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Feb 24, 2011 19:20

Getting everyone dressed and over to Greendale is a bit of a hassle, and the fact that they're probably going to have to eat in the cafeteria because there was no time to eat before they went worries Britta a little, given the level of disposable income she has (very, very low). All the same, there's a strange sense almost of relief as she steps ( Read more... )

britta perry, homeplot, kate gregson, fred burkle, jeff winger

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everyone_takes February 25 2011, 14:45:51 UTC
Turning in a slow circle after they'd entered the room, Kate made note of most everything she could, wondering more and more what was really going on. It didn't make any sense for a whole bunch of people from the island to end up at Britta's apartment. She also had no idea why they were at a college campus now, but it was Britta's home and so she was in charge.

"How do we do that?" she asked, although she wasn't addressing Britta directly. The question was aimed at the room at large. At anyone within a hundred miles who could answer that.

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pylean_cow February 26 2011, 04:50:30 UTC
Fred is thinking that this campus leaves something to be desired.

Of course, it's a community college in Colorado and not UCLA, but Fred was still expecting quite a bit more. "I don't think we're going to figure out much of anything here," she says, frowning. From the looks of it, the library isn't much of a library, and something tells her that she isn't going to find many books on multi-verse theory or books with the right incantations here.

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fakejaded February 26 2011, 05:51:24 UTC
"We don't have a whole lot in the way of magic at Greendale," Britta deadpanned. She needed to watch the stupid things she said around here, though, if only because someone was bound to hear her and turn them into something even stupider. There were things she hadn't missed about this place.

Except she kept looking around anyway, hoping the others would show up (and before Jeff, so she could at least tell them to keep their pity party to themselves, god, this was going to be awkward). "You think it'd be better if we drive into Denver and find a bigger library?"

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everyone_takes February 26 2011, 16:05:38 UTC
Lifting her shoulders in a deep shrug, Kate said, "Honestly? I don't think we're gonna find an answer to what happened in a book. Do you remember them ever having any books on what to do after you get sent to an island and then sent home, but not to your own home, to a friend's home? I'm pretty sure that if those books exist, they don't keep them out on the shelves."

They'd be in some creepy back room where people sacrificed goats or whatever.

"We'd have to steal them," she decided. "If they exist."

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pylean_cow February 26 2011, 22:53:05 UTC
"We had books like that," Fred says, and sounds a little offended that Kate thinks something like that is outside the realm of impossibility. In fact, if this were L.A. (and her dimension) they'd already be working the problem.

Maybe Wesley even would have helped.

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wingerguarantee February 27 2011, 02:46:12 UTC
Jeff knew he had to show up. He was as confused as anyone else as to what was going on, and staying in his apartment wasn't going to help anything. What he had planned on doing was going to see who was there, and leave if it was someone who could potentially realize he hadn't mentioned a couple of key things about his past. The situation was bad enough without adding something for Britta to be pissed (unfairly, in his opinion) at him about.

It never works the way he wants it to work. He knows Britta spots him the second he turns the corner, which makes the retreating he wants to do when he spots Kate impossible.

"Crap," he muttered under his breath, because it figured of everyone it'd be someone he knew. It just figured. Still, he approached as though everything was cool, because maybe she forgot what he told her only once a while ago. It was possible. Catching the tail end of the conversation, he just injected himself into it in hopes of keeping it on that and not on himself. "This is Greendale. You'll be lucky to find books that ( ... )

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fakejaded February 27 2011, 08:12:21 UTC
"As much as I hate to say it," Britta said dryly, "he has a point. Hi, Jeff, so good of you to join us. Do you know Kate and Fred?" She gestured from one to the other as she spoke, and then over to him. "In case you didn't know, Jeff Winger." They were both female and attractive, so she figured he'd probably hit on them both at some point, but she figured she may as well.

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everyone_takes February 27 2011, 16:09:23 UTC
For a moment, Kate didn't say anything, simply looked at Jeff and tried to fit the pieces together. Britta said she'd gone to school here, but Jeff had told her he was a lawyer. Despite that, they seemed to know each other and Jeff seemed to know the school.

