Third Floor Common Room [Friday evening]

[pasunereveuse.livejournal.com]

Celia had thought to simply sit on one of the sofas and read the book she'd gotten from the library. That sounded like a wonderful way to spend her first Friday evening here -- utterly relaxing.

That was until she sat down on upon one of the small black rectangles that seemed to control the television (she'd pieced together what it was and what it did from walking through common rooms the past week). The thing came to life with a blare of static and noise, and Celia watched as a thin man examined garments before what appeared to be a ragtag group of clowns.

"This concerns me," he informed one of them. And that was how Celia discovered Project Runway.

Before she knew it, she had been sitting in the common room for a solid quarter-hour, staring at the television. It wasn't until she began being inexplicably bombarded by ads that she realized she had been so mesmerized, despite the total lack of an actual story.

Television was amazing.

[open open open YES YAY IT'S FINALLY FRIDAY!

Comments

[godofxbox]

"I'm not, like, a fan or anything, but sure, I know what it is," Alex said with a shrug. "I used to live in New York, sometimes they'd shut down places for filming." And then pitch a giant fit when a superhero battle took out their filming location, whoops.

[pasunereveuse.livejournal.com]

"They film things in New York now," Celia said, sounding amazed. "I suppose that makes sense." She eyed him, and added, "I also came from New York, most recently. But I imagine mine looked different from yours."

Just an idea. The difference of a hundred years or more.

[godofxbox]

"A lot of New Yorks do," Alex agreed. "Mine has superheroes, for one thing."

[pasunereveuse.livejournal.com]

That would do it, yes. "What's a superhero?" Celia wondered thoughtfully.

[godofxbox]

"Someone with superpowers who fights bad guys," Alex explained. "Or, like, alien invasions or whatever." You know, the usual.

[pasunereveuse.livejournal.com]

"Oh! There are people like that publicly?" Celia asked, eyes widening. "And they use their gifts for...public good?"

Why hadn't she ever thought of that?

[godofxbox]

"Yeah, there are lots of them where I'm from," Alex confirmed. "Of course, we also have lots of supervillains, so it balances out."

[pasunereveuse.livejournal.com]

"Without the evil, the good would have less to do," Celia said, nodding. "Do you know any of them personally? Or are they just...celebrated, so everyone knows them?"

[godofxbox]

"Well, my dad used to be in the Avengers," Alex said. That hadn't ended so well. Thanks, Osborn. "So....yeah, but not currently?"

[pasunereveuse.livejournal.com]

"Hmm. Just when I think I've learned everything that's different from my world here, I hear something like this," Celia said, shaking her head. "Though your superheroes sound like something every world could use, truly."