Third Floor Common Room [Sunday afternoon]

[pasunereveuse.livejournal.com]

Celia had an armful of books from the library and a strange desire to be around other people, still. (Usually the two didn't coincide much for her.) She took her stack out to the common room, flopping lazily on the couch in a flurry of skirts.

She was just about to turn on the television when she heard a soft, deadpan voice say, ""Have you been telling people the butterfly thing? I keep getting calls about threesomes."

Celia started, actually dropping the book she was about to dive into. "...hello?" she said said hesitantly, looking around the room for the voice's owner.

Once she'd actually gotten up and looked behind the television and all the furniture, Celia felt a bit better. She fluttered her hands at the discarded books, bringing them back into a neat pile, and settled back down.

Now, she did turn on the television for company -- she wouldn't actually admit it was because she was a bit uneasy (not to mention confused -- what was a threesome?), but...yes, she wanted another voice in the room that she could actually see the source of.

[open common room is open!]

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[iceolatedqueen.livejournal.com]

Apparently Celia wasn't the only one who had decided that reading in the common room was the way to go today. Elsa had a book in hand as well as she made her way in, intending to put on a pot of water for tea.

She did sort of freeze in the doorway once she realized who was in there with her, but after a moment she convinced herself that she was being silly, and she wandered over to the kitchenette to fill the teakettle.

"Good afternoon, Celia," she said, nodding her hello. "I'm making tea, would you like some?"

[fly-so-serious.livejournal.com]

Joker gave Elsa a nod and a smile. "Feeling better?"

[iceolatedqueen.livejournal.com]

"Much," Elsa replied, turning a smile toward Joker. "I really should thank you, you know. I was going to sit around and just get more worked up until the bar cleared out."

Because of reasons? Because of some sort of social expectation that she imagined was there, because so many other people were hanging around?

She was so bad at this.

"I'm making tea. I don't imagine you're really the type, but you know I'm going to offer anyway." A pause. "Tea?"

[fly-so-serious.livejournal.com]

Joker thought about it. "Yeah, sure, I could do tea. Tea me."

He shrugged. "It was brave of you to go out there. Learn how to be sociable. Have fun. But, if you traumatize yourself that is so not gonna help."

[iceolatedqueen.livejournal.com]

Oh, you were so going to get some tea, Joker. It was going to come in a cup with a teabag and a little spoon and everything.

Elsa wouldn't even demand you drink it with your pinky up. That's how nice she was going to be.

"It wasn't exactly traumatic," Elsa offered, adding more water to the kettle. "My first two dates were pleasant, and I was a little too surprised by my third being Loki to even think about how many people were there. And then the last two were you and Victor, and I know you both already..." Look! She even knew how to plug the kettle in to make it boil. She was practically modern. "I'm glad I got out and gave it a try. And Professor Skywalker was going to give extra credit to the people who did."

So it was like winning! But with more social anxiety!

[nobloodymessiah.livejournal.com]

"Is the tea for anyone?" Eleanor asked brightly. "I didn't think to bring my calculus book."

[iceolatedqueen.livejournal.com]

"There's more than enough tea to go around," Elsa promised, smiling at Eleanor and then reaching up to pull down another mug.

Teacups, people. Common rooms clearly needed more teacups.

... Because they wouldn't end up in pieces in no time flat.

"And don't worry, there'll be plenty of time to study. Unless you have something due right away, I suppose. In which case... oops?"

[nobloodymessiah.livejournal.com]

"I don't," Eleanor laughed. "If I did, it'd be rather irresponsible of me to be out socializing instead of working on it. I just came in for the company. And the tea."

[iceolatedqueen.livejournal.com]

"Well, I can personally vouch for the tea," Elsa offered. "They make it so simple, these days. A little bag with the leaves in it, and then you can just throw it all away when it's done."

Would modern wonders never cease?

[pasunereveuse.livejournal.com]

"That would be wonderful," Celia said, looking up and eyeing Elsa curiously. She couldn't help it, since she'd found out what she'd found out, but she was doing her best not to actually vocalize her myriad questions. "How are you?"

