Upon seeing Ariel, he smiled lightly and wandered in.

"Hullo, Ariel," he greeted with a brief wave.

[shes-got-legs.livejournal.com]

"Hi, Bod!" Ariel grinned from her ever growing pile of snack foods. "Hungry?"

[therewaslife]

Bod eyed the pile of food and laughed lightly. "I think I am now. Are you stocking up in event of a blizzard?"

[shes-got-legs.livejournal.com]

"No," Ariel said, giggling herself, and thinking a blizzard could be pretty exciting. "Not really. More like making up for lost snacking. I've just got back from a visit home, and so I've missed all these foods that we don't have there."

[therewaslife]

"Welcome back," he said, coming further into the common room and taking a seat on one of the couches. "How was your trip?"

[willbethenight.livejournal.com]

"Bod. How are you today?" Bruce asked.

[therewaslife]

"Hullo, Bruce," Bod returned, nodding. "I'm well, I suppose. I'm looking forward to the new semester as I've gotten a little bored with all the free time. Yourself?"

[willbethenight.livejournal.com]

"Same. The semester really can't get here fast enough," Bruce said. "I just want a bunch of things to really focus on again."

[showmetheproof.livejournal.com]

Scully had had a really weird Christmas, and it was even weirder that being back here was a relief. So, distraction was needed.

"Snack time?" she asked, wandering in and seeing what Ariel was up to. "Got any popcorn?"

[shes-got-legs.livejournal.com]

"Totally snack time!" Ariel agreed with a laugh. "I've spent all week in a land without junk food like this, so I've got to make up for lost time. There's some caramel corn in here, but I could definitely throw some popcorn in the microwave, too! Also, hi, Scully, how was your week?"

[showmetheproof.livejournal.com]

"Very, very strange," Scully felt safe in admitting. "My first time seeing my whole family since I got here. There was some cognitive dissonance."

Translation: Her brothers freaked out that she was 15.

"Popcorn in the microwave sounds terrific. You seem happy, did you have a good break?"

[shes-got-legs.livejournal.com]

"I did!" Ariel had to admit with a faint smile. "It was nice seeing my sisters again, and I went exploring with my best friend back home, and I got to come back, too, so no complaints!"

[anarchist-queen.livejournal.com]

"Hey you. I owe you a Christmas present." Leda said upon entering the room and spotting Ariel. Actually she owed all her friends presents. They'd all skipped town before she'd gotten a chance to give them out.

[shes-got-legs.livejournal.com]

"Oh, Leda, hi!" Ariel greeted her back and giggled, shaking her head and waving a hand. "And you don't owe me anything! I mean, if you owe me a present, then I definitely owe you one, too, you know! Right now we're totally even."

[anarchist-queen.livejournal.com]

"Well I've got one for you anyway. Not right at this moment of course, but I could go get it. Or you could stop by the garage tomorrow. I still wanna show off my motorcycle to you."

[shes-got-legs.livejournal.com]

"Oh that's right!" Ariel said. "Boy, busy day tomorrow! Bod starts his new job, so I'll be stopping by for lunch, and I've got to shop for some new things for the party, and then there's the party, but I can try to stop by the garage, too!"