Second Floor Common Room, Monday Afternoon

[oncourtandstage]

After getting back from teaching Mike's Karaoke class, Troy settled down in the common room. He'd been too nervous to eat before class, so he was rather starving now.

The Tim Tams weren't so bad, he decided, after having opened a box of those.

The vegemite, he decided, wasAnyone who stopped by the common room? Was likely to see Troy rushing

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[shyest_eyes]

"A-Ano," Hinata said hesitantly from the entrance. "A-Are you a-alright?"

It was obvious, really, that he wasn't but...

[oncourtandstage]

Troy finished downing the glass of orange juice he'd been drinking, and made a face. "Ate something disgusting," he said. "Can't get the taste out of my mouth." He went through the fridge, trying to find something else, and settled on a can of Coke.

[shyest_eyes]

"M-Milk, perhaps," she suggested. "T-That's f-fairly good at g-getting rid of t-tastes."

[oncourtandstage]

It was clear from Troy's grimace that, in fact, the Coke hadn't worked. "Thanks," he said, pulling another glass out of the cupboard and pouring himself a glass of milk. His face cleared as he drank it, and he relaxed. "Thanks," he said again. "Yeah, that helped a lot."

[new_to_liirness]

He shouldn't look as smooth as he does, but the expression on the face and the panic in the eyes makes it very easy to figure out what's the trouble.

He holds out a cup of sweet black and herbal tea he'd brought from Oz as well as a large chocolate chip and sour cherry cookie.

...he'd just been walking down to enjoy some things on the grass, but sometimes you have to do what you have to do.

[oncourtandstage]

*handwaves Troy being dumb enough to try the vegemite again*

Troy grabbed the tea and the cookie, swallowed the cookie in three bites, and downed the tea in four long swallows. "Thanks," he said. "Whatever you do? Don't try the vegemite."

[new_to_liirness]

He blinked.

"The what--oh, that? I found it in my pantry this morning." His lips quirked to the side.

"Might be useful in very spare doses, but I wouldn't want to have much in anything."

A hand to his bag found another set of three cookies.

"Here, if you need them. Or just liked them. I figure you're hungry if you tried an unknown substance in any quantity."

[oncourtandstage]

"I didn't eat before class today," Troy explained. "Too nervous. Mike's away, so I had to teach it. Oh," he added. "I'm the TA for the Karaoke class." A pause. "... And my name is Troy."