Fandom Radio, Monday, November 2

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Sam: Good evening, Fandom. I hope everyone is safely out of their post-Halloween candy comas.

Andy: I hope everyone still has lots of Hallowe'en candy left.

Sam: Yeah, that's just what you need is sugar.

Andy: It's not exactly a need. More like a... seasonal indulgence.

Sam: You can make Halloween candy last all the way until Christmas if you try hard enough. Or will yours be all gone by the end of the week?

Andy: I'll probably have some left. And if not, I can always ask people to share theirs with me.

Sam: Just try to make sure they'd actually like to share their candy?

Andy: Everyone should share. It's the polite thing to do.

Sam: Lucky for you, most people here are naturally polite. We should probably start sharing the squirrels' notes...and I think that sounded a little funnier in my head.


School News

Sam: The Applied Science class made catapults out of popsicle sticks today, in the name of physics and entertaining engineering. After class, Tyler kept Ino behind to talk about her idea of a birthday present.

In Hubris from Revelation, Buddhism was the discussion topic of the day, particularly the ideas of rebirth and karma, and the Four Noble Truths which are, just as they sound, pretty noble.

The Physical Films students got to add terrible shoes to their uniforms today as they watched a movie about bowling, and played the game themselves.

Loki has taken over Care for Magical Creatures, so hopefully no one in that class is easily offended by profanity. To start things off today, they talked about creatures associated with Halloween, and creatures they wouldn't want to find under their beds.

Andy: I don't think I'd want to find anything under my bed.

Sam: Some things are worse than others. You could find a puppy under there or something. Though, granted, it would probably be a student if it was here. The Sex Ed class talked about, um, sexual kinks by assigning a specific kink to everyone, and making them talk to each other about their false desires.

And Edward was back to normal in time for this week's meeting of the Fencing Club, so no one had to try to listen to a pony for two weeks in a row. Instead, everyone mingled and then enjoyed their last week with practice swords before the real weapons come out.


Dorm News

Sam: Ben got a message from home before he had to go to class, and Leto was in a bad mood as he wrote a letter to home. He was in such a bad mood that he sent Triela away when she came by, and when Alice made sure he knew that she'd be willing to cause violence on his behalf, he said he just didn't appreciate having his emotions manipulated. Not that anyone really does, I think.

Didi spent her day hiding in bed, but it wasn't a very successful hiding venture, because she ended up talking to Jaime about telling Jonothon to go off after Rachel yesterday, and then had an uncomfortable chat with Jonothon about the whole thing too.

And Jack Priest was in his room with eclairs and a game of solitaire. Either I need to eat before I come here, or we need to make a rule banning all food-related notes, because they just make me hungry.

Andy: We can go eat some candy after we finish if you want.

Sam: You know, that sounds like a good idea, especially if there's chocolate involved. It's a Monday and Fandom's not tilted on its axis, so there was an Arthur and a Merlin in the salle today. Apparently, Arthur was grumpy, and in further news, water is still wet. Continuing the non-surprising notes, Dinah made up for Arthur's bad mood with her own natural perkiness, due to having an awesome weekend, and they talked about the Fencing Club and the possibility of Dinah sparring with Morgana. Merlin ended up napping, and earned himself a glare from Arthur for his troubles.

Francine and Katina-who-is-a-bunny watched Bitterwoman up in the fifth floor common room this morning. Arthur asked Francine how she's doing, and she said she's almost getting used to this sort of thing. It really does happen after a while. Ino greeted Arthur by calling him "Fearless Leader," like he needs that ego boost, and they got into an argument about whether or not "leader" means "superior." I'm going to say no, and hope I sided with Ino on that one.

Katina tried to get out of the hat she was in so she could see the TV, and Francine finally let her sit on the couch. Arthur tried to reassure Katina that she'll be all right, and she tried to hurt him in return. Luckily for Arthur, her bunny-related attempt wasn't very successful. Ino took pictures of Katina, clearly forgetting that while bunnies are adorable, eventually that bunny's going to turn back into a very fierce girl. You know, in case anyone else needs a reminder.

