Second Floor Common Room, Monday Night

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Kenzi was still fighting a cold, and randomly flipping channels in the common room. One of those dance shows had now come on, and there were were people dancing to music she thought might be from the Seventies. Hard to be sure. Nyquil was kind of making some of the details fuzzy.

Singing along might be happening.


[method RP, yes. Distraction would still be good.]

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Stephanie needed to go out and patrol, but Fandom being distinctly not Gotham, it wasn't a huge hurry or anything, and she stopped in the common room on her way down when she heard the music from the TV.

"Oh, I hate these things."

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"You do?" Kenzi wasn't sure how she felt about it yet. She gave Stephanie a mildly glassy-eyed look. "How come? ... aside from Hall & Oates. I don't know them."

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"Because the judges are horrible," Stephanie grumbled, glaring at the TV. "Why do people tune in to watch them cut people down as viciously as possible on national television? People are awful enough in real life as it is."

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"That's rhetorical, right?" Kenzi asked, smirking a little. "Although, so far, they nitpick to the point where I wonder if their superpower is noticing when people's heels don't hit the floor." She paused. "The costumes are shiiiiny."

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Stephanie sighed. "Partly rhetorical, okay, even if I still don't get the appeal." She tried not to think about it much; she liked to think humanity was worth saving.

And now she was wondering if the judges really were metahuman. Thanks, Kenzi.

"Ohmygod, what is that on her legs?"

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"I think it's fringe," Kenzi said, even though she was pretty sure that was more a random expression of horror than anything else. "Maybe she killed an Alot and dyed the hair for those. Maybe they're chaps?"

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". . . that's an awful thought, you know." Poor Alots. "I totally don't get these shows. Or these fashion choices. And yet I can't look away, now."

LOOK WHAT YOU DID, KENZI.

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"I don't get how that older lady isn't cut yet," Kenzi said mercilessly. "I think that's how they suck you in. You try to find hope in all the despair, and you hope they vote off the worst person or keep the least-worst and then you have to keep watching if it doesn't happen." She paused. "Also, some of these guys are hot."

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"There is definitely that," Stephanie conceded. Hey, she had eyes. "Oooh, hello there."

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"Hi hiiiii," Kenzi said to the screen. "Shake it, Mr. Open shirt... Although if she gets cut, we won't see him again. That would be too bad." She toasted the screen with her bottle of pop. "Not as easy as it looks. They got that much right."

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Stephanie perched on the back of the couch and huffed a laugh.

"Making it look easy's how you know they're good," she agreed, if a bit grudgingly. "But then, that's what all the drama of the rehearsals is for, isn't it? The TV audience just loves that part."

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"And I thank God it's not me any more," Kenzi agreed. "One two three one two three ow ow ow.... Kill your partner when the camera's off.... and smiiiile!"

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"Please tell me you never actually tried that second to last part," Stephanie said quickly, though she was laughing. "You know what you're talking about though, huh?"

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"Not literally. Though there was kicking when I got dropped." Kenzi smirked. "Years and years of ballet. Is iz Russian, da?" She grinned at Stephanie. "It was fun, until people started getting career-serious about it. Then it got vicious."

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"Not too literally?" Stephanie had to ask these things, all right? "I mean, I've heard stories about it, but I never know how much is exaggerated and how much is real."

She hesitated before adding, "Especially with some of the worlds people come from around here."

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"Ahh, right. Nahh. I mean. There was bitchiness, and competition. Concentrated junior high crazy. But I'm not from a world with superpowers... just some magic that's on the down-low." Kenzi tilted her head at Stephanie. "What's your world like? Boring Joe Normal, or Exciting Glitter Super Dave?"

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Stephanie raised a hand and waved it, a sort of so-so gesture. "Mix and match. A little bit of both. Sure, there's a few special types, and then there's the rest of us."

Heh.

"It's an interesting mix. Nobody's supposed to know about magic in your world?"

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"Ahh. And dude, I wouldn't know about my own world, if somebody with superpowers hadn't saved my ass a month or so before I got sent here." Kenzi stuck out her tongue. "They're, get this... fairies." She giggled. That still made her laugh. "I mean, there's vampires and werewolves and other shit, I guess? But altogether, they're called Fae. How's that for cute."

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"That's . . ." Huh. "Really cool, actually," Stephanie decided. "If weirdly harmless-sounding."

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"It is kinda cool," Kenzi admitted. "Especially getting saved by one. That could've been a bad scene." Bo was *so* not harmless, but breaking her cover wouldn't help. She tilted her head. "So what kind of powers do people in your world have?"