Though She Is But Little, She Be Fierce

"DAISY!" she squealed. "I've been smexing frustrated! Can you believe the squalling film school lost my enrollment? After I'd already been there six weeks, even!"

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"You're kidding me," he said. "How the frak do they lose your enrollment after you've already been enrolled? Not that I'm sorry to see you or anything. I missed you!"

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"I dunno, but they were all," Zero stood up straight and assumed a very professional voice, 'We're sorry, Miss Hopeless-Savage, but these things happen,'" an' I was like, 'Frak you, I'm goin' back to Fandom.' So here I am, an' I'm probably goin' to have to introduce myself to half a frillion people, huh?"

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"These things happen, my ass," Anders said, rolling his eyes. "Well, okay, they do, and yeah, there's a frakton of new people including at least one more pair of lookalikes, so you might want to take notes. Start you off easy, though -- this guy here's Conner McKnight."

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"Lovely. I'll never keep it all straight, I just know...Hi, Conner. Nice t'meet you."

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"Don't worry, I don't think anyone can any more," Conner assured her, holding his hand out. "Zero, right? Need any help carrying stuff?"

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Zero shook his hand and grinned up at him. "Skank Zero Hopeless-Savage, is me. If you an' Daisy'd grab these suitcases--" she gestured to the pair she'd set down, battered and covered in travel stickers--"that'd be swerval, thanks."

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"Got 'em," Conner said with a smile, snagging one and gesturing for Anders to pick up the other one. "What room are we off to?"

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"220. So not the fifth floor or somethin'. So, Conner, how're you likin' Fandom so far?"

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"It's pretty awesome, so far. Workshops have been fun, there are lots of pretty girls --" he ignored the glare from Anders -- "and the people are cool. So far, nothing to complain about."

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"Nothin' weird goin' on, then? No..." Zero snickered for some reason. "Gremlins?"

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"No!" Anders cut in suddenly. "No gremlins! Unless you count the basketball team mascot name."

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"Oh, well then it sounds like things are all borin' here. Maybe I should just go back to Flange?"

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Anders grinned. "Are there Jello dragons in Flange?"

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"Well, no," Zero admitted. "And if I'm in Flange I can't keep Peter from breaking any more limbs or torment you. So I guess I'm stayin'."

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"Good. We like you here," Anders told her. "Even with the tormenting me and all, which seems to be going around these days."

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"I like me here, too. If other people are tormentin' you too much, just give me a call an' I'll mallet 'em, yeah?"

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Anders considered that for a moment. "Tempting, but no malleting my ex-girlfriend, okay?"

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"Wait wait wait, ex-girlfriend? What?"

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"She dumped me two weeks ago."

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"What the squall? Why'd she go an' do a thing like that?"

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Anders shrugged. "Frak if I know. Some crap about it being for my own good, or something. And I think it might possibly have turned both of us gay. Sort of. Maybe."

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"Riiiiight. Clearly I can never leave Fandom for any appreciable length of time ever again. So," Zero gestured to Conner and back to Anders, a questioning look on her face.

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Conner just coughed. "Yeah. Hi."

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