5th Floor Common Room, Tuesday Afternoon

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So yesterday there had been an announcement warning everyone to stay the hell away from the lovely new addition to the campgrounds. Which, naturally, meant Toby had had to go check it out frakking handwavily since his player's internet connection went fzzt last night. He didn't see what the big deal was, it was just a rock. A weird coloured rock, but a rock nonetheless.

And then he'd woken up this morning to find that the voices- the thoughts of his fellow students- were particularly loud today. None of his usual meditation exercises seemed to work, so eventually he dragged himself out to the common room, hoping to find something loud and distracting on television to take his mind off, well, all the other minds out there.

Also, he couldn't shake the feeling that he'd forgotten about something important that was supposed to happen yesterday. Oh well. Maybe it'd come back to him.

[ooc: opennnnn. PLZ ENTERTAIN ME.]

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"Her name?" Toby echoed, with no idea what Kenzi meant. He wondered if maybe she meant the woman on the TV screen who was currently debating her child's parentage? At increasingly high volumes?

"Skyler?"

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"You ditched me and burgers for some chick named Skyler?"

Now Kenzi was pouting. Seriously, Toby? Seriously??

Okay, not seriously, but it was fun to tease the guy. Although now she wanted to hear more about this Skyler person. "What, she had caviar on offer?"

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Toby blinked at her in confusion, a little slow on the uptake. "No, she-" he broke off, shaking his head. "You're talking about last night," he realised.

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"Is there anything else more important to talk about?" Kenzi asked, twisty thoughts looping through okay, is he really dating someone else? to that was a good burger, too and around to he's fun to mess with. Heh.

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"I'm not seeing anyone else," Toby said absently. He tilted his head, as if listening for something. "I went to see that rock. The one they didn't want us to see."

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Wait. What? Kenzi frowned. That was too easy.

Wait. "Why? And what's it look like?"

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"Because they told us not to, and in my experience that usually means it's something interesting worth knowing about," Toby explained. "And it's kind of, I don't know- glowy?"

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"Valuable, maybe?" Kenzi asked, perky. I wonder if I could see it now... "How big is it?"

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"Bout yay big?" he said, gesturing with his hands. "I don't know if going to see it is a good idea." How very do-as-I-say-not-as-I-do, Toby.

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"But you did," Kenzi pointed out. "You blew me off for a rock, dude. It should be pretty darn special."

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"Yeah, and I fell in the water and got slimy crap all over me," Toby made a face. "Burgers would've been a better way to spend the evening, believe me."

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"Ew. Slime." Okay, color Kenzi no longer interested. "Right. So. You're going to take me out to burgers again, right?"

And pay this time! Yup. She already paid for one burger.

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"Soon as the island moves someplace with gullible locals," Toby promised, absently scratching the back of his neck. Because actually getting a job hadn't occured to him.

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Kenzi wouldn't think of it either. Unless it was for more money than she could ever earn at that so-called job, by pretending to be someone else.

"We might be somewhere cool now, I haven't looked over the Causeway yet," Kenzi offered, hopping up on the counter to swing her feet. "Even if it looks a little American Gothic by the buildings."

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"I checked it out on Sunday," Toby admitted. "I didn't stay there very long. Place gave me the creeps."

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"Hmmmmmmm!" Something else to do tomorrow, maybe, then. "...so okay, I forgive you, contingent on burgers. And fries." She grinned at him.

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"Upping the ante, huh?" Toby asked with a smirk.

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Kenzi grinned and leaned over to mess up his hair, thinking, Gotta keep him on his toes a little. "And possibly milkshakes! I love those." And then made sluuuuuurpy noises.

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"I think you should pay for the milkshakes," he countered, making a little face at the hair-rumpling. And that stray thought. Keep him on his toes, indeed.