Second Floor Common Room, Saturday Evening

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Anna had takeout.

Anna had a lot of takeout, from about half of the restaurants in town, and while she didn't expect she could eat all of it, especially not after pancakes (with lots of butter and syrup and bacon) for breakfast and a cheeseburger (also with bacon) and fries and a chocolate milkshake (oh, chocolate) for lunch, she intended to at least try to sample everything. Because food, as it turned out, was even more delicious than she remembered, and she hadn't been able to decide, so she just...bought all of it.

Since she didn't stand a prayer of eating all of this, she was more than happy to share, but if anyone tried to touch the brownies she'd gotten at J,GoB, she'd probably take your hand off.

"Okay, so what's Pad Thai?" she muttered to herself, and then took a bite.

Pad Thai, as it turned out, was delicious.

((Open common room is open! And full of food.))

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Kenzi wandered in and flopped down on the couch, then grinned at Anna. Who would be the only one to get why that was an accomplishment. "Did you go to *every* restaurant on the Island?"

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Anna blushed, which was yet another thing she was not capable of doing twenty-four hours ago. "Not every restaurant," she said defensively. "Just...maybe half. But we didn't have any of this! You know, in my town. Before." Vagueing it up because they were in public now, yes.

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And blushing wasn't something Kenzi ever did, so that was interesting to watch. "Gotcha." Kenzi shot bang-bang fingers at her and asked, "So what's your fave so far?" She stared at the food and said, "It makes me wish I were hungry."

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"It's all so good, I don't even know where to start. I liked the pizza," Anna said, pointing to that. "And the egg rolls. And this Pad Thai is delicious." Then she looked sympathetic at Kenzi and said, "I mean, you can try, but I don't really know what would happen."

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"Mmmm. Yeah, I'm not *that* brave." Kenzi grinned. "I see you have spicy, chocolate, massive carbs, and Italian. You're set." She pulled her legs up and examined her feet. "I need to get shoes on, maybe when you're done stuffing my face."

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"I still forget I'm wearing them and walk out of them sometimes," Anna admitted. "I didn't have them for the longest, so." She shrugged. "They feel weird." And then she picked up a container that turned out to contain fried rice. "Ooh!" She returned her attention to Kenzi. "It's really not like I need them, just, people kept noticing."

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"Yeah, if it were summer, I wouldn't bother. Or if we were in Rio already. But not a good plan while there's ice outside." She wiggled her toes. She wanted to tell Anna that she'd practiced going invisible in the stairwells earlier, giggling as she couldn't see her own hand. And then getting a little freaked out. But it was public, so....

That had to be rough. Not telling people. "Hey. Uh. Anyone else-- know your backstory?"

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Anna chewed and swallowed before she answered. She wasn't a savage. "Tara and Loki know I'm. You know. A ghost. But no one else here knows the whole thing, no. It's not...it's not like it's something it's easy to tell people, you know? 'Oh, hey, by the way, I'm...'" she sort of trailed off, poking at the rice with her fork. "Dead."

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Kenzi nodded, wrinkling her nose. "It's not like you're one of my coworkers at Caritas." And she didn't mean Tino, though that was a good thing too... "But yeah. I get it. Lots of people here have... stuff." She frowned, connected thoughts making her think. "I should track down Toby, so he knows you're me, or I'm you, or whatevers." She cocked her head. "Stacy won't mind if I don't head back to your room, right? You can sleep in mine, where all the clothes for that body are, if you want."

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"Oh, hey!" Toby said cheerfully as he spotted (who he thought was) Kenzi vegged out in the common room. "I've been looking for you all day." And he'd actually had to look too, without his telepathy to rely on.

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"Hi, person I don't know," Anna said apologetically, waving with the hand that was not holding a forkful of sesame chicken. "I'm sure you're looking for Kenzi? I'm not her. I'm Anna. Anna Korlov? The island's done something really weird." She pointed at her body and added helpfully, "That's Kenzi."

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"...Oh," Toby's eyes widened. "On the plus side, it's good to have confirmation it's not just me, I guess." Scully had said she'd 'heard' other people being weirded out, but actually seeing it just made it real. "You do know me, though," he added. "It's Toby."

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"Oh, hi, Toby," Anna said, smiling at him. It was like a Canadian convention in here! "Yes. Not just you. Would you like something to eat? I bought way too much food."

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"I'm never one to turn down food," he said with a smile. "Thanks." he grabbed a slice of pizza and... automatically gravitated towards where Anna was sitting, veering off at the last second to end up sitting a respectable this-person-is-not-my-girlfriend distance.

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Yeah, that would have been awkward. Especially since Anna didn't even know this person whose body he was currently inhabiting. "So, um," she said. "How have you been? Besides...in the wrong body." Probably it hadn't been as big of a shock for him as it was for her.

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Well, as a matter of fact he'd woken up missing one of his senses, so it actually had been a pretty big shock.

"Glad everyone's no longer trying to jump everyone else," he said, trying to find a bright side for his own predicament.

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Anna would see that and raise him suddenly having a heartbeat. And having to breathe.

"Yeah, what was that? I thought maybe it was just, you know, everyone going really overboard for Valentine's Day at first but then it kept going on." Anna's hormones were not like your hormones. Because she was dead.

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"Nooo, there was definitely something in the air," how to explain without giving away certain things? "According to a friend of mine, anyway." Not a lie, because Raven had been the one to explain what was going on.

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Kenzi wrinkled her nose at (apparently) Scully. "College girl zombie," she greeted her, eyebrows up. "Why are you looking for me?"

Yes, this was likely to be confusing. Briefly.

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"Wow, she was right," Toby couldn't help the little snicker at that greeting. "You really don't like her. But I'm not her. I'm Toby. Hey," he added, with a little wave.

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That would be Anna's Bzuh? face. Treasure it, Toby. "You what now? Wait! No! You can't!"

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"Ohhhh, yes I can. Apparently," Toby made a face. "As can you, I see."

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"But but but that means she's -- is she in you?" Kenzi asked, horrified. "Ohmigod. This is so not fair! I want to hug you, but not when you're wearing her!"

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"Yeah," Toby nodded. "But, hey- what's wrong with hugging me? You could just... close your eyes, you know." Because a hug would be kind of nice, all things considered.

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"Enh." Kenzi sighed, then moved forward. "True, it's not your fault..." She grumbled, moving forward.

-- and kept moving, right through Toby.

Wuh-oh.