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Walter came in because he was already out and about because of class. He spotted Pip and dropped his bookbag and tray across from his fellow smoker.

"Still sparkling, huh?"

"Yep. Though only stuff that my arms touch these days. Means I can take showers without my glitter covered sandals on. My shirts still sparkle like anything. How about you? Still shooting spaghetti?"

Pippi joined the smoking section. (All of the lung cancer, none of the sales tax.)

"I kinda like it. I think he should go for it as a look."

"Yes, but everyone's doing it these days." He made a face and gingerly scratched one shoulder. "As for the spaghetti, yes, still doing it. I destroyed the common room remote yesterday."

"How did you do that?" Pip asked. "Oh, I should probably mention that I'm expecting Bridge to show up soon. He's reading my aura to try and locate where this came from. Just as well you two are here, he can do the two of you as well."

Walter made a face. "I was a little hazy from Granny's medicine and forgot about the spaghetti... the stuff really mucks up my control."

He raised his eyebrows at Pip's phrasing and glanced over at Victor. "Just the aura, of course."

"What aura?" Nadia had a plate full of food. She wasn't about to try to go to sleep again after her night filled with bizarreness (Xander and John in full suits of armor? Where had that come from?), so figured eating something she didn't have to cook was the next best thing.

"Bridge. He's reading the aura of everyone who got powers to see if they can track down a common cause. I'm meeting him for lunch. More of us here just saves the guy extra trips to read all of ya."

"So 'auras' aren't the lights in the northern sky I keep reading about?"

"No, that's Aurora Borealis. Jean-Paul told me about it once. His sister is named after them, and they're both from Canada."

Nadia was glad Pippi had asked, since she hadn't known either. She'd heard about people reading other people, though. "Does that mean we might be able to get rid of them? Because helium isn't funny any more after you turn twelve."

That reminded him to warn Nadia as well. "Hey, did you see my signs?"

"Yes... I would like to get rid of mine as well." Pippi said blushing suddenly.

"Signs?"

"Yeah, at least you found a use for yours. If it weren't for the spaghetti, I wouldn't have been hurt on Monday, and probably a bunch of other people wouldn't have been hurt, either."

Bitter? Only when he thinks about it.