4th Floor Common Room | Friday Afternoon

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Angelica was feeling a lot less skittish than she had a week ago upon arriving in Fandom. Everyone had been so nice, and she didn't have to deal with Empath and Roulette trying to embarrass her in class (even if said classes were very weird). She knew she had to be careful about her powers and making sure she didn't hurt anyone, but making friends wasn't bad, was it? Ms. Frost might beg to differ.

After her class that morning, she decided to investigate the common room and the television it contained -- she'd never seen one so fancy before and with so many channels to choose from. There was some show about models she'd never heard of on one of the channels. She wasn't sure exactly what was going on, but she decided she had to root for the redhead to win.


[Open! Yes, her cycle is on Oxygen right now, so I couldn't resist.]

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"This a beauty pageant?" Percy asked once he'd wandered in and caught sight of the television. "Have we gotten to the point where everyone wants world peace?"

Obviously, everything Percy knew about pageants came from idealized movies and television shows. He wasn't a great judge of whatever this show was.

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"They're models, so it's kind of like a beauty pageant, I guess," Angelica said, giving the boy a shy smile. On the TV, the models were currently posing in Cirque du Soleil outfits in Vegas. "It looks like fun."

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Percy wasn't too sure if he agreed with the fun description but he supposed it could be worse. She could have been watching one of those talk shows all the girls in Aphrodite cabin seemed to love.

"Yeah, that's something I'm really gonna rush to do," Percy joked, heading to the refrigerator to grab himself a bottle of water. He'd pay it forward at some point. "That what you wanna do? Model on television? Ambitious."

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"Oh, no, not really," Angelica said. "I mean the dressing up looks like it might be fun, but I could never be a model." She totally didn't think she was pretty or graceful enough for anything like that, and she'd be too shy to pose for photographs.

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"You living vicariously then?" Percy asked, glancing at the television again before he flopped down on the sofa. "Why couldn't you be a model anyway? Doesn't look so hard. You put on some clothes and stand around."

Such a boy.

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"I was just going through the channels trying to find what was on," Angelica said. The soap operas seemed the same, but all the other channels were unfamiliar. "I've never seen a tv with so many channels before."

She blushed a little at his comments about being a model. "You have to be pretty to be a model," she said. "And be able to walk well. At least that's what they're saying on the show. And something about not losing your neck."

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At that, Percy's hand went around his neck and he gave it a comforting rub. Yep, still there. He thought about commenting on the whole model thing he'd already told her what he knew so he focused on something else.

"Where are you from that you've never seen a television before?" Percy asked curiously. "Like...medieval times?"

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"I've seen TVs!" Angelica said. "I'm just not used to so many channels. I've never heard of the ones called E! or Comedy Central or whole channels just about food or travel or style."

She knew all about MTV, though. And it even still played music!

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"Oh, oh, gotcha," Percy said, holding up a hand. "Sorry. There're people around here who've never seen TV's before. You just sound like you've never had cable. Not that it's worth it, in my opinion. There's a lot of crap on a lot of cable channels."

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Faramir did not often visit common rooms, but the sounds drew his attention on his was up to the fifth floor.

He merely poked his head inside the room to see if there was something interesting happening and smiled at the familiar face. "Hullo, Angelica."

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"Hello, Faramir," Angelica responded, tearing her attention away from the television. "How are you?"

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"I have been well," he smiled and inclined his head. "I have managed to survive a class on computers today, so that seems quite an accomplishment."

He moved further into the common room. "And it seems that you have survived your first week of classes. Did everything go well?"

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"I have a class on trying not to get killed, but it was really weird," Angelica said. "We had to run around the island and make bracelets and row boats and put a bookshelf together. But I didn't get killed at least." She'd just melted a bracelet and come in last place.

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He would have pointed out that staying alive was rather more important than coming in last.

"Those are very diverse skills to master," he commented as he perched on the armrest of an armchair. "Was it the purpose to keep your mind on several things at once or were the tasks more dangerous than they sound?"

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Staying alive was very very important!

"I guess if someone fell out of the boat they could have drowned," she said, thinking that over. "And it was hard to put the bookshelf together, but I don't think it was very dangerous unless it fell on you." Or you set it on fire.

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"Curious," he mused. "Perhaps the purpose will be more clear next class. And aside from classes, did everything go well? Are you getting along with Elphaba and... Stephanie, was it?"

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Angelica nodded enthusiastically. "They've been really nice," she said. "Just about everyone has been. I feel a lot less worried that I did last week."

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"Good," he smiled at her, sounding honest. "I am glad to hear that. Have you had a chance yet to visit the stables?"

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"What's up, Faramir?" Percy asked, giving the other boy a wave. "Taking it easy today?"

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"Hullo, Percy," Faramir smiled. "I admit that dealing with this world's computers does not feel so much like taking it easy, but it will be well worth it in the end. How have you been?"

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"Not bad," Percy said, shrugging. "Trying to get back into the swing of classes, I guess. It kinda helps that these aren't really all that tough. I get to surf in one of mine. I don't know how to surf but it's on water so that's all I care about."

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"You enjoy the ocean?" he asked curiously, it seemed a passion that simply got to some people. "I am afraid I do not know what surfing is, however."

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"I love water so yeah, the ocean falls under that," Percy said, nodding. "And surfing's...kind of like gliding on the waves with a long board. I suck at explaining but it's a sport and a pretty hard one. I expect to fall on my face a few times."

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Faramir thought on it a little and after a while he nodded. "I can see that. Gondor is many days from the ocean, but I have been to my Uncle's home often and Dol Amroth lies beside it. I have good memories there, as I do here. I suppose that means that I enjoy the water as well."

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"Good thing since it's kind of all around us, right?" Percy pointed out, smirking. "I don't know how people deal with not liking it."

Percy knew Luke had his reasons so he'd get a special exception. "That mean you swim or just like to wade in the waves?"