http://swordsandsoccer.livejournal.com/ ([identity profile] swordsandsoccer.livejournal.com) wrote in [community profile] fandomhighdorms2010-09-12 01:18 pm
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Fifth Floor Common Room, Sunday Morning

It wouldn't be the first time Dolf surfed the TV channels in the common room; he'd gotten over the shock of being reintroduced to audiovisual stuff pretty quickly. It was the lack of familiarity of the channels that still threw him, at this point, and he was determined to do something about that.

It might be a case of a very small victory, but it was something, and kept him from feeling like he had to relearn everything.

Still, he had to admit he was very, very relieved to find that, given enough presses of the next channel button, Eurosport finally appeared. Sure, it wasn't football but the Vuelta, but it was still strangely comforting.

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[identity profile] swordsandsoccer.livejournal.com 2010-09-12 03:20 pm (UTC)(link)
"I've had Cheetos before," he assured her. Though really, he'd eaten a lot of different kinds of chips before, and he had no idea if any of them had been Cheetos - he just didn't have the heart to disappoint her. "So it's fine, don't worry. The food is good."

[identity profile] shes-got-legs.livejournal.com 2010-09-12 03:33 pm (UTC)(link)
Oddly enough, the answer that he'd already tried them disappointed Ariel more than the answer he gave. She loved introducing people to new things, especially new delicious things. "Definitely. We don't have food like this where I'm from. How do you like it here so far? I started in the summer and I think it's just wonderful. Everything I could have expected and more."

[identity profile] swordsandsoccer.livejournal.com 2010-09-12 03:35 pm (UTC)(link)
"It's... different," Dolf said, glancing away from Ariel and at... the rest of the room, in general. "A shock. But I think it's all okay, really."

[identity profile] shes-got-legs.livejournal.com 2010-09-12 03:46 pm (UTC)(link)
Well, now, that reaction certainly inspired a curious headtilt.

"A shock how?" Really, she had to ask, even though part of her was saying that she shouldn't ask because mermaids with magical legs shouldn't throw stones, here...

[identity profile] swordsandsoccer.livejournal.com 2010-09-12 03:49 pm (UTC)(link)
"I didn't expect to be here," he said, a little more earnestly than he had really been going for.

[identity profile] shes-got-legs.livejournal.com 2010-09-12 03:58 pm (UTC)(link)
"Oh," said Ariel, thinking about that a moment before offering, "At least there are worst places you could have unexpectedly gone to? Where did you expect to be instead?"

[identity profile] swordsandsoccer.livejournal.com 2010-09-12 03:59 pm (UTC)(link)
"Home," Dolf said, with a little shrug. "But you're right. This is not that bad."

[identity profile] shes-got-legs.livejournal.com 2010-09-12 04:08 pm (UTC)(link)
"Do you miss your family?" Ariel asked. "I know I sometimes miss mine..."

[identity profile] swordsandsoccer.livejournal.com 2010-09-12 04:10 pm (UTC)(link)
"I miss them a little bit," he said, and immediately rubbed at the back of his neck, a little flustered. "It's harder to remember them, now."

After only a few months. Dolf felt like he should be worried about that, somehow, though thinking of his parents still made his insides squeeze together tightly.

[identity profile] shes-got-legs.livejournal.com 2010-09-12 04:17 pm (UTC)(link)
That did sound a little worrisome, and Ariel's frown expressed as much.

"Is your memory...?" she asked, trailing off because she wasn't sure if that was the sort of thing that would be okay to ask someone within not even half an hour of speaking to them.

[identity profile] swordsandsoccer.livejournal.com 2010-09-12 04:30 pm (UTC)(link)
"What?" Dolf said. What did she mean by that? His memory--

Oh. Oh. "No, no, it's-- fine," he said, holding his hands up. "Just... a way of saying."

[identity profile] shes-got-legs.livejournal.com 2010-09-12 04:53 pm (UTC)(link)
"...a way of saying what?"

Because things were starting to just get...special.

[identity profile] shes-got-legs.livejournal.com 2010-09-12 04:59 pm (UTC)(link)
"Oh!" Ariel nodded. "So you were somewhere away from home before coming here, too?"

She sounded so proud of herself for thinking she'd figured it out after all.

[identity profile] swordsandsoccer.livejournal.com 2010-09-12 05:18 pm (UTC)(link)
He felt exhausted just getting her to recognize that point. "Yes," Dolf said, ergo. "I was." And left it at that.
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