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arsenicmauls ([personal profile] arsenicmauls) wrote in [community profile] fandomhighdorms2013-09-04 03:00 pm
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Second Floor Common Room, Wednesday Morning

There were still quite a few hours before the Jewish New Year really started, and besides that, Gert's interest in religion was super minimal, but somehow all the same, she found herself spending her morning on the couch in the common room, typing up a list of New Year's resolutions.

Gert wasn't a big believer in acting a certain way just because of a holiday, but the start of a new school year had always seemed like an ideal time to make new promises to herself and at least set a few goals. The holiday was just an excuse to do it. On the table beside Gert sat a plate of apple slices around a glob of honey in the center -- that wasn't a holiday thing so much as apples and honey just being delicious.

The first few resolutions were easy. Help some people. Check in with Nico, Kar and Molly more. After a long moment, she typed Look into colleges, though she deleted it and rewrote it about four times before she ultimately decided to leave it in.

Her first attempt at number four was Learn how to fight, but that one she did delete.

This was turning into a project.

[[open post and door! might be slow.]]
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[personal profile] voiceoverdue 2013-09-04 02:43 pm (UTC)(link)
Cecil was walking back to his room...well, more sort of "bouncing" back after the high of actually getting to still do radio, when he saw there was actually someone in the common room.

He poked his head in and waved. "Hi! I'm Cecil." Oo, food. Food sounded good. He'd been briefed on the non-rules of ownership in the common rooms, so he came all the way in and headed for the refrigerator.


[slow here, too.]
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[personal profile] arsenicmauls 2013-09-04 02:48 pm (UTC)(link)
"Gert," she replied a bit wryly, looking up from her laptop and taking in Cecil's obvious good mood. "You new?"

Newbie learned fast. About the food rules, anyway.
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[personal profile] voiceoverdue 2013-09-04 03:03 pm (UTC)(link)
"I just got here this semester," he confirmed. "I like your hair! Oo, bread!" He still couldn't quite get over the non-lethal wheat and wheat by-products. He found some butter and started in on toast.
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[personal profile] arsenicmauls 2013-09-04 03:24 pm (UTC)(link)
Gert grinned to herself at the hair compliment, but quirked an eyebrow at his enthusiasm about the bread.

"Buddy, anyone ever tell you your standards are kind of low?"
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[personal profile] voiceoverdue 2013-09-04 03:41 pm (UTC)(link)
Cecil thought about it for a minute. "I don't think so. Oh, the bread?" He beamed and leaned close to the toaster to breathe in the scent. "All wheat and wheat by-products are banned in Night Vale. It's been a while since I had any."
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[personal profile] arsenicmauls 2013-09-04 04:29 pm (UTC)(link)
Oh, well, shit. Now she felt a little bad.

"Oh. Some kind of famine or something?"
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[personal profile] arsenicmauls 2013-09-04 04:51 pm (UTC)(link)
"Oh," Gert said, then gave a lengthy pause before adding very dryly, "I hate it when that happens."

That was sarcasm.

"Well, as far as I know, that doesn't happen to the bread here."
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[personal profile] voiceoverdue 2013-09-04 06:02 pm (UTC)(link)
"I'm not keeping any in my room, just to be safe," Cecil confided. Though his roommate was a librarian, so maybe she could frighten everything else away.
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[personal profile] arsenicmauls 2013-09-04 10:29 pm (UTC)(link)
Gert raised both eyebrows now. "You know, I bet you could learn to bake some yourself," she suggested. "If you stick to a normal recipe, you won't get snakes."
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[personal profile] voiceoverdue 2013-09-04 10:40 pm (UTC)(link)
"Maybe not here." Cecil shrugged. "But I'm not really much of a baker anyway. Do you cook?"
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[personal profile] arsenicmauls 2013-09-05 06:44 am (UTC)(link)
Gert shook her head and held up her plate. "Hence the apples. I can cut fruit, but that's about it."
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[personal profile] voiceoverdue 2013-09-05 11:50 am (UTC)(link)
Cecil nodded. Then he took in the apples and honey. "Oh! Are you Jewish? Happy new year!"
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[personal profile] voiceoverdue 2013-09-04 05:17 pm (UTC)(link)
"Oh, no!" Don't worry, Gert, he sounded remarkably matter-of-fact about it and was still in far too good a mood. "They just started turning into poisonous snakes and evil spirits."



