5th Floor Common Room, Friday Morning

[trigons_child]

Raven had been trying to make more of an effort to listen to the radio, so after hearing on Wednesday night that Anakin had talked to Max and then on Thursday that Max had been in a fight, she had confused mixed emotions. She was hesitant to jump to conclusions, but if what she suspected was correct, then she was dismayed that violence and injury

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[bloody_luck]

Mat was finished with his classes and was in search of someone to entertain him.

"Hello," he said with a smile, flopping onto a sofa. "The tiny wet people are bloody strange."

[trigons_child]

"Hello, Mat," Raven said, giving him a smile. She was always happy to entertain see him. "They are indeed very odd. I have yet to determine what they wish, other than to flail their arms about."

[bloody_luck]

"It's not to dance," Mat said, laughing. "I offered them a finger as a partner but they weren't interested."

[trigons_child]

Raven pressed her hand against her chest, feigning shock. "Something turned down a dance with you? I cannot believe that."

[bloody_luck]

"I almost cried," Mat said very solemnly, then ruined it by laughing again. "Their loss."

[trigons_child]

"Indeed," Raven teased. "I know of no finer dancer." That she didn't have much experience dancing with anyone else was utterly beside the point.

[bloody_luck]

Mat bowed from his seat. "And a beautiful woman to pay me such a pretty compliment."

[trigons_child]

Raven blushed. "You flatter me," she said.

[bloody_luck]

He winked. "It makes you blush. Are you enjoying having all of this free time?"

[trigons_child]

"I am not certain what I will do with it all," Raven confessed, her cheeks turning even pinker at the wink. "I have no need to study for my classes now, and I will not be returning home over the break. I fear I may become bored."

[bloody_luck]

"We'll have to come up with something to keep ourselves occupied," Mat said. "I'm not going home either."

Mostly because he hadn't heard if Elayne was ready to come to her senses and go to Caemlyn to become Queen. If she wasn't, Mat wasn't coming within a mile of Rand.

...and because he didn't know how to get home. Details.

[trigons_child]

"What do you suggest?" Raven asked. "Do you have more games to teach me?"

She wasn't flirting. OK, maybe just a little.

[bloody_luck]

"Oh, I can think of a few," he said. "Stones, cards," kissing games...

[trigons_child]

"I have heard of a game called 'poker' that is played with cards," Raven said. Well, seen it on the TV at least. "But stones? How do you play a game with rocks?"

She liked the kissing games, too.

[bloody_luck]

"It's a strategy game," Mat explained. "White stones against black ones."

[trigons_child]

"Is it difficult to learn?" Raven asked. "I fear I know very little of strategy."