5th floor common room- Monday evening

[inaskinnyway.livejournal.com]

Susan knew that this place was much different than her own world- it still felt strange to think of it that way but she supposed that was the best way to put it- and she was determined to adapt as quickly as possible. The most glaring differences were the technological ones, and so she'd started there.

She'd quickly decided that anyone who took longer than five seconds to deduce what a light switch was for and how to work it was an idiot. With that accomplished, she moved on to the common room, testing out whatever it was she didn't immediately recognize and see if she couldn't figure it out. To her surprise, it hadn't been difficult to work anything. It was almost as if she already knew how to turn these things on and make them go, which she knew was ridiculous. She'd never seen these devices before, so there was no way that she would know how to operate them, and therefore they just had to be simple to operate.
The only thing that was causing any trouble at all was the television. Susan knew that pushing the button would make it turn on, and she'd figured out that pushing these other buttons would make whatever was on the screen change. Of course, anyone coming into the room would find her doing so by standing next to the television and making the channels change that way. She was already deciding everything on this thing was drivel. There would never be any reason to learn to use the remote.

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[exactlyaverage.livejournal.com]

"It's not acting evil again, is it?" Jack asked as he came into the room with a armful of snacks. "Because if it's showing that purple dinosaur again I'm taking a bat to it."

[inaskinnyway.livejournal.com]

Susan looked over her shoulder at him, hardly knowing how to respond to that.

"I didn't understand that at all," she stated finally.

[exactlyaverage.livejournal.com]

Ah. Newbie.

"Don't worry about it," Jack said with a dismissive wave, "Just a children's show that causes violent tendencies on my part. Are you looking for anything in particular? Or just channel surfing?"

[inaskinnyway.livejournal.com]

"I just needed to know how to make it work," she said. "But I'm afraid everything I see is stupid."

She wasn't wrong.

[perilless.livejournal.com]

"Oh, good!" said Rosella, poking her head in through the common room door and deciding to come right in, smile on her face. "More people! Figuring out the television set, are we?"

Yes, she might be a little proud of the fact that she knew all about what that was.

[exactlyaverage.livejournal.com]

"I would like to point out that I already know how to use the TV," Jack said raising his hand. "I'm pretty good with a light switch too."

[perilless.livejournal.com]

"Ah," said Rosella, loftily lifting a finger, "but how are you with a video game controller?"

Yes, she'd only just learned that term today, but Jack didn't have to know that.

[exactlyaverage.livejournal.com]

"Completely suck at it," Jack admitted honestly. "Video games aren't my thing. How about you? Have you mastered Super Mario Half Life nukem yet?"

[inaskinnyway.livejournal.com]

"If that's what this called, then yes, I am," she said, frowning at an infomercial. Not that she knew it was an infomercial. She just immediately deemed it unnecessary.

[perilless.livejournal.com]

"That's what it's called, yes," Rosella confirmed with a nod. "It's a great electronic box that receives signals for showing entertainment to viewers..."

She gave what was on the screen at the moment a bit of consideration.

"Well. It's supposed to be entertaining."

[inaskinnyway.livejournal.com]

"It's failing," said Susan.

[didntchewgrass.livejournal.com]

"Why anyone would want to figure out the TV is another matter entirely," Elphaba said. And then she realized who was here. "Oh, hello there, Rosella."

[perilless.livejournal.com]

And Rosella, too, had to blink a bit in response. It wasn't that she was surprised, of course, but...well, let it just be said that discovering Alexander's friendship with Elphaba had been a big factor in making Rosella feel that a vampiric best friend was actually preferable.

"Oh," she said, nodding her head. "Hello, Elphaba. Do you live on this floor?"

[didntchewgrass.livejournal.com]

"On the floor below, actually," Elphaba said. "Though I tend to visit this floor on occasion. If I'm in search of apples or conversation. I did not realize you'd be coming to school, here."

[wasthecuteone]

"Oh, hey," Petra said from the doorway, "is Vampire Prom on?" Not that she was a big Vampire Prom fan--she had personal issues with pop culture vampires--but she needed something familiar. Badly.

[inaskinnyway.livejournal.com]

"And what is Vampire Prom, exactly?" Susan asked. She knew about vampires. That... was about it.

[wasthecuteone]

"High school vampires and their dating dilemmas," Petra explained. "You know. 'Some vampires are born to kill. Some...to dance,'" she intoned in a dramatic voice.

[perilless.livejournal.com]

"Vampire Prom, Petra?" asked Rosella, giving her recent friend a smile. "Do I truly want to ask?"

[wasthecuteone]

"Oh, it's this show about...well, vampires. In high school. It's based on the novels, which were based on the graphic novels based on the comics based on a Swedish art-house movie." Because that explained anything.

[didntchewgrass.livejournal.com]

"There's rarely anything worth watching on," Elphaba remarked as she entered the common room. She'd enjoyed her evening here yesterday, and so it only made sense to come back up. She had a small bowl of apples in her hands, which she set on a table. "You're more than welcome to an apple, if you like."

[inaskinnyway.livejournal.com]

"No, thank you, I've eaten," she replied. "It doesn't seem there's anything worth watching."

She hadn't intended to actually watch anything to begin with, but that was besides the point.

[didntchewgrass.livejournal.com]

"That's the way of it," Elphaba said, taking an apple from the bowl and holding it in her hands. "People keep trying to tell me there's enjoyment to be had from it, but it's very, very rare."

She nodded in way of greeting. "I'm Elphaba Thropp, and I suppose it's nice to meet you."

[willbethenight.livejournal.com]

"Is this a welcome to the world of technology?" Bruce asked, strolling into the common room. He liked getting out a lot at the beginning of semesters. So much to learn about people at that time. He made that guess because, really, who didn't use the remote?

[inaskinnyway.livejournal.com]

"In a way," she said, looking over at the newcomer. "Hello again."

[willbethenight.livejournal.com]

"Hello. And here I thought it was a yes or no question," Bruce mused. He was showing an interested smile, curious to see if she would elaborate without prompting. He currently thought no.