Second Floor Common Room, Wednesday Evening

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Tony had his popcorn and pop and was settled into the couch in the second floor common room. Tonight's episode had Raymond Dark facing off with a mummy he'd defeated but not destroyed in 1938. It seems the Nazis had put the mummy in storage under protective glyphs, but it had been sold to a collector who, of course, had to go and pop the coffin

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[blondecanary]

Dinah came in looking way too pleased with herself, and flopped down on the couch next to Tony. "Mummy?"

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"One chocolate-banana milkshake does not make me your mummy," Tony said.

[blondecanary]

Dinah shuddered. "Now I have that Mister What episode in my head. Euuurgh." She grabbed a pillow, gave him a threatening look, then shoved it behind her head. "Besides, I was sure you were the new babysitter."

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Tony grinned. "The shakes weren't bad, though. I might try that again."

[kestrelswolf]

Fizzy sweet drink and chips acquired, Firekeeper settled in her usual spot on the couch with Blind Seer.

She smiled at Tony, sternly reminding herself that sorcery or not, he was still her friend.

"Hello," she said, and then moved right into: "what is?" gesturing at the... creature wrapped in bandages on the screen.

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Tony smiled at her. "It's a mummy," he said. "Really, really old dead guy walking around."

[kestrelswolf]

"Like zombie?" Those she knew of, at least!

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"Yeah, kind of," Tony said. "Zombies are more like, recently dead. Mummies are old kings who died three thousand years ago. They'd do stuff to the body so it wouldn't decay and then wrap them in bandages to keep everything together."

[blinkandsneeze]

Viki wandered in, tilting her head at the screen.

"I think," she said, "that that mummy is far too clean."

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Tony waved. "Have a lot of mummy experience?" He wasn't entirely joking; after all, he'd seen a mummy that had come back to life. Fortunately, the one on screen looked nothing like the one Vicki and Henry had battled in Toronto.

[blinkandsneeze]

She made a face. "They live in mines, back home," Viki explained, "and I've had to deal with them before. None of them have ever been so..."

Viki waved one hand. "Pristine."

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"Well," Tony said, "it's TV."

[weetuskenraider]

Flight Club had cheered her up a bit, but Tahiri was still in a bit of a mood after Leadership class this morning and not really wanting to hole up in her room tonight.

And hey, it was Wednesday, so down to the second floor it was.

"It's that time again, isn't it?"

[kestrelswolf]

"Is!" Firekeeper nodded. Such a conversationalist, really.

[weetuskenraider]

Firekeeper was one of the people she was most relieved to see, really, so Tahiri gave her a grin. "If I wasn't sure, finding you here would've answered the question for me."

[kestrelswolf]

"Am predictable in this, perhaps," Firekeeper admitted.

[new_to_liirness]

Liir came in, sat down, and glued his eyes immediately to the screen.

Someone really needed a bit of distraction right now.

[weetuskenraider]

Tahiri could definitely sense something about him that hinted at the need for distraction, and sympathized; she gave him a wave and a slight smile.

[new_to_liirness]

He wasn't familiar with her but he gave her a similar smile and a wave.

"Here for the show?" he asked quietly, not wanting to distract anyone from the screen.

[weetuskenraider]

"More for the company," she answered, keeping her own tone low and reassuring, with just the subtlest hint of I think I understand.