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Wayne ([personal profile] howareyanow) wrote in [community profile] fandomhighdorms2019-05-13 09:00 am

Third Floor Common Room; Monday Morning [05/13].

Wayne had not had a chance to get outside yet that morning, so he had, thankfully, not yet had to deal with trying to reconcile why they were in a jungle and why there was some dinosaur theme park shenanigans going on out there. Nope, he just got up, bright and early as he'd never really lose his internal farmer's clock, caught up on hockeyfights.com as he always did first thing before getting ready to start the day. And best way to start the day, of course, was with breakfast.

Especially when he owed someone crepes.

Now, Wayne didn't really know if Vette would appear like she had the first time around. He hadn't really thought to make them until this morning, and, after a tour of the kitchen to make sure he had everything needed to make them, from flour to fruit, figured even if she missed them, well, there wasn't exactly a thing as too many crepes, now, were there? He'd just make 'em again some other time, which suited him fine, since, fuck, what else was he going to do around here, anyway? So there would be crepes, and there's be toppings for the crepes, there'd be some more bacon and egggs and toast if little tiny super thin pancakes weren't really your thing.

It didn't escape his notice, though, that he'd gone and done pert'near the same thing last week, come in the kitchen, whip up some breakfast, and two times in a row was enough to make him think he might as well make it a tradition. He didn't have much to do on Mondays right now, and he always enjoyed a good tradition.

[[ work might eat me. might not. It'll be an adventure! Anyway, open! Come have breakfast ]]
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[personal profile] seriesofbaddecisions 2019-05-13 05:10 pm (UTC)(link)
Sabine had stopped apologizing a while ago for scavenging other common rooms for food and just did it blatantly now. So here she was, on the hunt for coffee. "Morning," she said, already rifling through cabinets.
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[personal profile] seriesofbaddecisions 2019-05-13 06:02 pm (UTC)(link)
"If you're sure," Sabine said. "Thanks. I normally live on whatever leftovers there are from the last time someone got takeout."
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[personal profile] seriesofbaddecisions 2019-05-13 06:44 pm (UTC)(link)
"That's one way to make friends with the entire dorms," she said lightly. "I'm Sabine, by the way."
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[personal profile] seriesofbaddecisions 2019-05-13 07:29 pm (UTC)(link)
"Good. You're one of the new kids, right?" She knew the answer to that. "How're you settling in?"
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[personal profile] seriesofbaddecisions 2019-05-13 10:42 pm (UTC)(link)
"That was a rough adjustment," she admitted. "I got a job. Really focused on certain hobbies and projects. It's not perfect, but it helps."

Aside from that feeling that she should be doing more.
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[personal profile] seriesofbaddecisions 2019-05-13 11:24 pm (UTC)(link)
"I work at the weapons shop in town," she answered. "Thursdays. It's surprisingly slow for this place."
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[personal profile] seriesofbaddecisions 2019-05-14 12:04 am (UTC)(link)
"Oh. Well, things do get a little exciting sometimes, and it's around those times it doesn't hurt to know how to use a weapon," Sabine said, casually, like it was a totally normal thing.

Which it was back home. In space. Where she grew up on a planet full of warriors.
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[personal profile] seriesofbaddecisions 2019-05-14 01:16 am (UTC)(link)
"Sure. We have a range, too. One of many in town. What do you usually use?" she asked.
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[personal profile] seriesofbaddecisions 2019-05-14 02:41 am (UTC)(link)
Sabine considered this, and said, "You might want to try something a little faster. Just to try it."
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[personal profile] bookbeltof_love 2019-05-13 05:49 pm (UTC)(link)
Well, and if he was going to make breakfast a tradition of his, then she was going to have to make it a tradition of hers to stop on by.

"Good mooooooooorning!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" she said wandering in with a hopeful air. Please feed her, Wayne. "How are you?????????"
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[personal profile] bookbeltof_love 2019-05-13 07:00 pm (UTC)(link)
And that wasn't even her being super enthusiastic! That was just, like, normal Nina.

"I'm doing pretty great, thanks!!!!!!!!!!!!" she said, which was a bit of a white lie, given that she was avoiding her roommate and a bunch of her friends but, hey, whatever, it just meant she could go out and make new friends and that was never a terrible thing! "Do you, like, know Owen???????? Yesterday I showed him the ropes at, like, the book store and today, oh my gosh, I don't even know what's up with Foomy, but he's all, like, spiky??????????"

