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Even though Guillermo normally did all of his cooking on Fridays for the DnD sessions, he was feeling inspired to cook some fresh empanadas that afternoon and he was also wearing one of his spare capes that he had kept from Friday because he had taken to wearing his cape everywhere and it was it one of the best things ever.

He was even getting better about cooking with the cape and so far he had managed to not set anything on fire as he took out one batch of empanadas out of the oven and got another ready to go in so that there would be plenty to go round.

[common room is open!]

outofthequiver

Oh, Libby was absolutely loving the candelabra that had shown up that day, and the fact that their moody lighting was made even more so by everywhere appearing just a little bit darker today. Despite still being surrounded by quite a few modern trappings, they made it exceptionally easy for her to just feel transported to a different time, in the past, long before the wonders of electricity, and she dove deep into it, spending her entire morning, curled up and cozy and diving into some epic medieval-style fantasy book to read by candlelight, to better feel like she was there.

As afternoon turned into evening, she was hoping to switch over to some nice gothic horror, but, before she did that, she'd have to take a break for lunch. So, taking a smaller of the candelabra with her so that when she swept down the hallway to the common room, she'd feel like a heroine in one of those stories, uncertain what terrors may lurk around the corner, but content to know that the worst thing she may encounter here (hopefully!) was maybe a gremlin in the shadows or some questionable leftovers in the fridge.

She didn't even bother turning on the lights in the room, enjoying working by candlelight as she put together a nice sandwich, portable so she could take it back to her room and get back to reading, with a nice mug of hot cocoa, too.

[[ open common room is definitely open! ]]

noonedecidesmyfate

Belle, accompanied by an adorable tuxedo cat (who would probably vehementlydeny ever being adorable once he stopped being fuzzy), had made her way into the common room this morning in search of breakfast. Or at least tea.

Sadly none of her classmates had beaten her there and begun cooking so she made a pot of tea and looked for something simple to eat.

Five-the-cat was clearly judging her for the brown sugar cinnamon Pop-Tarts that she brought to the couch with her along with a mug of tea. Of course, Five-the-cat was nearly always judging something.

"You don't need to eat any. I'm sure they aren't good for cats," she told him as she settled herself on the couch. He meowed at her and curled up next to her so he could glare at anyone coming in the door.

[Open common room is open, the cat probably won't bite, and there are enough of the best Pop-Tart flavor to go around. I should be around although I have to go get stabbed in the arm in a couple hours.]

furrybluefreak

It had been a whirlwind of a trip to France to be sure. But now they were back and Kurt was trying to adjust to being back at the school and back on the island. After grabbing a light breakfast- a bowl of cereal and some juice- he had settled down on the couch in the common room.

He flipped to some random show- a documentary or something? he wasn't really paying attention- then pulled out his phone and started flipping through the pictures he had taken over the week, picking some of the best ones to start sending out to people. There were quite a few pics, and quite a few people asking for them.... maybe he should just do a mass email to everyone? He'd have to think about that.

But for now, he was sitting there scrolling through the photos, a smile on his face as he did.

outofthequiver

Maybe it was a little foolish or silly to get all tangled up in strange feelings about something like helping someone out with their laundry, but getting tangled up in strange feelings seemed pretty much Libby's default setting these days. She was really hoping that maybe the school trip would help get her mind off of some of it, but she also knew that they'd all still be there when she got back. But, she figured, they could wait. She probably wasn't going to have much opportunity for things like trips to different countries if it was true what Just had told her, that their father was looking to set her up with a courtship and a marriage, so she really needed to enjoy it while she could.

But she was trying not to think about that right now. She was just trying to focus on a simple thing like laundry, and helping out a friend (who, by the sounds of it, really needed it) with his, and nothing more than that, and her own, much smaller pile of clothes that didn't really need to be taken care of, but it was probably a good idea to get it out of the way before leaving for the trip, anyway.

[[ and open laundry room is open! ]]

pun_king

There had been an awful lot of talking (and chewing!) around pies and pizzas and empanadas lately, and Graham was fairly certain that he was not likely to be bereft of any of those things any time soon. But it did get him thinking that it was a bit selfish, wasn't it, to not sometimes provide something back? The only thing was that the only thing he really knew how to make was his signature choco-chip pancakes....and so, clearly, this morning, choco-chip pancakes for the whole dorms (or, well, for anyone who showed up that morning or for anyone who raided the leftovers after the fact) it shall be!

