Fandom Radio, Monday, February 15

[likethegun]

Sam: Good evening, Fandom. Happy almost-Mardi Gras.

Andy: Have you ever been to Mardi Gras, Sam?

Sam: No, that's pretty far from my idea of a good time. I mean, it might be nice to go once just to see it all, but that's definitely my brother's deal more than mine.

Andy: I think it would be pretty awesome -- all those people just having a good time and dressing up and just having fun?

Sam: By drinking and smoking and doing God only knows what else. Still, I see where you're coming from.

Andy: Someone should give you some Mardis Gras beads, get you into the spirit.

Sam: Wouldn't I have to flash them first? Isn't that how it works?

Andy: Or, y'know, have someone with you who can just ask for them.

Sam: Or do the flashing thing in my place. I think I like that idea even better.


School News

Sam: The Outdoor Fitness class learned about kayaking, and after getting changed into wet suits, everyone had to brave the cold water of Serenity Cove and try kayaking themselves.

The Build Your Own Philosophy class got a midterm paper assignment, along with a lecture on fortune and luck, and then talked about how they've personally been screwed over by fortune. After class, Ino stopped to compliment Tyler on his flowers, and he asked her about her Valentine's Day in return.

The World Mytholoy class talked about the difference between religion and mythology, and discussed how they'd react if one of their sacred stories was turned into a myth by someone else. After class, Ender apologized to Lady Ghanima for missing class, and explained that he was gone for three months in his own time even though it was only a week here. That's one of those Fandom things I don't know if I'll ever get used to.

Andy: Yeah. It's the kind of thing that can lead to you being your own grandfather or something.

Sam: Hopefully, no one here will ever run into that particular problem. The Horror 101 class got a lesson on zombies, and I don't think it was about the ones at Caritas. Emma, who's still an ermine, distracted Alex by being cute and fuzzy, while Jack Priest explained to Tony that the ermine thing is why she wasn't at the dance with him. Emma was also cute at Kate, who took the time to pick Emma up and pet her. The class watched a zombie movie and talked about just what it is that makes zombies so darn scary. Well, the whole undead thing doesn't help, that's for sure. Jack told Mitchell that his fuzzy companion was Emma, and they talked about whether or not he should get her a collar and a leash. TMI guys, TMI. Kate also made sure to tell Mitchell that she was there, and not dead.

Japanese Etiquette learned about Japanese theater by watching a play performance in the Danger Shop until it was interrupted by attacking ninjas. That's Fandom High teaching at its finest, right there, I'm not even kidding.

Gabrielle was reading about the history of tomatoes in the library while Mr. DeTamble reshelved books. Ms. Pitt had leftover Valentine's Day candy in the study hall. And Mr. Halpert sent out e-mail during his office hours.


Dorm News

Andy: Over in the dorms, Rose got back from her trip and curled up in bed after finding her Valentine flowers. Jaina came by to see how things went and when Rose told her, there were hugs. My roommate Jack Priest brought ermine!Emma to see her which did work at cheering Rose up some. People as animals do tend to be a mood lightener.

And Monday morning found Arthur in the salle working out his anger issues on the dummies. That's probably a healthy way of dealing with anger. Healthier than working it out on real people at least. Leto asked if Arthur was having a bad day and Arthur shrugged it off as 'lingering concerns'. I'm not big on violence; do people usually beat up dummies over lingering concerns, Sam?

Sam: If their "lingering concerns" involve people they can pretend are the dummies, yeah.

Andy: Arthur told Merlin that someone was trying to seduce Morgana. This is a bad thing? I thought being seduced was usually kinda fun.

Dinah declared it a good day for attacking things and Arthur said he didn't want to hear her bitch about Valentine's Day. Someone was really touchy today...

Bod was out on the deck this afternoon, and discussed with Bobby the recent gremlin invasion, which Bobby was happy to miss. Our island gremlins are much nicer.

Sam: Yeah, you would think so, wouldn't you?

Andy: Totally. Ino wanted to know Bobby's shoe size so she can see him in high heels. That's... random. Also disturbing.

Ino greeted Bod as 'Shoulders' and told Kate that the deck was free of stick ninja. Bod told Kate that he doesn't bite and Bobby asked if Kate's seen their room and all the flowers they got. Hey, did I tell you I got a flower too?

Sam: No, you didn't, but I'm pretty sure I saw that among all the orders. Tell me you sent some too?

Andy: A whole dozen. And on the second floor this evening, a gremlin-bit Jono and Alice thought they were opera-singing Vikings Brunhilda and Olaf. That's... strange. Though, hey, who doesn't love a musical?

