4th Floor Common Room, Tuesday Evening

[myfaireggsy.livejournal.com]

When Eggsy had ordered dinner, he hadn't been aware of how much food would be brought. He in no way had enough money to pay for everything that showed up with the deeply apathetic deliver guy.

Apparently this island was weird on every level.

But he wasn't about to look a gift horse in the mouth, taking a few bags of burgers back up to the common room to eat an ungodly amount while avoiding his roommate. All in all, not the worst evening he could have had.

[Totally open. Mmm. Burgers]

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[ihuntkillers.livejournal.com]

Jasper's room wasn't on his floor but he couldn't not stop when he saw the sheer amount of hamburgers that seemed to be surrounding someone new.

"You hungry?" he asked, fairly sure that wasn't exactly the case. He'd ordered food enough times to know sometimes this place just gave you about eighty tons more than you needed.

[myfaireggsy.livejournal.com]

"I could eat," Eggsy replied, surveying his kingdom of fast food bags.

[ihuntkillers.livejournal.com]

"Yeah, you're gonna have to if you're gonna eat all this," Jasper said, wandering into the common room. "And then probably spend your night in the bathroom."

Unless Eggsy had a cast iron stomach or something.

[myfaireggsy.livejournal.com]

MAYBE HE DID. YOU DON'T KNOW HIM.

"I'll pass on that part," Eggsy replied, making a face. "They just left the extra. Told 'em I ain't payin' for it, but they left 'em anyway."

[ihuntkillers.livejournal.com]

"They do that," Jasper said, looking at the grease coating some of the bags with interest. It certainly smelled good. "Not sure how they can afford it but I don't tend to ask them too many questions. I just take the food and eat the leftovers. Saves me money."

[myfaireggsy.livejournal.com]

"You want some?" He could afford to be generous. For now. He'd either have to end up finding a job or maybe sell some of his roommate's stuff if he wanted to keep it up.

Okay, he wouldn't do the latter, but it'd be funny to see her face.

[ihuntkillers.livejournal.com]

Jasper thought about it for a second before nodding and sitting down. "Yeah, why not? It's either this or some cereal I've got up in my room. I'll take this any day of the week."

[omgnochecksyet]

Okay, well, day one of classes was a done deal and Eric had managed to survive without spontaneously combusting or anything. Which was a feat given that his only class of the day was Sex Ed, and he was a delicate Southern flower.

"Eggsy, hey!" he greeted. "Are you planning to eat all those yourself?"

[myfaireggsy.livejournal.com]

Maybe keep that to yourself, Eric. Otherwise Eggsy would never stop with the mocking.

"Nah, have some." MAYBE GROW A LITTLE.

[omgnochecksyet]

Just because SOME PEOPLE seemed to think he needed more protein...

"That's very generous of you," acknowledged the boy who had literally baked brownies just yesterday for the express purpose of sharing them.

[myfaireggsy.livejournal.com]

"They left extra. Just left it." THIS DID NOT COMPUTE.

[omgnochecksyet]

"Yeah, you'll find that happens ridiculously often," Eric said around a mouthful of hamburger. "I mean, you'll hardly hear me complaining, but it does make me wonder if any restaurants on this island actually make a profit."

[myfaireggsy.livejournal.com]

"No skin off my nose," Eggsy replied. "It's probably the leftover shit they were gonna throw out."

[omgnochecksyet]

"It tastes fine, so," Eric shrugged. "Maybe it's some sort of viral marketing thing, and they're hoping that tomorrow afternoon I'll have an irresistible burger craving."

[spin_kick_snap]

Kathy was pretty much always hungry and when she smelled hot food while walking up the stairs to her floor, her stomach demanded she investigate.

One benefit of living on the fifth floor: you always got to pass other people's common rooms and see what was available.

"Someone get delivery?" she asked, seeing the bags of burgers. She looked around to see who they belonged to. "Are these for sharing?"

[myfaireggsy.livejournal.com]

"Can't rightly eat them all on me own, yeah?" Well, he could. But it would end badly for everyone.

[spin_kick_snap]

"I dunno, I've seen how some students here eat," Kathy said with a laugh. "Including me. So I couldn't really judge if you did."

The number of people around here with some kind of fancy biology meant that for all Kathy knew, these bags could be someone's idea of a quick after-dinner snack.

"Do you mind if I grab a few then?" she asked. "I'm Kathy, by the way. I usually live up on the fifth floor, but I was lured here by the siren song of hot food I didn't have to cook myself."

[myfaireggsy.livejournal.com]

"Eggsy," he replied, nodding over at the bags. The many, many bags. "I just ordered a few and found out they ain't kidding around with the portions."

[spin_kick_snap]

"They never do," Kathy said, going over to grab herself a few. Or, well, like four. She'd finish those and see if Eggsy was amenable to sharing more when she was done. "Sometimes they tell you that you're their 23rd customer of the week and you've won five free enchiladas and other times they just show up and dump seven extra cartons of noodles and rice on you with the rest of your order." She laughed and shook her head. "I don't think any student's had to order more than a large pizza since their second week on the island."

[myfaireggsy.livejournal.com]

"Saves me from having to cook at least," Eggsy replied with a grin. "Get a good test of the smoke alarms then."

[omgnochecksyet]

Eric waved cheerfully around his own mouthful of burger, and then once he'd swallowed, offered a proper greeting. "Hey! I think we have had a class or two together, but I don't believe we've met formally. Kathy, right?"

[spin_kick_snap]

"Hi, yes!" Kathy said, taking another second or two before she hazarded, "Eric, yeah? We were in Agent Washington's Teamwork course! Hi!" She gave him a bright grin. "Here for the burgers or did the burgers interrupt another night of brownies?"

Look, she'd heard radio. And far be it for her to interfere with someone making chocolate treats!

[omgnochecksyet]

Well, Kathy had been in Agent Washington's Teamwork class. Eric had been in the Weekly Hide and Shriek Hour. "No brownies tonight," he said apologetically. "Or, at least, I'm not baking any. But I still have plenty left over if you would like some..."

[spin_kick_snap]

But at least he'd participated?

"Oh, you don't have to go and get anything just for me," Kathy protested. "I'm not going to send you off on an errand for something like that!"

Just, you know, if Eric had any brownies on him--or the intentions of making more--Kathy would have been happy to assist in relieving him of them. That was all.

[omgnochecksyet]

For an extremely loose definition of "participated", sure.

"It really wouldn't be any trouble at all," Eric assured her. "My room's not even that far." It was on the second floor.