It didn't take much to gather up the ingredients and get to work, and he'd almost thought about having Triumph make the trek up the stairs to join him for something like this, but Triumph was having a bit of a lazy day, so Graham decided he'd just bring some down for him later, and, whistling and humming some idle, random tune as he did so, he got to work on seeing just how tall of a stack he could make before anyone showed up. Maybe he could even get it to the ceiling! He'd probably have to work pretty fast, though, and you couldn't rush a good choco-chip pancake!

[[ open common room is open! ]]

wildgalegirl

Charlie had woken up when the door to her mini-fridge popped open, letting two pies spill out. There were three others on the shelves and as she moved those out of the fridge another two popped in. Apparently all the Aunties who hadn't made it to Parent's Weekend - thank all the gods! - had decided to express their sorrow in pies. Charmed pies, obviously, they were Gales afterall.

Charlie took a few trips to bring them down to the common room and set them out on one of the counters. Then she started going through them to see which ones were the least charmed and could be safely left out for anyone to have. They were still charmed, obviously, but less directly Charlie related. Anyone having a piece or two (or more!) might find themselves with a sudden need to clean their room, make sure they had on clean underwear, get to class on time, or go to bed early.

All of them would make you want to call your mother or other family members.

[Please come talk to Charlie, have pie, mod your own charms or let Charlie stop you from eating one that might be too heavily charmed.]

scarlet_and_indigo

TJ had called her mom and dad, tried very hard to not seem like she was regretting asking them not to come, talked to them, and had a good sleep last night. It had helped a little, but she was still pretty bummed.

So now she was perched on a couch in the common room with popcorn and ice cream (not together, though she was considering it), flipping stations for awful reality TV to watch and make fun of.

She was absolutely not sulking.

[Open post!]

noonedecidesmyfate

Belle had not spent much time in the common rooms of late and today seemed like a fine time to change that. She still wasn't much use when it came to cooking but there were cereals and Pop-Tarts (including the brown sugar cinnamon kind, which was the best flavor no matter what Five might say). She set out a few boxes on the counter in case anyone else wandered in as tended to happen and set to making some tea. There always had to be tea.

She was as yet unaware of any fluffy tickle monsters that might be lurking in the common room or hallways. That would likely change.

[Open common room is open, of course]

kawaii_complex

While Sakaki seemed to have been safe from cats in the ceiling during her classes, it was a different matter entirely once she returned back to the dorms. Not even Maya could fend them off or protect her from airborne attacks. Half the time she didn't even see them before they descended, and, when she did, she tried to be nice and appreciate their adorableness from a distance, but she really, really should have known better.

Thankfully, if she was outside, there were no ceilings for cats to put the drop on her.

So it was out on the deck that she sat with her first aid kit, diligently tending to all her wounds, which were considerable enough that she almost wondered if she should go to the clinic. But it was also nothing new, either, they were familiar bites and scratches and easily attended to.

And Maya enjoying the outdoors and chasing down butterflies and occasionally coming up to her to nudge her knee and start purring was easily the best balm to sooth all her wounds, anyway.

[[ yes, probably sp, but I had to? Open deck is open, anyway! ]]

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! ]]

napking

Gray's cunning plan to smuggle Raiden into the dorm to make waffles for him had hit a couple of stumbling blocks. Firstly, no one was smuggling Ray much of anywhere, and secondly, when he'd woken up his brother had still been asleep. He'd considered going to his apartment, but: asleep, and also, who knew if he'd unpacked the waffle iron yet? So then he'd just hung around the common room practicing his puppy eyes for if someone came in he could convince to make waffles, but it had still been pretty early when he got up. Thanks, Sloth-induced lack of a normal sleep schedule!

So now he was on Plan D: making his own darn waffles. He could do this! He'd done it once before. Sure, this time he'd been interrupted by a couple of sleepy spells (Sloth was clearly making him pay for all the caffeine yesterday), one of which had resulted in a bit of a mess involving an egg he'd had to clean up when he woke, but...could be worse!

He was getting to the Do NOT fall asleep while the waffle iron is plugged in!!! part of the recipe, though, and he was really hoping someone else showed up soon. You know, for safety.

And also to eat some of these waffles, because this recipe made a ton.

