Fifth Floor Common Room [afternoon]

[unburnt-queen.livejournal.com]

Dany had spent entirely too much time on her own, recently. She'd taken to riding and exploring the island, or hiding away in her room with her dragons. She made polite conversation where applicable, and had even managed to start a letter to Jorah, but a week and a half of mourning children who were never to be was quite enough, and frankly, bordering on pathetic.

This was what she told herself when she rose Wednesday morning. Today, she actually brushed and braided her hair to make it shine, and dressed in soft, clean silks. And after attending class, she didn't immediately head back to the stables to take her silver out. Nor did she stay in her room, once she arrived to retrieve the dragons. No, today, she padded out into the common room and turned on the television.

It wasn't a particularly large step. But she hadn't had a particularly massive backslide, either. She found some cookies in the cupboard -- the chocolate ones, with the white cream in the center -- and took to the couch, concentrating intensely on the television.

The program she'd selected was one she'd seen in passing -- people appeared to guess the price of wares, and the closer they were without going over, the better. Of course, she'd never watched long enough to see some of the other games they played, once this stage was passed.

"What in the name of the Seven is Plinko?" she wondered aloud, watching the television closely for any clues as to this bizarre turn of events.

[omg open CR is open, I am bored and Dany is finally out of her mopey place, omg, and mild SP after about 4:00 EDT!]

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[trickydemigod.livejournal.com]

"Plinko's the number one sport of people over sixty." Did Luke need an excuse to wander around floors not his own? Of course not, that was the beauty of being constantly restless. "It doesn't require much movement and you can win money. Perfect sport for old people."

[unburnt-queen.livejournal.com]

Dany arched a brow and turned to the source of the answer, because it had mostly been rhetorical. "I wasn't aware that this world offered so many choices to the elderly as to be ranked," she noted in amusement.

[trickydemigod.livejournal.com]

"Are you kidding? This world gave old people their own state," Luke shared. "It's called Florida."

[unburnt-queen.livejournal.com]

Dany wrinkled her nose in thought, trying to remember if she had heard of Florida before. "Where the orange juice comes from?"

[taseredagod.livejournal.com]

"Horrible older brother!" Darcy greeted Luke cheerfully. "Did you get eaten?"

[trickydemigod.livejournal.com]

"Not recently," Luke said. "Just been laying low. Since you're still here I'm guessing nothing horrible has happened to you."

[taseredagod.livejournal.com]

"All the weird things just pass me by." Darcy said thoughtfully. "Is that normal?" Beat. "You got eaten?"

[taseredagod.livejournal.com]

Darcy was trying this thing where she communicated with people outside of Facebook. It wasn't going so well. "Hey, girl with dragons! And a sick day TV show!" She plopped down on the couch. "Now all I need is a big bowl of something."

[unburnt-queen.livejournal.com]

"All I have are cookies, but I'm not certain that they promote better health, if you're ill," Dany offered, raising her brows curiously.

[taseredagod.livejournal.com]

Darcy shrugged. "Cookies work too. It's like the thing to do when you're sick, you know? Camp out in front of the TV with weird game shows and eat junk food."

[unburnt-queen.livejournal.com]

"I'm usually sent to bed and only given meal and soup when sick," Dany replied, shaking her head. "But then, we don't have television at home."

[leavingthenest.livejournal.com]

When Rapunzel had discovered that sometimes other common rooms had different things in their fridges and pantries, she'd made it a habit to always check every one before baking anything. After all, you never knew what you might find that would be inspiring!

Which explained why she was on the fifth floor: to find potential ingredients.

Oh, and also there were people! She liked those, too! Even if she knew very little about... whatever it was that was on TV.

"Um... is it one of those strange technology things? Like cell phones?"

[unburnt-queen.livejournal.com]

"Your guess about technology is as good as mine," Dany replied with a slight smile. "I usually have to appeal to my more modern friends, I'm afraid. Though I do have a cell phone!" She was proud of that.

[leavingthenest.livejournal.com]

"Me too!" Rapunzel chimed in energetically. "And an email address!" See? She was thoroughly modern!

[unburnt-queen.livejournal.com]

"I've one of those as well! Though I rarely use it," Dany confessed. "I rather prefer handwritten letters. So much more personal."

[taseredagod.livejournal.com]

Darcy considered this. "Sure!"

[leavingthenest.livejournal.com]

"Oh, I guessed right!" Yay! (How lucky!)

[stars_and_money]

Jeremy wandered on down to the common room for a snack, calling out a lazy but cheerful "Afternoon!" as he entered, intent on sauntering through the room to raid the kitchen.

And then he stopped halfway and looked confused, because... He'd been pretty high over the weekend – Bryan had had to call to yell at him for sending pointless texts during an Easter sermon – but not on anything hallucinogenic, and in any case, he was pretty sure the effects would have worn off by now.

"Uh, is it just me, or... are there medium-sized lizards here?"

Dragons, Jeremy.

[leavingthenest.livejournal.com]

"Aren't they cute?" Rapunzel squealed by way of agreement.

[stars_and_money]

"Okay, definitely not just me, then," Jeremy replied, with some relief.

Hallucinations could be scary, man. "I wasn't expecting to see any right now."

[unburnt-queen.livejournal.com]

"Baby dragons," Dany corrected with a small smile. "But if it will ease your mind to call them lizards, feel free."

[stars_and_money]

"Holy shit those are dragons?"

Jeremy's mind didn't need easing, no.

"Wow."

[rilla-myrilla.livejournal.com]

Jims was having his afternoon nap, so Rilla had an hour to socialise that she was planning to take full advantage of.

"What on earth are you watching?" she asked, arching up an eyebrow.

[unburnt-queen.livejournal.com]

"I've no idea," Dany admitted, shaking her head. "But it certainly is colorful."

[rilla-myrilla.livejournal.com]

"And loud," Rilla added, wrinkling up her nose. "Why are Yankees always so loud?"