... Busy. I am too busy.

[xp_tarot]

I should remember that even when classes end, that there is still -far- too much to do at times.

I am finally nearly done my art project from last year. The one that I never completed fully. Alison? Do you think Miles would stand to sit for a drawing? (Miles, if you are reading this, would you sit for a drawing?). I only have one card to finish!

I forgot how odd some American customs seemed to me when I first arrived here. Plus how very strange our own habits and jokes must seem to a new student. I am not sure that my explanation of sock wars really helped. (Yes, Mr. Marko, I made sure that Eliane's room had an extra fire extinquisher. It was on her check-in list.) Jamie, Kitty? I am leaving the explanation of the dragon to you. I think she thinks Lockheed is someone's baby brother.

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[x-crowdofone.livejournal.com]

. . . so, what, Lockheed is a popular boy's name in France, or she thinks it is in the US, or what?

And obviously she needs to see a sock war. Explanation is no substitute for experience.

[x-tarot.livejournal.com]

I am not explaining the dragon! It was bad enough trying to explain You.

I am ever so glad sometimes that Doug's power is easy to understand. "My boyfriend speaks every language." is nice and simple and practical.

[x-crowdofone.livejournal.com]

Did you explain about your mom getting me confused with Jesus? Because I still think that's almost the funniest thing ever.

And hey, my power isn't that hard to understand as long as you don't get into the whole ectoplasm thing. Hit me and I dupe. Easy.

[x-tarot.livejournal.com]

It is your own fault my mother thought you were the Son of God. You multiplied the fishes and the loaves!

... Well, some tuna fish and some bread, but I am not sure it mattered to her. She still occasionally asks if you've learned to walk on water.

And your power makes sense until someone thinks about it and how you control more than one you and memories and she already asked the Bad Question.

[x-crowdofone.livejournal.com]

I was hungry! And in a hurry! And I'm pretty sure the actual Jesus didn't have to contend with the unfortunate bathroom consequences!

And no, but I think Kitty's working on it. :)

. . . Bad Question? Okay, there's only two questions I can think of that are the Bad Question, and one of them is really bad and the other is just eeew-inducing, so I'm kinda hoping it's the second one.

I felt her yesterday.

[x-empath.livejournal.com]

Underneath the confusion and the apprehension, she's a feisty one.

May have to go introduce myself before someone else takes it upon theselves to do it for me.

Tell me, does the new girl take her tea straight or with sugar?

Manuel

[x-tarot.livejournal.com]

The Bad Question. The one that the answer means people run away if we tell them what happened. I avoided answering it. And then luckily, Jay walked by and she was distracted by his lack of shirt, so the subject was easily changed.

... What is the "eeew" question?

Re: I felt her yesterday.

[x-tarot.livejournal.com]

Lemon and sugar, though she prefers sodas, and I think she is in the rec room right now with John. They had a... moment.

[x-crowdofone.livejournal.com]

Oh good. It really doesn't help that Evil Twin is, like, the single most common identical-twins cliche.

The eeew question is the one about what I absolutely don't do with my dupes in the privacy of my own room. Didn't you ask about that once?

[x-tarot.livejournal.com]

Oh that question. I remember that question!

I still say that you protest too much for you not to have tried that at least once.

Drat

[x-empath.livejournal.com]

I wasn't paying attention.

Is it one of those Moments where we need to call Medical and get the fire extinguishers, or one of those Moments that calls for soft lights and roses?

Manuel

Re: Drat

[x-tarot.livejournal.com]

I think it was a moment of pyrokinetic bonding, and neither of the ones you mentioned.

Close enough.

[x-empath.livejournal.com]

I think we should take this new girl out for coffee/tea/sodas. She needs to meet Dowd.

Manuel

[x-crowdofone.livejournal.com]

I only protest when the question actually comes up. Not my fault I'm naturally exuberant.

[x-tarot.livejournal.com]

So have you?

[x-crowdofone.livejournal.com]

No. Why would I want to? I don't find guys attractive.

[x-tarot.livejournal.com]

It still begs a philosophical question about whether that would be actual intercourse, or simply ...

This conversation should proably be left unfinished.

[x-crowdofone.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I think that would be a good idea.

[x-kitten.livejournal.com]

I think I've basically got it, so long as I don't think about it too hard. Or decide that you need a bath or I need a swim....

[x-crowdofone.livejournal.com]

Well, obviously we should test this, then, just to make sure the trick works. And if you do decide that I need a bath or you need a swim, then hey, we can work with that too. :)

[xp_daytripper]

Times like this I wish I'd learned French instead of Sumerian... *grins* Let me know when you think she's up for more brain stretching - we can introduce her to Meggan and try and explain what it is I do.