Third Floor Common Room, Monday evening

[monkeymonkeydie.livejournal.com]

So, the trip to Hell had been a bust. Bucky had spent the whole time strapped to some loser, so he hadn't been able to do anything fun. Or anything clever, or sneaky.

So now he'd had to rip up the big glitter-covered "DEMAN B@BY 4 SALe" sign he'd spent hours making. Maybe he'd get a chance to kidnap one NEXT time they went to Hell. Life sucked.

At least there were other things to distract himself with. For instance, his new invention, the... well, he wasn't sure what it was going to be, just yet. He'd gotten out a toolbox and completely disassembled the common room's blender, and then stapled some of the pieces to a stale fruitcake and tied it all up with string. This was going to change the world, he was sure of it -- he just needed to figure out what it was, first.

(Open common room is open!)

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[crapatnetball.livejournal.com]

"...Oh great, it's the crazy cat," Thelma remarked on her way into the common room. "Hello, crazy cat."

It did not even occur to her that talking to cats was normally rather crazy behavior in the first place.

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"Hello, crazy human," Bucky grumbled at her. "You're giving my heebies the jeebies. Stop it!"

He turned his back on her dramatically.


...And then turned back to look at her. "Oh, and hand me that wrench, will ya?"

[crapatnetball.livejournal.com]

"It's because I come from the greeeeeat beyooooond," she said affecting her spookiest voice for a moment. It wasn't very spooky at all.

And then she walked over and handed him the wrench he'd asked for.

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"Beyond? Beyond WHAT?!" Bucky demanded, waving the wrench at her. "I mean, nobody's a native of the island, right? So that means we're ALL from 'beyond', aren't we? Even my stupid roommate's from 'beyond'!"

[crapatnetball.livejournal.com]

"You completely missed the part in class where I introduced myself as dead, didn't you?" Thelma said, not impressed with the kitty wrench waving at all. But she still had a smile on her face.

[monkeymonkeydie.livejournal.com]

"The what now?" Bucky asked. "When did THAT happen???"

[crapatnetball.livejournal.com]

"The introduction or the dying?" Thelma asked, innocent look on her face. "One was more recent than the other."

[monkeymonkeydie.livejournal.com]

"Yeah, you're gonna WISH you were dead, if you don't quit not-making sense!"

[crapatnetball.livejournal.com]

"I'm making perfect sense. I introduced myself in the first class of Diversity," Thelma said. "Where I pointed out I was a ghost. As I died over a year ago. There. Sense."

[monkeymonkeydie.livejournal.com]

"...Is that so?" Bucky whirled around and eyed her up and down. "You're a supernatural menace? From beyond the grave?" He chuckled. "The giant marshmallow was scarier. You just give me the willies."

[crapatnetball.livejournal.com]

"I'm not a menace at all, really," she said. "Also... what the hell, giant marshmallow? And you say I don't make sense. What was that?"

[monkeymonkeydie.livejournal.com]

"You know, the giant marshmallow," Bucky repeated. He looked at her as if she were a complete imbecile. "You know, the one that ate New York? In the movie? With the groundhog guy?"


Let's hope you've seen meta for Ghostbusters, Thelma, because Bucky's not about to start making any more sense without help.

[crapatnetball.livejournal.com]

"Ohhhh, that movie," Thelma said. "You mean the one where there's a spectacularly pretty and under appreciated secretary who deserves a lot more credit." She chuckled.

"But no, not that kind of ghost, really."

[monkeymonkeydie.livejournal.com]

"I wasn't aware of a NON-spooky kind of ghost," Bucky countered. "I mean, if a ghost isn't spooky, then what's the point?"

He thought for a moment. "...Or maybe... That would make a good idea for a movie, wouldn't it? A movie about people just living normal lives, except they're ghosts? Like... 'Night of the Working Dead'?"

He'd already come up with that same title for a zombie movie, a few weeks back, sure, but he'd completely forgotten that by now.

[crapatnetball.livejournal.com]

"Well it's not entirely normal," Thelma pointed out. "But being spooky is not really that interesting or fun. It gets a bit tiring after a bit, actually."

[monkeymonkeydie.livejournal.com]

Bucky gave her a confrontational glare. "Yeah, I'll bet it does! That's because you're no good at it!"

He used the wrench to bolt the blender's motor onto the contraption he was building, and then taped the wrench on. "Hmm, still needs something..."

[crapatnetball.livejournal.com]

"What are you building, any way?" Thelma asked, not fussed at all at the crazy cat's accusations. "Usually cats just sit around and wait to be fed. You're much more active than I expected."

[monkeymonkeydie.livejournal.com]

"What do you think I'm building?" Bucky demanded.

Maybe, if she had a good idea, he could steal it.