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Fandom Radio, Sunday, January 5th
Cecil: I...oh! Hello. … It is Sunday, isn't it? Or has time gone strange?
Sparkle: You never know around here, right? But nah, time's as fine as it ever is. I just left my lighter. You happen to see one around here somewhere?
Cecil: What does it look like?
Sparkle: … Small and lighter-y? Should be somewhere by the mic. I got dragged here yesterday.
Cecil: They do that. *shuffling* Oh! Is this it?
Sparkle: Either that, or it's a really confused coffee mug. Here, man. Thanks. Now I'll get out of your h--ay. The door's locked.
*Chittering*
Sparkle: You're shittin' me. That's a fire code violation, you know.
*Chittering*
Sparkle: Yeah, but you left me in here with a way to make fire. You know what, screw it. I'll read the damn notes too. Gimmie some of those, smiley.
Cecil: Smiley? *laugh* Here! And...oh! We're already live. Oops. Hello, listeners! Good morning! Sorry about all that. Looks like you get two of us for the price of one this morning! And since one of us is free, that's a really good bargain.
There was a lot of news yesterday, too. Because there were new students and teachers! Welcome to Fandom, everybody.
Sparkle: Run while you still can.
Cecil: But be careful; it's awfully cold out. Anyway, despite the horrible freezing cold, there was a picnic yesterday. The food was hot, at least, and everybody got to meet their new big or small siblings.
Isabelle found her little sibling Chuck and his dog Max and started right in on giving him Fandom preparedness information like how to avoid gremlins and what to do during an invasion. He was sarcastic at her, which is pretty uncalled for, and she was dismissive back at him. The squirrels think you two are going to get along just great! And...oh, it says here that was before he took offense to the word "mundane." So, maybe not.
Isaac…"talled"?
*chittering*
If you say so. It helped him spot his little sibling Elsa. She didn't seem thrilled to have a new big sibling, and she thought he was making things up talking about the chocolate rain and supernatural creatures and everything. Not a terribly good start. But once that was cleared up, they got on perfectly well! Well done, Isaac and Elsa!
Sparkle...oh, you're a big sibling? Neat! It says here you found Celia by hopping on a table and shouting for her, which sounds like a really effective way to do it, but the squirrels say it embarrassed her a bit. And then you gave her advice on where to drink and get contraceptives. Oh! You'll have to let me know. Well, about the drinking, not the condoms, unfortunately. *sigh* This was all a bit much for Celia, since apparently she thought it was still 1884. It gave her quite a start to find out it was 2014. The squirrels would like to express their sympathy for the shock. But she started to recover and adapt pretty quickly, so she should fit in just fine here!
Sparkle: Condoms are at Dite's - I work there Fridays if anyone needs me to cut 'em a deal - and Caritas doesn't card. These are the things no student should come to the island not knowing.
Cecil: Good to know, definitely! Mercy found her little sister Cosette, who corrected her about her name. Cosette wasn't sure how the whole Fandom thing worked, and Mercy just sort of resorted to "magic!" Which may or may not be the answer; you never know with reality.
Gert - without Old Lace, "because dinosaur", the squirrels say - waited for her little sib, Will, to find her. He figures he'll be able to adjust to whatever Fandom does, which he backed that up by accepting the facts she told him, as well as the dinosaur. Well done, Will!
Raven waited for her little sibling, Eleanor, and found her having a nervous breakdown. Oh dear. Eleanor was wary of everything - which is a pretty helpful attitude, really - but Raven was able to explain a bit and calm her down. Yay Raven!
Jeff - who apparently likes to go by Joker - put on a really big nametag and grabbed his crutches and waited for his big sibling Kathy to find him.
