Fifth Floor Common Room, Wednesday Afternoon

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After his one class of the day, Jeremy thought he deserved a lazy afternoon. (Yes, despite the fact that he had barely done anything in said class. Shush, just be glad he chose to somehow rationalize his laziness today.) He got himself a bunch of food (mostly snacks) and soda and camped out on one of the common room couches, grabbing the remote and turning the TV on. The channel the TV turned itself on to didn't catch his interest, but no matter. He could just click-click-click his way to another channel.

About half a dozen clicks later, he was noticing a problem. Namely, that a children's show featuring pudgy fleece humanoid creature things with monitors in their bellies was on. On every channel. Every single one of them.

"... Uhh."

Jeremy got off the couch to try and smack the TV into behaving. The screen flickered once, but other than that it was no help. He tried turning it off. It refused to do that. "Aw, man." And he'd been so enamored with the idea of lazing in front of the TV all afternoon, too. He was already looking towards the doorway in the hopes that someone more technically-minded would come along and save him.

[ooc: IDEK, maybe the 5th floor TV set really hates rich kids or something? Open common room, entirely moddable Teletubbies!]

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Squall wandered in and blinked in disbelief at the television.

"...Stimulating."

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"I did not pick this!" Jeremy exclaimed immediately, a touch defensive. He was still crouching in front of the television, trying to push at buttons in the hope something would change. "Freaking TV's broken or something."

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"Maybe it doesn't like you?" Squall suggested with a shrug.

"...That's not a joke, by the way. It's a realistic suggestion."

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"How is that a realistic suggestion?" Don't get him wrong, Jeremy knew the island was maximum levels of messed up, but that just sounded way too... personal for him. "I practically adore the TV, why would it not like me?"

[exactlyaverage.livejournal.com]

After dealing with freaking SARAH all morning, Jack decided it was best to put a few floors between himself and his room.

Seeing what was on tv he made a face. "You guys mind if I change the channel?" He asked politely. "Unless you're really into..."

Jack frowned at the teletubbies. "Damn. Those things are creepy.

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"Dude, I've been trying to change the channel," Jeremy complained, sitting near the Tv now, remote in hand. "It won't let me. Or, it lets me but there's nothing else on."

[withasword.livejournal.com]

After spending half her morning in the sea, Kate figured she was allowed an afternoon off training. It made her happy that her logic of the day allowed her to take off and find something or someone else to keep her busy.

Of course, holding to her own common room for that search was boring, besides... this was new and yes, she was looking a little entertained by his struggle as she wandered over. "Interesting choice."

[whateverknight.livejournal.com]

Squall shrugged. "Does anything on this island need a reason?"

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"They look like everything else on children's television to me," Squall told him.

Which meant, yes, creepy.

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"Not mine." This time, thankfully, Jeremy managed to keep from sounding flaily. It may have been because Kate was a girl and he didn't want to embarrass himself even further than he already had. He glared at the TV. "Freaking thing is refusing to work properly."

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"It won't let you?" Jack asked in disbelief. "It's a tv!"

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"Well, no, but..." Yeah, Jeremy really had no good argument to use there, so he just threw his hands up and complained some more. "It can't hate me! What am I supposed to watch if it hates me?"

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"It's a TV in Fandom," Jeremy grumbled. Oh, the TV was getting such scornful looks. "Apparently they can do that."

[whateverknight.livejournal.com]

"That's what I said."

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"Well that can't be good," Jack groaned. "Just turn it off and we'll find another tv to watch."

[withasword.livejournal.com]

"There has to be a better excuse than that." Kate was unlikely to be any help at all in solving this dilemma. Television in her world rarely worked long enough for anything much more than the odd emergency bulletin, so getting stuck on channels... hardly an issue.

[whateverknight.livejournal.com]

"The floor?"

...Although maybe Squall was the only person who did that for hours at a stretch.

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"Well I would --" Another glare sent at the offending piece of electronics, there. "-- but it won't let me do that, either."

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"What the hell are they even supposed to be?"

Teletubbies were a little before Kate's time. By twenty years or so. Besides, the apocalypse had likely wiped them off the face of the planet.

Thank god for small favors.

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"Well, you're new," Jeremy muttered, reaching to pointlessly press a few buttons again. "Welcome to Fandom. I swear it's not an excuse."

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"Well I could always just zone out," Jeremy mused, because really, he could zone out for hours at a time, it was a talent. "But I was planning to be active this afternoon."

... Watching TV was being active, in his world.

[withasword.livejournal.com]

"Just saying, lacks originality." It didn't stop her from finding his struggles in vain highly amusing. "Next time? The remote got eaten by bears." Or something. It was just a suggestion.

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"Interesting to young children?" Squall shrugged. "I don't think they're supposed to represent anything real."

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"Way to train your kids. 'Here's a nice monster, run and hug it'." Kate rolled her eyes. Worst. Lesson. Ever.

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"I wish it had," Jeremy replied with some mild frustration. "Maybe it would've taken the whole TV with it. I mean, this thing won't even let me switch it off."