Fifth Floor Common Room, Thursday Evening

[wasthecuteone]

Petra was, she would readily admit, not what one would call a great cook. She could do the basics and maybe even get a little creative from time to time, and she could catch and clean a fish and cook it over the campfire like a pro, but she wasn't about to start whipping out five-course gourmet meals. But she was pretty confident in her ability to follow directions, and she'd been poking around on the internet earlier when she found the perfect recipe for the club fair tomorrow: cupcakes. And not just any cupcakes, but rainbow cupcakes. They were so cute, so cheerful, so on-theme, so delicious!

Sure, there were a lot of fiddly steps involved in making the layers come out right, but as long as she took her time and read through carefully, and didn't freak out when some of the yellow batter somehow got in her hair, it was all good. She even made the frosting, although she was tempted to just use Funfetti. Also, her apron was super cute, if she did say so herself.

((Open common room is open! But Petra'll swat your hand with a spatula if you try to take one of her cupcakes. They're for tomorrow.

Well. Maybe if you're really nice she'll let you sample one for quality control.))

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[showmetheproof.livejournal.com]

"None taken," Scully sighed, then raised her head to study Toby. Cocking her head, she thought as loudly as she could, Were you telling the truth?

[godgavemecable.livejournal.com]

A vaguely guilty look flashed across Toby's face for just a moment as he caught that thought. He'd really hoped she'd forgotten about that by now.

"Hopefully Fandom will oblige me in that," he said, trying to deflect without making it sound like he was trying to deflect.

[showmetheproof.livejournal.com]

Right. Doctor-patient confidentiality still applies, even though we were both crazy. Scully went on to say aloud, "Have some food. I think you were lucky. I wound up giving birth in the lobby. Poor Jack had to help me deliver."

[godgavemecable.livejournal.com]

Shit, shit, shit, shit, shit. He went visibly pale as he picked up on that thought. "That sounds really awkward. I just- made plans to run away to Canada with my best friend. And then got my coma-ness avenged," despite the internal flailing, he had to grin a little bit at that, because it was totally sweet- in a weird, only-in-Fandom sort of way.

[showmetheproof.livejournal.com]

"Avenged?" Scully said, bemused, and letting all that go for now, since it was visibly upsetting him, even if not audibly. "Do I want to know?"

[godgavemecable.livejournal.com]

"This girl I'm... kinda seeing," because he really didn't know how to classify what it was they had, other than 'fun', "killed the person who was apparently responsible for my coma. Except I don't think the death really stuck." None of them had, thankfully.

[showmetheproof.livejournal.com]

"That's a better reason than I had for killing Bruce," Scully said, bemused. "But, yes, almost sweet. In a psychotic way."

[godgavemecable.livejournal.com]

"Why'd you kill him?" Toby had to know now.

[showmetheproof.livejournal.com]

"Because he was a bigamist, and he didn't to take responsibility for a baby he was sure wasn't his," Scully said, turning slightly pink. "And it wasn't, for what it's worth. It was an alien." And really sweet, for the few hours it lasted. "I strangled him with a zip-tie."

[godgavemecable.livejournal.com]

"I dunno, seems like a pretty valid reason to me," Toby said, tilting his head. "Well- maybe not if everyone was acting normal. But it probably made sense at the time?" he guessed.

[showmetheproof.livejournal.com]

"It did. Although I'm sorry I freaked out Jack in the process, since it was while Bruce and I were 'in custody.'" She shook her head. "What did you get up to outside your coma?"

[godgavemecable.livejournal.com]

"Pretty much the planning to run away with Sam thing," Toby shot a glance at the Sam in the room. "...The Sam who's a guy," he clarified. "And, uh," he added, glancing down and fiddling nervous with the fork he'd grabbed from the kitchen. "There might've been something about a curse, too."

[showmetheproof.livejournal.com]

"Ahh. A what?" Scully said, surprised. "That's new."

[godgavemecable.livejournal.com]

"Yeah, it was-" he broke off, not quite sure how to broach the subject. She was smart, she'd figured him out and totally not fallen for his little evasion tactic. "You know," he said after a moment, a statement of fact.

[showmetheproof.livejournal.com]

Scully stared for a moment, perplexed, then her eyes widened. "Ohhh." This? She nodded carefully. Is that what this really is? "That would have been... disturbing, wouldn't it."

[godgavemecable.livejournal.com]

Toby gave a nod. "More so than usual," he admitted. Mostly because of how it had pretty much been the truth. Slightly warped for drama, but the truth.

[showmetheproof.livejournal.com]

"Mmmm." Not the time or place for a real talk, but I'm available if you want to. "I think everything was 'more so' over the weekend, to a painful and sometimes hilarious degree." She thought about it, and qualified, "Sometimes."