Sparkle: And then came the time for people to meet the suckers they're going to be stuck living with for the foreseeable future. Er. Roommates. Evan and Ozzy got to meet Cosette, who was a little freaked out by the kid, but felt better after meeting the dog. Pets'll do that. They're way less obnoxious than most people, too. Alana and Celia - Hey, sis! - got off to an awkward start, but talking about Fandom's weirdness and Alana's wings at least gave them conversation material. Alex hadn't been expecting a new roomie, but seemed to take meeting Jeff in stride. Kid goes by 'Joker,' what's not to like? Eleanor wasn't sure what to make of her new roomie, Mordin, who happens to be an alien. But at least he was looking forward to getting a new roommate? Raven got to meet her roomie, Chuck, and his dog, Max. Max was adorable. Apparently Chuck's an ass. Oh, god, but screwing with the jerkoffs around here is so much fun. Nobody warn him about the gremlins, okay?
Cecil: If you need any help, Raven, just let me know!
Sparkle: And, since this is a school function, there are teachers at the picnic, too. Like new teacher, Paige, whose teaching buddy happened to be the pink pony. Pinky threw confetti and sang and junk, which I think is pretty much the best introduction to the kind of weird shit you get around here that anyone could possibly experience. James and Kitty didn't really start off on the right foot, since he assumed she was from a reality TV show or something - you know, I'd kill to see a Fandom-centric reality show. Except I think that's what led to all those weird fangirls invading, way back. Guess we'll have to settle for this messed-up news. Cheryl got to meet another one of Fandom's weirder teachers, since Batman is, you know, a dude who dresses like a bat. He also buys boots one at a time to beat on sharks with, but that's old news. McCoy was just a little freaked out when Jono talked into his head - uh, yeah, I'd be, too - but wound up putting his foot in his mouth when Jono explained he doesn't have a mouth, and then got teaching advice for dealing with the students around here. Protip: We're all little shitheads. Prepare yourself. Unless you're too busy being flirted with by Mindy and talking about classes, in which case, hey, you'll learn. You'll learn.
Cecil: Wait, Mr. Starsmore doesn't have a mouth?
Sparkle: I dunno? Squirrels just told me he'd lost his voice when they dragged me here yesterday.
Cecil: I'm pretty sure he had one the last time I saw him. Huh.
Sparkle: Yeah, they come pretty standard for most people.
Cecil: Except for the faceless old woman who secretly lives in your house and faceless council message-children.
Sparkle: … Makes me glad I don't have a house. Pam and Cheryl met up and took part in one of my favourite activities: snarking about other people behind their backs. And then they placed bets on how long they would be stuck here. There's no escape. Sorry. One of the island's three million people named Jack - the girl one - played poker in the cold until Pam found her and shared her booze. That is a good way to make friends, yeah. Electroclash was wearing a coat over her uniform, which I don't think is a fashion faux-pas except I've never been a superhero before so don't quote me on that, when Mindy stopped by and tried to talk her into making a 'Superhero Guidance Counselor' movie. I… don't know if I'd watch that. I mean, unless it involved punching before the question, 'But how does it make you feel? James had better luck with Electroclash, since his attempts to flirt came with an offer to pay for drinks. See? What did I tell you? Booze is the way to make friends around here.
Cecil: It definitely makes it easier.
Sparkle: Clint was oblivious to James making faces behind his back while he flirted with Kitty which involved throwing popcorn. Aw. What a waste of good popcorn. And, wrapping up the teachers being all social and junk, Herc met an alternate-timeline version of Chuck, his son, and tried to explain what was up with that while Max and… Max… were all friendly at each other. Gold star, Fandom. Or at least Fandom's dogs.
Cecil: Elsewhere at the picnic, folks just sort of mingled. Which is to say, they walked around and met each other, not that they combined their beings. Unless that shows up later in the notes.
Will was standing around being himself when Jessica came by and got all weird at him because he apparently looks like her dead cousin. She found out he isn't him, though, and they apologized to each other about how awkward it was.
After walking from BWI - and not freezing?? - Chuck and his puppy Max showed up. Evan's dog Ozzy ran over to play with Max. Chuck got mad at Evan for not having better control over Ozzy, but once Evan got past Chuck's really bad temper - is there not another Anger Management class this semester? It sounds like someone could really use one - they introduced themselves and Evan did his best to explain some of the weirder parts of Fandom. I'm...not sure what that is. I mean, the cold and wet, but that part's sort of obvious on account of all the snow.
