3rd Floor Common Room, Thursday Evening

[wwiii]

It was definitely going to be one of those evenings. One of those weird ones. The sort that reminded unsuspecting passers-by that, in no uncertain terms, they were living on Fandom Island.

How did it manage such a thing?

Well, that there were two boys in the common room, exchanging gossip, probably wasn't all that new. That they were in their underwear, on the other hand, was probably an indication that things were a little off. One of the boys, the one who was wearing the world's most boring grey boxer shorts, was at least still wrapped in black leather from his nose down to his navel. The other, in white briefs, had his large white wings folded behind him.

Both of them were quite comfortable on the floor, surrounded by cushions from the couch, sparkly make-up, and girly teen magazines. Warren was painting his fingernails in a vivid shade of sparkly blue. Jono was hugging a pillow to his chest, reaching over occasionally to pet a bewildered kitten with a big pink bow around her neck, while reading off the questions to an 'Is He Really Into You' quiz to Warren.

By the end of the quiz, it became apparent that whoever 'he' was, they simply weren't as into Warren as he might have hoped, and with an indignant squeal of "Omigod! Not fair," the winged one capped his nail polish, reached for his pillow, bounced to his feet, and let Jonothon have it.

Oh, it was on.

[I totally blame glacial_witch and trigons_child for this one. The common room is open, for anyone who wants to either rescue the boys from this indignity, pull out a video camera, or join in the pillow fight!]

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[trigons_child]

Raven had the strangest feeling that she had to get down to the third floor common room even before she got Karla's call. She had a feeling something was terribly terribly wrong. Could it involve her father? Something awful in Karla's home world? Vampire issues for Sookie? More trouble for Rinoa?

No, it was...she really wasn't sure what it was.

And she was just going to stare now as her brain stopped working.



*High-fives glacial_witch*

[furnaceface]

Oh, Raven. Joni could totally relate. Look at her, decked out in a giant pink bow! She barely had the ability to scamper out of the way before her daddy, all weird and giggly and stuff, had jumped to his feet and leaped, gazelle-like, over her in order to get to Warren.

But Raven was a safe place, right? Being all sane and stuff? Still? Maybe? Please? Mew?

While the kitten wound herself between Raven's ankles, Jonothon was taunting Warren with cries of 'Shame, shame, double-shame,' before flinging a pillow at him with... nothing even resembling actual accuracy.

[trigons_child]

Raven scooped up Joni into her arms. "It will be all right," she murmured comfortingly. "I am certain there is a reason for this."

Right? Please?

[furnaceface]

Absolutely! Joni was totally aware of the reason for this! It was that the universe was mean, which meant that he had to hunker down in Raven's arms and peer in wide-eyed kitten terror at the boys as they continued to fling themselves around the room.

//And those PJs totally make your butt look big!//

"Wait 'till I get my hands on you!"

//EEK!//

And now there were two boys with pillows, running your way, Raven. Fear.

[trigons_child]

Raven quickly turned around, placing Joni back on the floor as gently as she could. "Go back to your room, Joni," she said. "I think you will be safer there."

In the meantime, she'd bravely buy time for Joni's escape by remaining where she was.

[wwiii]

As Joni scrabbled for purchase on the floor like a little furry bat-out-of-hell, Jono made a totally manly skip around Raven, projecting a giggle that probably bounced around the room a fair bit.

Warren, naturally, followed along after him, trying to leap around her one way, and then running in the other direction as Jono doubled back on himself in an effort to lose him.

Now? It was totally time for ring-around-the-Raven.

[trigons_child]

Raven blushed and closed her eyes, trying not to stare anymore at the two boys in their underwear. "I think perhaps you should return to your rooms," she said. "You will surely appreciate that later."

But more people were showing up in the common room so it was probably far too late for that.

[furnaceface]

//What, and, like, break up the party?//

"We're just getting started! And besides, we haven't even started watching our movies, yet!"

//I totally torrented the Justin Bieber Movie!//

And now, Jono was swooning.

He was going to cry about this, later.

[trigons_child]

Raven blinked, if possible even more confused.

"Who is Justin Bieber?" she asked.

[furnaceface]

//Only, like, the most dreamy boy evar!//

Apparently, Warren did not share this opinion. You could tell by the way he was standing behind Jono and making a big show of sticking out his tongue and pretending to stick a finger down his throat. Like, ew.

[trigons_child]

"Jono, you like girls," Raven felt compelled to point out. "Like me."

Don't make her pout, Jono!

[wwiii]

"It's okay," Warren confided, leaning forward a little like he was sharing some sort of scandalous secret. "Beiber totally sings like a girl, anyhow."

//Mean!//

That would be Warren, getting a pillow to the face, right there.

[trigons_child]

Raven took a step back before she got caught in the crossfire. "Neither of you are yourselves," she said. "Perhaps you should return to your rooms and rest until the effects of whatever this is wear off."

She had to try!

[furnaceface]

//Oh, we're just fine! We've just had lots of sugar tonight!//

Well, Warren had. Jono was just unwittingly riding the psionic residue of Warren's sugar high.

There was a lot of ice cream that was going to have to be replaced in the morning.

[glacial_queen]

"Hello, Raven," Karla said blandly, as if everything were Very Normal. It was taking a lot of effort not to crack up hysterically, but she was persevering. For now. "Hungry? I think there's food in the fridge."

Not to mention their boyfriends ineffectually flailing about in their underwear with pillows.

[trigons_child]

Raven tilted her head in confusion, looking from Jono to Warren and back again. "I would suggest our boyfriends are making fun of us for our own pillow fight, but...." Yeah, neither of them would carry it to that extreme.

[glacial_queen]

"Raven, there is sparkly nail polish on the floor. Sparkly. Nail. Polish." And a bunch over Warren's cuticles, too. Darkness, she'd have to teach him how to properly paint his nails after this. "And they're fighting over males or something. I think we can rest easy and assume this is not our fault."

[trigons_child]

"Could it be gremlins?" Raven wondered. "I could try healing them...."

Except the last time she tried healing gremlin venom, she just got hit by its effects herself, and it only made the gremlins bite more.

[glacial_queen]

"If you do that, I'll personally dye every item in your wardrobe pink and yellow," Karla threatened. "This is hilarious. And good for them."

Somehow. But Karla was standing by her assessment.

[trigons_child]

"But they will be embarrassed when it wears off," Raven protested. "I am concerned about their pride." Mmm, tasty tasty Pride.

She was just going to ignore the comment about her wardrobe because dying black wasn't really possible, and Karla would never be that OMG MEAN.

[glacial_queen]

Karla had Craft at her disposal, Raven. Craft. Dun you test her.

"They will be fine when it wears off," Karla disagreed. "Slightly embarrassed? Sure. But they're strong enough to deal with that. After all, how many times has Anakin gotten bit?"

That's right. Fight against the name-drop.

[trigons_child]

"But I do not enjoy how Professor Skywalker's pride feels after something like that happens," Raven said. "And Jono has been troubled enough lately. He does not need this on top of everything else."

Fret, Raven, fret!

[glacial_queen]

"Raven," Karla said with a sigh. "Jono would brood if his life were filled with unicorns and rainbows. Probably about how annoyingly cheerful unicorns and rainbows are. If he's going to brood about something, wouldn't you rather it be this?"

[trigons_child]

"It is not physically harmful," Raven was forced to admit.

She sighed and looked at Jono and Warren. "Have either of them been bit by gremlins before?"

[glacial_queen]

"I don't think so?" Karla said, keeping her eyes on the spectacle before them. "Bet they'll be careful not to get bitten again after this."