[omg i am so sorry omg omg omg]

[iceolatedqueen.livejournal.com]

"I'm doing quite well, thank you," Elsa replied, pulling down another mug for Celia. There were no teacups in the cupboards here, but she would work with what she could find. "There were... dates, at one of the establishments in town yesterday. I spent a little bit of time there, meeting new people."

Well, three new people, one of which was a god. And then Victor and Joker.

"And yourself?"

[No worries! I heard a bit about your suberb owl mishaps, I understand!]

[pasunereveuse.livejournal.com]

"I thought I spotted you there," Celia said with a smile. "Did your...dates produce anything worthwhile? Mine were -- well. I met two new people, at least. I suppose there's that."

[iceolatedqueen.livejournal.com]

"Perhaps a few new friends," Elsa offered with a nod. "Cosette and Jessica both seem pleasant, and Loki is..."

How to describe Loki?

"... Intriguing. If he is who he says he is. I'll consider that a win, I think. I didn't go there expecting a great romance or anything. Just some extra credit in Professor Skywalker's class."

[fly-so-serious.livejournal.com]

Joker had figured out by now that the third floor common room was the happenin' one to be in, so he headed on down. "Anyone want to take bets on the... oh."

Well, there went his crafty plan.

"You probably have no idea what the Super Bowl is, do you? And if you did, you wouldn't care."

[nobloodymessiah.livejournal.com]

"Enlighten us," Eleanor said. "What is it, and how does one bet on it?"

[fly-so-serious.livejournal.com]

"It's a major sporting event," Joker explained. "People bet money on who they think is going to win. 'Cause, y'know, they don't know ahead of time."

[nobloodymessiah.livejournal.com]

"So you already know who won?" she asked. "You could win money betting on it then, couldn't you?"

[fly-so-serious.livejournal.com]

"That was the general idea. I mean, it's not like I know know, but I can look it up. Assuming this... universe... isn't too different from my own." Joker shrugged. "Probably for the best, anyway. I'm starting to feel a little guilty for even thinking about it, now."

[pasunereveuse.livejournal.com]

"I haven't the foggiest idea," Celia said cheerily. "I don't suppose it's as easy as it being a very large vessel, is it?"

[omg i'm sure relly told you about le epic snow disaster of yesterday but i'm so sorry omg omg omg]

[fly-so-serious.livejournal.com]

"Vessel?" Joker asked, confused. "No, Super Bowl, not super boat. It's a sporting event. Kinda a big deal. People like to bet on the outcome, I've got a bit of an advantage in that area, and so it was this whole clever scheme. But alas, I am undone by apathy!"

[Not a problem!]

[pasunereveuse.livejournal.com]

"What sort of advantage?" Celia asked, raising a brow.

[fly-so-serious.livejournal.com]

"Oh! I guess we haven't really spoken since the spacep-- the airport, have we? I, uh... I'm from The Future. Ooo~ooo~ooh!" Joker waved his hands in a vaguely spooky manner. "Soooo... Yeah, I can just look up the score ahead of time, since it's already happened, for me. I'm really sorry about the airport, too -- I must've confused you all over the place."

[nobloodymessiah.livejournal.com]

Eleanor, too, was feeling the odd need not to be alone. Maybe too many memories had been stirred up last night, pleasant as her dates had been. Maybe it was all right to need to speak with other people, regardless of the reason.

"What sort of books are those?" Eleanor asked, noticing Celia's stack. "Informative or entertaining?"

The two could overlap. Eleanor was the type who could read an encyclopedia to amuse herself.

[pasunereveuse.livejournal.com]

"Must I choose?" Celia asked with a smile, holding up her stack of books. "I've a mix of novels I've missed out on due to my little time-travel, a bit of science, a bit of anthropology...I feel quite behind, and thought I might try to catch up."

[nobloodymessiah.livejournal.com]

"What sort of science?" Eleanor asked, settling down onto the couch. "I've been meaning to go to the library, myself. I'm about half as out-of-date as you are. We ought to compare notes."