2nd Floor Common Room | Wednesday Afternoon

[pursuedthestars]

Jim didn't know why he'd come back from Haiti before checking to see if the island was being weird. He really didn't. He'd just come back and as soon as he'd settled down in the common room, he'd noticed his arms were now a very festive shade of green and red. At first, he thought he'd caught some rash from being in Haiti and had almost called Natalie to yell but then cooler heads had prevailed and he figured the island was being whimsical.

Jim just prayed this went away quickly because he didn't need his arms colored like he was going to be some Christmas ornament. Right now, he was ignoring it as best he could while he ate some lunch and watched some random movie on television. Every once in awhile, he tried rubbing the colors away with his hand or a napkin only to sigh when the colors remained just as vibrant as ever.

Jim rolled his eyes and went back to the movie.

[Open CR. I've got no voice so I'm home from work. Lucky me?]

Comments

[pursuedthestars]

"Nah. I'd probably go back home and since the future's gotta have a way to get molasses out of hair without having to resort to head shaving," Jim said. "Some super shampoo or something."

[arsenicmauls]

"Good to know the future is making improvements that matter," Gert said dryly, but she actually kind of meant it. "Do you have semi-permanent hair dye that lasts longer than a week? If so, I might have to ask you to run a quick errand for me next time you're home."

Joking!

[pursuedthestars]

"Haven't ever checked into that since I've got no need to dye my hair," he said, fluffing his oh so fluffy hair. "But, I've already got something else I've gotta pick up back home so I might actually check into it for you. For fun."

[arsenicmauls]

"Much appreciated," Gert said sincerely, shooting Jim a thumbs-up. "I've always wondered whether the short duration of the dye lasting has to do with dye technology not being what it could be yet, or me just buying the cheap kind, so this'll be a good experiment."

Gert was a huge dork.

"What else are you picking up?" she asked, responding to the first part of what he'd just said. "It's not eyeliner, is it?"

[pursuedthestars]

"It's not," Jim said, shaking his head. "Natalie wants a textbook on alien languages. So, I need to find a bookstore as well as a beauty shop. People are gonna really wonder what kind of life I lead."