Sparkle: … Yeah, the snow's the normal bit where I come from. The squirrels in fedoras and people turning into things, not so much.
Cecil: Oh, right. We don't really have squirrels back home, either. It is a desert. Celia decided seeing a puppy was worth putting up with Chuck. They talked about pets, and why they're in Fandom, and where they're from. Chuck got really obnoxious when he didn't believe Celia about her being from the past, though. Keep that puppy close, Chuck; looks like it may be the only way anybody talks to you, at this rate.
Liara was reading, and Alana came over to say hi. They talked about reading, naturally, and about their homeworlds.
Joker and Liara confused each other - he called her "normal", she told him they were in 2014, the usual stuff - and then they bonded over their more-or-less-similar home time.
All the chocolate surprised Elsa - it doesn't say if that was deliberate or not - but Victor explained that yes, it was real. Then he kept talking, and giving her weirder and weirder things to deal with. The squirrels say he never quite dug himself out of that hole, which I'm guessing is metaphorical, because it doesn't say he had a shovel.
Jim Kirk came back from Toronto and Bay said hi and complained about the cold. Isn't it awful? Then the two of them traded stories about roommates. Dr. McCoy, the new teacher, spotted Jim and stared at him for a while before just walking off. The squirrels say no words were exchanged. More on that as it develops.
Celia was sitting and watching fruit and eating...oh, no, sorry - watching people and eating fruit - and Dr. Lecter stopped by to chat.
Victor and Kathy were both just back from LA - not the same LA - and commiserated about the cold. They talked about their trips home, and he gave her some advice about being a big sib, which I'm sure she appreciated.
While Alana was getting food, Raleigh stopped by to check on her and they talked for a bit. Meanwhile, Isaac was also checking out the food when Isabelle came over to compare siblings. They decided pretty easily that he won this time, because nobody wants Chuck. Isaac gave Isabelle a kiss and a promise of a date to make up for it. Isn't that sweet?
Sparkle: My teeth are gonna rot out.
Cecil: You probably want to see a dentist about that. Éponine stopped by the picnic for the food, and Kenzi stopped by to say hi and point out some food she'd missed. Probably the pretzels; Kenzi seemed to like those. They ended up talking about the niftiest eras new people might come from, and decided the best would be hot nudist futures. But not until summer, I hope!
Sparkle: Yeah, nudists and winter… doesn't sound like it'd be too pretty.
Cecil: *giggle* Well, to be fair, it'd be really pretty, just not for too long.
Sparkle: Around here, anyway. Until they start having to worry about shrin- OW. No throwing acorns, note-rats! Jeez. Topher was eating and minding his own business when Victor stole a fry from him. I guess that was okay, since they wound up talking about winter breaks and post-grad plans. Kenzi did the fry-stealing thing, too, and he was surprised she was still on the island. She explained, you know, people don't have to leave here after grad. Most just do. Just throwing this out there, though- if anyone walks up and steals food off my plate, I'll break your freaking nose. Seriously. Not cool.
Raleigh was enjoying the food and ignoring Chuck sneering at him - seriously, everyone, if you get a chance to screw with the jerkoff, he sounds like the sort that would be fun to *microphone feedback* with. Raven answered some of Topher's fashion questions, and then they talked about the new kids. She and Cecil talked about his crazy winter gear, though - and seriously, man, what's up with all of that? - and then they discussed her maybe visiting that weird-ass place that he's from sometime next summer.
Cecil: It's COLD! I'm from a desert! We don't really have a lot of snow. Well, depending on how you define "snow"...
Sparkle: Don't wanna know, don't wanna know, don't wanna know. Joker was minding his own business when Alenko stomped up to him all, like, Alenko about it, and they mostly just confused one another. I think it's a timeline thing? A military thing, too, but a timeline thing. And then Kenzi and Cecil wrapped up the party by wishing each other a happy new year, cursing the name of Doom for some kind of condemned house thing, and talking about how Cecil's gonna be a TA this semester. Excited, man?
