Third Floor Common Room, Tuesday Afternoon

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In the common room today, Topher was on the couch with a pint of ice cream. However, recovering from a breakup he was not -- instead, the ice cream was pressed to his eye, which had really freaking hurt ever since that freak had punched him the other day. For nourishment, he had a heap of food on the table beside him.

Well, "nourishing" was a little strong. Also, it was not his. Some of it even had people's names on it.

Topher's logic was that it tasted the same whether it was his or not, so who cared?

He had snacks, he had something cold for his eye, he had a comfortable couch, and the TV was on. Of course, it appeared to be playing children's cartoons, but that didn't stop him from snorting with laughter every few minutes whenever the sponge and the starfish tried to break into the squid's house.

What? It was a funny show!

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"Don't you look pretty," Nathan quipped as he breezed in and headed to try and steal something from the third floor refrigerator. "From what I've heard, mate, you're supposed to put cucumbers on your eyes, not...whatever that shit is."

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"It's cherry garcia," Topher supplied helpfully. "If you wanna go do the cucumber thing, that's your call, man, but I think the cold is probably better for this."

Which led to him lifting up the container to reveal the state of his eye.

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Nathan started laughing because he sympathized. Nathan dug out a bottle of orange juice that might have been someone else's (but he didn't care) and then he flopped down.

"So, who did that?" he asked, tapping his own eye. "If it was a girl, mate, I commiserate. Had it happen myself."

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Enjoy the orange juice, Nathan! If it tasted a little bit backwashy, well, Topher had gotten there first and he had no regrets.

"Not sure I got his name," he said, cocking his head in thought. "Kate's boyfriend. Blond guy. Strong... fist."

And as for the getting-punched-by-girls matter...

"Who punched you? Was it Ramona or Kate? Because they can get violent." He spoke from experience.

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Please, Nathan had had worse than someone else's backwashy orange juice. He'd done the same thing to other people so he couldn't deny someone their fun.

"I have been punched by..." He stopped to think about it which was really sad. "Karla. Jacob. Caroline. Ramona. And Kate. Ha, beat that!"

Yes, he was proud of that.

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...Damnit. That was a really extensive list.

"Dude. Impressive!" Topher held up a hand for a high-five. It was rare that he had moments of guy-bonding, but getting punched by people was one of those things that he could relate to.

"So far it's just Kate, Ramona and Kate's boyfriend for me. I should step up my game..."

Big words for a little geek with a low pain tolerance.

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"I had no fucking idea that Kate and Ramona were so punch happy," Nathan said, indulging Topher with a high five. "Maybe they're just attracted to the likes of you and me."

Sorry about that Topher but hey, at least he kept it clean? That was all for you, buddy. All for you.

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Topher shuddered. "Ew. No, thanks."

The cleanliness was appreciated. He'd had enough inappropriate girl visuals when he'd stumbled upon a naked girl on the fourth floor yesterday.

"Oh! And Kate bit me that one time," he remembered. "So there, that's another grievance."

She was a MENACE.

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"...she bit you?" Nathan asked, raising an eyebrow. "Was there a donut on your nose or a piece of candy sticking to your cheek?"

Well, Kate had a sweet tooth...

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Elle was bored, therefore Elle was roaming the halls.

Well, more like getting distracted in the common room.

"I love this show!" she said, plopping down on a couch. "And ooh hey, food."

She was also bypassing that whole "belonging to other people" thing.

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"Take as much as you want," Topher offered generously with a sweep of his hand.

"And this is sorta the best show ever." True, it was no Discovery Channel, but it still had sea creatures! It was educational!

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Elle's response was to reach over and take a bag of cookies. "Thanks!"

Because it was only polite to thank someone who shared something with you, and she could be polite on occasion.

"It is," Elle agreed. "Well, one of the best, anyway. We don't have it in my time, I don't think." She wasn't sure what was on TV over ten years in the past anymore.

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"Sucks," he comisserated. He glanced at her, sizing her up, then decided, "You from the past, then? Because I seriously can't foresee a future where this show isn't on TV."

His deductive skills were amazing, weren't they?

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"Yep, the past," Elle agreed. "Ten years or thereabouts. I think. I kinda stopped paying attention."

She hadn't gone home since her arrival at Fandom; she could be forgiven for not being entirely certain.

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"So is this all... high-tech and futuristic to you?" he asked, bouncing a little at the idea. "I mean, sure, you're probably used to the TV and all, but -- touchscreens? Not to mention all those hologram things the future kids are flaunting around."

He could go on about this for weeks, Elle. Better to cut him off before it was too late.

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"Sort of yes, sort of no," Elle said with a shrug. "We had touchscreens, kind of, but they weren't nearly as advanced as stuff now. And of course we didn't have all the really fancy stuff that's out now. And oh God, holograms make me pouty because I don't have them."

Her logic, it made no sense to most people.

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Topher could get behind that insane logic. Although he generally tried to persuade Peter to let him use his hologram as much as possible.

"I know what you mean," he said with a grin. "And that one time we went, like, way in the future and it was Japan and there were all the cyborgs? It was so much effort not to just play with aaaaaaaaaall of them."

Futuristic things! He geeked out about them!

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Alex had made a list of things to pack -- she wasn't leaving until the last possible minute but still, she wanted to make sure she didn't forget anything -- and feeling accomplished, wandered into the common room.

"What happened to you?"

She didn't normally come across people with a pint of ice cream against their faces.

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"Crazy guy," came Topher's eloquent response. Which was, in his opinion, an accurate summation of Bod, thank you very much.

And he left it at that. He could be a man of few words sometimes.

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"Oh ouch," Alex replied, wincing slightly. "I have to say, the ice cream was a smart move."

Hey, most people probably wouldn't have thought to use it like that. "What've you got there?" She asked, gesturing to the tv. She didn't recognize the show.

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Interestingly enough, he'd actually tried ice at first, but it wasn't as enjoyable to nibble on.

"LoofahBob RectangleTrousers," Topher answered. "You've never seen it?"

THE HORROR.

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"Nope," Alex shook her head. "I'm not sure if it exists where I come from. That's something I'm going to look for when I head home."

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"It's really good!" he informed her enthusiastically, sitting up. "See, the sponge is, like, this fast food chef guy, and he and his dumb friend, the starfish, are trying to get on his coworker's good side."

It almost sounded like the plot of a real movie. With, you know, sea creatures.

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"It actually sounds funny," Alex admitted, amused by the description of the show. "I think I may have to join you. I'm kind of intrigued now."

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"Go for it," Topher offered, and generously kicked a bag of snacks in her direction. "It's even better with chips," he added. "Something about the whole childhood experience."

Because he was mentally five anyway.