It was a mystery, really, but given what outside looked like today, Nina was rolling with it.
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[personal profile] bookbeltof_love 2019-05-13 07:27 pm (UTC)(link)
"Yeah!!!!!!!!!!! Owen works Sundays," she said happily. "And, like, I guess I manage it???????? Since the guy whose name is on all the paperwork went home, but he still totally texts me, so I guess he's still around????????????"

Rufus was so thrilled by her having taken over his shop. Really. So thrilled.

"And oh my gosh, yes!!!!!!!! Foomy's my pet. He's, like, usually round and chirpy, and today he's still pretty small but he's all happy growly and spiky and it's a little weird??????????? Not that, like, I'm concerned, exactly, but it's the first time he's done that…………."

And who knew what that meant for jelly demons? Maybe Foomy was entering a difficult stage of adolescence or something?
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[personal profile] bookbeltof_love 2019-05-13 10:44 pm (UTC)(link)
Nina considered all the ways that could go terribly, wandering in on a day where Prompto was working and asking him for his opinion on what was wrong with her demon. That was a definite no.

And she didn't really want to talk to Sidon right now either. Not that she was really fighting with him or, well, with anyone other than Norman, but she still didn't want to see them either...

"Oh! If you wouldn't mind, I'd love breakfast," she said, and, since Nina actually did have manners, added, "did you, like, want help cleaning up afterwards??????????? I can do dishes like a champion!!!!!!!!!!! And, if Foomy's not doing well in a day or two, I'll definitely take him there!!!!!!!!!!!!"

She'd just be picky about her days that she did so. Unless, like, it was an emergency. Because childishly (and it was childish, she realized that) avoiding people she loved came second to the health of her ridiculous pet.

"Right now he's just being, like, weird and... well... have you seen the plants outside yet????????????? Those are super weird!!!!!!!!!"
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[personal profile] bookbeltof_love 2019-05-13 11:34 pm (UTC)(link)
She beamed at him as she took the plate, focused more on food that she hadn't had to scavenge than on his squinty disapproval.

"It's the least I could do!!!!!!!!!" she bubbled. "Thank you so much!!!!!!! Like, it only seems right if you're cooking that I offer to help clean up, right??????? So, like, any time, no problem!!!!!!!!!!!!"

And it wasn't a problem. Nina was used to that sort of chore and it was one of those boring, menial things that she actually found relaxing.

"Ummmmmmmm, weird, though, like... the plants are all really funny and huge and a lot, like, leafier than they were yesterday and not in just a 'oh, yeah, like it's totally spring' sort of way??????? And we don't seem to, like, have proper birds any more but rather these big things with claws and creepy looking bat-like wings???????????"

Nina did not actually know what dinosaurs were, so this was... an adventure. She shrugged a little, a bit apologetically, as she folded herself on a chair to dig into her breakfast.
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[personal profile] bookbeltof_love 2019-05-14 12:41 am (UTC)(link)
"My goodness!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" Nina said, all big, wide eyes and doing her very best to look shocked and appalled. "Such language!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

Then she started giggling because, well, really.
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[personal profile] bookbeltof_love 2019-05-14 01:26 am (UTC)(link)
By the time he was done ranting, Nina's big eyes were a lot more genuine than they had been, but they were also bright with delight.

"Like, I've never even heard of Kansas????????????" she said earnestly. "But ohmygosh, please, just keep going, it's great!!!!!!!!!!!"

It would be solidly less great if he was mad at her, but he wasn't, and so Nina was all for someone (or something else) getting lectured.

That was... actually kind of nice right now.
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[personal profile] seriesofbaddecisions 2019-05-13 06:45 pm (UTC)(link)
Even when she wasn't just waking up, that was a little much, but hey, that was Nina.

"Hey, Nina," Sabine greeted her.
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[personal profile] bookbeltof_love 2019-05-13 07:01 pm (UTC)(link)
"Sabiiiiiiiiiiiiine!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

Because Nina was incapable of saying Sabine's name in any other way.

She beamed.

"Oh my gosh, how are you????????????"
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[personal profile] seriesofbaddecisions 2019-05-13 07:30 pm (UTC)(link)
If she ever didn't get that greeting, she'd known something was terribly wrong.

"I'm okay. In need of caffeine. And apparently there are lizards outside."