((Open common room is open!))

guillermothegreat

This wasn’t his floor and Guillermo hoped that they didn’t mind that he was going to be using it at attempting his marathon empanada making quest to see if it was possible to fill an entire common room full of empanadas.

He had gotten a few supplies in town to get them started for the day’s cooking adventure and as he began to start getting things ready he couldn’t help but feel nervous as he waited for Graham.

[Guillermo is here for Graham but the common room is open]

guillermothegreat

Guillermo’s ~~handwavey~~ attempt to let Goose!Graham have a go in the bathtub had been a complete and total disaster and so he decided to try again a few days later with a smaller pool of water and set up a kiddie pool like Kurt had suggested.

He had also decided to venture outside on the deck so Graham could be outside and to hopefully make sure that this wasn’t a repeat of the bath tub incident he had made several batches of fresh empanadas to ~~bribe~~ help keep Graham from getting to startled by being outside

“See this isn’t so bad right?” Guillermo said hopefully as he watched Graham splash about in the water and tossed another empanada to him, hopefully Graham didn’t mind that the empanadas were getting slightly wet.

[open!]

guillermothegreat

Guillermo had been rather distracted since the weekend and had been hiding out ~~moping~~ and trying not to think about the fact that he was apparently descended from a famous vampire hunter and he was supposed to carry on that legacy but he didn’t want to hunt down vampires, he wanted to be one.

Finally he ventured out of his room early that morning and decided to do the one thing that always distracted him and cooked. Normally he liked to cook on Fridays so he could take them to the D&D session but he decided to change things up and had taken over the kitchen to get a head start on cooking early that morning.

He decided to go for his comfort food which were empanadas and he was keeping himself busy by making a lot of them , as it turned out.

[open!]

furrybluefreak

Kurt was up early that morning and feeling in a cooking mood. Which was starting to become a trend ahead of game night on Fridays. So he was in the common room kitchen working on some breakfast for anyone who found themselves hungry that morning.

Classic German Potatoes Casserole was on the menu today and as he worked Kurt was trying to figure out if there was a way he could make these to go and bring something similar to game night sometime for a little change of pace.

But for now he was quite enjoying himself, feeling himself already growing hungrier by the moment as he worked.

Common Room is open and breakfast is ready!

giveittoyoursister

Well, the old roof was certainly getting a workout this week.

After what had happened yesterday, Vi had retreated back to where she knew Steph couldn't follow, and now she was sitting on the edge of the building near the small garden up there, legs dangling over the side, resolutely not looking down into town.

This was fine. It was all fine, it wasn't like she'd just ruined everything because she couldn't be happy with what she had.

[Open roof is open, not that Vi's great company right now.]

apocalypsehow

The roof was for brooding, which wasn't at all what Five was doing. He was... okay, doing a little brooding. Because, for now, things were officially okay for his family and the planet as whole. And that meant he had nothing in particular to focus on.

Also, Belle was a sugar glider.

That was a thing that was happening this week.

"I'm fine," he informed the judgmental rodent. "Oh, don't look at me like that."

[expecting one, but open!]

noonedecidesmyfate

It was rather hot outside and Belle's only class of the day had involved things being melted or set on fire or both. This called for iced tea in the common room rather than hot tea.

She had a book with her on the couch, a glass of tea beside her along with a package of cookies she'd found in a cupboard, and a mostly full pitcher remaining on the counter for anyone else in need of a cool, refreshing beverage.

It seemed like it would be a lovely afternoon to sit somewhere cool and read for a while.

[Open common room is open, of course!]

guillermothegreat

Guillermo had made arrangements yesterday to show Libby his favourite movie ever, Dialogue with a Dhampire and he had offered to set everything up in the common room. He already owned the movie so all he had to do was put that in the player and then it was just a matter of setting up the snacks and making sure there would definitely be enough.

When he had went into town yesterday to give Graham his empanadas, Guillermo had also stopped at the store to pick up a vast variety of different snacks - mostly popcorn and chips but he had also gotten some chocolate, so he could make this a proper movie night for Libby, he was definitely excited about being able to show his favourite movie to his friend and be able to hang out more, It had felt like he hadn’t done that in ages so he was definitely determined to make up for it now.

