Faculty Lounge (12/13/2005)

[romanywitch]

Jenny opened up the faculty lounge and set out several large pots of soup. Clam chowder, chicken noodle soup, lentil soup, hot and sour soup, and beef stew with dumplings are on the table in the lounge today, along with large sourdough rolls, bowls full of crackers, and coffee. Always, always coffee.

Jenny takes a bowl of lentil soup and sits in a corner with her laptop, diong grading before she runs to class today.

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[prof-methos.livejournal.com]

Methos pokes his head in, and smiles when he sees Jenny. "Morning!" He scoops up some beef stew and sits down near her.

"Now, when last we talked," he says, with horrendous exposition because his mun lost track of the last thread, "you were saying something about demons as real estate agents? I always thought that the Realtor's association was a scary shadowy group."

[romanywitch]

"Hey," says Jenny. "How's life treating you?"

"Not all demons," said Jenny. "But the NPC Real Estate Agency sent over an agent possessed by an Ethros demon. You ever meet up with one of those guys? Ask me why we have no pea soup on the table." She wrinkled her nose. "On second thought, don't. Some memories? You just don't want to relive. Personally, I just wish we had a decent realtor in town possibly who looks just like Jeremy Piven and has relocated from Grosse Pointe, Michigan, in point of fact."

[prof-methos.livejournal.com]

"I've never heard of an Ethros demon. I think I'll be happy to never see one. If you've found a place to live, why do you need a realtor and yes, we totally need one that looks like Jeremy Piven, particularly if we also got a crazy guy running around claiming to be Cupid and trying to pair everyone off and STOP ME NOW."

[romanywitch]

"I found an apartment," said Jenny, shrugging. "Pretty much a dingy kind of place, though. I'd like something where I don't worry about the hot water going out on me mid-shower. I think a crazy guy running around claiming to be Cupid would totally blow Callisto's mind, you know."

[prof-methos.livejournal.com]

Methos makes a face. "That's terrible. Unlimited hot water should be protected by the Geneva Convention." Methos pauses and thinks. "This may sound odd... but I've got an apartment with three bedrooms. I barely spend any time there... would you be interested in one of them?"

[[OOC: *chortles at the image of Herc/Xena-Cupid and Jeremy Piven-Cupid colliding.]]

[romanywitch]

"You'd think it was," said Jenny. "So you've got a spare room? How much are you renting it out for, and do you have any objections to me networking the heck out of the place?"

[prof-methos.livejournal.com]

"Well my rent is **mumblemumble** and you'd use one of the bedrooms and the common area, so how about half **mummblemummble** (which is **mumble**)? And I'm all for networking the place."

[ten-and-chips.livejournal.com]

((Subletting the sublet? So shrewd.))

[romanywitch]

"Almost works," says Jenny. "If I'm doing the hard work and laying out for the supplies on networking, you should split the cost with me and give me a discount on the rent for a few months, don't you think?"

Bargaining? Always fun.

[prof-methos.livejournal.com]

"I'll be happy to split the cost of the supplies with you, but you pay full rent for use of the full apartment. You'd be doing this anyway, and you're far more likely to get full use of it than I am."

[romanywitch]

Jenny leaned back and thought about it. "Works on the full part of my share of the rent. Not full rent for use of the full apartment. Even if you're never there." She grins at him. "You break that networking, though, and then we'll be having a little chat. You familiar with computers at all?"

[prof-methos.livejournal.com]

Methos mock-scowls at her. "You know what I meant. Your full half of the rent." He shrugs. "I know how to turn them on, and how to find Google when I need it."

[romanywitch]

Jenny dropped her chin and stared up at him. "You're a heathen," she said. "You ever think about joining the rest of us in the twenty-first century?"

[prof-methos.livejournal.com]

"Please. What else do I need to do with them? I have no desire to... program, or design, or whatever. A computer is an information tool."

[romanywitch]

"Well, at least you're starting to get the idea," said Jenny, amused. She took a drink of her coffee. "Better than the last librarian I worked with. On the other hand? You have a lot to learn about computers, grasshopper."

"So. Since I'm going to be your roomie, tell me where the heck I'm going to be living?"

[prof-methos.livejournal.com]

"Mauvaise Chance Apartments," Methos says. "Across the street from the park. When you're done with classes today, I'll take you by. You should look at it before you agree. It might be worse than where you are now."

[romanywitch]

"Cool," says Jenny. "And you don't know where I'm living. You could just call it Chateau Rat Trap and it'd be a pretty appropriate name. This? Is what I get for moving into town on no notice for a sudden job opening." Jenny wrinkled her nose in distaste. "Meet up outside the library later tonight?"

[prof-methos.livejournal.com]

"Sure. Speaking of... I probably should be getting work done in there. Thanks for the soup." Methos rises and grins at her.

[romanywitch]

"Yeah, no problem. You've got a good bunch working in the library," said Jenny. "I've met most of them. Except for the redhead--the really short one? Janet, right? Got a thing about Chosen Ones."

[prof-methos.livejournal.com]

"We've got like five Chosen Ones running around this school. It offends her sense of proportion to have "five" Chosen "ones". Or, at least, that's what I think."