Cecil: Yes! It should be pretty fun. Mr. Starsmore is great. And don't worry, Kenzi, I promised I'd take good care of him!
Sparkle: And his mouth?
Cecil: Whatever that's about.
Sparkle: Fandom, man. Fandom. And then people actually did shit in, like, the dorms and stuff. Like how new girl Eleanor parked her ass in front of the TV and an OCTO ER marathon in the third floor common room. That's the one with the jerkass cuttlefish, right? Anyway, Joker and Eleanor speculated over the proper plural of 'octopus' and he explained what a Hanar is - the hell's a Hanar? And then Evan came in to warm up some soup, and got a run-down of the show from Eleanor while Joker apologized for freaking out at his face. Looks like he got some popcorn out of the deal, at least.
Cecil: Popcorn's good. We should have a movie night or something!
Sparkle: … I'm in. Hell, I'm even in the mood for a mind*feedback* kinda movie. So you can pick.
Cecil: I'll have to think about it.
Sparkle: Take your time, man. Anywho, off in town, Jono was being all, like, thoughtful and shit outside of Groovy Tunes. I guess Mercy was a little surprised by the way he looked, but she offered him help with whatever he might need, and then a little later, Doctor Lecter talked to him too, asking if he was ready to answer the hard questions. I respect him way too much to make the obvious joke about putting a ring on it, here. I want to. But I won't.
Cecil: Oo, are they a couple?
Sparkle: You know… I dunno? I doubt it, but I don't go, like, asking about that kind of thing to teachers. *A beat* I want to, now.
Cecil: You should! Or I can.
Sparkle: It's all yours, smiley. All. Yours.
Cecil: Okay! It's neat either way. And...oh! I think that's all the notes. You think they'll let us out of here, now? It's not a ritual semesterly sacrifice or anything?
Sparkle: … I'm gonna go pick the lock.
Cecil: Would you like to use my picks, or have you got your own?
Sparkle: I got it. You just watch my back. And turn off that 'on air' button or something, would you?
Cecil: Okay! Thanks for sticking with us, listeners. Welcome to all the new folks, and welcome back to all the old folks! Until next week, we'll leave you with the weather!
Sparkle: You never know around here, right? But nah, time's as fine as it ever is. I just left my lighter. You happen to see one around here somewhere?
Cecil: What does it look like?
Sparkle: … Small and lighter-y? Should be somewhere by the mic. I got dragged here yesterday.
Cecil: They do that. *shuffling* Oh! Is this it?
Sparkle: Either that, or it's a really confused coffee mug. Here, man. Thanks. Now I'll get out of your h--ay. The door's locked.
*Chittering*
Sparkle: You're shittin' me. That's a fire code violation, you know.
*Chittering*
Sparkle: Yeah, but you left me in here with a way to make fire. You know what, screw it. I'll read the damn notes too. Gimmie some of those, smiley.
Cecil: Smiley? *laugh* Here! And...oh! We're already live. Oops. Hello, listeners! Good morning! Sorry about all that. Looks like you get two of us for the price of one this morning! And since one of us is free, that's a really good bargain.
There was a lot of news yesterday, too. Because there were new students and teachers! Welcome to Fandom, everybody.
Sparkle: Run while you still can.
Cecil: But be careful; it's awfully cold out. Anyway, despite the horrible freezing cold, there was a picnic yesterday. The food was hot, at least, and everybody got to meet their new big or small siblings.
Isabelle found her little sibling Chuck and his dog Max and started right in on giving him Fandom preparedness information like how to avoid gremlins and what to do during an invasion. He was sarcastic at her, which is pretty uncalled for, and she was dismissive back at him. The squirrels think you two are going to get along just great! And...oh, it says here that was before he took offense to the word "mundane." So, maybe not.
Isaac…"talled"?
*chittering*
If you say so. It helped him spot his little sibling Elsa. She didn't seem thrilled to have a new big sibling, and she thought he was making things up talking about the chocolate rain and supernatural creatures and everything. Not a terribly good start. But once that was cleared up, they got on perfectly well! Well done, Isaac and Elsa!
