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Horror 101, Monday

It had been an incredibly long two weeks.

Not that Mitchell had suffered from the gremlins this weekend: he hadn't come back until late last night, and for some reason, the creatures - like most Fandom weirdness - had given him a wide berth upon sight.

He wasn't going to complain.

"I know you've all had a rough weekend," he started, "So I'm going to make a deal. If you feel the need to talk about what you've done or what's happened to you in the past couple of days, you can. If you don't, I've got a copy of the worst film ever made and a generous supply of tea and coffee."

A beat.

"Either way, I think we're covering horror well enough."

Another beat.

"And yes, Kate, everyone's encouraged to talk through the film. Come on."

This whole 'focusing on other people's problems' thing was getting a bit desperate on his part.

[[ ~~wait for the~~ ocd up! ]]

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Oh, thanks. Now you have me wondering how closely my office really enforces the policy against streaming video. Meanie.

It took Alex a moment to realize what Jack was telling him (blame the tiredness leftover from the weekend) but once he did, he started laughing quietly.

Oh, Rose was going to be pissed off when she got back to being human shaped. And Alex was going to keep laughing then too.

"At least she might feel better knowing she's not a fluffy dog or something?" Alex said, still grinning.

Effy was already in the movie day mindset from her earlier class, so this really wasn't so hard for her. Like lounging on a couch and letting her mind wander away from the discomfort of the weekend's injury.

This one was easily, so easily, mockable, and just the sort of ridiculous, mindless crap she could probably do with on a Monday after gremlins.

"She's fierce," Jack said, a hint of pride in his voice. "I think she killed about five or six gremlins yesterday. The problem is, it's hard to convince her to stop hunting."

As she was demonstrating as she wrestled a stray and clearly evil post-it into submission.

"So it seems," Alex said, trying not to laugh too loud. That post it note had obviously done some wrong somewhere. "Good to have her around yesterday since those things were freaking everywhere."

The post-it was pink. Clearly, that was wrong.

"She was handy," he agreed. "Kept at least my end of the hall safe."

"Did you run into too much trouble?"

Emma Frost

Alex grinned down at Rose again before turning his attention back to Jack and shrugging. "Some on Saturday. Couldn't get the little shits out of my room for awhile. After that, I holed up mostly."

He flicked his eyes to one person in the class, instinctively before shrugging. "Had some good company and it wasn't like either of us wanted to go out and fight anything. You? You look a little battered."

Kate Gregson ~~who does not want tea, thank you very much~~

Kate was taking advantage of the coffee, yes.

She was also kind of zoning out until she heard her name, at which point she looked up and rolled her eyes at Mitchell.

"I got bitten," Kate announced to no-one in particular, looking sour about it. Of course, she'd also gotten to use a nice, good-looking guy as her pillow while she napped, which had been nice. But then again, it had been less 'napping' and more 'passing out' and her arm had hurt and yeah.

"This island is horrible and I hate it."

But still not enough to leave, of course.

Jennifer Walters

Emma was perfectly happy to take some tea and curl up in one of the overstuffed chairs to listen to Mitchell. A bad movie sounded just about perfect today.

Jack noticed where Alex's eyes went with something more than casual interest.

"I got a concussion," he said, utterly nonchalant in a way that showed how much he wasn't. "Some of the gremlins caught me off-guard and I fell into a table. Emma walked me to the clinic and they kept me overnight."

Which reminded him of the whole embarrassing episode with her on the way there. Head injuries and feelings and it was all so messy.

He wouldn't talk about it with her in class -- he knew she listened for her name psychically even if it wasn't spoken aloud -- but he could use some perspective on his confession. "It got very strange," he finally said. "Mind going to Caritas sometime to drink some of it off?"

OMFG, you SO DO. I'm about 200% certain you'll love it.

"You know, I was sure you'd be completely oblivious to the whole invasion thing."

She'd been prepared to whine about his luck, and everything.

"Don't mind at all. I think it's a good idea." Hey, he was talking to a kindred spirit here. One who'd invited a girl back to his room just because he'd been worried about her. It was weird to think about that in the aftermath but, oddly enough, there wasn't any regret there. "I could use a good night out after all this. When do you wanna go? My schedule's pretty open right now."

A bad movie was perfect for today. Emma was going to drink more tea and giggle, and just enjoy herself.

Mitchell shrugged. "Heard about it on radio," he volunteered.

"Anywhere bad?"

Mitchell was a little worried. "Since you don't seem to be bleeding to death."

... A little.

"My arm," Kate replied, raising her left arm a little. It was still bandaged, somewhere under her sleeve. "If I was dying, I wouldn't have bothered to come to class."

Kate made a face. "That is just so wrong."

So, she could still totally whine.

"Tonight or Wednesday?" Jack offered, grateful. "Tuesday is rehearsals."

"Hey, Chloe."

She was one of the most fragile-seeming of his students; Mitchell had to check in. "How are you coping?"

Well, he was dead, and in possession of superstrength and a set of dark black eyes should the need strike that tended to keep things at a distance.

"Maybe the island just likes me," Mitchell offered.

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