Room 220, Friday Evening

[swerval_zero]

Zero had chucked most of the mess into her closets and covered Fish's cage. On top of the dresser was an array of takeout containers from Ching Tai: rice, spring rolls, dumplings, Kung Pao shrimp and Sichuan chicken, along with other selections. Chopsticks and forks for the less brave were sitting nearby, and ginger beer was chilling in the fridge, which could also provide milkshakes if anyone wanted those instead.

Now all she needed was the rest of the band.

((Closed to the band people. Minimal OCD going up. All right, have at it. This was supposed to go up earlier, but Comcast thought it would be cute to shut off my cable for maintenance.))

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Re: Eat and Mingle

[senor-chado.livejournal.com]

Chad help up his usual wave-less wave, but this time it was done with chopsticks between his fingers. "Hey, Agnes; how you been?"

Re: Eat and Mingle

[singasoloduet.livejournal.com]

Agnes smiled a little and waved back. "Hello. I'm trying to get used to school. How are you?"

Re: Eat and Mingle

[senor-chado.livejournal.com]

Chad gave a thumbs-up. "Great. Congrats on getting in the band."

Re: Eat and Mingle

[singasoloduet.livejournal.com]

Agnes smiled up at him. "You, too." If they were going to have only one boy in the band, a boy as big as Chad was a good choice. Built in security.

Re: Eat and Mingle

[senor-chado.livejournal.com]

Chad shrugged. "Yeah. My competition was harsh."

Re: Eat and Mingle

[singasoloduet.livejournal.com]

Agnes laughed. "You might have been shown up by the girl with the lap harp or whatever that thing was."

Re: Eat and Mingle

[senor-chado.livejournal.com]

There may have been that twitch of a grin in the corner of his mouth. "True. The battle between lap harp and bass guitar is a band-make-up battle that has been waged for centuries."

Re: Eat and Mingle

[singasoloduet.livejournal.com]

He could have been telling her the truth for all she knew. Except for his effusive facial expressions. "It was probably a near thing."

Maybe Parker and Zero just wanted one really big....

Just don't.

Re: Eat and Mingle

[senor-chado.livejournal.com]

"Hair's breadth," he nodded, holding up his finger indicating the very minute distance and holding them up to his eye, like he was peering through the head of a needle. How did that Bible verse go? Harder than a rich man to get into heaven than a camel through the eye of a needle? He always felt he could relate to that camel.

Re: Eat and Mingle

[singasoloduet.livejournal.com]

Once again, Agnes and Perdita were in agreement on Chad, and it wasn't a bad agreement.

"You aren't a vampire, are you?"

Re: Eat and Mingle

[senor-chado.livejournal.com]

Well, that was....an odd question. He frowned a little, confused.

"What? N..no."

After a moment, Chad added, "I like garlic very much," in case she needed more proof.

Re: Eat and Mingle

[singasoloduet.livejournal.com]

That didn't stop Vlad, Perdita pointed out.

I don't think he is. He's not dressed well enough.

"I just wanted to be sure. I had some problems not that long ago."

Re: Eat and Mingle

[senor-chado.livejournal.com]

"Really?" he asked, not in disbelief so much as just pure intrigue.

Re: Eat and Mingle

[singasoloduet.livejournal.com]

Agnes nodded, eyes a little distant. "Yes. They're strong and powerful and stupid, which is just the way they should be."

But so handsome, Perdita added wistfully.

Re: Eat and Mingle

[senor-chado.livejournal.com]

So. What precisely was Agnes suggesting when she asked if he were a vampire? He grunted. "I see. Never met one because I'm pre-crappy-filler-plot."

Re: Eat and Mingle

[singasoloduet.livejournal.com]

"I'm glad you aren't one. You seemed too nice and the ones I met had terrible senses of humor."

But so handsome, Perdita repeated.

Oh shut up. Would you really want to be that stupid?

It had a wonderful diet plan.

Re: Eat and Mingle

[senor-chado.livejournal.com]

"I'm pretty glad I'm not one, too," he had to admit. Because being a vampire would suck. Haha.

Chad was really torn if he should have maybe actually said that one outloud. Would Agnes have appriciated the joke? Or would it only make her doubt his truthfulness, as it would have been a pretty good display of bad humour.

Re: Eat and Mingle

[singasoloduet.livejournal.com]

Now what, miss "are you a vampire?"

"What do you think of your classes and teachers? Mine all seem alright."

Re: Eat and Mingle

[senor-chado.livejournal.com]

"They're great." Yes. Emphasis. "I really love it here. Each day gets better than the next."

Re: Eat and Mingle

[singasoloduet.livejournal.com]

Well that was more enthusiasm than she'd seen him show before. "That's good. What do you do when you aren't defeating lap harpists or going to classes?"

Ooh, are you chatting him up now?

No. I'm just interested. That's all.

Liar.

Re: Eat and Mingle

[senor-chado.livejournal.com]

Chad considered how to respond. What did he do? Played his guitar, but that sort of went without saying, obviously, since they were sitting here being in a band together. "Working, I guess."

Re: Eat and Mingle

[singasoloduet.livejournal.com]

"You have a job already?" Agnes was impressed with his industriousness. "Where do you work?"

Perdita voiced an earnest hope that it was ditch digging. Shirtless ditch digging.

Agnes turned a little pink.

Re: Eat and Mingle

[senor-chado.livejournal.com]

Chad was still waiting for a lazy Mexican joke when he talked about his job, but was rather glad that none had shown up yet. "Empire Records?" he said, wondering if she knew the place, if she'd gotten much time to explore town a bit. "The music store?"

Re: Eat and Mingle

[singasoloduet.livejournal.com]

"Nadia I think told me about it. I don't have any money, though, so I haven't gone there yet." It did make her wonder if she should start up a bit of witchery here to be able to start bartering for things.

Re: Eat and Mingle

[senor-chado.livejournal.com]

"Maybe I could get you a discount when you do have some."