Second floor common room- Monday evening

[mummyspromdate.livejournal.com]

Any concerns Maddie had had about giving up her powers had been nicely put to rest by actually turning completely intangible over the last week. She couldn't talk, she couldn't touch anything, and she'd spent most of her time worrying that she'd just dissipate into nothing.

So today, powerless Maddie was taking advantage of soda and pizza that had just been delivered, because naturally when you got your body back you filled it with things that were bad for you. She was even flipping channels on the remote just because she could actually push the buttons.


[Open! Have pizza.]

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[wildandbrave]

Cosette might have kept on going up one more floor to her room, but the smell of pizza lured her in.

"You don't mind if I have some, do you?" she asked from the doorway. She knew that was generally the rule around here with food in common rooms, but the other her would have just pounced on the food without waiting for an invite, and she felt the need to remind herself that she was back to normal.

[mummyspromdate.livejournal.com]

"Go for it. There's too much for just me," Maddie said. "There's soda too, if you want."

[wildandbrave]

"I don't think I'd mind. Thank you." Cosette helped herself to a slice, poured a cup of soda, and came over to sit on one of the couches while she ate. (Every now and then, after a sip of soda, she'd let out a surprised little giggle; she still wasn't used to how it tickled her nose.)

"Everything's so much quieter today, it's almost strange," she remarked. Funny how that happened when there weren't dinosaurs stampeding everywhere. "I don't mind at all, though."

[mummyspromdate.livejournal.com]

"It's nice to not fear for our lives or... universes, or whatever," Maddie said thoughtfully. "I like the quiet. At least for a while, till the next crisis rolls in."

[wildandbrave]

"Of course. There's always another." Cosette frowned a bit and brushed pizza crust crumbs off her skirt. "Wouldn't it be nice to have some warning before the next one, though!"

[mummyspromdate.livejournal.com]

"Right? Especially if it's going to last a while. Some of us have plans," Maddie said. And added, "I mean, not me, but I'm sure other people do."

[wildandbrave]

"I don't either, if it helps," Cosette told her. "I'm never entirely sure what people mean when they say that, though."

[mummyspromdate.livejournal.com]

"What, plans?" Maddie shrugged. "I don't know. People are probably getting ready for graduation, at least."

[bearmaidenfair]

"I don't mind either," Vider put in. "Though it's not mine."

[wildandbrave]

"It might have been, if not for me eating it," Cosette said lightly. "But I'm glad you don't mind anyway; I'd hate to feel as if I were stealing food."

[bearmaidenfair]

"Stealing something just means someone should have watched it better," said the Lokiskin girl inside the berserker. "Or you needed it more. Anyway, I'm glad the delivery people always send too much."

[wildandbrave]

"Surely they must have noticed by now that they're sending an absurd amount of food for just one or two people. Do you think they just don't care?" asked Cosette. "At least it doesn't go to waste."

Because high school students.

[bearmaidenfair]

"Maybe it's a competition thing," Vider mused. "To persuade us to order from them and not the other restaurants."