Sparkle...oh, you're a big sibling? Neat! It says here you found Celia by hopping on a table and shouting for her, which sounds like a really effective way to do it, but the squirrels say it embarrassed her a bit. And then you gave her advice on where to drink and get contraceptives. Oh! You'll have to let me know. Well, about the drinking, not the condoms, unfortunately. *sigh* This was all a bit much for Celia, since apparently she thought it was still 1884. It gave her quite a start to find out it was 2014. The squirrels would like to express their sympathy for the shock. But she started to recover and adapt pretty quickly, so she should fit in just fine here!
Sparkle: Condoms are at Dite's - I work there Fridays if anyone needs me to cut 'em a deal - and Caritas doesn't card. These are the things no student should come to the island not knowing.
Cecil: Good to know, definitely! Mercy found her little sister Cosette, who corrected her about her name. Cosette wasn't sure how the whole Fandom thing worked, and Mercy just sort of resorted to "magic!" Which may or may not be the answer; you never know with reality.
Gert - without Old Lace, "because dinosaur", the squirrels say - waited for her little sib, Will, to find her. He figures he'll be able to adjust to whatever Fandom does, which he backed that up by accepting the facts she told him, as well as the dinosaur. Well done, Will!
Raven waited for her little sibling, Eleanor, and found her having a nervous breakdown. Oh dear. Eleanor was wary of everything - which is a pretty helpful attitude, really - but Raven was able to explain a bit and calm her down. Yay Raven!
Jeff - who apparently likes to go by Joker - put on a really big nametag and grabbed his crutches and waited for his big sibling Kathy to find him.
Sparkle: And then came the time for people to meet the suckers they're going to be stuck living with for the foreseeable future. Er. Roommates. Evan and Ozzy got to meet Cosette, who was a little freaked out by the kid, but felt better after meeting the dog. Pets'll do that. They're way less obnoxious than most people, too. Alana and Celia - Hey, sis! - got off to an awkward start, but talking about Fandom's weirdness and Alana's wings at least gave them conversation material. Alex hadn't been expecting a new roomie, but seemed to take meeting Jeff in stride. Kid goes by 'Joker,' what's not to like? Eleanor wasn't sure what to make of her new roomie, Mordin, who happens to be an alien. But at least he was looking forward to getting a new roommate? Raven got to meet her roomie, Chuck, and his dog, Max. Max was adorable. Apparently Chuck's an ass. Oh, god, but screwing with the jerkoffs around here is so much fun. Nobody warn him about the gremlins, okay?
Cecil: If you need any help, Raven, just let me know!
Sparkle: And, since this is a school function, there are teachers at the picnic, too. Like new teacher, Paige, whose teaching buddy happened to be the pink pony. Pinky threw confetti and sang and junk, which I think is pretty much the best introduction to the kind of weird shit you get around here that anyone could possibly experience. James and Kitty didn't really start off on the right foot, since he assumed she was from a reality TV show or something - you know, I'd kill to see a Fandom-centric reality show. Except I think that's what led to all those weird fangirls invading, way back. Guess we'll have to settle for this messed-up news. Cheryl got to meet another one of Fandom's weirder teachers, since Batman is, you know, a dude who dresses like a bat. He also buys boots one at a time to beat on sharks with, but that's old news. McCoy was just a little freaked out when Jono talked into his head - uh, yeah, I'd be, too - but wound up putting his foot in his mouth when Jono explained he doesn't have a mouth, and then got teaching advice for dealing with the students around here. Protip: We're all little shitheads. Prepare yourself. Unless you're too busy being flirted with by Mindy and talking about classes, in which case, hey, you'll learn. You'll learn.
Cecil: Wait, Mr. Starsmore doesn't have a mouth?
Sparkle: I dunno? Squirrels just told me he'd lost his voice when they dragged me here yesterday.
Cecil: I'm pretty sure he had one the last time I saw him. Huh.
Sparkle: Yeah, they come pretty standard for most people.
Cecil: Except for the faceless old woman who secretly lives in your house and faceless council message-children.
