The Perk, Friday Afternoon

[death-of-hope.livejournal.com]

Anemone bounced in place as she looked over all the different options.  Classes were done, finals were done, and now she just had this holiday-thing to figure out. 

When in doubt, drink lots of tea.



[Anemone's there for Billy, but it's open for all perk-type needs.]

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[l1ttle-billy.livejournal.com]

Sure she already had a boyfriend. And a "not" boyfriend. But Billy had no compunctions about enjoying the company of a good looking girl, date or no.

"So, what's your poison?"

[death-of-hope.livejournal.com]

"Tea..." she mock-drooled, giggling. "Um, I think the Ginger Bread Cookie (http://www.teavana.com/Ginger+Bread+Cookie/cid=49/page_no=1/edp_no=6213/shop.axd/ProductDetails) tea. That sounds winter-ish. How about you?"

[l1ttle-billy.livejournal.com]

"Gingerbread cookie tea? Interesting. I think I'll try that too."

[death-of-hope.livejournal.com]

"Awesome." Anemone leaned over the counter and dictated the order to the staff, watching carefully to make sure they didn't try and give her a double espresso or something terrifying like that. "So how'd your finals go? I'm just glad to be done."

[l1ttle-billy.livejournal.com]

"Pretty good." he nodded. "I think I did best in the Japanese final. However, I will reluctantly admit that I had fun in the Alternative Tactics final. Maybe 'cause it wasn't real."

[death-of-hope.livejournal.com]

"The second you start thinking, 'oh, it's not real, it doesn't matter,' the Lieutenant is going to pop up out of nowhere and bonk you on the head. Doesn't matter if class is over, she'd do it anyway," she laughed. "I kinda want to take it again, despite the large nasty bugs."

[l1ttle-billy.livejournal.com]

Billy chuckled. "Yeah probably. But I've dealt with the real thing before. I much prefer simulations."

[death-of-hope.livejournal.com]

"I'll take the simulation over nothing at all." Anemone glared in the direction of the staff, wanting her tea. "I feel useless around here, there's not much call for a fighter pilot when we're getting invaded by dinosaurs or magical plagues."

[l1ttle-billy.livejournal.com]

"Yeah I wasn't too fond of the plague. Give me something I can actually fight any time."

[death-of-hope.livejournal.com]

"I don't think anyone was too fond of the plague." She grabbed her tea and looked around for a seat. "Where would the gentleman like to sit? Looks like we have our pick."

[l1ttle-billy.livejournal.com]

"Over by the window I think." he said. "I like to be able to look out."

[death-of-hope.livejournal.com]

"People watching or paranoia?" she teased, skipping towards the front. "Not that there's anything wrong with either one."

[l1ttle-billy.livejournal.com]

"Maybe a little of both." he admitted. "When I first got here it'd have been more of the former."

[death-of-hope.livejournal.com]

"I still can't believe how many people there are here," she confessed. "I mean, I'd only ever been exposed to twenty or so people in my life. Now there's twenty people in my class. I can't quit watching them."

"Especially in Miss Lulu's class. People watching was the best part." Anemone sipped her tea and grinned. "Pretty much the only class I'm not going to miss after this semester is communications. I'm still convinced that Captain Jurgens put me in that class as a rather unsubtle hint. Not getting to choose my own classes really bites."

[l1ttle-billy.livejournal.com]

"I'd been around people before. But not always particularly nice ones. I'm sorry to hear about your class situation."

[death-of-hope.livejournal.com]

"Meh. At least it was just boring. I can survive boring." Anemone waved one hand negligently. "Maybe someday they'll realize that yes, I am a real, live girl, and I can actually make my own decisions now. Or? I figure out how to bribe the office workers to change my schedule."

[l1ttle-billy.livejournal.com]

"Either one could work. I think I'd go for the bribing myself. Might get faster results."

[death-of-hope.livejournal.com]

"True." She sipped her tea slowly. "Hopefully it won't be necessary. At least I haven't had to take a maths class yet, now that would be torture."


[must crash, been up since 4 a.m. and about to fall over. SP fun?]

[l1ttle-billy.livejournal.com]

"Yeah math's not my favorite subject either. Though I imagine I might regret not taking one someday. Maybe in College I'll take one. One."

[sp is totally fine. Sorry I wasn't online yesterday, went to a party right after work.]

[death-of-hope.livejournal.com]

"College?" Anemone blinked, confused. "Wait, you meant that's not one of those made-up things on the television? People actually keep going to school once they've finished high school?"

Someday she's going to quit having such severe culture shock. Obviously, today is not that day.


[np. my internet has been on the fritz since yesterday due to *&#$^%# snow of DOOM, so apologies if I vanish.]

[l1ttle-billy.livejournal.com]

Billy snickered. "Some people do. It depends on what they want to do with their lives. Sometimes it requires further education."

[death-of-hope.livejournal.com]

"I mean, I knew the mad scientist-types got special training, and so do some of the higher level engineers, but there's actually college? It's not just for the kids of the nobility?" Anemone sat back, stunned. "Cool."

[l1ttle-billy.livejournal.com]

"If you can afford it. And most schools have programs where even if you can't afford it, they let you come anyway and pay when and how you can."

[death-of-hope.livejournal.com]

"Wow." Anemone was impressed. "And you want to do more school? I'm not sure which one is stranger. People wanting more homework, or the fact that you can go at all."

[l1ttle-billy.livejournal.com]

"Well I can only speak for myself. But I want to be an archeologist, and I need a specialized degree from a College in order to do that."

[death-of-hope.livejournal.com]

"That's the job where you dig up ruins and stuff, right? Coooool."

[l1ttle-billy.livejournal.com]

"That's the one." he nodded. "I got an interest for it last year when we had an Archeology club."