2nd Floor Common Room: evening

[auroryborealis]

Rory was curled up on the couch with a small ball of fuzz in her lap and a turtle tank on couch beside her.

Vladdie would occasionally nod and give a small noise in his sleep as he slowly woke. And Rory, meanwhile, just flipped through the channels in boredom.

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[notcalledlizzie]

"Hey, Rory," Elizabeth dropped into a chair and drew her legs up underneath her. "How's things?"

[auroryborealis]

"Pretty good," Rory said with a smile. "TV's boring. Vladdie's still waking up. And I'm turtle-sitting, which is a fascinating activity. How're you?"

[notcalledlizzie]

"Bored," Elizabeth admitted, grinning slightly. "I don't deal well with large periods of time with nothing to do."

[auroryborealis]

"Me neither. Usually it means I'm reading something. But I'm actually having issues concentrating on books," Rory sighed. "Which, um, for me? Is really unusual."

[whitedeathpod]

John wanders down the hall with his sea monkeys in his hands.

"Hello common room!"

[auroryborealis]

"Hello, John!" Rory said. "You brought friends!"

[whitedeathpod]

"I did," he says, setting the tank down. "They have names but the only one I can remember is Dorothy. Aeryn probably knows the other ones."

[auroryborealis]

"Hi Dorothy and company," Rory said, waving at the tank and gently lifting Yoda out of his. She held the little turtle up to the side of the tank. "Meet Yoda."

[bruiser_in_pink]

Molly wandered in after sleeping most of the day. She plopped down in an empty chair.

"Hey, Rory."

[auroryborealis]

"Hey, Molly!" Rory said. "How're you?"

[bruiser_in_pink]

Molly shrugged. "Bored," she said.

[auroryborealis]

"It seems to be the theme today," Rory mused. "Even the animals are bored."

Vladdie punctuated this statement with a yawn.

[joxertehmighty]

Other floors proved to be an interesting experience before, so Joxer entered the room with a smug smile on his face.

"Hello people," he said.

[auroryborealis]

"Hey, Joxer," Rory said, waving. Vladdie lifted his head from her lap and sniffed curiously at the air. He'd never met this person before!

[joxertehmighty]

"Whoa, easy boy," Joxer said, eyeing the dog. "What's his name?"

[auroryborealis]

"This is Vladdie," she said, holding up the wee blinky puppy. "Vladdie, meet Joxer."

Vladdie yawned.

[connernotconnor]

Somehow every time he'd checked out what was supposedly the cool common room, it had been less jumping than the other floors. So, in the name of science (no, really), Conner and his soccer ball decided to give the second floor common room another shot.

"Hey," he said, dropping into a chair.

[auroryborealis]

"Hi!" Rory said, waving. Vladdie gave a little yip, probably to say hello. Or possibly to say 'I like playing fetch.'

It was hard to tell.

[connernotconnor]

"Hey," said Conner, then paused with his index finger in the air, trying to remember. "Gilmore, right? Rory? This little guy yours?"

[auroryborealis]

"That's right. You're...Conner?" Rory said slowly, guessing at the name. "And yes, this is Vladdie. He's mine, and he's sort of, um, special, but he's very friendly and sweet-natured no matter what a little bite and blood dictates."