2nd Floor Common Room | Tuesday Evening

[kirked]

Jim had brushed today's class off about ten minutes after he'd left the classroom. It was ten questions, pointless in the grand scheme of things, and Jim wasn't going to let ten questions put him inside some kind of box

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[notalender]

Arietty had ventured out of her room for some borrowings, only to discover that the common room was full of people for once. She scaled the couch with a set of tiger claw spikes made from picture hangers, then perched on the top, tilting her head at the television.

"What are we watching?" she asked no one in particular.

[kirked]

Jim had definitely heard something but he didn't immediately see anyone who wasn't already in the common room. If he'd been anyone else, he might have attributed it to hearing voices but he wasn't crazy.

"Uh, some stupid movie." Maybe someone was hiding? He didn't know.

[notalender]

Arietty kicked her feet against the couch, leaning forwards. "I like movies," she noted. "I haven't seen that many yet, but they're a lot of fun. What makes this one stupid?"

He seemed to have some authority. She figured he'd know.

[kirked]

"I kinda think anyone with eyes could see why this one's stupid," Jim said, flicking his wrist at the television. "It's just stupid. There's too much about it for me to go into detail."

[notalender]

"Are you trying to say I don't have eyes?!" Oh dear. "My eyes are very good. I don't see anything that different from other movies." She tilted her head. "Is it bedside no one's kissing anybody yet?"

[kirked]

"Where did you get that I said you don't have eyes?" Jim wondered because he was pretty sure he hadn't said that. "If I didn't think you had eyes, I would have asked where your eyes were."

[notalender]

"You said that anyone who had eyes could see why the movie was stupid." Really, it was simple logic, Jim.

[kirked]

"Do you, whoever you are, come from a place where figures of speech don't exist?" Jim wondered. "Turns of phrase? Quips? Quit being so damn literal."

[notalender]

"If you must know, I come from London, and maybe you need to be more careful with your 'quips'." Yep, she totally did air quotes and everything. "You know, it's a little bit rude not to look at someone at all when you're talking to them."

[kirked]

"I can't even see you!" Jim exclaimed, looking around. "What am I supposed to be looking at? Maybe you need to be more careful with your assumptions."

[notalender]

Arietty sighed. "You could see me if you looked in the right direction." Trust me, she'd know. "Over here." She kicked the couch harder and waved her arms.

[kirked]

Following the sound of her voice, Jim glanced over and down where he finally spotted the...very tiny person.

"Wow, you're tiny." Well put. "Sorry, sorry. Stating the obvious. But, you are."

[notalender]

"From my perspective, you're a bloody great behemoth," Arietty noted. She was getting a little tired of everyone feeling the need to start conversations that way. "I'm Arietty."

[kirked]

"Jim," he said, making sure to look at her now that he knew where she was. "How'd you get up here anyway? Don't tell me you can fly or something."

[notalender]

"I wish!" Maybe she could borrow a sling shot. She'd need someone to shoot her at soft landings, though. She held up her picture hanger tiger claws. "I climbed. I'm a very good climber."

[kirked]

"Yeah, I guess so," Jim said, sounding mildly impressed. "And now that we both know you have eyes, can you see why this movie's pretty bad?"