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Jim Kirk ([personal profile] pursuedthestars) wrote in [community profile] fandomhighdorms2013-04-28 09:13 am
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2nd Floor Common Room | Sunday Morning

There was weird stuff happening on the island again and Jim wasn't affected. He'd woken up as himself and he'd stayed himself and he was still currently himself while sprawled on one of the couches in the common room.

Considering classes were done for the term, he probably should have still been asleep instead of up this early and out of bed but he couldn't resist the allure of possibly seeing some people he knew acting like people they weren't. He was an opportunistic jackass that way. But, he didn't think he could be blamed. If people were gonna go all weird, he had the right to laugh at them if they did stupid stuff, right?

Right.

He figured he had to be properly awake to do anything though so he was eating some 'borrowed' cereal and watching some motivational on TV to get himself going. Except all the TV was doing was boring him so he hoped the cereal was really magic or something to make up for it.

[Jim's normal and the CR's open]
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[personal profile] pursuedthestars 2013-04-28 10:59 pm (UTC)(link)
Chuckling, Jim shook his head. "You could call the school's janitor to do that? Pretty sure he gets paid to mop stuff up."
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[personal profile] genesishero 2013-04-28 11:13 pm (UTC)(link)
"But... the books!"

He couldn't wait for Fosse to lumber all the way to the library to take care of it! There had been books that needed saving!
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[personal profile] pursuedthestars 2013-04-28 11:15 pm (UTC)(link)
"So, you saved the books, huh?" Jim smiled because it was kind of adorable in a nerdy way. "Hope the librarian gave you a pat on the back, at least, for saving the books."
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[personal profile] genesishero 2013-04-29 12:02 am (UTC)(link)
"Just saving the books is its own reward," Evan stated, solemnly. And then he kind of laughed, ducking his head a little. "Which makes me sound like a huge dork, I know. But... Books are pretty great. I mean, there's a reason I work in the library, you know?"
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[personal profile] pursuedthestars 2013-04-29 12:20 am (UTC)(link)
"Hey, I've read a few books in my lifetime," Jim told him. "Books aren't too bad. I don't know if I'd go so far as to changing my arm into a mop just to clean up a mess to save them but I wouldn't go around burning them or anything stupid like that."
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[personal profile] genesishero 2013-04-29 12:33 am (UTC)(link)
"Well, most people can't change their arms into mops, either," Evan offered, "so I'm not going to hold that against anyone."

He gave his feet a little swing, and then smiled at Jim curiously.

"Have you got a favorite?"
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[personal profile] pursuedthestars 2013-04-29 12:46 am (UTC)(link)
"Favorite book?"

Jim scratched his cheek. He didn't tend to talk about things like his reading and studying habits because he kept that kind of thing under wraps.

But, maybe he could share a little bit since Evan had shared the whole shifting thing.

"I dunno if I've got a favorite but I've read Lord of the Flies about three times."
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[personal profile] genesishero 2013-04-29 12:55 am (UTC)(link)
"Oh, wow... that's a good one, too. I mean... it's not a happy read, but it's definitely a fascinating one. It sums up human nature really well. And survival of the fittest."

And the fact that those words just left Evan's mouth had him sitting there and blinking for a moment. And then deciding that maybe he probably shouldn't read that book again, himself. For reasons.
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[personal profile] pursuedthestars 2013-04-29 01:02 am (UTC)(link)
"Yeah, not a situation I wanna find myself in but, you know, good lesson in adaptation and that's a skill we can all use," Jim agreed, nodding. "But it's depressing. Kinda need to hug a puppy after it or something."
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[personal profile] genesishero 2013-04-29 01:11 am (UTC)(link)
"There's a reason I have a dog," Evan decided, breaking into a grin. "He's sleeping in my room right now, or I'd introduce you. He's really good for depressing-book therapy, too. If you need to borrow one the next time you read it, Ozzy loves attention, and it's hard to be depressed when you have a stubby half-husky wiggling in your lap."

Half husky, half corgi. It was like the dog was made to be a study in adorable.

... And also high-energy, and wilfulness.
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[personal profile] pursuedthestars 2013-04-29 01:16 am (UTC)(link)
"Might take you up on that," Jim said with a chuckle. "It takes a lot for a book to really get to me but it happens. Guess that's a compliment to the author because I'm pretty, I dunno, stoic."

Ha. Yeah, right.
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[personal profile] genesishero 2013-04-29 01:29 am (UTC)(link)
Oh yeah. Evan could see the stoicism dripping from Jim's every pore.

"When a book manages to make you actually feel something even after you've put it down, that's definitely a sign that the author did something right," Evan agreed, smiling. "And Golding did a great job of that."
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[personal profile] pursuedthestars 2013-04-29 01:46 am (UTC)(link)
"You're making me reveal my bookworm side here," Jim joke with a shake of his head. "Might ruin my reputation."

His reputation would be fine even if people knew he liked books.
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[personal profile] genesishero 2013-04-29 01:51 am (UTC)(link)
"Don't worry, I'm pretty good at keeping a secret," Evan solemnly swore. "But there's nothing the matter with having a bookworm side, either. Promise."
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