[itp: icarus takes my dreamwidthginity]

[skinofalizard]

[TODAY in mutant cabin there is a lizard kid in the common room.

judging from the fact that he has thrown off all the cushions on the couch, you may assume he is looking for something]

Comments

[romeowned]

But you still want to find it.

[skinofalizard]

...yes.

[romeowned]

[would giving it back be more awkward than just throwing it away somewhere?

would there ever be enough head trauma to forget the embarrassment of admitting to having taken the album?

would standing here awkwardly be helpful at all?]

[skinofalizard]

[no

to...all of those]

Oh--Jay, um...if you see a book with just a plain brown cover, can you let me know? But don't open it! ...because of how boring it is.

[romeowned]

Um...

[skinofalizard]

What is it?

[romeowned]

[boy those couch cushions sure are interesting]

Uh... nothing, nevermind.

[skinofalizard]

Okay.

[LOOKING SOME MORE]


[mostly to himself]
It's probably not even in the cabin. I just don't know where else to look.

[romeowned]

[IT'S A GOOD TIME TO LEAVE and he almost, almost makes it all the way out of the room before stopping and turning back around]

... Victor?

[skinofalizard]

What?

[romeowned]

I... might... know where your book is?

[skinofalizard]

You--what? You do? How?

[romeowned]

Um... I found it. On accident. On the Mess Hall roof.

[skinofalizard]

Did you...

...

...read it?

[romeowned]

[gosh this floor sure is interesting]

[skinofalizard]

...oh my god.

[romeowned]

[no, seriously, have you ever even seen a floor that needed to be studied this hard]

[skinofalizard]

It was...mistletoe.

[romeowned]

Uh... huh-- right...

[skinofalizard]

It was!

[romeowned]

Sure, Victor. I'm not saying it wasn't.

[skinofalizard]

Good.

You didn't...show anyone else, did you?

[romeowned]

Uh, well...

[skinofalizard]

...oh my god, not Santo.

[romeowned]

--No! It was one of my friends. She found it and... yeah.