NEWSPAPER MEETING

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Note outside the cafeteria door:

For those who didn't see the edit, the newspaper crew meeting is now in the Journalism classroom.


William sits on one of the desks in the classroom, waiting a little anxiously for others to arrive. He holds onto his notebook tightly.

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Twenty seconds later, the faculty advisor appears. Still clad only in his trousers, a bottle in one hand and a pack of cigarettes in the other, Spider avoided his desk to choose a chair directly across from William. Dropping into the chair, he slung a leg over the arm, leaning back and taking a long swallow before thumping the bottle on the table and lighting a cigarette.

"So. Slow night for the newspaper?"

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William blinked.

"Technicaly it's not actually time for the meeting to start yet. I just didn't want anyone getting here earlier than me, since I have to run this thing."

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Veronica runs into the classroom.

"I'm here. Am I late? Sorry - a group of went to dinner at the Chinese restaurant in town."

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"Not late," William assures her. "Sit down."

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Veronica sits, pulls out her day planner and a pen to take notes and finally glances around the room.

"Um... where is everyone?"

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Spider lit up, leaning back to blow a cloud of smoke into the air. "What, you've never heard of a dramatic entrance?"

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"Not here yet," William says. "You're a little early."

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Rory arrives a scant minute or two behind Veronica.

"Um yeah...what Veronica said. Chinese...lost track of time...." She pauses and observes the mere three people occupying the room. "Am I late?"

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"I don't make a habit of them. I'm better at denouements."

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Veronica looks at her watch and frowns.

"Huh. Must be one of the weird things about this place. My watch must be wrong."

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"No," William says, for the second time. "Grab a seat. Anyone who doesn't show up gets to live with whatever we decide tonight."

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"I'm fairly certain temporal uncertainty is a given," William murmurs dryly.

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Rory plops down in a seat beside Veronica and chuckles.

"Ooh, neato. One of the few times being punctual has actually made me feel powerful."

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"A sensible pronouncement at last." Spider took another long swallow of whatever he had in the bottle. It was a suspicious purple color.

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"Sounds good to me," Veronica says, glad she pulled out her day planner and saw the reminder about the meeting.

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Veronica smiles at Rory.

"We'll have to go back to that restaurant. The food was amazing."

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"Well, if they don't show up then I don't see why they ought to have a say." William frowns.

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Otto wanders into the room in time to hear this.

"Vhat is a sensible pronouncement?" he asks curiously.

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"Taxation without representation," Spider told him. "It does tend to cause wars, however."

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"Does it?" William asks. "We don't generally have that much excuse, on the Disc. Generally we fight because someone killed someone a hundred years ago and no one bothered to step back and say 'Hang on, why are we letting a bunch of dead men dictate our prejudices?' Or because somebody sneezed wrong. That works too."

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Rory returns the smile.

"It really was. And the atmosphere was nice, too."

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Otto blinks. "I imagine it does," he says a little blankly, and turns to sit down next to Rory.

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Otto sits down a little shyly at Rory's other side.

"Er, hello? Ah. You are zer girl on yearbook, yes?"

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"Ah," Spider sighed cheerfully, blowing another mouthful of smoke upward. "Human nature...."

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William looks around a the little group. "I hope more than this show up," he says. "But they're going to have to play catchup, if they do. Let's get started."