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Third Floor Common Room; Late Sunday Afternoon [ 11/14 ].

Alexander was just about at his wits' end with the strange way he'd been feeling this week, but he had done well, he felt, with staving it off with a lot of coffee ice cream and handwavy movie nights that resulted in a few close calls and scooting slightly away from the normal proximity. And so it was this afternoon that hewas feeling the need for another coffee ice cream antidote and went into the common room to fetch it.

Only to open the freezer door to a truly disturbing image.

"No!" Alexander muttered, staring for a moment before he started shifting through the contents within. "No, it couldn't possibly...how...How could we have honestly gone through all of that ice cream already?"

He was just going to stare into the freezer in shock and dismay some more.

If anything, it was at least cooling him down.

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[identity profile] didntchewgrass.livejournal.com 2010-11-14 09:18 pm (UTC)(link)
"These things make no sense," Elphaba said with a sigh. "No child really enjoys being held like that, do they?"

She'd not spend much time around babies. When Nessa was born, she was still so young herself.

"I'm normally not so opposed to tik-toks, but these just... they make my skin crawl, sometimes."

[identity profile] showmetheproof.livejournal.com 2010-11-14 09:23 pm (UTC)(link)
"Apparently these do," Scully said, righting Frohike. "And some might. When they're older." She set her jaw. "And you're not alone in that feeling. They're very clever mechanisms. But they're not real children, random as they are."

[identity profile] didntchewgrass.livejournal.com 2010-11-14 09:31 pm (UTC)(link)
"It's an odd lesson, as well," Elphaba said. "We're not forced to learn how to be real parents, just the responsibility involved if we... well, do the things that create children."

[identity profile] showmetheproof.livejournal.com 2010-11-14 09:34 pm (UTC)(link)
"Becoming a real parent takes years." Scully's face might have looked a little more shadowed and less grumpy there. "If you're fortunate. This is just a reminder that babies would be inconvenient." Langly started crying again, and she picked him up, doing the upside-down trick. "And loud. So, use contraception."

Yes, Scully's patience was at an end with this week. As was her tact.

[identity profile] didntchewgrass.livejournal.com 2010-11-14 09:35 pm (UTC)(link)
Elphaba chuckled. "I think we could have learned that in a lecture. Master Skywalker's cruel humor is a trait very strange for a man who seems to normally be so compassionate."

[identity profile] showmetheproof.livejournal.com 2010-11-14 09:39 pm (UTC)(link)
Scully had her theories about that. Mostly about Leia taking off Roy's pants somewhere.

"He does, but I don't think he likes this week any better than the rest of us. And everyone has their own trigger buttons."

She, for instance, was occasionally just sorry that Cara had beaten her to the bailing-out.

[identity profile] didntchewgrass.livejournal.com 2010-11-14 09:43 pm (UTC)(link)
"He was rather short when I tried to explain why I should be excused," Elphaba said. "Rather shorter than normal. I won't insult him with wild theories as to why, but it was rather... unpleasant."

[identity profile] showmetheproof.livejournal.com 2010-11-14 09:45 pm (UTC)(link)
"Why did you ask to be excused?" Scully asked, sticking a pacifier in Frohike's mouth. He whined around it, and she glared at him. "And since my partner had already flatly refused to do it, that might be part of why he was annoyed."

[identity profile] didntchewgrass.livejournal.com 2010-11-14 10:03 pm (UTC)(link)
"Because when I return to Oz, there won't be a chance for a romantic relationship," Elphaba said. "The acceptance I have here does not hold true in Munchkinland. Even my father hates me because of my skin."

[identity profile] showmetheproof.livejournal.com 2010-11-14 10:05 pm (UTC)(link)
Scully studied her a moment, considering calmly. "So you believe that since there's no chance for romance, there's no chance for children. In the context of the lesson that Professor Skywalker was probably attempting to teach, you could be correct." She tilted her head. "However, you're here now. Who's to say you won't find someone here?" Especially during a week like this.

[identity profile] didntchewgrass.livejournal.com 2010-11-14 10:27 pm (UTC)(link)
"That was his argument," Elphaba said. "And so far, I suppose it's a valid argument. But so far, it's not the case. But it's not impossible, and I know that now."

[identity profile] showmetheproof.livejournal.com 2010-11-14 10:31 pm (UTC)(link)
Scully looked away to hide her wince. It might not be impossible for her to have children right now, in this younger body. But if she ever got her own body back-- better not to think about that.

"I'm not certain what a better interactive assignment would be for the Ethics of sex or childcare; possibly a discussion about honesty and responsibility between partners. But he does like hands-on lessons, and it's not as if anything directly connected to sex could be acceptably taught inside a classroom in that format."