Brunhilda and Olaf argued about the fate of their unborn child among other things and decided that Olaf should retire from pillaging to become an accountant. Kurt Wagner figured out that they were crazy but decided to join in on the singing anyway. See -- we don't necessarily need gremlins to bite us to act weird around here.

Sam: No, but it makes acting weird a whole lot easier. And Kennedy was watching the women's Olympic hockey game up in the fourth floor common room. She brought a ton of pizza, which caught Jonas' notice, and when he asked if she was expecting a party, she said no, but she wouldn't mind if it turned into one. Tara admitted to not being much of a sports person, so Kennedy happily explained what was going on to her.

Tara and Jonas bonded over not being knowledgable in hockey, and it's probably good that they had each other since Bobby and George both showed up with Olympic gear and were really excited to see that hockey was what happened to be on.

Dru asked Kennedy if she has Olympic fever, and Kennedy explained that no, she just thinks the female hockey players are hot. Bobby made sure Dru knew to root for Canada, since they'd probably be winning, and she thanked him for the flowers he sent her yesterday. Hayley and Dru talked about how Hayley's excited for the Olympics while Dru was just there for the pizza.

Chuck wanted to know if there was as much fighting in women's hockey as in men's, and Kennedy agreed with him that she really hoped the answer was yes, because the fighting would be hot. Hayley, meanwhile, was just surprised to see that women were allowed to play hockey too, which got Kennedy asking if she was new around here. Just from a different time, I'd say.


Town News

Sam: Tully worked on his boat at the lighthouse, and Gwen, who was a seal, is no longer a seal, but unfortuntately, she had to get from Serenity Cove to the dorms without any clothes on. Stop snickering squirrels, that is unfortunate; it's really cold out there!

Andy: Could be worse, she could've been a guy. There's shrinkage to worry about then.

Sam: Ow, I think I just got sympathy pains. Good point. Ender was reading reports at Stark Industries when Ben stopped in for his usual visit. Today though, Ben was more interested in checking up on Ender than just socializing.

Judging from the loud clattering noises, Lacey wasn't in a very good mood at Luke's Diner, but that didn't stop Angua from coming in and asking about the food on the menu, which Lacey explained all had to do with Canada. For the Olympics, I assume, which I need to watch more of.

Angua got to deal with Ralph and his new cologne at the Trooper Station, Liz was at The Arms for her shift, and Makita had everything red and pink on sale today at Pixie Dust. I guess Valentine's Day clothes get dealt with like the candy.

Claire cleaned all the shelves at Android's Dungeon, Oz had all the Valentine's Day stuff on sale at Holiday Grove, and Joan started planning a post-Valentine's celebration at Covent Garden Flowers. Considering how many flowers they got for the student council there, I think they deserve it.

Dani cleaned out the stalls and got some disappointing mail at The Gig, Ashley was watching snowboarding at Atlas Gym, and Claudia was working on what looked like research at Book Haven. Zack was having a staredown with the dishes at Cafe Fina, Alex was acting very hyper while checking on all of the displays at The Magic Box, and Aphrodite happily stuck up an article at Dite's Decadent Delights about how sex can cure the common cold. I don't know if I can believe that.

Andy: Well it probably beats chicken soup as a cure.

Sam: Maybe? I don't know, I think those conventional methods work just fine. Alice and Jono met up at JGoB for an evening of hanging out, but, as noted by their common room performance, they got bitten by a gremlin instead.

Andy: Hope it wasn't Gus.

Sam: I'm sure it wasn't, don't worry. You must have him, you know, trained by now. Millie and the nurses were reading romance novels at the clinic, and Adrian was all alone at Caritas, at least until Dimitri came in to check on him and tell him about his trip. John Sheppard came by to meet up with Jaina, but first, he had to meet Adrian, to find out about the whole thing with Jaina babysitting him.

Andy: Wonder what she charges for babysitting.

Sam: Why, you want her to babysit Gus?

Andy: Now there's an idea...

Sam: I think you might be better off babysitting him yourself for now, really.

Andy: True. Though much as I like him I don't want him coming along on dates.

Sam: Yeeeah, that probably wouldn't be a good idea. You'll have to tell me how those dates go. You know, later, if you want to.

Andy: Sure. Is that all the notes?

Sam: I think so. I guess that means that's it for us tonight, so have a good night Fandom, and try to stay away from those gremlins.

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[bitchprince]

Arthur was not the kind to talk at inanimate objects.

After the note on his conversation with Merlin he did, however, shoot his radio a Look implying that Sam was obviously an overly naive country boy who probably went about falling in love with ponies or something and hence had no right to speak.

He was well-practiced in such efforts.