Second Floor Common Room, Thursday Evening

[kestrelswolf.livejournal.com]

It had been a quiet sort of day, and now Firekeeper and Blind Seer were rounding it off with Chinese food and channel surfing.

Well, okay, Firekeeper was eating the Chinese food (Blind Seer's tastes didn't really run that way) and doing most of the channel-flipping. Blind Seer was mostly taking up one of the couches by sprawling across it.

Unfortunately (or possibly fortunately), Firekeeper had misjudged portion sizes when she'd tried to order just a little bit of everything, and ended up with rather a lot of everything. So she was quite willing to share with anyone who came by.

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[nonelikemesince.livejournal.com]

A lot of everything was a great invitation for fifteen-year-old boys, of course.

"Oh, hi," Anakin said, idly extending a hand to Blind Seer in greeting as he wandered in past that couch, the other hand holding onto the datapad that had most of his attention.

". . . oh, food." Yeah, never mind the datapad. "Is that -- can I have some?"

[kestrelswolf.livejournal.com]

It was probably for the best that it was the non-datapad hand, since Blind Seer's idea of returning the greeting was a friendly lick.

"Of course," Firekeeper nodded. "They give me far too much." And it wasn't exactly the kind of food that kept well in a dorm room.

[nonelikemesince.livejournal.com]

"That happens to me every time, too," Anakin replied, setting the datapad down and flashing her a lopsided take a drink grin. "But I guess other people benefit from it, so it can't be too bad."

He busied himself fixing up a plate (basically a little bit of everything piled atop a thick bed of chow mein) and came back over to sit down near his datapad, eyeing the TV. "Thanks." That was in regard to the food, of course. "Anything good on?"

[kestrelswolf.livejournal.com]

"I usually just hunt in preserve," Firekeeper admitted. "But I will not be here for too much longer, so I decide I should have these kinds of food while I still can." She studied the TV for a moment, and then sighed. "No vampire shows," she reported, clearly disappointed. That was something she'd definitely developed a taste for, here in Fandom.

[nonelikemesince.livejournal.com]

"Not be here . . ." Anakin echoed around a mouthful of sweet and sour pork, then swallowed. "You're graduating soon?" He was admittedly pleased by the realization that Tahiri might be back for that.

"And then going back home," he guessed, pretty sure it was an easy conclusion to make. "What's with the vampire shows?"

[kestrelswolf.livejournal.com]

Firekeeper nodded. "Yes," she confirmed. "I enjoy it here, Blind Seer too, but there is too much to be done there." Assuming whatever controlled the access to her world let her back through. But judging from Merlin and Arthur's experience, she had no real reason to doubt that happening. As for the second question... she just shrugged. "I like them. They is sometimes silly, but the stories is good."

[annieadderall.livejournal.com]

Ooh! Someone Annie knew! He was on her crew and everything!

"Hi!" Annie greeted him. "Are you busy tomorrow?"

[nonelikemesince.livejournal.com]

"Hi, Annie," Anakin replied, and tilted his head in confusion. "Not that I know of. Why?"

[annieadderall.livejournal.com]

"Because Kappa Delta Gremlin is throwing a party tomorrow, and since you're not busy, that means you're invited!" And could you really turn this smile down?

[nonelikemesince.livejournal.com]

"Is that the party with the crush thing?" Because of course Rebecca got to that invite already. "Sure, I guess."

Sorry, Annie, but he was juuuuuuuuuuuuust oblivious enough to not consciously realize he couldn't turn that smile down.

[annieadderall.livejournal.com]

Hey, if Rebecca got to him first, it was one more person Annie could invite. She'd just take credit for getting him to go!

"Great! It'll be a lot of fun, I promise."

[momslilassassin]

There was a bonus of having a room so close to the common room--when someone had yummy food, Ben was the first to know.

It wasn't so great when someone burnt popcorn. Just sayin'.

"Chinese?" he asked hopefully, poking his head into the room.

[kestrelswolf.livejournal.com]

"Yes," Firekeeper nodded. "Do not ask me the names of dishes, though." She could tell you what was in them easily enough, of course, but it wasn't like she'd been able to read the menu in the first place. She'd just picked up some of everything.

[momslilassassin]

"Oh, I don't know them either," he said, leaving Blind Seer to keep his own sofa and finding another place to lounge. "It's all stuff with sauce and sometimes vegetables. I end up with spicy beef something most of the time."

Ben's palate was quite cultured. Really.

[kestrelswolf.livejournal.com]

"Humans and spices," Firekeeper rolled her eyes, offering Ben a teasing grin. "Why you cannot seem to eat without them, I have not figured out."

[momslilassassin]

"If someone burns something, it's harder to notice when it's spicy?" Ben offered. He reached blindly for a carton. "If this is for sharing," he tacked on hastily.

[nonelikemesince.livejournal.com]

Anakin waved a fork at him. "Hi, Ben," he called around a mouthful of food.

[momslilassassin]

"Hi, Anakin," Ben said, waving back. "Beats field rations, huh?"

[nonelikemesince.livejournal.com]

"I can think of a lot of things that are worse than this," Anakin agreed, vaguely smiling. "A lot worse."

Like Mom's spiceloaf, but he wasn't going on the record about that when there were squirrels around.

"Let me guess: the food pulled you in?"

[momslilassassin]

Ben snorted, guessing at the reason for the smile. "Free food is hard to resist," he said, nodding, "and Chinese is good, even if I get hungry a half-hour later."

But that was fairly standard for Ben even with the food wasn't Chinese.

[annieadderall.livejournal.com]

Annie had invitations for tomorrow. She had people to invite. This meant that she was following Quinn's suggestion and going out and inviting them.

"Hi, everyone!" she chirped.

She could so get rid of all of them in a common room, right?

[kestrelswolf.livejournal.com]

That depends. Were people with no understanding of the term 'crush' allowed to attend this party?

"Hello," Firekeeper waved back. Blind Seer glanced Annie's way and offered a soft 'whuff' of greeting. "There is dinner, if you like," she gestured to the food.

[annieadderall.livejournal.com]

Time would tell!

"Oh, thank you," she said pleasantly. "So hey, while I'm here, Kappa Delta Gremlin's having a party tomorrow if you wanted to stop by."

Time said yes!

[kestrelswolf.livejournal.com]

"Party?" Firekeeper perked up. "Is there music? And dancing?"

[annieadderall.livejournal.com]

...There was, right? Annie had just decided that there was, yes. "What kind of party wouldn't have that?" she said cheerfully. "Does that mean you'd want to go?"