[Guillermo is here for Libby but it’s an open common room, feel free to stop by for movie night! Up early for timezones!]

guillermothegreat

It had been a while since Guillermo had cooked anything but he had promised Graham that he would make a range of empanadas for him to try and he figured he could make a fresh batch for him and take some down for him since he had said he worked at the Magpie Emporium on Fridays.

It was nice to actually be cooking again, Guillermo needed to remember to occasionally tear himself away from the computer and video games and get in the habit of cooking and baking again.

In addition to the empanadas, he also decided to make some breakfast while he was at it and was making a fair amount of huevos rancheros in case anyone also decided to stop by and wanted something to eat.

[the Common Room is open!]

furrybluefreak

Kurt was enjoying the break between classes and had been spending a good bit of his time ~~handwavely~~ working on some new recipes to see what might work for a dorm-wide cook off sometime. But he wasn't feeling like being couped up inside today and so Kurt had made his way out onto the grounds and was near the pond. He had intended to do some training and work on the new teleportation trick he had read about a few days ago. But for now, he was enjoying the day and jut being outside. There would be time to work and train later. It was too nice of a day to not take the time and enjoy it for a bit.

(post is open!)

napking

Gray had made it this far on his way back to his room after today's shenanigans, but then he hadn't quite made it to the couch. Instead, he'd fallen asleep sitting on the floor and leaning against one end of said couch, and when he woke up he didn't bother getting up from the floor, in part because the floor was fine, the floor was comfortable enough, and in part his phone was blowing up with a family squabble that turned out to be Alastair refusing to wear the shirt Castor had bought him for Echo Bay's Pride parade, the one day of the year they could reliably get Al to wear a t-shirt in public, because this year Castor had pushed the envelope and bought him *gasp* a tank top.

Gray jumped right into the fray with, But your arms will look so great in it! which was both blatant pandering to Al's Pride and, you know, true, and Alastair responded almost immediately with, I am not wearing underwear in public, which set off a wave of razzing him about whether he knew what decade it was that then developed into Bellamy spamming the chat with pictures of people rocking underwear at Pride, at which point Gray closed the chat and left his brothers to it, and started considering his options for food delivery.

"Ooh, sushi sounds good," he said aloud.

((Open common room is open!))

outofthequiver

Libby's grandmother had been sending her a small weekly allowance, knowing that a little spending money could make living away from home a little easier, and she was mostly saving up that money for an emergency (or, if she was honest with herself, to maybe buy a new dress for the next school dance) or using it to buy stuff to make breakfasts and other meals in the common room. That morning, though, seeing as the nice little windfall was growing, she was a little tempted to head into town, into the pastry shop, and maybe treat herself to something that she might otherwise never splurge on.

But even as soon as she thought about it, she felt guilty about it. It was kind of selfish, wasn't it? Especially on a Sunday. Not to mention just sort of careless, not a very useful use of her funds at all.

There was, thankfully, a good solution to handling her sudden sweet tooth and her worry about being waste and self-serving, and that was obviously to just head to the store to pick up what she needed and make something, which would not only be more cost effective, but that she could share with everyone else, too.

And she had no doubt that the smell of cinnamon rolls baking in the common room would get at least a few people's attention.

She just hoped she didn't end up burning them, and had to remind herself to let them cool first before adding the icing.

[[ will work eat me? Probably! Will I let that stop me? Heck no! Open common room is open! ]]

napking

Before Gray had left for summer camp, he had lightly bullied Raiden into teaching him how to make waffles, which Raiden had done patiently over a couple of different tutoring sessions interrupted by naps, and then he had written out the recipe step-by-step on top of that. There were just a few little problems: the first was that Raiden had unthinkingly written the recipe in amounts meant to feed seven men, one of whom was, you know, Gluttony, rather than the amounts for when he just made waffles for Gray (and maybe one more on the side for himself as a snack). It was...a lot.

The other problem was the part that read, Plug the waffle iron in now, followed by, in large, underlined letters, DO NOT FALL ASLEEP WHILE THE WAFFLE IRON IS PLUGGED IN!!!

It was at this hurdle that Gray currently found himself.

He had assembled all of the ingredients and equipment before his last nap, and he had set a series of very shrill alarms on his phone (named, in order, 'Don't,' 'Burn,' The,' 'WAFFLES,' '>:(', and '(or the dorm down)'). He was as ready as he was going to get. He stood holding the waffle iron plug, muttering to himself, "Come on, Gray, you can do it, nice and easy..." before he shoved the prongs into the socket and jumped back with a nervous little squeak. "Okay, okay. That's done. Next step..."