"So do you teach law here?" she asked, eyebrows lifting, then looked at Britta. "I mean, yeah, I know him. I didn't know you guys knew each other."

Maybe there was a reason for that. It wasn't like it was Britta's job to introduce Kate to everyone she knew.

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pylean_cow March 2 2011, 02:16:27 UTC
"Nice to meet you, Jeff," Fred says, though it's not as sincere as it might have been were she not in yet another dimension not her own without much of an idea of how to even get back to the one she'd been in before.

Jeff looks familiar though, like maybe Fred has seen him in the rec room or in the kitchen on the island or something.

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wingerguarantee March 2 2011, 02:34:42 UTC
Jeff's gaze shifted to Britta, and he could tell without her even saying anything (and he was expecting her to say a lot of things very soon) that the wheels were turning in her head as to why Kate would ever assume that. He nodded a hello to Fred, though his attention remained mostly on Kate.

"I - wait, no, that'd be even worse," he realized, rolling his eyes at himself for even considering just going along with the assumption. Not that Britta would have gone along with the lie, even if he did. "Weird. I guess I forgot to tell you there was just an...issue with my diploma I'm working out here when I mentioned what what I did. I'm still a lawyer, though, don't get me wrong. I wasn't disbarred or anything."

And really, that was what counted.

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fakejaded March 2 2011, 02:44:45 UTC
"Yeah, just put on hold," Britta said, scoffing as she shook her head at him. "Wow, Jeff, really? I wish I could be surprised, but I should have expected this. He goes to school here with me, Kate." She felt a little bad for Fred, caught in the middle of this, when really it was just a matter of Jeff being stupid as usual and she shouldn't have had to deal with it. Neither should have Britta, though, as far as she was concerned. "You're letting everyone think you're still a lawyer? Every time I think you can't get any lower."

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everyone_takes March 2 2011, 14:57:11 UTC
"I think things just got weirder," Kate said to Fred, because there was really nothing she could do about the weirdness and she wasn't sure what to make of Jeff lying to her or that he and Britta knew each other. It wasn't like they were best friends or anything, it shouldn't have mattered that he hadn't told her the truth.

"So... books?" she asked, because she was about ready to try that, even if they had to find a secret section with the books on this sort of stuff and steal them.

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pylean_cow March 4 2011, 09:38:47 UTC
"At least the books aren't changing whenever they feel like it," Fred replies with a shrug, because as strange as this all is, there are plenty of ways that it could be stranger. Jeff pretending to be a lawyer when he isn't really a lawyer-- or something--is all well and good, but they aren't any closer to figuring any of this out.

Fred reaches over and pulls a book from the nearest shelf and makes a face. She'd been hoping for ancient books and all, but this one on anthropology is really outdated.

"...I kinda wish they'd change, though."

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wingerguarantee March 4 2011, 22:18:40 UTC
"Again, not disbarred," he reminded, shooting Britta a look. And degree or not, he still was the best at what he did. Still, he didn't want to continue this in front of people, so he eventually just rolled his eyes and turned to look at the other two.

"What kind of book are we even looking for?" he asked. Because being sent to an island against their will sounded like something that should send them straight to the crappy fiction section.

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fakejaded March 4 2011, 23:00:41 UTC
"Fred thinks we can find something that might help us figure all this out," Britta said, still petulant. "But we're probably not going to find them in here. God, I can't believe you'd lie like tha- what am I saying? Of course you lied like that. Just write all of us out of your life, Jeff, that's great." They had far more important things to deal with and she knew she shouldn't have been surprised to discover he was this much of an asshole, but it still upset her more than it should have.

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everyone_takes March 5 2011, 15:23:39 UTC
"Maybe this isn't the best library to work with," Kate suggested to Fred, still kind of annoyed that Jeff had lied to her, but not wanting to get involved in a fight. Sometimes a fight could be awesome, but she liked Britta and didn't like seeing her upset.

She probably shouldn't have said anything at all to begin with.

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