5th Floor Common Room; Thursday Afternoon

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His first class was in the books and Jasper really didn't know what to make of this place. He'd expected to be sitting through classes that detailed the ins and outs of the works of Walden or Thoreau or taught him how to solve high level math problems. Instead, he'd dealt with a simulation about the aftermath of the end of the world.

Kinda interesting, he had to admit.

He had one more class tomorrow and then he'd make judgments on the whole thing. For now, he was sitting back on the couch with a battered manilla folder on his lap. Inside were the pictures of his father's victims that he'd hung up at home. One hundred and twenty four pictures. In a new place with so many new people, he needed this. He needed the reminder of what could happen if he ever lost control.

Prospects are there for you and for me, Jasper. That’s what they exist for, get it?

"Thanks, Dear Old Dad," he muttered, flipping to the picture between the eightieth and the eighty first victims. His mother's face stared back at him and he touched the old photo with a fingertip before sighing and closing the folder.

He left it on his lap and turned on the television. Maybe he'd try and do something normal.

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[sciclone]

This wasn't remotely Cosima's floor, but it happened to be where she was right now.

"Oh, hey," she greeted vaguely, drifting toward a chair. "You're Jasper,right? That was some class."

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"That's one way to put it, yeah," he replied, glancing up. "Probably a little more exciting than learning about photosynthesis or something, though."

[sciclone]

"You just don't know how exciting photosynthesis really is."

Cosima wasn't quite enough of a science geek to mean that seriously.

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"And I don't need to be convinced either," he said, holding up a hand. "I'll leave that to the botanists of the world. They can have their plants and I'll take classes about tomorrow after the end of the world."

He was probably better suited for something that dark anyway.

[sciclone]

Cosima chuckled. "You could do both," she suggested. "Probably we'd need botanists after the end of thew orld."

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"Babysitting plants is not my idea of a good time," he replied, shaking his head. "There's better things to do. To me, at least. I'd just kill the poor thing anyway."

And Dear Old Dad would probably spin that in some way to make it seem like Jasper was ascending to the throne Billy Dent had built.

[sciclone]

"So, not the most useful person to put on greenhouse duty after the end of the world," Cosima decided.

Then: "I dunno, I like the class. It's like we all fell into a video game or a zombie movie."

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"Never said I didn't like it," he remarked, shaking his head. "It's just not what I'm used to. But, I'm getting the feeling that's the norm around here. The unexpected, the strange, the ways we can try and freak out the new kids."

He glanced over at her.

"Or something like that."

[sciclone]

"It's not what I'm used to either," Cosima said, shaking her head. "Jokes aside, San Francisco's about 80 times more normal than this place. At least I never met anybody who could turn into a squirrel there."

"It's interesting," she added quickly. "But ... kind of a lot to wrap my head around."

[soniaroadsqueen]

"Hi, Jasper!" Ringo waved and grinned as she came into the common room. A pair of ATs were dangling in her hand, as she'd changed into regular shoes before coming into the dorm.

"How's your day going?"

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"It's been fine." Even if it hadn't been, he probably would have said it was fine. "Been outside?"

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Ringo nodded enthusiastically. "Yep!"

"Though I still haven't found the perfect place to ride yet." She shrugged and glanced at the couch. "Mind if I join you?" Because she really should get around to trying to get to know her roommate a little better. Even if she wasn't entirely over being weirded out by sharing a room with a boy.

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"Sure, if you want," Jasper said, putting a hand over his folder to make sure nothing fell out. That'd be interesting to explain. "There's not much good on television, though. Just a bunch of sitcoms that are trying too hard to be funny."

[soniaroadsqueen]

"I've never been much of a TV person, anyway," Ringo admitted as she let herself flop onto the couch, careful to give Jasper (and herself) some space. "Have you been up to anything fun yet?" she asked after a moment of silence to think of a topic.

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"Depends on what you think is fun." She probably wouldn't think his folder was fun so he said nothing about it. "I had an interesting class full of monsters and arguments and talking about death. It was interesting, at least."

[soniaroadsqueen]

"The classes here are very odd, I'm finding," Ringo said with a soft smile. "I mean, mine have been fun so far, but not at all like classes back home." Then she frowned slightly. "Though none of mine have involved talking about death." Yet. And she hoped it stayed that way, as the topic definitely made her uncomfortable.

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"It's not so bad," he said, shrugging casually. "We're all gonna go sometime so if I make it to the end of the world, I'd feel accomplished."

Of course, there were big plans in place for him before he died. Plans he would try and ignore but they were there nonetheless.

[kenselvren]

Jalian came in and nodded at the new boy as she headed to the refrigerator. She glanced briefly at the television. "Careful. Sometimes it won't turn off."

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"So, I'd just leave," Jasper answered, not seeing too much trouble with a television that wouldn't turn off. "Problem solved."

[kenselvren]

Jalian shrugged and found some yogurt. "So long as you don't need to stay." She looked him over. "I haven't met you."

Which meant she was only slightly less acquainted with him than with modern-day social niceties.

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"Probably because I've only been here for six days," he told her breezily. "I haven't met a lot of people yet. Small island, I'm sure it's only a matter of time."

[kenselvren]

Jalian nodded. "There are classes, and also some people have jobs to meet more people and make money." Silly thing. "And sometimes strange things happen and you have to work together."

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"Quaint," Jasper said though his tone suggested he didn't really find it that way. It was familiar but not quaint. "And boy, people love talking about the strange things here. It's like the number one hobby for almost everyone I've met so far. Guess it beats the weather as a conversation starter."

[kenselvren]

"The weather is sometimes strange, too," Jalian offered.

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"Wonderful," he said blandly, shaking his head. "What isn't strange here? The food?"