He sure hoped other people wanted waffles this morning.

((Open common room is open!))

pun_king

With blacksmithing class and the atark realization that his noodly arms were in no position to be even pushing a wheelie bin, Graham knew that he'd really better atart hitting the gym more often if he wanted to be in fighting form to be fit for a knight! And so that was what he did, bright and early on a Saturday morning and pumped to get pumped!

He was going to do laps! He was going to do push-up, sit-up, chin-up and pull ups! Maybe some weights from the equipment room! He was going to hit it and he was going to hit it hard and make that first step on the road to buffness!

And he did manage it....for about the first ten minutes.

And thrn he collapsed, exhausted, on the floor, with a hand over his over-exerted, deeply breathing chest and groaned, to no one in particular, "I might be a little out of shape..."

[[ i just like using this icon. Open gym is open! ]]

pun_king

The rainier weather today sort of put a little bit of a damper (eh? eh??) on Graham's hopes for exploring more that day. Sure, sure, they could still explore, but having already taken one waterlogged journey when they'd arrived, he decided he didn't really want to deal with a wet Triumph all over again. So, instead, he went down to the stables to keep the old boy some company, making sure he had plenty of tasty food to munch on and a good, comfortable spot for sleeping, and then then was a lot of pets and brushing and telling Triumph all about his first week in between yawns still.

And when Triumph's coat was all as smooth and shiny as a gold coin, the two settled down, with Graham leaning his back against Triumph's soft side as he continued weaving stories for the creature, now able to use both his hands in his explanations, until, finally, comfortable as he was, exhausted as he was, and there in the comforting presence of his best friend in the entire world, he finally managed to actually fall asleep, lulled by Triumph's soft breathing and steady heart.

Overall, there were definitely worse places nap, and it would be such a nice (and long overdue) one that he'd wake up feeling very confident that Triumph had himself a good place to stay in these here stables!

[[ open stable is open and Graham is very disturbable! Work on a Sunday is always a crapshoot, though, so if I flake out, my soul has temporarily just left my body, that's all. ]]

pun_king

Even with all the excitement of his arrival yesterday (or perhaps, actually, because of it), Graham was still buzzing a little over the prospect of his new school and the potential adventures that awaited him. As such, he spent his morning exploring the island a little bit more with Triumph and, after getting his mighty mount something to eat before returning him to the stables, realized he himself should probably get something to eat, too. He'd managed to find a pie at the picnic yesterday and had stowed it away in his cloak, but he wanted to hold onto that for safe keepings. And even though a lot of the equipment in the kitchens in the common room were unfamiliar to him, he was intrigued to figure them all out, and so he decided to make some breakfast.

Of course, there was really only one thing Graham knew how to actually cook, and that was choco-chip pancakes! He didn't see any choco-chips in the common room, but he found some at the store, along with a big bag of jelly beans, which he'd pick all the popcorn flavored ones out of later for himself.

In the meantime, though, it was all about figuring out the stove and marveling at the refrigerator and wondering at what sort of arcane vessel the microwave could possibly be in between flipping pancakes and popping jelly beans.

[[ i'm pretty sure new students + breakfast foods is just a requirement for me by now, and I'll be stuck at work today, sooooo...open common room is open! ]]

furrybluefreak

Kurt had been enjoying a fairly quiet week. Classes were over for now, though he was looking forward to the next term already. He had managed to miss the insanity of the past weekend, which he was still somewhat surprised by. Sliding under the radar and going unnoticed was not something Kurt was used to... at all. But from some of the stories he had heard, he was glad he missed out on the insanity- for the most part.. the coffee shop thing had been interesting but relatively harmless.

But with the week winding to a close, and a new set of classes about to start, Kurt had taken the time to make some calls back home to touch base and check in with The Professor and a few of the others back home. It was good to talk to them, and though he felt a tiny bit homesick, the excitement over the new classes and the promise of more adventures with his friends on the island was enough to chase most of that away.

And so, Kurt settled in on the couch in the common room, a bowl of popcorn beside him, remote in hand as he started flipping through the channels to find something worth watching.

