3rd Floor Common Room, Friday Evening

[bookbeltof_love]

Was this her common room?

No!

It wasn't stopping her from swanning on in with her midnight blue beret perched jauntily on upon her head—the cape, though, she'd left in her room—and her tablet accompanying her.

Nor had it stopped her from ordering a positively obnoxious amount of Thai food since, like, sharing was caring after all…

Except when it came to Noct, who she'd redubbed Croissantias, the fisherman, and inbetween her Plans for class she was amusing herself by essentially writing fanfic of her own class to include Croissantias in them and sending said snippets off to Noct.

It wasn't her fault he'd teased her—she was super certain that was her brother's fault—and that his classes weren't as exciting.

Besides, it was a nice, relaxing way to spend a Friday evening. Even if, like, Foomy seemed to have abandoned her…

Well, at least her Pad Thai was a staunch ally! And delicious!

[Open CR is open, naturally! Noctis modded with permission lol.]

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[legionqueen]

It was, as it happened, Jules’ common room. And the smell of the takeout had her poking her head in curiously, Camden close behind.

“Whatever you’ve got, it smells delightful,” she informed Nina.

[bookbeltof_love]

"Help yourself!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" Nina chirped, grinning up from her tablet. "It's Thai food, which originates in Thailand, but like, I don't vouch for the authenticity of it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

She really didn't.

"But it's delicious!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

[legionqueen]

“I’ve never heard of that kingdom,” Juillenne admitted. Honestly, she still didn’t know most of the ones in this world. “So I suppose I’m not overly concerned with authenticity. I’m more concerned with the ‘delicious’ part.”

[bookbeltof_love]

"And, like, there's no time like the present to discover more tasty things.........," she said, laughing. "I'm not quite sure where Thailand is myself.........."

Though she was pretty sure it wasn't a kingdom so to speak.

[legionqueen]

Yes, well. Jules wasn’t used to a world that was so, well... expansive. And ‘kingdom’ was really the only word she had for other nations.

(Which was hilarious, given her opinion of the idea of a king in general.)

She figured she’d start with something that was at least somewhat familiar, reaching for chicken in some sort of sauce and dishing some onto a plate.

“That is good,” she murmured appreciatively after a few bites,

[bookbeltof_love]

"Right???????????" Nina nodded her agreement, making no move to put her plate down. Mmmm, no. "Though, like, if Camden wants some, maybe be careful?????????????? Some of it's spicy.........."

And she didn't know how Camden was with spice.

[legionqueen]

Camden wasn’t terribly picky; meat was meat, after all, spices or no.

... She did maybe let out a surprised grumble as she tasted some of it, which had Jules struggling not to laugh.

“So,” Jules said, around another bite of her own chicken, “what have you been up to?”

[bookbeltof_love]

"I'm teaching now!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

And may the world tremble.

"It's a lot of fun," Nina continued, "but also, like, totally weird???????????????"

[legionqueen]

“I think I heard mention of that on the radio,” Juillenne mused. “How is it weird?” She’d grown up in a village with very little in the way of formal schooling, so her only experience with the concept had been Fandom High itself.

[howareyanow]

"Is'sat Pad Thai?"

Wayne was a simple man. When he walked by a common room and there were people and food smells inside, he popped his head in.

And nodded when he saw a familiar face.

Nina. How are ya now?"

[bookbeltof_love]

"I'm good!!!!!!!!!!!" she said happily. "I'm taking over your common room!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

With food.

"With food," Nina added, echoing her own narration. "So, like, it's a non-hostile takeover???????????????????? How are you???????????"

[howareyanow]

"Oh," said Wayne, moving into the room, figuring that was as good as an imitation as any, "not so bad. 'Cept it's not really my common room, is it? More like the school's. Would defeat the purpose of it bein' common otherwise."

[bookbeltof_love]

"It belongs to the students," she said decidedly. "So, like, if one of us goes power mad then, well, that's not their problem............."

[howareyanow]

One of Wayne's brows lifted. "We need to worry 'bout you goin' power mad on us, Nina?"

He didn't sound particularleh worried....but he didn't seem particularleh surprised if that were the case, neither.

[bookbeltof_love]

"I mean, like, I'm already a professor here.............."

Did that count as power mad?

"Maybe I already am," she mused thoughtfully.

[howareyanow]

"...isn't your class at the community center?" Wayne asked, after a moment. "S'not really part of the school, technicalleh."

[bookbeltof_love]

"The moose wouldn't let me in the school," she grumbled. "Which was, like, super unfair, imagine what I could do with the Danger Shop.............."

But no fears. She had Plans.

"But, like, even so, the moose is who I had to go through to get my class. I count that as, like, part of the school then!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

[cypher_can_fly]

"I smell food," announced a voice from the hallway. "Please tell me this isn't a clever ruse."

[bookbeltof_love]

Nina giggled.

"What if it's a clever ruse with food??????????????" she called.

[cypher_can_fly]

"Ah," Owen said, eyes big. "My weakness!"

[bookbeltof_love]

"I knew it!!!!!!!!!!!" she said, triumphant. "Come in, come in!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! The food really is here, I promise!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

[cypher_can_fly]

Owen made a big show of sticking his head into the common room, looking around furtively. "A likely story," he declared.

[bookbeltof_love]

"My stories are always likely," she protested, giggling.

[cypher_can_fly]

"I want to believe a face as pretty as yours," Owen sniffed, "But I've been burnt before. Like... toast!"

[bookbeltof_love]

She was eventually going to have to stop feeling delighted when he called her pretty, right? Right?

... Today was not that day.

"Toast doesn't smell like this food," she said earnestly. "So you can't be burnt here.............."

Sure, that made sense.