[identity profile] didntchewgrass.livejournal.com 2010-11-14 10:37 pm (UTC)(link)
"I'd hope not," Elphaba said. "I nearly died of embarrassment in Miss Perrault's office as it was. I don't think I'd want Master Skywalker talking to me about... oh, no. Please no."

[identity profile] showmetheproof.livejournal.com 2010-11-14 10:40 pm (UTC)(link)
"Miss Perrault?" Scully blinked, then said, "You're in the Cigar class, right." Clearly, some explanation had been required, at some point. How much, Scully wasn't going to guess. "I think the entire class would revolt if he attempted it. It isn't Sex Education, after all."

Mmmm. Dean Winchester. Scully sighed. "That was an amusing course."

[identity profile] didntchewgrass.livejournal.com 2010-11-14 10:41 pm (UTC)(link)
"There's actually been courses in..." Elphaba trailed off. "Well, that certainly isn't like anything in Oz."

Not that she'd attended a public school in Oz, but still.

[identity profile] showmetheproof.livejournal.com 2010-11-14 10:45 pm (UTC)(link)
Scully checked on her expression, and said, "Well, it's taught as part of basic biology in some parts of the country. Health awareness in others. And yes, sexual education in still others, including here. The level of detail involved varies greatly. Dean Winchester taught a very informative course that covered the basics of reproduction, contraception, and sexual gratification." Scully snorted. "It didn't hurt that he was almost brutally handsome and an incredible flirt. But respectful with it." She stuck another bottle in one of the dolls' mouths, whoever was whimpering the most at the moment. "I'm sorry if this makes you uncomfortable," she added, belatedly.

[identity profile] didntchewgrass.livejournal.com 2010-11-14 10:47 pm (UTC)(link)
"It's not uncomfortable," Elphaba said. "Just... new. I mean, it just seems like I'm the only student here who hasn't... I only knew what I could glean from a book of biology, before Miss Perrault asked me to come in to her office. I feel... behind the curve, I suppose."

[identity profile] showmetheproof.livejournal.com 2010-11-14 10:50 pm (UTC)(link)
"Ah. Well. It's usually around eleven or twelve years old that they give us the information about puberty and babies, here in the U.S.," Scully said, sitting back. "The rest follows within the next few years, if curiosity doesn't make people do more research. On the other hand, we have people from centuries and countries where people aren't traditionally informed of the facts until they get married. I think that's rather late. Also, a shock." Her mouth quirked. "The Island certainly makes that untenable, as well." She considered Elphaba. "Do you want children of your own?"

[identity profile] didntchewgrass.livejournal.com 2010-11-14 11:00 pm (UTC)(link)
Elphaba looked a little surprised. It wasn't a question she'd ever really considered. The fact that she'd technically had a son at Fandom High before her still was unknown to her, of course.

After a moment's consideration, she spoke. "I suppose not," she said. "Not if I were to raise them in Oz, at least."

[identity profile] showmetheproof.livejournal.com 2010-11-14 11:03 pm (UTC)(link)
"What's going on that you wouldn't want children there?" Scully asked, expertly giving the other doll another bottle, then checking her watch. Forty minutes until diaper-changing time.

[identity profile] didntchewgrass.livejournal.com 2010-11-14 11:06 pm (UTC)(link)
"Well I can only assume that my children would be green, as well," Elphaba said. "And given my own experience, I wouldn't wish that on them. But if for some reason I were to make a home here, or some place else where they'd be treated fairly, I wouldn't be opposed to the idea. I think."

[identity profile] showmetheproof.livejournal.com 2010-11-14 11:18 pm (UTC)(link)
"It's a valid concern, if you've met overwhelming prejudice in Oz," Scully said. "Of course, you're very young for that. And the question of your co-parent does come up first." She quirked a smile. "Still. More choices are always optimal."

Frohike fell asleep, and Langley just lay there, burbling. Scully gave them an assessing, distanced look. "I still wouldn't choose twins. Personally."

[identity profile] didntchewgrass.livejournal.com 2010-11-14 11:20 pm (UTC)(link)
Elphaba chuckled. "I wouldn't want children for a long time. I'm still mostly a child myself, even at sixteen. And unless something amazing happens, I think I will find myself with just one person to take care of in my lifetime, and that is my sister. She'll need me again, when I finish school."

[identity profile] showmetheproof.livejournal.com 2010-11-14 11:22 pm (UTC)(link)
Scully was quiet, then said, "Why does your sister need taking care of? She's ill?"

She'd chosen career over children, thinking there would be time, and then... Scully shut those thoughts away and concentrated on Elphaba.

[identity profile] didntchewgrass.livejournal.com 2010-11-14 11:26 pm (UTC)(link)
"Nessarose was born prematurely," Elphaba explained, her tone sympathetic to Scully's. "She has lived her life without being able to use her legs. But she's strong of heart, and everyone calls her tragically beautiful."
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