(open post is open- expecting one but open to anyone who needs the common room or wants to chat)

canlendanear

The last few days of not having her strength hadn’t been fun but yesterday her hand seemed to be back to normal and her strength had returned as well and hopefully it was back for good.

Alara had decided to wait a bit longer just in case but she decided after waiting a day that she was now ready to fully test out her strength and so far her hand seemed to be doing just fine and she was finding it nice to be able to work her way through quite a few punching bags as well.

[open!]

outofthequiver

Not having any classes to go to that morning had definitely cemented it into Libby's brain that she really did just make it through her first semester at an actual school, and the whole thing had been such a wild whirlwind of experiences that she'd felt she'd only just blinked since she'd arrived her a few months ago, and now here she was. And with nothing really else to do that morning, she felt a little compelled to do something to sort of celebrate that fact. And, since they always did a little bit of a picnic back home to celebrate any big accomplishments like that, well...that's what she figured she'd do now.

The day was a little overcast, but she was confident it would hold out as she moved everything out to the deck to set up and hopefully catch anyone coming in and out of the dorms (what did most people do at a boarding school in the weeks between classes? Sleep in, maybe, she supposed, but she couldn't even imagine). It definitely wasn't anything too fancy or special, because the Hazletts didn't really do fancy or special. Just some potato salad, some coleslaw and some sandwiches, a few different fruits, a sweet potato pie, and an attempt to recreate Zo's 'Not-So-Famous' lemonade.

Like she said, nothing fancy, but they were foods that always inspired a sense of celebration and togetherness for her and her family, and she just sort of hoped that it wasn't just her and the flies around to enjoy it, but if that ended up being the case, then so be it. There were worse ways to send an afternoon.

outofthequiver

Even though there were definitely a few things left floating around unresolved in her head, Libby was having a much better week than last week, and was finally starting to feel a little more like herself again. So much so, in fact, that she was feeling a few pangs of homesickness again, and thought maybe some cooking in the common room might help with that. She suspected that most of the other students would probably be spending their Saturdays sleeping in, but that was a luxury she still hadn't quite gotten used to enjoying. So she was up pretty bright and early, out of habit still more than anything, checked the fridge, hit up the store, and then returned to get to work on (what else?) a breakfast casserole.

If anything, maybe the smell of it cooking might drag at least a few hungry stomachs out of bed, and, if not, well...she might venture toward the TV and give it a look. Weren't Saturday morning cartoons sort of a whole thing for worldly kids? She didn't really have that much of a pressing interest in the experience, truth be told, but it might be interesting to see what that was all supposed to be about.

[[ open common room is open! ]]

imawizard

In the time that he'd been here, this week had never come up in conversation, and Harry was really pretty over it. He didn't really know what was happening except that it was stupid, and at least everyone seemed to be in the same boat. Did that make it better or worse?

You know what was boring? Cereal. So Harry was making cereal, with the Weather Channel on in the background. Nice and safe.

[Open!]

craic_killer

After heading to Mass for St. Patrick's Day and walking past people dressed in green and heading into pubs at 11am on workday in Lent, Clare was properly scandalized about American decadence.

She went into the common room with a bag full of groceries and began making traditional Irish food for the holiday: not a green beer to be found, but plenty of lamb stew, potato pancakes, soda bread, and an apple cake.

The air smelled amazing, if she did so so herself. It was making her horribly homesick.

furrybluefreak

Thursday was one of Kurt's slower days as far as classes went. So he was soon finding himself with energy to burn and was looking for something to do. Eventually, he made his way to the gymnasium and was once more on the basketball court.

It was a pastime he had enjoyed back at the Academy, though games there usually involved the antics of Scott, Logan, and sometimes Kitty. It was kinda fun though playing a basketball game with a team of one, and so Kurt kept porting around the court, passing and catching the ball and sinking a few impressive shots now and then as he worked to burn off some of that pent up energy.

(totally open for anyone who wants to watch or join in)

imawizard

Harry wasn't huge on caffeine but he was kind of dragging some by now. It also hasn't occurred to him that there was maybe a spell or something that would take care of this. More than likely the letter he'd sent back to Hermione this week complaining would get a response of "if only you had tried ____" the day after this ended.

For now though he was contemplating a chocolate Pop Tart in the kitchen. Chocolate had caffeine, right? Did chocolate count? Would this help? Would he try either way? (Yes, no, no, yes.)

