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]

"Well," Gray amended, "I'm half human. It's...a whole thing." His eyes darted over toward Libby, his expression hopefully conveying that he didn't want to talk about it in front of her. Gray didn't know how his religious friend was going to react to finding out his dad was a fallen angel, but he didn't want her to overhear it.

"Horned god?" he asked. "Huh. I can see it, I guess."

[wildgalegirl]

Charlie lowered her voice as well, since she'd already figured out her Big Sibling, whom she liked a lot, might not take well to CHarlie's particular brand of oddness.

"Really?" she asked curiously, "In what way?" She was totally not bothered in any way by his comment.

NFB

[napking]

Gray considered. If Charlie was descended from a horned god, he was going to take a wild guess that she hadn't spent a lot of time reading the Bible. 'Nephilim' might mean nothing to her.

"Well," he said as he tapped away at something on his phone, "My mom was human," not that he'd ever known her, "and my dad was, um...not." He turned the screen of his phone toward Charlie, so she could see that he'd typed 'fallen angel' into his notes app.

Re: NFB

[wildgalegirl]

Charlie might just surprise you. Not in the reading of the Bible so much, but in her knowledge of some fairly arcane things. She read his note, nodded consideringly, and pulled out her own phone. 'Fallen angel?' she typed. 'Nephilim? Half human half angel...'

"Cool," she said out loud.

Re: NFB

[napking]

Gray just nodded and said, "And so that's why with the curse."

Re: NFB

[wildgalegirl]

"Ah..." She nodded. "I guess I don't know enough, because I hadn't heard about a curse. Sorry to hear that, though."

[napking]

"It's a thing," Gray said with a shrug. "It's fine. So how are you settling in so far?"

[wildgalegirl]

"So far so good," Charlie said, "though yesterday was a trip." It hadn't been as bad for her as for most. That would come later in her life. "Lots of friendly people, good food - went to that pizza place, amazing pizza!"

[napking]

"Oh, I know," Gray told her. "Ray takes his pizza very seriously."

[wildgalegirl]

"He's a great guy," Charlie said seriously. "Solid, definitely good friend material."

[napking]

"Anybody would be lucky to have Ray for a friend," Gray agreed. "He'd feed them, for one thing." And then they would be spoiled for other friends. He should probably disclose, "Also, he's my brother, so."

[wildgalegirl]

"I am so not complaining about being fed," Charlie said. And then she brightened. "Your brother? Then through the complicated magic of Fandom siblings I can claim him as a brother too, right?"

[napking]

"I mean, I guess," Gray said, "but maybe you should ask him too?" Explaining the transitive nature of Fandom siblings to Raiden should be interesting.

[wildgalegirl]

She laughed. "Maybe I will. But for now I'm happy enough to say he's becoming a friend. I hope."