Second Floor Common Room; Late Tuesday Morning [08/30].

[outofthequiver]

Yesterday had been a lot for Libby, but it had also reminded her that she had a lot of friends and a lot of support here, and, even with all the things she struggled to push past all spelled out as clear as day for nearly everyone to see, they were still there for her. And she was there for them, too, because even though yesterday reminded Libby that she'd been through a lot, it also reminded her that, well....so had most people, here. They'd all had their baggage, but it didn't matter, because they also had each other, and that was...incredibly, necessarily heartening.

And it was her conversation with Charlie in particular that had her swinging by the store after her morning class, with the whole rest of her day free and clear, and set to work at putting together some breakfast. Or probably brunch, at this point, but she liked cooking, and she especially liked cooking for other people, and she really hadn't done it nearly enough lately, and clearly set out to do just that.

So it wouldn't be long at all before the telltale aromas of a good old breakfast casserole started to fill the room, while Libby took to making some fresh squeezed orange juice to go with it while it was baking and, even though she didn't drink it herself, she got some coffee going in the coffee maker, too.

And it just felt nice. It felt good. And she certainly felt a lot lighter than she had yesterday, and she was determined to keep it that way.

[[ might be slow due to work, but open common room is open! ]]

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[napking]

Gray (who, unlike his icon, totally had a shirt on) rolled over and fell off the couch, then sat up rubbing at his eyes. "Huh? What?"

[outofthequiver]

Boy, Libby really needed to start checking the couch before she came in here! But at least she didn't have to worry about any noise she'd been making being what ultimately woke him up.

"Oh!" She turned to see that the thump she heard was probably him on the floor. "Good morning, Gray! Are you alright?"

[napking]

Eh, people had sat on him before. It was a thing.

"I'm fine," Gray assured her. "Did I sleep through my class?" He checked his watch. "No, okay, I'm good...and something smells really good in here. Breakfast?" he asked hopefully.

[outofthequiver]

"Breakfast," Libby confirmed with a nod and a small, maybe proud kind of smile. "Casserole, to be specific. It's still got a few minutes, but I've got some fresh juice and coffee if you want some of that until it's ready."

[wildgalegirl]

"Sibling!" Charlie said cheerfully and then watched him fall off the couch. " Oof. Are you okay?"

[napking]

"Charlie, hey," Gray said, still waking up a little bit. "I'm fine. Happens all the time."

[wildgalegirl]

"No bruises from the falling?" she asked curiously.

[wildgalegirl]

Oh Charlie was definitely here for this! "Big Sis! What have you made us for breakfast? It smells delicious!"

[outofthequiver]

"Oh, it's nothing too much," Libby said modestly. "Just a casserole, really, but it's a good, easy way to feed a lot of people all at once, and it keeps good for leftovers. Would you like some? I've also made some juice and coffee."

Her grin went a little sheepish.

"I guess our conversation yesterday left me a little inspired."

[wildgalegirl]

"Coffee and casserole!" Charlie said cheerfully, "Beast big Sibling ever. Yes, please!"

She smiled at Libby, "Glad I could help then."

[outofthequiver]

"I wish some of my actual siblings back home felt more like that!" Libby said, with a laugh that wasn't quite as light as she was going for, but she was focusing on getting Charlie her food, anyway. "I might need you to try and convince 'em,if you ever get the chance.

"Do you take anything in your coffee?"

[scarlet_and_indigo]

"Hey, Charlie!" TJ waved.

[wildgalegirl]

"TJ! Good to see you! How's it going?" Charlie asked, lazing in her chair and sipping coffee.

[scarlet_and_indigo]

"Ugh!" TJ said emphatically. "Yesterday was a Thing." She flopped down on the couch nearby. "There's bears today, though! Did you hear them?" She grinned. "They're pretty good at Metallica."

[furrybluefreak]

Kurt wandered into the common room a bit later than usual, and was obviously a bit distracted too. Yesterday had been.... a bit to handle. It was definitely the biggest Island thing he had had to deal with so far really. And though the bags were gone when he woke up that morning, he was still finding it hard to get going. The weight of seeing 'Mutant scum', 'freak', 'demon', and 'that thing isn't human' all day kinda took its toll on him as he walked in, knowing he needed to get something to eat, especially since he hadn't ventured out of the dorms really other than to attend class yesterday.

[outofthequiver]

"Good morning, Kurt!" Libby greeted him With a cheery, almost proud sort of grin when he came in, and she waved a spatula toward the casserole. "Looks like I managed to beat you to the punch this time!"

[furrybluefreak]

"Aye that you did! And it smells good too!" Kurt replied.

"How have you been, Libby?" He didn't want to pry but he was worried about she had fared yesterday and all.

[outofthequiver]

"I've been...okay," Libby offered, after a moment of deciding how truthful to be with a question like that, but it helped to busy herself with putting together a plate for Kurt. Since it was a casserole, it didn't take much to get one ready for him, and she handed over a plate for him with a small, almost apologetic smile.

"Yesterday was just a real doozy, now, wasn't it?"

If it had been bad for her, she couldn't even imagine everything Kurt was probably likely to have dealt with.

[napking]

"Hey, Kurt," Gray said with a wave. "How's it going?" Should he ask if he knew about the girl who looked like him, or was that, like, the only thing anyone had asked him about for the last several days? Decisions, decisions.

[furrybluefreak]

"Hey, Graham! It's going," Kurt said with a wave in return. "How about you? Hows the big sib/little sib thing going?"

Because sure, why not keep ripping the bandage off that wound? It builds character right (and the mun is also sadistic at times XD)

[scarlet_and_indigo]

"Something smells great!" When your room was right next door to the common room, food scents carried. "Is that for sharing? And if not, what can I bribe you with to get some?"

[outofthequiver]

Food scents carried even when your room wasn't right next to the common room; it was just the magic of the dormitory ventilation system, probably!

"Oh, no bribe necessary," Libby started saying, "it's for everybo--"

But the words seemed to just stop right on the edge of her suddenly tied-tongue once she looked toward the door to see who she was even talking to.

And, sure, she'd gotten the warning on Saturday, but actually seeing it was something else entirely different, and it was absolutely not her proudest moment, but Libby couldn't help staring.

It was practically uncanny, really!

"-dy," she finally finished, and then, more than a little breathless, "Oh, you must be TJ."

Unless there was a third of them, in which case....

[scarlet_and_indigo]

TJ sighed. "What was your first clue?" she asked, deadpan. This. This was precisely what she hadn't wanted.

[napking]

"Hey, TJ!" Gray said, and then cut a look over at Kurt. Wow, the resemblance really was uncanny.

[scarlet_and_indigo]

"Hey, Gray!" TJ waved back. "How's the napping going today?"