Sparkle: … Makes me glad I don't have a house. Pam and Cheryl met up and took part in one of my favourite activities: snarking about other people behind their backs. And then they placed bets on how long they would be stuck here. There's no escape. Sorry. One of the island's three million people named Jack - the girl one - played poker in the cold until Pam found her and shared her booze. That is a good way to make friends, yeah. Electroclash was wearing a coat over her uniform, which I don't think is a fashion faux-pas except I've never been a superhero before so don't quote me on that, when Mindy stopped by and tried to talk her into making a 'Superhero Guidance Counselor' movie. I… don't know if I'd watch that. I mean, unless it involved punching before the question, 'But how does it make you feel? James had better luck with Electroclash, since his attempts to flirt came with an offer to pay for drinks. See? What did I tell you? Booze is the way to make friends around here.
Cecil: It definitely makes it easier.
Sparkle: Clint was oblivious to James making faces behind his back while he flirted with Kitty which involved throwing popcorn. Aw. What a waste of good popcorn. And, wrapping up the teachers being all social and junk, Herc met an alternate-timeline version of Chuck, his son, and tried to explain what was up with that while Max and… Max… were all friendly at each other. Gold star, Fandom. Or at least Fandom's dogs.
Cecil: Elsewhere at the picnic, folks just sort of mingled. Which is to say, they walked around and met each other, not that they combined their beings. Unless that shows up later in the notes.
Will was standing around being himself when Jessica came by and got all weird at him because he apparently looks like her dead cousin. She found out he isn't him, though, and they apologized to each other about how awkward it was.
After walking from BWI - and not freezing?? - Chuck and his puppy Max showed up. Evan's dog Ozzy ran over to play with Max. Chuck got mad at Evan for not having better control over Ozzy, but once Evan got past Chuck's really bad temper - is there not another Anger Management class this semester? It sounds like someone could really use one - they introduced themselves and Evan did his best to explain some of the weirder parts of Fandom. I'm...not sure what that is. I mean, the cold and wet, but that part's sort of obvious on account of all the snow.
Sparkle: … Yeah, the snow's the normal bit where I come from. The squirrels in fedoras and people turning into things, not so much.
Cecil: Oh, right. We don't really have squirrels back home, either. It is a desert. Celia decided seeing a puppy was worth putting up with Chuck. They talked about pets, and why they're in Fandom, and where they're from. Chuck got really obnoxious when he didn't believe Celia about her being from the past, though. Keep that puppy close, Chuck; looks like it may be the only way anybody talks to you, at this rate.
Liara was reading, and Alana came over to say hi. They talked about reading, naturally, and about their homeworlds.
Joker and Liara confused each other - he called her "normal", she told him they were in 2014, the usual stuff - and then they bonded over their more-or-less-similar home time.
All the chocolate surprised Elsa - it doesn't say if that was deliberate or not - but Victor explained that yes, it was real. Then he kept talking, and giving her weirder and weirder things to deal with. The squirrels say he never quite dug himself out of that hole, which I'm guessing is metaphorical, because it doesn't say he had a shovel.
Jim Kirk came back from Toronto and Bay said hi and complained about the cold. Isn't it awful? Then the two of them traded stories about roommates. Dr. McCoy, the new teacher, spotted Jim and stared at him for a while before just walking off. The squirrels say no words were exchanged. More on that as it develops.
Celia was sitting and watching fruit and eating...oh, no, sorry - watching people and eating fruit - and Dr. Lecter stopped by to chat.
Victor and Kathy were both just back from LA - not the same LA - and commiserated about the cold. They talked about their trips home, and he gave her some advice about being a big sib, which I'm sure she appreciated.
While Alana was getting food, Raleigh stopped by to check on her and they talked for a bit. Meanwhile, Isaac was also checking out the food when Isabelle came over to compare siblings. They decided pretty easily that he won this time, because nobody wants Chuck. Isaac gave Isabelle a kiss and a promise of a date to make up for it. Isn't that sweet?
Sparkle: My teeth are gonna rot out.
