Katchoo and Francine's Dorm Room, St. Louis, Monday Noonish

[thatsamilkshake]

Since Francine had lucked out with no afternoon classes on Mondays, it was the perfect day to grab lunch to go at the dining hall, then take it back to the dorm to sprawl on the bed, dunk fries in ranch dressing, flip through the latest issue of Wendy the Werewolf Stalker: Season 8, and catch up on the world outside of eastern Missouri.

Via her phone, not a comic book about creating new universes by having airborne sex with ... seriously? Wow, this series had not only jumped the shark, it had done a belly-flop onto the shark's back and was now waterskiing behind it while performing opera in Chinese.

[Open for calls, texts, etc., and as always, Le Girl]

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[bitchprince]

And that was her phone. Ringing!

[thatsamilkshake]

And that was Francine picking it up after the opening bits of Purple Rain played through.

Look, she was still trying to settle on a ringtone for him. This time she was gong for the subtle connection.

"Arthur!"

[bitchprince]

Either way, she was lucky he wasn't in the room with her. Or... something. "Francine," Arthur answered, curtly. "Good morning."

Well, it was still morning in Camelot...

[thatsamilkshake]

Given the fact that since the room was empty, she was currently paying no attention to where the neckline on her sweater fell while lounging on her bed, let us say that Arthur was the lucky one.

"It's lunchtime! I've been up for hours and hours."

[bitchprince]

"Well, that's... encouraging to know," he said, dubiously. "It suits you."

There was a short silence on the other end of the line, as if he wasn't quite sure what the etiquette was for seguing from one phrase to the next, then gave up, and said, "How is school?"

One day, he was going to manage something beyond closet-fifty-year-old.

[thatsamilkshake]

Possibly by the time he was fifty.

"Different, at least. I'm taking a psychology course, for one. Now I can tell Katchoo she's being a crazy person when she yells at the tv, and I've got big words to back it up."

[bitchprince]

"And how well does she take to that, exactly?"

He knew Katchoo.

[thismaskiwear.livejournal.com]

Katchoo did have a class on Mondays, and just her luck, it happened to be an 8 AM one.

Of course she was free the rest of the day, but -- well, the repercussions on her oh-so-very-morning-person self don't need to be left to the imagination, do they?

"Francie, what're you reading?" she asked as she flopped onto the bed.

Or, well, that was what she meant to ask. What actually came out of her mouth was:

"Francie, what're you -- ()#*@_#()$*_)@*(_)($*%$!@#()&)_$*_)#$*(!!!!!!!!!!"

[OOC: The management would like to assert that in this case, the opinions of the character do in fact reflect the opinions of the person behind the keyboard. MMM META CATHARSIS.]

[thatsamilkshake]

"I'm not sure," Francine admitted. "It says it's Wendy, but right now Wendy and Seraph are having sex inside his coat while flying over Las Vegas. This is what I get for tuning out after Alec's girlfriend got killed again." You know, 25 issues ago.

[thismaskiwear.livejournal.com]

"Euuuuuugh." Katchoo gave the comic an incendiary glare, but luckily (or sadly) she still hadn't developed spontaneous superpowers. "Is it Seraph, evil him, or fake-evil him who's being duped into being evil, or can we even frikkin' tell any more, or do we care?"

[thatsamilkshake]

"I sure can't tell anymore. But apparently her friends are using satellite tracking to watch them do it all across the world. It makes us getting stuck in Merlin's closet look... at least slightly less creepery."

[thismaskiwear.livejournal.com]

"Friends, my ass. Like hell any of 'em have acted like it this whole stupid comic run." If there was any sense of irony to Katchoo bitching about comics continuity, she didn't see it. "They never frikkin' talk, you'd think one of 'em oughta have called Wendy's best friend on how idiotic it is to try an' get more powerful . . . why the hell are you still reading this, Francie?"

[OOC: . . . hush.]

[thatsamilkshake]

"I'm not! I mean, except for this one? I just picked it up across the street because I thought I'd see what I've been missing."

[OOC: They lost me with Dracula. IJS.]

[blondecanary.livejournal.com]

*riiiiiiiiing!*

Way too long since there was chatting! And Dinah was in between classes today and needed to catch up.

[thatsamilkshake]

"Dinah! How're things in Arthur-says-we're-not-allowed-to-go-there-without-bodyguards land?"

[blondecanary.livejournal.com]

"He's got to learn to relax," Dinah said, knowing the futility of the idea even as she said it. "And we have a cat burglar! Who's actually smart! It's awesome!" Welll... "I mean, it's a terrible problem for the police, but we're having fun chasing him so far. How's The Midwest Place To Which I'll Never Return?"

[thatsamilkshake]

"Only you would say a burglar was awesome." Francine giggled. "Saint Louis is cold. Especially over New Year. I was sneezing and coughing for a week; we even missed the party in Fandom. Did you go?"

[blondecanary.livejournal.com]

"Hey, it's way better than carjackers or impulse convenience-store robbers. They're not even a challenge any more," Dinah sniffed, then grinned. "Yup, I went, it was a pretty cool party-- ice skating in the park, I missed you guys. Did talk to His Royal Huffiness though. I think he's mellowing on going to parties there, since he always gets to go home now."

[thatsamilkshake]

"Aww, I would've liked ice skating. Not with a cold, though. I was drowning already. We got to see Arthur for his birthday though. More or less."

[bigdamndestiny.livejournal.com]

Her phone would just not stop ringing today, it would seem.

[thatsamilkshake]

Yes, but this time it was playing Muskrat Love!

Because there weren't really any songs about otters to speak of, but it was close.

"Hiiiiiii!"

[bigdamndestiny.livejournal.com]

It worked for them!

"Francine!" Yes, that was who you called, Merlin.

[thatsamilkshake]

"Tell Arthur he has to stop hanging out with Katchoo so much; he's picking up too many bad words from her." Francine thought she was funny. Mind you, she was frequently wrong about that.

[bigdamndestiny.livejournal.com]

"...he has?" Hey, he didn't really listen when Arthur trained his knights.

[thatsamilkshake]

"Well, it's too modern for you guys. He must've learned it from Katchoo. ...Plus I learned it from Katchoo, so."

No, she wasn't repeating it.