[rp: nexus]

[w0tcha]

In a quiet corner of the Nexus, two teenage boys have taken over a sofa, packet of chocolate digetives and a reading lamp. They're both dressed in what appear to be uniform dressing gowns (identical stiff blue felt) over flannel pyjamas (individual) and slippers -- they look like poster children for boarding school of the 1950s. One is almost

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[tiniestloon]

Unfortunately, while Harley is smart she is also not the most inclined toward literature perusal, so she has very little idea what the two boys are talking about, other than the most cursory of 'I go to high school!' bits.

However, they look interesting, and that's really all she needs - plus, there's always, "winding up teachers is a good pastime, if you don't mind me saying so~"

She looks like a 'normal' teenager today, in jeans and a jacket that's... not neon green, and smiles a little knowingly. The only really noticeable weirdness is a healing black eye, but she's wearing giant purple sunglasses. ... Harley is also currently suspended from her public school, so perhaps she is not the best person to discuss this subject.

[w0tcha]

"Depends on the teacher," Will says, looking up from the book. "Some of them are ... well."

And giant purple sungasses are 'normal'? Will is more used to modern clothing than Bran, but those do give him pause.

[tiniestloon]

"Some of them, yeah. If you have a teacher long enough though, you can tell who you can mess with and who you can't."

They're... normal for her, to be totally fair. At least there are no zombies on her clothes today.

[w0tcha]

Will nods. "We've had Mr Matthews since third form. We know that he is ... well, I suppose you'd say a staunch defender of English literature to the exclusion of anything else, while Bran is nothing if not Welsh."

Thank heavens for small mercies. Still, it's not like Will can talk. Pyjamas and all.

[rhyfelgri]

"Hello again-"

...Enfys is rather unmistakable, even if she's coming up from behind the sofa rather than any direction where they could see her before they hear her. "Hard at work, I see."

[never_king]

Bran's grin is triumphant (once he's got over his initial surprise). Enfys was one of the people he was hoping to see again.

"Of course," he says, all surprised innocence. "What else would I be doing?" Since he and Will have patently snuck out of their boarding school dorm, this is a rhetorical question.

[rhyfelgri]

"Oh, lad, I have no idea what boys your age get up to out of sight." ...Enfys is a liar, by the way, but Bran and Will cannot possibly be half as bad as the boys she spent highschool with. They're the boys Garion should've been spending time with.

[never_king]

Will and Bran are victims of their time. Also of their highly disciplined boarding school. Which is fortunate, I suppose, because if Bran ever took it into his head to really rebel ...

Bran waves the book he's holding at Enfys. "Brushing up on Shakespeare." And before the friend can answer, Bran does. "This is Will."

[w0tcha]

Will looks up, a pleased smile breaking on to his face as he notices that they have a large snake incoming. He nudges Bran, putting his book aside to stand in greeting.

[w0tcha]

"I do," Will says. "I don't have many friends like you." He waves a hand towards Bran, still grinning widely. "I've got another friend with me. This is Bran."

[kheba]

Lyla really has no idea what those boys over there are talking about; she hasn't been to proper school since she was ten, but they're of like age and furthermore so opposite to her own self - she's a tiny teenage runaway, although lately possessing more money than the usual type, of ambigious ethnic origins - she can't help being curious.

"Henry V - is that the one Laurence Olivier made the movie out of?" Look, her first guess was 'was that the guy who killed all his wives,' so this is actually pretty good as far as questions go. (Also, Olivier beats Branagh, probably.)

[w0tcha]

"That's the one," Will agrees, poking Bran. "We should probably see if we can't watch that."

He shuts his book, having by this point resigned himself to the fact that not much homework is going to get done in the Nexus. "English homework," he says expressively.

[kheba]

"Sucks," she offers, sympathetically, although to be perfectly honest she's not really well-acquainted with it. Also, on that note: "Do you actually get a lot done here? I mean... sky whales. Kind of distracting."

[w0tcha]

"Well," Will shrugs. "The homework's something of an excuse. Since he --" Nod to Bran. "Found out about this place, he's been waiting to come back and well. We wouldn't get much work done in the library either." Pause. "Sky whales?"

[northseaflotsam]

"Research?" Mordred inquires.

(Once you've taken his interest it's hard to shake him, which is sometimes the only explanation for why he shows up where he does. Oh, Nexus.)

[never_king]

"What else?" Bran says in greeting. "We're not daft enough to want to read this for fun."

He seems very self-satisfied right now. It's anyone's guess why.

[northseaflotsam]

"No? What is it, Lithuanian shipping records?" ...Mordred, why.

[never_king]

"Close. Shakespeare."