Cecil: You probably want to see a dentist about that. Éponine stopped by the picnic for the food, and Kenzi stopped by to say hi and point out some food she'd missed. Probably the pretzels; Kenzi seemed to like those. They ended up talking about the niftiest eras new people might come from, and decided the best would be hot nudist futures. But not until summer, I hope!
Sparkle: Yeah, nudists and winter… doesn't sound like it'd be too pretty.
Cecil: *giggle* Well, to be fair, it'd be really pretty, just not for too long.
Sparkle: Around here, anyway. Until they start having to worry about shrin- OW. No throwing acorns, note-rats! Jeez. Topher was eating and minding his own business when Victor stole a fry from him. I guess that was okay, since they wound up talking about winter breaks and post-grad plans. Kenzi did the fry-stealing thing, too, and he was surprised she was still on the island. She explained, you know, people don't have to leave here after grad. Most just do. Just throwing this out there, though- if anyone walks up and steals food off my plate, I'll break your freaking nose. Seriously. Not cool.
Raleigh was enjoying the food and ignoring Chuck sneering at him - seriously, everyone, if you get a chance to screw with the jerkoff, he sounds like the sort that would be fun to *microphone feedback* with. Raven answered some of Topher's fashion questions, and then they talked about the new kids. She and Cecil talked about his crazy winter gear, though - and seriously, man, what's up with all of that? - and then they discussed her maybe visiting that weird-ass place that he's from sometime next summer.
Cecil: It's COLD! I'm from a desert! We don't really have a lot of snow. Well, depending on how you define "snow"...
Sparkle: Don't wanna know, don't wanna know, don't wanna know. Joker was minding his own business when Alenko stomped up to him all, like, Alenko about it, and they mostly just confused one another. I think it's a timeline thing? A military thing, too, but a timeline thing. And then Kenzi and Cecil wrapped up the party by wishing each other a happy new year, cursing the name of Doom for some kind of condemned house thing, and talking about how Cecil's gonna be a TA this semester. Excited, man?
Cecil: Yes! It should be pretty fun. Mr. Starsmore is great. And don't worry, Kenzi, I promised I'd take good care of him!
Sparkle: And his mouth?
Cecil: Whatever that's about.
Sparkle: Fandom, man. Fandom. And then people actually did shit in, like, the dorms and stuff. Like how new girl Eleanor parked her ass in front of the TV and an OCTO ER marathon in the third floor common room. That's the one with the jerkass cuttlefish, right? Anyway, Joker and Eleanor speculated over the proper plural of 'octopus' and he explained what a Hanar is - the hell's a Hanar? And then Evan came in to warm up some soup, and got a run-down of the show from Eleanor while Joker apologized for freaking out at his face. Looks like he got some popcorn out of the deal, at least.
Cecil: Popcorn's good. We should have a movie night or something!
Sparkle: … I'm in. Hell, I'm even in the mood for a mind*feedback* kinda movie. So you can pick.
Cecil: I'll have to think about it.
Sparkle: Take your time, man. Anywho, off in town, Jono was being all, like, thoughtful and shit outside of Groovy Tunes. I guess Mercy was a little surprised by the way he looked, but she offered him help with whatever he might need, and then a little later, Doctor Lecter talked to him too, asking if he was ready to answer the hard questions. I respect him way too much to make the obvious joke about putting a ring on it, here. I want to. But I won't.
Cecil: Oo, are they a couple?
Sparkle: You know… I dunno? I doubt it, but I don't go, like, asking about that kind of thing to teachers. *A beat* I want to, now.
Cecil: You should! Or I can.
Sparkle: It's all yours, smiley. All. Yours.
Cecil: Okay! It's neat either way. And...oh! I think that's all the notes. You think they'll let us out of here, now? It's not a ritual semesterly sacrifice or anything?
Sparkle: … I'm gonna go pick the lock.
Cecil: Would you like to use my picks, or have you got your own?
Sparkle: I got it. You just watch my back. And turn off that 'on air' button or something, would you?
Cecil: Okay! Thanks for sticking with us, listeners. Welcome to all the new folks, and welcome back to all the old folks! Until next week, we'll leave you with the weather!