Fourth Floor Common Room [Monday evening]

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Olive sort of missed the wee monkey she'd had this weekend offscreen. Like, Ally was great, but tiny, talking monkey? That was the dream, wasn't it?

So Monday night found her lounged on the couch in the common room, Ally flung across her legs as Olive lethargically flipped channels.

Granted, she hadn't really stopped long enough to really settle on anything -- or watch anything long enough to settle on it -- but still. "TV's stupid," she decided in a drawl, because impulse judgements were her life.

[omg i'm still so tired but i haven't played in three days. open!]

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"Not on the educational channels it isn't," Jessica pointed out as she came into the room and flopped down on a couch.

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"The Learning Channel has Toddlers and Tiaras," Olive countered. "I would say they are the very worst of all."

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"Discovery has fifteen shows where things explode for science," Jessica pointed out.

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"History has Pawn Stars," Olive sighed in return.

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"PBS has boring, informative programming and entertaining British shows," Jessica argued.

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"Animal Planet has a show about people who love cats, so they're obviously high," Olive declared.

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"They also have the Puppy Bowl," Jessica countered.

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"Truth," Olive said. "I'm not sure it's educational, but the Puppy Bowl is one of the greatest of our national treasures."

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"It tells us that sometimes it's okay to stop and watch puppies play," Jessica said.

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"Sometimes that's all you need," Olive sighed. "Why waste money on therapy? There's puppies."

As if on cue, Ally stretched and yawned, adorably.

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"You trained the pup to do that, didn't you?" Jessica asked.

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"I would say yes, but I'm pretty sure that taking credit for a puppy's cuteness is the swiftest way to become a terrible person," Olive mused.

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"No, that would be kicking a puppy," Jessica said. "Hey, dog. If she ever tries that, let me know. I'll give Olive a talking-to."

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"Ally says that she's kick-resistant," Olive assured her. "And also that I totally don't listen to talking-tos, usually."

The puppy had, notably, not said anything.

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"You wouldn't even take a talking-to from me if you've kicked a puppy?" Jessica asked. "You're a rebel, Olive."

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"Hey, you have to stick by your beliefs," Olive assured her, shrugging. "I have my convictions."

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"They're weird, but I've got to respect it," Jessica admitted.

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"You're just saying that 'cause you can't find anything you wanna watch." She wasn't wrong, but.

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"No," Olive retorted, "I'm saying it 'cause it is obviously a great truth of our time."

Obviously.

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"There's different levels of stupid, though, you have to admit." Toby pointed out. "I mean, there's Cactibear stupid and then there's Oh Sit! stupid."

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"This is more of the latter," Olive noted. "It's not even entertainingly dumb."

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"The trials of the modern teenager," Toby said dramatically.