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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[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]

Hyacinthe snorted. "Have you seen this school? There are entirely too many pretty people in it." By which he meant 'too many pretty people for hours in the day.' Obviously.

"Though I'll admit that none of them are quite like you. And it has been awhile."

[rebelseekspizza]

"We should fix that," Dante said, winking.

Mostly because Hyacinthe was pretty and easy and miles away from this mess.

[vrajna_kralis]

Being pretty and easy were two of Hya's most important virtues! Being miles away from everything just happened to be luck. Not that he was upset to be so far removed from all that drama.

"I am yours to command," he said with a lazy gesture at himself. "'Tis one way to avoid watching more of this show." His eyes strayed to Anders. "Do you think we should save him from himself, too?"

[rebelseekspizza]

Dante looked over towards Anders, and managed a real grin. "I think we can talk him into it," he agreed. "Y'know, between you and me."

[vrajna_kralis]

"I believe we can be rather persuasive if we set our...minds...to it," Hya said with a low chuckle. "I'm willing to bend over backwards if that 'tis what it takes."

[rebelseekspizza]

"Usually more fun when the bending goes the other way," Dante said brightly, "But I'm willing to try anything."

[vrajna_kralis]

"What, you don't appreciate a bit of flexibility in the bedroom?" Hyacinthe punned with a cheerful waggle of his eyebrows. "Or wherever we may find ourselves?"

[rebelseekspizza]

"Gotta be flexible with purpose," Dante said, grinning back at the guy. "Nothing you can't get your paws on in front."

[vrajna_kralis]

"There's a position in the Trois Milles Joies that says otherwise, but there's a bed involved and at least one lady, so I'll concede the point," Hyacinthe said. "How about you bend over and I'll just ask sweetly on my knees and we'll see if the fancy strokes him?"

Technically, that could have been a translation error on Hyacinthe's part. It wasn't, but it could have been.

[rebelseekspizza]

Somehow Dante didn't think so.

"Okay, I'll grant you the lady one," he mused. "But I'm big on that last practical suggestion."

SURPRISE.

"I mean, I know I'm always up for fancy stroking."

[vrajna_kralis]

Color Hyacinthe shocked.

"I mean, if Anders does decide not to join us, I'll make sure to give you all the fancy stroking you can handle to make up for it."

[rebelseekspizza]

Dante smirked at him again. "It's a deal," he said, and reached over to pick a last bit of toaster waffle from his plate.

[vrajna_kralis]

"Hey now!" Hyacinthe protested with a laugh. "'Twas mine! I demand recompense!"

[rebelseekspizza]

"You want something, you're gonna have to come and get it," Dante said merrily, shoving the food in his mouth.

[vrajna_kralis]

"...Here in the common room?" Hya asked, looking astonished. "And here, I thought we were supposed to behave when we were where others could just stroll in."

Hyacinthe had never behaved in his life, which was why he was leaning over to kiss Dante hard.

[rebelseekspizza]

Dante snickered softly, a noise that got muffled by the sudden but not entirely unsurprising arrival of someone else's mouth.

He kissed back with equal fervor, though he was juggling some mental calculus about where Anders was right now.

[vrajna_kralis]

"So," Hyacinthe said, sitting back after the kiss was done. His was a smug smile. "You as ready to leave the area where people could just walk in as I?"