3rd Floor Common Room, Wednesday Morning

[not_every_mage]

Kathy was back from the dead.

Kathy was back from the dead, and that made everything else in Anders' life seem ... a little bit mundane. Not bad, mind you, but it was a tiny bit odd to be on the dorm couch nibbling on toaster waffles and watching a marathon of a reality show about a British nanny when somebody on the island had beaten death itself.

On the other hand, what was he supposed to do? Stalking Kathy was hardly an option. So he'd sit here with his waffles and the brats on TV and pretend he knew how he felt about any of this.

[OOC: Open like a common room.]

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[rebelseekspizza]

"What's on TV right now?"

Dante's voice was more muted than he wanted it to be - he was starting to get lost in his own thoughts too.

But at least right now he could drop his ass on the sofa next to Anders and try to steal some of his waffles.

[not_every_mage]

"Nanny show," Anders said, ceding some of his waffles with a little sigh. "She's trying to convince rich people not to let their kids be horrible brats. And I think she's winning."

[rebelseekspizza]

"Never gonna actually happen," Dante decided. "Rich kids, man."

He bit off a chunk of waffle.

[not_every_mage]

Anders jabbed his thumb at the screen. "She got that one to stop kicking his mom. So that's ... something?"

[rebelseekspizza]

"Yeah, there's a victory," Dante said, snorting.

He kicked gently at Anders' foot. "What's up?"

[not_every_mage]

Anders kicked back, lightly. "Nothing. I'm still tired, mostly. How are you?"

[rebelseekspizza]

"Better," Dante said. He threw Anders a light grin. "Booze and sack time helps."

[not_every_mage]

"Cures for all ills," Anders pronounced. "And not having to go anywhere last two days helped, too. Blondie's a good therapist."

Lachlan was a jerk.

[rebelseekspizza]

Dante laughed. "Yeah, she looked cute sleeping all over your face while you snored," he teased.

[vrajna_kralis]

"I am still not entirely sure," Hya volunteered from his own chair. "It's oddly hard to look away from, though. In a horrifying kind of way."

[rebelseekspizza]

"She's just so fucking squeaky," Dante opined, pulling a face.

[vrajna_kralis]

"I do like that the children sometimes squeeze that toy when she speaks," Hyacinthe said, laughing in spite of himself. "She gets quite flustered because it sounds exactly like her."

[rebelseekspizza]

"I guess that's funny," Dante said, tilting his head. "Still not really sold on the show, though."

He looked up. "What's up, by the way?"

[vrajna_kralis]

"Not a great deal," Hyacinthe said, lounging back in his chair. "I have discovered toaster waffles. And I'm thinking of getting a job. I've never gone so long without some way of earning coin."

He quirked an eyebrow at Dante. "Though it sounds like you've had an eventful weekend."

Or so sayeth the squirrels.

[rebelseekspizza]

"Yeah, turns out dragging someone back from the dead really makes you tired. And hungry," Dante offered, smirking up at Hyacinthe (mostly by reflex), "And other stuff."

He shoved some of his stolen waffles into his mouth, chewed, and swallowed. "Anyway, always places hiring around here."

[vrajna_kralis]

Well that sounded like a remarkably terrible idea, though Hyacinthe was too polite to say so. But dead people were generally meant to stay dead, the Yeshuite's Meshiach aside.

"You look like you have figured out how to cure the hunger," he noted, rather than questioning certain choices. "And I'm not all that helpful do you wish to sleep. But if you're interested in that other stuff..."

[rebelseekspizza]

Hey, it hadn't exactly been Dante's first choice either, but now that it had been made, he was gonna own it.

"Been bored without me?" he flirted easily, even if it felt almost weird to do it with Anders here.

[vrajna_kralis]

"...I'm not sure what to ask about first," Hyacinthe teased from where he lounged in the doorway. "Why they would...film? 'Tis the right word, yes?...a show about the spoiled children of nobles or why you'd watch such a thing."

He paused and glanced at Anders' plate. "Or what it is that you're eating."

[not_every_mage]

"To make people feel happy those aren't their children," Anders said, flashing a grin over his shoulder, deciding not to explain that they weren't nobles right then, "and toaster waffles. There's a box in the freezer if you want some."

[vrajna_kralis]

"Oh, well, in that case, consider it a success," Hyacinthe said with a shudder. Wandering over to the freezer, he attempted to figure out what a toaster and a waffle were from context. "Anyone back home saw this and no one would light a candle to Eisheth again."

[not_every_mage]

"Is that your fertility god?" Anders asked, padding over to the kitchen and pulling yellow box out of the freezer. "And do you know how to use the toaster? Sorry, I forget I had to learn."

[vrajna_kralis]

"Less a god and more a...patron saint?" Hya said, hoping that was the right word. "She is one of the One God's angels. But otherwise, yes. D'Angelline women light candles to her to open their wombs. Until they do, they cannot have children."

Which was half the reason Hyacinthe had been so confused by the notion of 'safer sex' when he'd first arrived.

"And I'm not sure what a toaster is!" he said cheerfully. "Though now I'm guessing 'tis not a thing that stays in the freezer."

He was learning!

[not_every_mage]

"Wait, so you don't have to be careful not to get anybody pregnant?" Anders asked, with some envy. "We have potions and such, but the best way I know at home is not sleeping with girls."

Bisexuality: Fun AND practical.

Chuckling slightly, he reached past Hyacinthe to show him the silver toaster. "It's plugged in," he noted. "So all you have to do is drop in two waffles, turn the dial to medium, and press down the lever on the side. And then wait. And find the syrup."

He did all that as he talked.

[vrajna_kralis]

"But then you miss out on the fun of sleeping with girls!" Hyacinthe protested, watching Anders' arcane process. He still wasn't sure about these 'waffles' but he was fond of easy food. "But yes. Girls back home don't get their menses until they light their candle. I had no idea other practices were necessary before coming here."

[not_every_mage]

"You can find other ways to have fun," Anders said, and winked. "No, but so it was all new to you? All the fumbling around with little pieces of rubber must seem incredibly awkward."

It had been for him, and Thedas at least had condoms -- even if they weren't common outside brothels.