[Open!]

furrybluefreak

Kurt had already been up for a while by the time he made it to the common room to look for something to eat. The big trip was coming up quickly and there was a lot to get ready and do before then.

Mainly, getting a new camera of his own and making sure he had everything he needed.... like... the laundry. Yeah, he probably should start working on that pile and get enough clean clothes together for the trip.

So, there was Kurt, scrounging around for somethin to eat, going over a check list in his head, and getting more and more excited about the trip the more he thought about it.

(Post and of course common room are open!)

furrybluefreak

Kurt was having a nice relaxing afternoon after his two classes that day. He had just gotten the information about the school trip coming up and he was excitedly looking over a few of the pamphlets and stuff he had ~~handwavely~~ gotten the other day.

And so there he was, relaxing in the hammock hanging in the corner of the room as he looked up more information on his phone, his excitement for the coming trip only growing by the minute. This was going to be an awesome trip! Would probably make Logan and Scott a bit jealous... though he did wish Storm could come because that would be amazing!

As it was he sent off a few texts back home to let them know about the trip and the cool things that they had planned for it.

(Door is unlocked and post is open!)

giveittoyoursister

Vi had been here long enough that her hair was starting to grow out on her left and shaggy (well, shaggier) on the right, and there was no way she was getting back to sleep after the rough night she'd had. She figured she might as well take advantage of the multiple mirrors in the larger baths and access to actual, sharp scissors to clean things up a little.

So now she was standing angled between two mirrors, passing the scissors from hand to hand as she tried to trim her hair into submission. It still wasn't going to be as close and neat as Vander had always got it, but it sure beat trying to do it entirely by touch with a rapidly blunting shiv.

[Open girls' bathroom is open.]

furrybluefreak

Kurt had been doing a good bit of thinking during his off time from classes that week, so there was a lot on his mind as he made his way into the kitchen area of the common room early that morning.

Back home, he had always talked with his parents while cooking whatever big meal they were having for the day. And while his folks obviously were not here, he was still doing a lot of thinking as he started on a nice big breakfast. Might as well keep up some semblance of tradition right?

And so, if anyone was awake, they were likely soon to be greeted with the fragrant aromas of a big breakfast, because if he was going to be making breakfast, Kurt figured he might as well go all out and make enough for whoever wanted to stop in for a some food options that were a bit better than sugary cereal or poptarts.

Kurt got to work on the spread and soon there was plenty of bacon, hash browns, eggs, and toast for whoever wanted some.

(common room is of course open and food it totally up for grabs!)

outofthequiver

A letter had arrived from Libby's grandma, with a little note and a little spending money, pointing it out that it wasn't much, but it was more than what she was used to making do with. And while it would have seemed wise to save it, Libby missed making big meals with her mom so much that she headed to the store, picked up what she needed, and then headed back to the common room to start putting together a nice breakfast casserole.

And if anyone woke up and wanted to have some with her, all the better, but if not, she already had some Tupperware ready to go to go and a list of people she planned on distributing the leftover to.

[[ work is suspiciously slow right now and I know i shouldn't trust it, but i'mma post anyway! Open common room is open for all your common room and breakfast needs! ]]

furrybluefreak

There had been a lot going on between a full class schedule and still getting fully comfortable with the island. Kurt did very muchlook forward to the day he knew his way around enough he could really start porting around more easily. But that was still a little ways off, unfortunately.

So after walking back from morning class, and after a quick stop for some snacks and supplies, Kurt headed back to the dorm room. It was going to be a good day. He and Guillermo had a full day of goofing off, geeking out, and having fun planned, and Kurt couldn't wait!

"Picked up a few extra things on the way back" he said holding up the bags with a grin. "We should be good to go!"

For the roomie but anyone can stop by and join the geeky fun if they want!

outofthequiver

Even though things seemed like they might be improving between Libby and her roommate after last weekend, she still liked to give Vi her space, and, by now, Libby was just used to spending most of her time, albeit handwavily, in the common rooms or elsewhere. She was definitely starting to feel the ache of homesickness, though, and so she figured she might take care of some of that by writing some letters to send off, trying her best to detail things for her mother, for her siblings, for Zo (who would no doubt tease her a little for writing a letter when she could just text or call, but Libby knew she would appreciate the quaintness of it all the same) without ending up with whole novels for them to read.

