6th Floor, Tuesday Morning

[chief-cheerio.livejournal.com]

Quinn woke up shivering under a blanket on the couch. It was freezing, and she was pretty sure that fireplace hadn't been there when she fell asleep. She was going to have a stern talk with the weather gods about the quick-change act.

She stood up groggily, blanket around her like a cape, and decided to try to make coffee. She'd be less cold if she moved, right?

And then she realized the power was out, and there was no way to make coffee without power.

She could already tell this was not going to be her favorite day.

[OOC: Open to anybody who fell asleep upstairs last night! Or anyone who wanders up. I'm not fussy.]

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[need-no-moon.livejournal.com]

Jake was pretty much just looking for food. The whole it being colder thing had occurred to him, but it wasn't like he ever cared and a shirt was warm enough for him. The lack of power? Now that was annoying and he ventured up a floor higher to see if he'd have better luck in there.

"I don't suppose there's any electricity here?"

[chief-cheerio.livejournal.com]

"Oh, of course not," Quinn said, sounding resigned and exhausted. "Wonderful way to end a slumber party. You wake up and you're at risk of turning into a popsicle."

[need-no-moon.livejournal.com]

"That's what you get for partying and not inviting me," he snorted. "Did I miss any pillow fights?"

She could totally hit him over the head for that.

[chief-cheerio.livejournal.com]

"Tons," Quinn said solemnly. "And then we all put on baby doll nighties and gave each other backrubs and fed each other whipped cream."

[need-no-moon.livejournal.com]

"Evil," he laughed. "See if I get you pizza later."

[chief-cheerio.livejournal.com]

"Is there pizza?" Quinn asked. "For real? Somebody actually has warm food somewhere?"

[need-no-moon.livejournal.com]

"Last time they did anyway," Jake said, wondering if he'd been assuming too much. "Some of the businesses in town have back up generators. So unless those are down too..."

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Quinn glanced down at her (modest) jammies. "If you give me fifteen minutes I can get dressed and then you can take me to get breakfast."

What? He'd offered. The fact he was joking was beside the point.

[need-no-moon.livejournal.com]

It came kind of natural that he followed her glance and his grin grew a bit. He had been joking, but then he wasn't arguing with food. "I you don't mind going out there, sure."

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"It wasn't high on my priority list for the day," Quinn told him. "But I doubt it's colder out than it is in, and out would mean I don't eat whatever's left on the veggie tray for breakfast. Besides," she added, "I'm from Ohio. I've seen snow before."

[need-no-moon.livejournal.com]

His grin widened. "Somehow I thought you'd just make me go get some," he said, only half teasing. "I like your reasoning. Go get changed, I'll wait."

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"Usually I would," Quinn admitted. "But I don't have classes today, and the food would be cold by the time you got it back. See you in a second."

And then she headed to the stairs, still wrapped in the blanket.

[need-no-moon.livejournal.com]

It wouldn't have, not if he did it the express way, but it didn't matter all that much. So he turned and went to poke at the wood in the fireplace as he waited.

[chief-cheerio.livejournal.com]

Quinn was back within the promised 15 minutes, wrapped in corduroy pants, boots, a parka, a scarf, a hat and gloves. "I'm ready," she greeted. "Are you?"

[need-no-moon.livejournal.com]

"Yep," he smirked and pulled away from the fireplace. "Sometimes it's really handy not needing a space heater. Today more than yesterday, anyway."

[chief-cheerio.livejournal.com]

"Remind me to be jealous of your body chemistry," Quinn said. "And don't talk about yesterday. I had to work pretty much the whole freaking day. A crate of crabs got loose in the hotel."

[need-no-moon.livejournal.com]

Jake snorted and raised an eyebrow at her. "A crate of crabs? That sounds entertaining as long as you can set someone else on it," he remarked and headed towards the door.

[chief-cheerio.livejournal.com]

"I didn't have to chase them," Quinn admitted, looking smug under her hat as they reached the hall. "I just got to sit at the desk and watch the kitchen staff go nuts. Still probably wasn't as much fun as the people on the beach were having."

[need-no-moon.livejournal.com]

"No, it would have been perfect if they'd been chasing crabs on the beach," Jake snickered. "Everyone would have been able to enjoy the view."

[chief-cheerio.livejournal.com]

"And the crabs would have escaped back into the sea," Quinn laughed. "Maybe they would have bitten a couple people."

[need-no-moon.livejournal.com]

"As long as it wasn't me, I'm cool with that," Jake replied as they headed down the stairs and out to find somewhere with warm food (http://community.livejournal.com/fandomtownies/5678753.html?thread=219938209#t219938209).

[showmetheproof.livejournal.com]

Scully woke up shivering, and looking around in bewilderment. "It was warm last night. What the...?" She shuddered and then blinked. "Who redecorated?"

Coffeeeee was needed. Yes.

[showmetheproof.livejournal.com]

"How can you not be cold?" Dana demanded, her teeth chattering.

[need-no-moon.livejournal.com]

Oh yeah, he was definitely smirking now in a Cold? What cold? way.

"It's a wolf thing," he stated as if that should be obvious.

[showmetheproof.livejournal.com]

Scully gave him a very cranky look, then reached over to check his temperature, and blinked. "You're burning up!" Usually she'd be worried but... "That is so not fair." Brrrrrrrrrr.