Fourth Floor Common Room | Friday Evening | 1/21

[didntchewgrass.livejournal.com]

Elphaba Thropp was doing something she hoped no one would notice.

She was seated on a couch, purposefully watching the TV, having found a program about a Wizard of Science that was absolutely fascinating. Educational and entertaining! This would totally ruin her anti-TV street cred.

She even had popcorn. No butter, of course.

[ooc: Open common room!]

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[dabblinginbitch.livejournal.com]

"Whoa, I haven't seen one of these since I was in elementary school," Ramona commented, wandering into the common room. She'd considered doing something with her Friday night, but walking around the dorms meant she might find someone as bored as she was. Or, in this case, some Mr. Wizard.

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"It's very interesting television," Elphaba admitted, before she held out the bowl of popcorn. "You're more than welcome to share, if you stay. I just would ask that we don't change the channel. At least, not until this is over."

She was already thinking how great it would be to actually appear on the show. What a pair they'd be, Mr. Wizard and she.

[dabblinginbitch.livejournal.com]

"No, Mr. Wizard's cool," Ramona replied, flopping on the couch and taking a handful of popcorn. "Are you like, crazy into science, or is this just shiny and new to you?"

It was a guess.

[didntchewgrass.livejournal.com]

"I wouldn't say crazy," Elphaba said. "I like learning new things, and it's rare for the television to actually provide something that makes me not feel like I'm losing intelligence by watching."

"I'm Elphaba," she introduced. "Elphaba Thropp. It's nice to meet you. You've very pretty hair."

[dabblinginbitch.livejournal.com]

"Ramona, and thank you," she said with a little wave. "You...." She was going to say something about the girl's skin, because it was kind of neat, but maybe it wasn't makeup or anything. She was learning. So instead, she offered, "You look nice in green. I can't pull off that shade."

[didntchewgrass.livejournal.com]

That got a little half-laugh from Elphaba, as she shook her head. "It's nice of you to say so," she said. "And thank you for not trying to come up with a silly explanation as to why I'm green. I'm a little... sensitive about it."

Understatement of the year.

[dabblinginbitch.livejournal.com]

"I think it's kinda cool," Ramona said honestly, lifting a shoulder in a shrug and gesturing up to her hair. "I mean, I spend half my time trying not to look like everyone else, and you come by it...naturally?"

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"And I spend most of my time wishing I could look like everyone else," Elphaba said. There was a sort of irony, there. "Though admittedly the problems I have back in Oz did not follow me here."

[dabblinginbitch.livejournal.com]

And silly Ramona just assumed she meant Australia, at least for the time being. "Yeah? How so? People being jerks? 'Cause I gotta say, there is a weird lack of that going on here. Almost everyone I've met is really freaking nice."

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"Mostly, yes," Elphaba said. "You just have to get some of them riled up, an they'll be just as mean as any Munchkinlander." She ate a little bit of the popcorn. "It's all a matter of... being careful."