Fifth Floor Common Room, Monday Afternoon

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With his whole one class overwith for the day, Toby decided hanging out in the common room was a productive use of his time.

Rummaging through the cupboards, he came up with some microwave popcorn and a bag of Smarties (the chocolate Nestle kind, not the weird chalky American kind). Once the popcorn was popped, he dumped it in a bowl and mixed in the Smarties before flopping down to channel-flip.

Boring, boring, boring.... I Kissed A Velociraptor And I Liked It? Oh yeah. That totally looked like it was worth watching.

[ooc: I've been wanting to use this fake-movie in a CR post for weeks now. DON'T JUDGE ME.]

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[arsenicmauls]

Oh, was that a deinonychus poking her head in the doorway to investigate the source of the velociraptor noises while her owner was in the bathroom? Why yes. Yes it was.

Said deinonychus looked perturbed by the lack of actual dinosaurs in the common room with you, Toby. Why the false advertising?

[godgavemecable.livejournal.com]

Okay, it was one thing to hear about the fact that one of the students had a dinosaur as a pet on the radio... it was another entirely to catch a glimpse of one out of the corner of his eye as he shifted positions on the couch.

Toby turned to get a better look, and- "GAH!" There were few things that could surprise a telepath. Dinosaurs in doorways were apparently one of them.

Thankfully, his reflexes were good enough that the popcorn and chocolate was spared the indignity of being scattered on the floor.

[arsenicmauls]

But Old Lace had been hoping she'd get some chocolate and popcorn for a snack! Booooo.

Meanwhile, Toby's exclamation got Gert's attention from down the hall, and as Old Lace was making puppy eyes up at Toby in hopes of being given food, a certain purple-haired dinopath appeared in the doorway and thought really hard at her to settle down.

Which Old Lace did, whimpering somewhat and obediently trotting away from Toby and back toward Gert.

"Morning," Gert greeted Toby dryly.

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And here Toby had been about to give in to the puppy dino eyes, because it was becoming clear that Old Lace wasn't going to start chewing on any of his limbs or anything.

He gave the new and significantly less startling arrival a smile and briefly considered pointing out that it really wasn't morning anymore. Instead he just went with a much more general: "Hey," and held out the popcorn bowl. "Popcorn?"

[arsenicmauls]

"Thanks," Gert said, taking a handful. After a moment of eyeing the screen, she nodded toward Old Lace and hypothesized, "My guess is she heard the noises and thought the TV was a potential friend for her."

[godgavemecable.livejournal.com]

Toby looked at the screen and back at Old Lace. "I hope she wasn't too disappointed," he commented. "She seems, um. Nice." Not a word he'd usually associate with dinosaurs, but then she'd been giving him sad-eyes and not chewing his arm off, so.

[arsenicmauls]

Gert shrugged. "She doesn't eat a whole lot of people, so by dinosaur standards..."

That was a joke.

[godgavemecable.livejournal.com]

Toby snickered. "Not that I actually know of anyone who ever got mauled by a dinosaur," he said thoughtfully. "Or who made out for one, for that matter," he added, tilting his head at the screen quizzically. "I totally thought the kissing bit in the title was a joke. Guess not."

[arsenicmauls]

"...What is this movie rated?"

It seemed like a valid question.

[godgavemecable.livejournal.com]

"14A," Toby shared, after checking. "How does that even- what?" seriously that girl should not have had a face left after that.

[taseredagod.livejournal.com]

"That looks awful." Darcy declared as she came into the room. "Popcorn?"

[godgavemecable.livejournal.com]

"If by awful you mean awesome," Toby countered, holding the popcorn-and-chocolate mix out to Darcy.

[taseredagod.livejournal.com]

"Same thing." Darcy agreed and plopped down on the couch. "Ooooh, with chocolate. Fancy." She grabbed a handful.