Student newspaper, election edition

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The day after homecoming (*cough* and any post-Homecoming or during Homecoming things that are still being slow played *cough*) found Angelus in the journalism classroom. He'd taken over a few desks and chairs, moving them so that he could sit in one chair with a mug of warm blood on a desk beside him, his feet raised and propped up on a desk in front of him, and a laptop cradled in his lap.

He typed away at his article.

Anyone watching him would notice two things:

1) He was still disturbingly cheerful, albeit focused on his work

2) He was dressed in black jeans, a black long-sleeved, form-fitting T-shirt, black shoes, and a pair of black-rimmed eyeglasses.

It was possible for people to interrupt him if they cared to.

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Duce strolls to the classroom and leans against the doorjam. Her face scans across as though looking for someone, teeth flashing in a positively predatory smile when she doesn't find them. Pulling a small notebook and pen from the pocket of her leather jacket, she checks something off as her smile grows.

Contrary to the icon, she's back in darkling ensemble again - black jeans and t-shirt, leather jacket and boots. Scanning the room again, she does a double-take at Angelus' outfit. "Angelus, bebeh, you look so naaahz. You should do casual wear more often." She comments casually, "Anyone seen Jake this morning?"

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Beka looked up and smiled pleasantly. "Not yet, no."

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Her grin widens, "Eeeehhhhhhhxxxccellent." Tucking her notebook back into her pocket, she explains, "We helped Jake pick out his dress. He was reportedly seen leaving the dance with Alex.. and nobody's seen either of them yet this morning."

Clasping her hands piously in front of her chest, she voices guilelessly, "We do hope they had.. fun last night."

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At that, laughed. "I'll add that to my list. Did you have fun last night?," she asks, absolutely innocently, while typing:

Jake, and...Alex (Krycek?)

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"At the dance?" Duce smirks, "Kinda boring, really. We got Oz to bail early. We had.. better things to do. Missed you there, though - who'd you go with?"

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"Not so much with the boring." Beka smirked back. "Public groping is always entertaining. Shep finally decided he was interested in me for more than a punching bag."

She quickly added Duce and Oz (don't know him, do I?) to her list.

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"Glad you had fun. Shep? You don't mean that.. Book guy, do you?" Duce tries to imagine Book going to homecoming, and makes a face. "He doesn't seem your type. Too.. gooey."

Shrugging a shoulder nonchalantly, "Public groping is occasionally fun. We prefer privacy. Especially when it involves whips, shackles, and dungeons." She smiles at whatever that mental image conjured for her.

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"Not that one. The one who nominated me for Homecoming Queen." Beka made an unpleasant face, teeth bared. "And dedicated a hate song for me on the radio. Pilot-type."

At Duce's observations, she winks. "I like your style."

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"Aaahhh, him. A hate song? Are you sure he's old enough to be in highschool?" Duce makes a face in sympathy.

Turning so she can lean her back against the doorway, Duce kicks up a foot and makes herself slightly more comfortable, "Alas, there are far too few who like my style. They all want to buy me roses and take me out to dinner." She gesticulates a shoo'ing motion with one hand. "Boys!"

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Beka couldn't help but laugh at the irony, as Shep was actually -- though he still hadn't told her how much, damn it -- quite a bit older than high school age, owing to whatever glitch had sent the entire Colorado crew back that way.

After a minute, she shrugged amicably and grinned. "At least I knew he was thinking about me. He's not much for candlelight and roses at least. Which is definitely a plus. I take it Oz isn't one for the soft and gooey?"

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"True, and it's better than a note reading 'Do you like me: (yes) (no) (circle one).', but not much more mature." Duce smiles lazily and comments blithely, "Oz is a sweetie. He has, thankfully, spared us any manner of soft or gooey so far."

Eyebrows raise over the glasses, an expression of injured innocence, "And as we are such a shy, sensitive flower .. "

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"Immaturity is part of the charm. Nice contrast to his bedroom manner," Beka observed dryly. "Anything's better than emo-angsty teen virginity. Though thankfully that fashion seems to be on the wane."

She typed:

Ten and CJ
Phoebe...and Bel, did they work it out?
Shep and me
Aeryn and John seem to be getting over the big hurdle

Then studying Duce with an air of amusement, she asked with a quirk of her head toward Angelus, "You bucking for a line about being a perfect innocent too? I don't mind a little distortion... to protect the sensitive."

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"Well at least he's got good points somewhere. Angsty teen virgins can be fun. Especially the boys. Sadly, there's no bounty on bagging them at this school." She considers for a moment, "Yet, anyway."

Snorting in amusement, she shakes her head, "Us? Innocent? Spare yourself the libel inquiries - nobody'd buy it." Craning her head, she tries for a look at the screen, "Whatcha writing?"

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"Thank you, Duce," Angelus spared her a quick smile. "Jake's the girl, right?"

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Duce answers after her comment, "Yeah.. he's a girl.. right now. Normally? Boy."

Her grin fades to a smirk, "And oh, the fun we are having with that." (http://www.livejournal.com/community/fandomhigh/193981.html?thread=8924093#t8924093)

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"That a usual thing?" Angelus looked at her over the rims of his glasses. "The switching?"

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"From the hysterics Jake had over it? Unlikely. Still no clue what did it or how to turn him back into a card-carrying testicle member of the human race, though." Her teeth flash in another grin, "Although Jake's protesting it ever so much less now.. and when he hears we said that, he's going to kill us, in our sleep."

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"He's pretty enough," Angelus said with a shrug. "I'd hit it."

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"Would that be before or after he's returned to male body? Inquiring minds want to know. Apparently badly enough to ask Cole on stage." She shakes her head, "Man, you and that rumour mill. What the fuck?"

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"I am a man who appreciates the finer things in life no matter what their form," Angelus said, putting a deliberately melodramatic hand to his chest. "I try not to be limited by labels."

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"And we all know how much you love your lables. Brooks, Gucci, Armani, and possibly Ambercrombie. Man of taste, you are." Changing the subject to something more on topic, she asks, "Any word on how the debate thing was received? We've been out of the loop."

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"Pretty good, actually," Angelus said. "Haven't done a man on the street poll or anything, but the buzz has been music to my ears."

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"Oh? Do tell. At least people weren't walking out yawning like they were for the school-sponsored one. That was.. obliging."

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"Scuttlebutt I'm getting is that people liked the rawness of it," Angelus took another drink from his mug, again grimacing at the temperature. "And they definitely weren't walking out."

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Beka listened attentively for Angelus's reply. More grist for the column, she smiled mischievously to herself.