Fifth Floor Common Room [evening]

[unburnt-queen.livejournal.com]

Dany had gotten another letter. She was now missing two different bloodriders, and at this rate, all of Westeros would be gone in days. And she didn't know how to make it better, or what to do, or how to fix any of it. And after speaking to Chuck, she came to the realization that no one else was coping much better than she was.

So she decided to do what she knew how: she would provide. She couldn't cook, no, but she could just barely work a phone, so it wasn't long before the common room was filled with Chinese food. Dany opted to eat with a fork rather than the silly sticks, of course, but it was filling and warm and good, and she pressed buttons on the television until she found something light and easy to watch.

It made nothing better. But it helped, the tiniest bit.

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[wasthecuteone]

Petra wandered into the common room, talking on her phone: "No, Adina, the Caitlins. You know, Miss Montana, Miss Arkansas--what do you mean, 'What's Arkansas?'" Petra pulled the phone away from her ear and gave it a disbelieving look. "Adina, I'm going to call you back. When you're not high anymore or whatever."

She hung up the phone and put it back in her pocket, her gaze lighting on her roommate. "Hey, Dany. How's it going?"

[unburnt-queen.livejournal.com]

"Poorly. Is Arkansas a place?" she guessed, smiling a little. "And help yourself to some food, if you'd like."

[wasthecuteone]

"It's a state." Petra frowned before adding, "That apparently doesn't exist any more. I don't know. Things are really weird lately." She poked at a couple of cartons until she found one containing almond chicken, which she poked at listlessly with her chopsticks. She found herself without much appetite, which was weird, considering that since the island she'd been a big fan of eating whenever possible, since you never knew when your next meal might be coming.

[unburnt-queen.livejournal.com]

"I've lost two of my bloodriders, and Chuck's sister is gone," Dany offered quietly. "I've not spoken with anyone else, but the radio keeps mentioning that it's happening. I don't know what to do." Other than ask Susan to look into it, but she'd done that and so now she was just feeding people. It seemed right.

[wasthecuteone]

"Half my friends are just...gone," Petra said. "I'm trying not to freak out too much. I don't get what's going on and it's not like there's anything I can do, so." She shrugged. "I just don't get why no one else seems to even remember them." She jabbed at a piece of chicken in frustration.

[chief-cheerio.livejournal.com]

"Little sister," Quinn said, as she wandered in on one of her periodic jaunts upstairs for diet coke. "Are you getting through the recent craziness okay?"

Her tone was dry, but there was concern and sympathy in there. Somewhere.

[unburnt-queen.livejournal.com]

"I've lost two bloodriders, but it seems that most are faring worse," Dany offered. "Would you like something to eat, Quinn? I'm not sure what most of this is, and have every intent of sharing."

[chief-cheerio.livejournal.com]

"I could have a little bit of the chicken and broccoli," Quinn said, finding a plate and chopsticks. "And I guess I'm glad your people are doing okay, but ... okay, I have no idea what a bloodrider is. Still. Losing sucks."

[unburnt-queen.livejournal.com]

"My...guards. Only more like family," Dany said, poking at her food as she tried to explain. "Have you lost anyone? From what I can tell, I could have it far worse."

[whateverknight.livejournal.com]

Squall wandered in and helped himself to some of the food provided. "Thanks," he told Dani flatly. Today sucked.

[unburnt-queen.livejournal.com]

"Bad news, too?" she guessed quietly. "And you're welcome."

[whateverknight.livejournal.com]

"Sort of," Squall answered with a shrug. "A different version of me, from a different universe. For whatever reason, Fandom sent his last words to me." It really shouldn't be upsetting him as much as it was. He'd stop that, as soon as he could.

[unburnt-queen.livejournal.com]

"...that's a whole new kind of terrible," Dany murmured, her hand flying to her mouth. "It's bad enough to hear from our loved ones. But from yourself? I'm so sorry."

[knight-fatali.livejournal.com]

There was food, which meant there was Seifer. And he was going to agree with Squall that today sucked.

The world really was ending.

"Hey," he said as he started filling a plate.

[unburnt-queen.livejournal.com]

"Hello," Dany said with a tiny smile. "How are things?"

If he matched the rest of the common room, the answer was, 'Awful.'

[knight-fatali.livejournal.com]

That probably covered the whole island, unless Tony finally gave in to Topher.

"Pretty crappy, actually. You?"

[unburnt-queen.livejournal.com]

"Crappy, too," she said, trying out the unfamiliar word. "I'm not sure much of anyone here is having a good day."

[randomspanish.livejournal.com]

Freddie had come in with his PearPad, looking a little maudlin. Of all the things he could have been doing... watching old streaming videos of Gibby on iCarly webcasts was probably not the best thing for his mood.

"Hey everybody," he greeted, plopping down onto a couch. He'd just... wanted to be around people.

[unburnt-queen.livejournal.com]

"Good evening," Dany said, gesturing to the food. "Please, help yourself. There's plenty. Bad news from home?"

[randomspanish.livejournal.com]

"My best friend has gone... I don't even know what," Freddie said. "No one but Sam and I remember him. It's just... how could anyone forget Gibby?"

He turned his PearPad around to show a picture (http://i1.squidoocdn.com/resize/squidoo_images/-1/draft_lens11335291module104161061photo_1275512221gibby2.jpg) of his friend to Dany.

[unburnt-queen.livejournal.com]

Dany couldn't help but blink at the picture a bit. "...he certainly seems to be a memorable fellow."

[inaskinnyway.livejournal.com]

Susan had been meaning to find Dany since she'd gone... home? She had no idea what to call it. Her grandfather's house. Since she'd gone to her grandfather's house. So she was glad to find her in the common room, where she could just open up with, "I went."

[unburnt-queen.livejournal.com]

"And?" Dany asked immediately, her heart leaping with anxiety.

[inaskinnyway.livejournal.com]

"I wasn't able to find your friend's book," she said first off, "but I couldn't find yours either, which I think means Granddad doesn't work within every universe." She thought it best to get that part out of the way, since Dany seemed to have a vested interest in that.

"But I think I know what's causing this. Or who."

[unburnt-queen.livejournal.com]

No information on Drogo or Rhaego, then, or Rhaegar or Viserys or her mother or father. It had been a wild hope to begin with, though, she knew that.

But knowledge of the source of the problem was beyond promising. "It's a who, not a what?" she asked, eyes wide.