Room 323 [Thursday, Afternoon]

[comeoutwrong]

Her room felt bizarrely empty without Edward around, not that Effy would admit that out loud. Still, a week down the line with his stuff gone and the dorm lists changed, she was getting the feeling now, that he probably wasn't coming back.

So today, since she didn't really have anywhere else to be, was the day for rearranging and spreading herself out a little, and making the most of this having her own room.

Made it feel less empty, somehow, and gave her something to think about that wasn't what was going on at home, or certain other confusing moments of this week. Perfect, as far as she was concerned.

[[Door open, post open.]]

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[living_endless]

Didi didn't have classes or work on Thursdays, so she was roaming the hall. She paused in the doorway across from her own.

"Need help moving?"

No, she didn't even know Effy. She just liked being helpful.

[pastmewrong.livejournal.com]

"Not really moving," Effy said, glancing towards the doorway to look at the girl. "Just... rearranging."

"Think my roommate left."

[living_endless]

"Miss them, or glad for the extra space?" Didi wondered.

"I'm over there" -- she jerked her head to her own room -- "with Jaime. I'm still getting used to sharing."

[pastmewrong.livejournal.com]

Effy shrugged, putting one more book onto the shelves before making her way over to Did. "He was alright." Weird, but around here, that was relative. "Sang a lot."

"So, new neighbor, then?" She'd thought if she'd been here before she would've noticed.

[living_endless]

"What kind of songs?" Didi asked. "And yeah, new neighbor. Didi. Nice to meet you."

[pastmewrong.livejournal.com]

"Not so much specific songs," she answered. "Just, about every day stuff. Dunno why."

"I'm Effy," she added after a moment.

[living_endless]

"I have a sister who's like that when she's in a good mood," Didi offered. "Kind of ... relaxing in a weird way."

Which described Del's good moods in general.

"How long have you been here?"

[pastmewrong.livejournal.com]

"Beginning of the summer," Effy replied. "Not so long. About starting to get used to it." As much as she thought she ever would.

"Much longer, I might have to worry about picking up the accent."

[living_endless]

"The weird stuff doesn't phase you?" Didi asked. "But I know what you mean. I think I'm starting to go native."

By which she meant she was starting to feel like a normal teenage girl more than like Death. That was ... unsettling.

[pastmewrong.livejournal.com]

"Sometimes," Effy allowed (it did). "Can't be prepared for everything that shows up in a place like this."

"... You don't seem too unnerved," she noted, a little curiously.

[living_endless]

"I'm good at weird," Didi said, unconcerned. "Maybe I'll feel different when something big happens."

[pastmewrong.livejournal.com]

"Apparently I missed the last one by being a cat." Which considering she'd been psychotic blood drinking evil, by the one account she'd heard... probably a good thing.

[living_endless]

"That would be a little weird even for me," Didi decided. "What was the last one like?"

[fratboybitch.livejournal.com]

So, unlike other times, Alex actually had a real concrete reason for showing up at her door. Of course, just because he had a reason didn't mean he wouldn't take any entertainment that'd come from his visit.

"Roommate never came back?" he asked, watching the rearranging for a moment before speaking. "You can have mine, if you want."

Griff would be pleased that Alex was offering him up, no doubt.

[pastmewrong.livejournal.com]

"Yeah?" Effy smirked over her shoulder at him after she'd put another book down on Edward's old desk. "Sure he'll appreciate being traded around."

[fratboybitch.livejournal.com]

"He's resilient," he said, shrugging and leaning against the doorframe. "And living with a girl might be good for him. He's still a little--"

Alex thought of a good word to use there.

"--dumb there."

[pastmewrong.livejournal.com]

Dumb, incredibly flaily... one or the other.

"Thought he pretty much found a girl," Effy remarked, leaning back against that desk and looking at him. That was the impression she'd got from the last time he'd asked her for advice.

[fratboybitch.livejournal.com]

"That doesn't mean anything except that he's found a girl who likes his incredibly twitchy ways," Alex said, shrugging a shoulder. And then shuddering because said girl in question had been naked in his room. "He still needs help."

[pastmewrong.livejournal.com]

"You haven't managed to rub off on him a little?" Living with him for a few months now, you'd think Griff would've picked up something.

[fratboybitch.livejournal.com]

"He doesn't want my help," he said, pushing off the frame and wandering inside. "I tried to explain things to him the other night but, for some reason, he freaks the fuck out when I start talking about sex."

[pastmewrong.livejournal.com]

"Doesn't surprise me," Effy decided, looking a little amused. Kind of curious as to what colour he'd have gone during that conversation. Some vibrant shade of pink, she was sure.

"Surprised he even let you have that little chat with him."

[fratboybitch.livejournal.com]

"I know what I'm talking about, what's so bad about me imparting my wisdom to the little man?" Alex asked, completely not seeing the problem. "He's gotta know that I know what I'm talking about, at least."

[pastmewrong.livejournal.com]

"Kind of of a different attitude to the whole thing," Effy pointed out. Griff was just a bit of a girl when it came to sex, wasn't he?

[fratboybitch.livejournal.com]

"Which is why I'm here," he said and grinned at her. Okay, that was the reason why he was here, yeah, but it was just kind of fun to bother her. "I need a favor. He doesn't want to talk to me but he wants to talk to someone. Think you could catch him sometime? I'm sure he'd listen to you more than me."

And he was amused enough by the idea that he was ready to offer up something in return since nothing was free.

[pastmewrong.livejournal.com]

"Could be a fun conversation." Griff could still barely look her in the eye, the last time she checked. Bet he'd just love to talk sex with her.

Wouldn't have said she had the same sort of attitude as him either but...