There was a lot to be said, though! So she made herself a mug of hot chocolate, since it just seemed to really complete the whole experience, sat down at the table with a notebook and a ready pen, and got to recounting how her first month here in the outside world seemed to be shaping up for her, with the copy of the book she was reading for her books and movie class on hand, as well, because she figured, when she finished with the letters, she would go ahead and get started on that second read-through of it, since she'd pretty much already devoured it at least one.

[[ open common room is open for some lazy Sunday SP! ]]

white_oleander

Astrid had been thinking of ordering some food, but when she got to the common room to make sure there weren't already too many leftovers in the fridge already, she suddenly felt really disenchanted with the whole idea and changed her mind. So, instead, she drifted over to the couch, dropped into it with a sigh, and tucked up her legs, feeling really pensive about...everything. About her mother. About whether or not she wanted to go to New York with Paul Trout, about whether life was just a dead end at a certain point or if she'd just keep drifting between one thing to the next...

...at least this place was a little nicer than Rena's place, but she did sometimes miss everyone there. And the hustling here wasn't nearly as good.

[[ look, it's my favorite event, I have the day off, and I don't even need to feel bad about making whoever has radio suffer because that person is me. Everybody in the pool! Open common room is definitely open! ]]

canlendanear

Alara didn’t have class til tomorrow, so she was taking advantage of having the morning free to do an extended workout in the gym as a way to keep her mind off how cold it was and for a way to stay warm.

She really wasn’t a fan of snow.

As always she was getting quite into the punching bags and had already sent a couple flying to the ground this morning as she went through her workout.

[open!]

lovethatjourney

Alexis had flown back from a photo shoot late last night, woken up late this afternoon, and decided that what she really needed today was Thai. So she placed an order for one thing, and when it showed up there were several bags worth of things.

"How!" she'd yelled at the delivery guy's retreating back. "How do you stay in business?"

He didn't hear her or didn't care, and now she was spreading out the food on the table for people to take. She was going to hoard her own container, though.

[What, the boys have one. Open!]

furrybluefreak

With the current stash of leftovers in their new dorm fridge gone, Kurt made his way to the common room for something quick and easy for breakfast. He soon found some cereal in one of the cabinets and was settling down with a bowl as he sat at the table and got to work on the reading assignment for his Book and Movie class. Fortunately, it was a story he was very familiar with but he decided to challenge himself a little and give it a read in a different version than he was used to. And so there he sat with the bowl in front of him, the book held nearby securely in his tail.

[post and common room open!]

furrybluefreak

Kurt had been keeping pretty busy his first week on the island. And a lot had happened... like, A LOT.

His classes had all gone well and he really liked the classes and teachers so far. He was getting to know some of his fellow classmates and the other students in the dorms too. And he and his roomie had gotten started on making their room into a geeky haven.

But now the weekend was here. With no classes and with most of his studies already done for the day, Kurt found himself exploring the dorms a bit more and soon found himself in the gymnasium. Once he found where the basketball court was, he was running up and down the court, dribbling and shooting and having a lot of fun with it. Especially when he started teleporting around a bit in the open space, throwing the ball down the court and appearing right in front of it to catch it and make a shot. And so anyone walking by would have seen Kurt popping in and out as he darted around the court, making a couple of impressive hoop shots in the process.

[Post and court are definitely open!]

guillermothegreat

This past week had been the best week of Guillermo’s life, he had a lot of cool classes and had met even cooler people, including his roommate and now that he had settled in and and he and Kurt had been decorating their dorm room, he decided to test out the kitchen facilities in the common room and with that he selected a couple of familiar recipes to try.

After making a stop in town to pick up some ingredients, he went about making enchiladas and quesadillas. He was making extra to so that there could be left overs and enough if anyone wanted to try some.

In between the cooking though, he was absolutely practicing his jazz hands since he had been very much inspired by the holiday pageant that they had watched in class yesterday and he was getting rather into it.

[so very open!]

notanaxemurderer

Kiem knew better than to try to make the new students feel welcome by making breakfast, since whatever he made that wasn't toast or cereals would be inedible. But there was coffee! He knew how to make that, and why not make a lot of it, since, well, at least some people might appreciate it.

So the common room smelled of coffee and while he waited for it to brew Kiem checked the dart car results on his phone.

[Because something should happen in the dorms. Open.]

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