Third Floor Common Room; Thursday Afternoon [ 03/10 ].

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Alexander had some time to kill before Glee Club, and so he was looking for maybe a small snack in the common room. He found an intriguing tube of what appeared to be a potato chip-esque munchie, and, using his thumb, he popped open the plastic lid from the container.

And, the next thing Alexander knew, that tube was empty and he'd opened another. He stared at it in shocked realization.

"Egads!" he said. "It is true! Once you pop, you truly cannot stop!"

He tried to put the container away, but it was a losing battle; he had already popped.


[[ open common room is open! this is entirely my roommate's fault. ]]

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Despite having been young when that slogan had been popular, Percy still recognized it and couldn't help but stopping in the doorway to the common room to figure out why someone was reciting commercials.

"You gonna do the Shake 'n Bake song next?" he asked, smirking.

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"I certainly hope not!" Alexander remarked as he stared at the diminishing pile of crisps in the tube. "Partly because I don't believe I'm familiar with that one,k and partly because...do you realize how many of these I've consumed? I'd ask that you take them from me, but I wouldn't wish this plight on anyone."

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Percy wandered into the common room, eyes going to those chips to see if he could spot anything special about them. "Are they like laced with a drug or something? Chips are good, yeah, but you sound like you're gonna eat 'em till you pop."

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"That seems to be the idea, yes," said Alexander with a deep frown. "What a distressing concept for a snack food; I'm not sure what's in them, but I cannot get enough of them..."

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"Have you tried walking away?" Percy asked curiously, amused. "Or maybe covering them and trying to think about something else?"

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"I've put them in the cupboard at least three times," Alexander said with a sigh. "And I keep going back."

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Percy snickered and took a seat on one of the couches, far away from the potato chips. "What kind are they anyway? The only chips I eat that much are salt and vinegar and you can usually smell those from down the hall."

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"The first container was sour cream and onion," Alexander said, wincing a little that there was a first container at all. "These appear to be barbecue."

And, despite his best efforts not to, his hand ducked in to grab a few more. Just a few more! And that was it, for realsies this time.

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"You are going to have terrible breath, man," Percy joked, shaking his head. "I hope you're not planning on kissing anyone without brushing your teeth for about an hour."

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"No, just singing..." Alexander said, frowning because he probably should brush before going to Glee Club for the courtesy of all his fellow club members. "Too bad they don't have a minty flavor. I imagine it would taste terrible, but, of course, I also suspect, at this rate, I'd still eat them..."

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"Minty chips?" Percy repeated, making a face. "Yeah, probably wouldn't be too tasty. Minty ice cream, now that's something I could get behind but yeah, no minty chips. Got a breath mint on you or something? That might help the singing not be too...smelly."

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"And yet," Alexander mused with a faint grin, "we have mint chocolate chip."

He thought he was funny, anyway.

"I trust we should actually have a supply of them at club; if there's any club that should have emergency mints, it should be Glee."

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"Yeah, mint chocolate chip is sugar, a mint potato chop would have to have some salt thrown in and I don't know if I'm ready for that yet."

He hated pineapple on his pizza so maybe he wasn't ready at all. "You're not worried about getting a stomachache if you eat too many?"

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"Oh, I know I'm already destined for one," Alexander sighed, shaking his head. "I never eat this much, but I just cannot seem to help myself. Even worse, I think now I sort of want some ice cream..."

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"Oh man," Percy laughed, unable to help himself. "You guys don't dance in the your club, do you? Because, if you move too much after this, I think you're gonna make a smelly mess."

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Alexander groaned, but it was clear he was doing so while chuckling a little, too. "Thank the heavens," he said, "that there's dancing, but none that I'll be doing! We're doing a hula piece in celebration of the spring break we took, and the dancing is all the ladies. Just singing for me. No one needs to see me in a grass skirt, besides."

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"You sure?" Percy asked, sounding teasing. He glanced down at Alexander's legs. "I bet you could pull it off. You don't look like you have chicken legs, at least. And isn't a grass skirt all about legs?"

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"I figured it was about the hips," Alexander retorted in kind. "And please tell me you don't have a compliment waiting for my hips, too..."

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"No, man, I'm just teasing you," Percy said, snickering. "I just wanted to see if you were easily convinced into a grass skirt or something. You weren't which is probably smart. I don't think any guys are really meant for grass skirts."