You know. Casual.
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[personal profile] bookbeltof_love 2019-05-13 07:34 pm (UTC)(link)
"I saw some of them flying around from, like, the windows!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Aren't they super neat?????????? And, like, Foomy's gone all funny too, so maybe it's, like, all the animals are weird????????????"

Foomy was still small and Nina still loved him, but she hoped she got her jelly demon back to normal sooner rather than later.

"Do you always caffeinate in the morning????????????????? I, like, never got into that habit……………."

Which, for the love of God, was best for everyone.
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[personal profile] seriesofbaddecisions 2019-05-13 07:51 pm (UTC)(link)
"Not always. If I was up late and have class in the morning, yes," she said. "I try not to let it be a habit. Like if things invade and I'm too busy fighting them or whatever, I don't want withdrawal headaches."
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[personal profile] bookbeltof_love 2019-05-13 07:59 pm (UTC)(link)
Nina laughed.

"Can you, like, even imagine that???????? That'd be the worst!!!!!!!!!!!! Unless, like, you could channel that withdrawal into more power…………………."
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[personal profile] seriesofbaddecisions 2019-05-13 10:43 pm (UTC)(link)
"I'm not sure I'd want to chance it," Sabine said. "Did you say your... Foomy got all funny?"
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[personal profile] bookbeltof_love 2019-05-13 10:46 pm (UTC)(link)
"He's all, like, grrrrrr today and spiky," Nina said, "which would be a little concerning, but he was still Foomy, just... making different noises and shaped funny today, if that makes sense??????????"

Nina considered that.

"I hope he, like, isn't sick or something???????????? I mean, given outside, maybe not, but who knows with peanut butter jelly demons???????????????"
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[personal profile] seriesofbaddecisions 2019-05-13 11:21 pm (UTC)(link)
"I can't say I know much about peanut butter jelly demons," Sabine said, totally seriously.
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[personal profile] bookbeltof_love 2019-05-13 11:29 pm (UTC)(link)
"Yeah," Nina said, with a sigh of complete agreement. "Like, I know how to get to their world, but about their health I don't know a whole lot????????? I suppose I could see if I could order a book in about it, but that doesn't help me now, you know??????????????"
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[personal profile] seriesofbaddecisions 2019-05-14 12:02 am (UTC)(link)
"The internet doesn't help with that?"

There was actually very little so far she'd looked up that she didn't find somewhere. But she hadn't googled demons.
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[personal profile] bookbeltof_love 2019-05-14 12:04 am (UTC)(link)
"I haven't really tried with Foomy," Nina admitted, though now she was going to have to. "My first instinct is, like, still to run for a book?????????????"

Though she'd already figured out how to steal peoples' contact info off phones that were distinctly not hers, so Nina wasn't doing too badly on the tech front.
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[personal profile] seriesofbaddecisions 2019-05-14 12:06 am (UTC)(link)
"There always is the library. They're pretty stocked up," Sabine pointed out. "Does anyone else here have... peanut butter jelly demons?"
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[personal profile] bookbeltof_love 2019-05-14 12:10 am (UTC)(link)
Nina laughed.

"I work at the bookstore," she said, smiling. "I'll probably check there, first, since it's something to do while customers aren't around!!!!!!!!!! And, no, I don't think so?????????? Norman, like, summoned this one by accident????????????"

Then Nina had stolen it. Because Nina.
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[personal profile] seriesofbaddecisions 2019-05-14 12:19 am (UTC)(link)
"Huh. Wasn't aware he could summon any kind of demon."

It did feel pretty on brand, though.
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[personal profile] bookbeltof_love 2019-05-14 12:23 am (UTC)(link)
"As long as, like, you've got some sort of magic ability you can probably manage it with, like, the right kind of book and a ton of patience," Nina said, though she regretted bringing up Norman at all. Ugh. "It's pretty easy, honestly??????????"

Admittedly, Nina was aces at magic, so her idea of easy was probably skewed.
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[personal profile] seriesofbaddecisions 2019-05-14 12:34 am (UTC)(link)
"I'll take your word for it," Sabine said. "I just trust everybody knows what they're doing."

Between the Jedi and the Sith and the magic people she knew, she was pretty okay letting them all do their thing.
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[personal profile] bookbeltof_love 2019-05-14 12:36 am (UTC)(link)
Nina grinned over at Sabine.

"It's the one thing I can draw that might rival your skills," she said cheerfully. "I'm great at circles!!!!!!!!!!"