Room 308, Wednesday Evening - Chilling Out

[the_merriest]

So that Umbridge lady seemed kinda mean, and Hermione certainly hadn't liked her very much. That was bad.

But how much trouble could a principal be? Really. Seriously. Besides, she and her Jude-dude had made up and therefore, all was right with the world. Plus Deadpool hadn't come looking for her yet about the car. That was a bonus.

So Rikku was sprawled out on her bed, humming to herself and bopping a little. And maybe looking over a ... letter. 'Cause tomorrow was Thursday and, well, no reason. Just, you know. Couldn't hurt.

Her door was wide open.

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[izzyalienqueen.livejournal.com]

Talking to Jude this morning had made Isabel realize that she hadn't see Rikku in quite a while. Looking for a distraction, she grabbed her bag of Dove chocolates and wandered down to the third floor.

"Knock, knock!"

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"Hey! Hiya!" Rikku bounced off the bed and waved Isabel in. "What's new? Oooooooh, chocolates? Score!"

Hyper: On.

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Isabel was amused by the contrast between mellow Jude and a somewhat hyper Rikku. "Are you sure you haven't already had a bunch of chocolate?"

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Rikku grinned. "Nope. Just hyper." She twirled for effect. "This is why we couldn't give Bayla sugar, yeah? She would've been even worse. I'd be even worse. I'd be totally worse."

She blushed. "I'm, uh, I'm like, rambling, huh?"

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"I may live to regret this, but here," Isabel said, holding out the bag of chocolate. "Go nuts."

"There's nothing wrong with rambling. Rambling is fun. Rambling either means you're happy or embarrassed. I'm willing to bet on happy."

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"Really?! Thanks!" Rikku popped one of the chocolates in her mouth. "Ooooh! These are awesome! Here, you have some, too, yeah?!"

And then laughed. "Hey, I can totally be both, right? I mean. If you were, you know, all ... feeling stupid about being happy. Or whatever. Not that I am. Okay, I am. Totally obvious. Good week. No, bad week, then it got way better, and, uh, how are you?"

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She took some chocolate and unwrapped it, popping it into her mouth. "I'm fine. I saw Jude this morning and realized I hadn't talked to you in a while. So here I am."

"Good week? I'm glad for you."

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Rikku got a little bouncy when Isabel mentioned Jude, and then blushed again. "Uh. Yeah. Just, uh, it kinda sucked and then Mel and I blew things up and then Jude and I had kinda been fighting but huge misunderstanding and we're good again and now the only thing that sucks is that that principal lady seems like she's all mean and stuff. But she's just here for a couple weeks, right?"

She munched on another piece of chocolate. "I'll go easy, honest! You should have seen me on Jolt. Ohhhhh, that stuff is so good but then I couldn't sleep you know!?"

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"Nothing like therapuetic explosions," Isabel grinned. "Charlie burned stuff for me yesterday. So I understand exactly how you feel." She wondered about the bouncing and the blushing, remembering when thoughts of Greg would make her react in a slightly more low-key, but still fairly similar fashion.

"As far as I know. I'm looking to avoid her if at all possible," she said, making a face.

Isabel's eyes got wide at the thought of Rikku on Jolt. "Oh my god, Jolt?"

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"Ooooooh, she did? She was there when we had Jolt! Someone got me a case of it, for my birthday? And we had candy and bad movies and I was up allllllllll night." She bounced a little. "Sorry. I, uh, I'm ... yeah."

She hopped onto her bed, sitting cross-legged, and attempted to be more sane. "What is her deal, anyway? Hermione totally freaked about her being here but all she's done so far is be all 'no coed people in rooms blah' and grump about Aly in class. Which is so unfair. Aly rules."

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It's possible that Aravis was, once again, walking a little oddly, though she was doing her best to cover whenever she caught it. But walking funny or not, she knew she had to go talk to exactly one person about...things.

Which was why Wednesday evening found her tapping at Rikku and Hermione's doorframe as she peeked in. "Evening, Rikku."

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Hermione returned to the room with a bag full of things. Most notably, two coconuts, which immediately set her off muttering to herself that two would be overkill.

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"She did. Bad clothing," Isabel explained. "With bad memories attached. And that sounds like it was a fun night. No apologies needed."

"I don't know. But anyone that giggles like that? Something is just not right," she said. "She grumped at Aly?"

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"Hi, Aravis!" Rikku bounced. "How are you? How've you been? What's new? What's going on? How are you? Ooooh, I think I did that one twice!"

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"I'm...quite good," Aravis said with a smile. "And yes, you did, but perhaps it was for emphasis. How are you?"

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"Bad clothing?" Rikku asked, scratching her head. "Ohhhhhh. I can see that, yeah. Did it help? Burning it, I mean."

She shuddered. "She was all, This isn't Appropriate for Youngsters and acting like Aly was a bad teacher and who does she think she is? And then Zuko torched her notes and she was, like, crazy-mad. Just for a second but you could see it, yeah?"

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Rikku waved excitedly to her roommate. "Hiya! Ooooooh. Are you doing an art-thing? Can I help?"

She wrinkled her nose. "I met that Um-whoever today, in class. She's just mean, isn't she?"

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"I'm ... I'm wonderful," Rikku said, laughing a little. "I mean, last week, things weren't so good, but right now? Totally, completely wonderful." And promptly blushed. "Is your, uh, is your quite good a wonnnnnderful?"

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"Possibly," Aravis remarked, shutting the door behind her, "but I'd have to know why you're blushing, first. Did you enjoy your trip? And did you soundly beat whoever Caitlin is?"

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"Yeah, it helped."

"What did she think she was getting into coming here? This isn't exactly a normal school." Isabel frowned, "That doesn't sound good. The last thing in the world we need is a nutcase in charge of this place."

[smartestone]

"I am most likely earning detention," she half-explained. "Wait, she's going to classes now?"

[the_merriest]

"I'm blushing?" she said, sitting back down on her bed. "Whoa. I am. Uh. It's, uh, it's a sand-thing. You, uh, you knew that, right? And the trip was --"

She looked up at Aravis suddenly. "Whoa. How did you know about Caitlin!?"

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"I'll have to remember that. Burning things. I usually just blow 'em up. Ooooh, and I got arrested! I totally have a mugshot now."

She bit her lip. "Yeah, I don't know, and ... maybe it's just me. I kinda don't like authority anyway, you know? She just seems really ... Yevonite. And I kinda say that sometimes about people 'cause I don't like them? But she ... she seems like them. I'm not just meaning that like an insult."

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"Detention?!" Rikku gasped. "Hermione! You never get detention! Are you serious?! And yeah, she came to Aly's class on spying and she said awful things about how the class was inappropriate and she totally acted like she was gonna make her stop teaching and what the hell, isn't she a sub!? Isn't she just supposed to make sure nothing else blows up!??"

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"You got arrested?" Isabel boggled. "What did you do?"

"What does that mean exactly? Not that I'm doubting you or anything, just looking to understand more."