Rachel stopped by to apologize, and Francine said she didn't need to do that, but she apologized anyway. Hurley said hello to Rachel while she was there, and assured her that he wasn't feeling weird about the whole mess from the weekend. Ino asked Francine about taking pictures of Katina, and Francine totally warned her about the "she's going to be a girl again at some point and get annoyed" thing, but added that she personally didn't mind if Ino went crazy with the camera. Hurley checked with Francine to see if she'd gotten a new pet or not, and Leda wanted to know if Francine and her bunny were the start of a magic show. Not unless Katina turned back into a human right then and there.

Andy: There would need to be a big top hat to hide the bunny in anyway.

Sam: I think they had one. It would need to be a much bigger hat to hide behind if she turned back into a person though. Tony was in the second floor common room tonight, ready to watch the latest episode of Darkest Night. Dinah came in demanding to be fed, and Merlin told Tony that he's the one who accidentally turned Katina into a bunny. Oh Merlin, it was nice knowing you. Dinah and Merlin talked about the next party he'll be having, which will be for Yule - that's right around Christmas, for those who don't know - and Tony and Kennedy talked about whether or not vampires can ever be heroes. I want to say no, but then, my experiences with them haven't been all that great.

Kennedy complained to Dinah that TV shows are always getting vampires wrong, while Tony recapped last week's episode for Blysse. Blysse and Dinah talked about Blysse's weekend, and how the people here seem to have celebrations for everything. There's nothing wrong with celebrations though, most of the time. Blysse also talked to Kennedy about Blind Seer not being a pet, but still being safe to have in the dorm, and to Merlin about last week's episode. Diana warned Tony not to give her pet any candy or popcorn, talked to Dinah about how she spent the weekend stuck in a closet, and asked if Kennedy gets made fun a lot for her name. That's a nice conversation starter.

Momoko was hanging out in the third floor common room tonight when Jaime came by to tease her about how she hadn't visited him lately. Hayley didn't realize she was on the wrong floor until it was too late, but she and Momoko talked anyway. Momoko and Jean decided to do a movie night every Monday night from now on, and assured Hayley that the music was at just the right level to not bother people who were studying. Hayley told Elle about how she's been studying philosophy too, and Momoko told Elle about all the multitasking she was doing.


Town News

Andy: Down in town, Joan tended flowers at Covent Garden, Alex Russo was setting up a new display at the Magic Box, and in a show of symmetry, Claire was unpacking comics at The Android's Dungeon, while Aphrodite was reading comics at the triple D. Probably not the exact same comics, but you never know.

Sam: Something tells me that the comics at the sex shop might be a little different than the others.

Andy: Doesn't say that it's comics the sex shop is selling though. Could just be comics that Aphrodite is reading in the sex shop, but that she acquired elsewhere. Dani was lighting the forge at the Gig, where Tully stopped by to compliment the horses on their new blankets. Do horses take compliments well, you think?

Sam: Sure, as long as you're not standing behind them when you give them.

Andy: Good thinking. Ender was absorbed in his research at Stark Industries, when Ben showed up with the usual coffee, looking slightly worse for wear. Which caused Ender to invite Ben to lunch, where they talked about unhappy anniversaries and grieving. Whoa, heavy stuff to be talking about over soup and burgers. Or whatever they ended up eating.

The boys there may have been gloomy over their food, but Millie was cheerful at the clinic, while things were in a state of confusion at Luke's Diner.

Signs that Hallowe'en is over were appearing all over, such as Oz trying to sell off the last of his Hallowe'en stock at the Holiday Grove, and Liz doing a special on pumpkin soup at the Arms Hotel. My favourite sign that Hallowe'en's over though is everybody eating their body weight in candy.

Which Tino was trying to do at Caritas tonight, while Adrian appreciated his own more smoky vices. Depending on what type of smoke we're talking about, that may be something I'd be interested in.

Sam: I'm going to assume that's a good thing to mix with candy?

Andy: Dude, it's the best! I mean, one way to beat the munchies is to already be eating when you get them.

Sam: If you want, we can take our candy-eating to Caritas so you can ask and find out for sure?

Andy: Sure. Sounds like a plan to me.