[OOC: Crap! I knew that'd happen sooner or later. From the right account this time!]
Edited 2013-09-04 17:18 (UTC)
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[personal profile] suitably_heroic 2013-09-04 03:14 pm (UTC)(link)
And here was Atton, bored and well aware the good bars wouldn't open for a few more hours, wandering into the second floor common room in search of something to eat. "Couldn't find something dead to grill?" he asked, nodding at the apples before going straight for the fridge.
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[personal profile] arsenicmauls 2013-09-04 03:26 pm (UTC)(link)
"It's Old Lace's day off from hunting," she quipped. "And my grilling ability is somewhere in the below-zero range. Stove's all yours for your carnivorous needs."
Edited 2013-09-04 15:30 (UTC)
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[personal profile] suitably_heroic 2013-09-04 05:08 pm (UTC)(link)
"Like there's anything in this fridge that actually came from an animal," Atton muttered, poking through some really weird pink-looking goop.
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[personal profile] arsenicmauls 2013-09-04 05:14 pm (UTC)(link)
"You'd be surprised," Gert noted, jerking her head in Cecil's direction. "That kid says bread turns into snakes where he's from. Try making a sandwich."
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[personal profile] suitably_heroic 2013-09-04 05:19 pm (UTC)(link)
"Seriously?" Atton looked up from his quest to find something edible in the fridge. "He must have a funny definition of 'bread'."
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[personal profile] voiceoverdue 2013-09-04 06:07 pm (UTC)(link)
"Oh, it wasn't just bread." Cecil grabbed his toast. "It was all wheat and wheat by-products. Did you want the bread?" He held it out to Atton.
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[personal profile] suitably_heroic 2013-09-04 08:33 pm (UTC)(link)
Atton shot him a funny look. "...No, thanks," he said. "I'll pass."
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[personal profile] voiceoverdue 2013-09-04 09:07 pm (UTC)(link)
Cecil shrugged and put the bread away, happily buttering his toast.
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[personal profile] suitably_heroic 2013-09-04 09:24 pm (UTC)(link)
"You're weird," said the ex-Sith with the repressed Force powers, then turned back to the fridge.
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[personal profile] voiceoverdue 2013-09-04 10:09 pm (UTC)(link)
Cecil eyed him oddly. "Why am I weird because you don't want bread?"
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[personal profile] suitably_heroic 2013-09-05 06:41 am (UTC)(link)
"No, you're right," Atton said, producing a stack of cheese. "Creepy is the word I should've used."
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[personal profile] voiceoverdue 2013-09-05 11:48 am (UTC)(link)
Said the ex-Sith.

"Okay." Cecil nodded.

Then he frowned, confused. "Why am I creepy because you don't want bread?"
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[personal profile] justbeingbay 2013-09-04 04:02 pm (UTC)(link)
"So, if you were curious, only having classes one day a week is a lot more boring and less cool than it sounds," Bay noted as she wandered over to the kitchen. "Hey."
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[personal profile] arsenicmauls 2013-09-04 04:28 pm (UTC)(link)
"Sucks," Gert said, wrinkling her nose. "I think I had that once and yeah, it was boring. What are the classes?"

She paused, dipped an apple slice in the glob of honey, and then held up her plate in Bay's direction. "Apple?"
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[personal profile] justbeingbay 2013-09-04 04:44 pm (UTC)(link)
"Sure," Bay said, snatching up the treat. "I'm taking live performance and literature. They're both tomorrow. What did you take this time around?"
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[personal profile] arsenicmauls 2013-09-04 04:53 pm (UTC)(link)
"Teamwork and current affairs," Gert replied. "Monday and Thursday. Still not exactly what I'd call a packed schedule, but yours is worse. Maybe start making a lot of mainland trips?"
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[personal profile] justbeingbay 2013-09-04 05:19 pm (UTC)(link)
"I might," Bay mused. "I hear Baltimore has this great museum of outsider art and it's getting a little sad I haven't made it there yet."
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[personal profile] arsenicmauls 2013-09-04 10:26 pm (UTC)(link)
"Hey, that sounds right up your alley," Gert noted. "I'd go with you to that. I've only ever seen your work and some random street art back in LA, but my old neighborhood wasn't exactly overflowing with it."
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[personal profile] justbeingbay 2013-09-05 12:42 am (UTC)(link)
"That is an excellent idea," Bay nodded. "Wanna go Friday, or should we wait for next week?"
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