Study Hall, 11/08

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Dream steps around the blue-eyed boy who is agitatedly trying to claw the doors open to unlock study hall and declare it open.

He brings no animals today.

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Wes walks into Study Hall, throws a deer-in-the-headlights look at Angelus, takes the seat farthest from him, opens Sumerian For Dummies a leather-bound book (http://www.sumerian.org/proverbs.htm) and begins to take notes.

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Beka looked at the new guy, saw him look at Angelus, and wondered what was up. Being nosey, and blonde, and wanting to piss Bel off, she wrote another note:

Hey. Nice book. Name's Beka. Who're you?

She leaned over and put it on his desk with a friendly smile.

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He scribbles a note on the bottom and returns it, not terribly adroitly.

Wesley Wyndam-Pryce. Do you read Sumerian? Because there's a tricky bit here...

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When the chaos had cleared, Beka picked up the note from the new guy. She read it, a lazy half-smile playing across her lips.

Rebeka Valentine, future-bunny. Sumerian? I can check my Flexis to see if it's been translated...

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Wes makes a serious bid for King Of Cluelessonia by remaining entirely oblivious throughout the fisticuffs. Sumerian must be a really fascinating language.

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Beka tapped the corner of his desk quietly, hoping he wouldn't jump and shriek like a girl from being startled.

Missed the good action. Do you always concentrate so hard?

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Wesley jumps and shrieks. Not like a girl because frankly the girls around here wouldn't shriek if you goosed them with a Taser.

He recovers his composure and glares. "I'm trying to think, dammit!"

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Beka covers her mouth with her hand to hide a smile. If she giggled, which she doesn't, she'd be giggling hysterically.

"I'm sorry," she said, finally breaking the day's silence, holding her Flexis between thumb and forefinger. "I'm from 3500 years in the future. Maybe we translated that document?"

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"Good heavens. Actually, it's just one word here -- the thematic particle -- is it 'fish'"?

[[it's 'repay'.]]

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Beka scrolled around in her Flexis until she found the 'dead languages' codex. She cocked her head to look where Wesley was pointing and tried to match it to the words on her screen.

"It might help if I knew the alphabet, or at least where that first glyph falls in the order." She continued her search, narrowing it by skipping entire blocks based on the first glyph. After a few minutes, she smiled, pleased: "Does that look right?"

She pointed to the screen by the matching glyph. "If so, the Commonweath translation is 'payback' or 'againpay'. Maybe 'repay' in standard English?"

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"Oh! Yes, that makes much more sense. Thank you!" He actually has quite a nice smile.

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He looks at his watch. "Oh, dear, I'm late for the Safe Walk meeting. Thanks so much, Miss ... ?" He realizes he doesn't know her last name, and looks at her hopefully.

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Receiving no answer, he bows slightly and heads for his next meeting.

[[Me for bed, and I suspect you're already gone. Night!]]

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[[duh. I've been missing all my cues tonight. Sorry. Yes, Wesley could use a non-hostile acquaintance, too.]]

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Being nosey, and blonde

Trying to steal my schtick? ;)