Room 222, Friday Morning

[bitten_notshy]

Jack had stumbled through the portal home from Vancouver so late it was almost morning again, and he slept correspondingly late in the morning. He had responsibilities -- people to check in with -- but at the moment, his body needed sleep far more.

When he stumbled out of bed, his eyes went down to his feet and then up to his face in the mirror, and he let out a disbelieving and oddly high-pitched laugh. A girl? Really?

He was sure, somehow, this was all Merlin and Tony's fault -- there'd been a lot of untrained magic thrown around yesterday, and such things could lead to odd consequences. He just hadn't expected consequences to be spelled b-r-e-a-s-t-s.

Running a hand through his tangled hair, Jack decided to take a moment to make himself presentable and then go to find one of his cohorts from the trip to see if they were similarly affected.

[OOC: Door closed, post open. Also, girl!Jack's name is Dora Hiller, and she's basically some random scene kid somebody on IJ decided to icon. Isn't she pretty?]

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[icecoldfrost]

Emma had sensed upon waking that all was not right in the world. Well, not right for other people, considering that half the dorm was mentally shrieking the equiviant of 'WTF'.

Still, in all the hubbub, she caught a glimpse of a familiar mind. One that had skipped class, and therefore needed to be scolded.

"Jaaaaaaaaaaaaack," she sang, kicking at the door. "Open up, darling, so I can properly interrogate you."

[bitten_notshy]

"I don't remember requesting an interrogation," Jack called, but loped obediently over to answer the door.

He stood there with arms folded, daring her not to laugh.

[icecoldfrost]

"If you requested it, then that would rather defeat the purpose of it being an interrogation, now wouldn't it?" she chided, breezing past him to go sit on his bed.

She didn't need to laugh. She was Emma Frost, and could convey her deep amusement with the way she cocked her head or lounged against his pillow. "Someone was a bad bad boy, and skipped class."

[bitten_notshy]

"Someone was in Vancouver fighting demons and missed them all," Jack said. "Did I miss anything? Mitchell declaring his love for George to the world, everyone on the island turning blue?"

[icecoldfrost]

"Mmmm. They've run off to have a torrid affair together, I think," Emma sighed, shaking her head. "That's about it, really, unless you want to me start cataloging all the petty jealousies and fights that happen around here."

"Please tell me you weren't actually fighting demons. In Canada. I thought their healthcare plan dealt with that sort of thing."

[bitten_notshy]

"Lucky George," Jack decided lazily. "I can live without the high school drama. And sadly, yes, I was. Do you want to hear the whole story, or just the highlight reel and know everyone got back in one piece?"

[icecoldfrost]

"What's the phrase? 'The truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth?'" she laughed, making herself comfortable and looking up at him expectantly.

"I don't particularly care about 'everyone' -- " especially since she hadn't the faintest idea who he'd gone traipsing off with, " -- but I would like to know what sort of excuse 'demon-slaying' is for skipping class."

[bitten_notshy]

"The true kind," Jack argued. "Tony Foster ran into some trouble, up in Vancouver. He asked Merlin, Merlin asked Dinah and Arthur, Dinah asked me. Hence skipped classes."

[icecoldfrost]

"Dear lord, it's an overgrown game of telephone," Emma said dryly. "But Tony is okay and Vancouver is still standing?"

He had said everyone 'got back' in one piece, and she was assuming she would have heard Dinah's mental wails of anguish if anyone had come home injured in any meaningful way. Tweety was doing better, but dear lord that child was still loud sometimes.

[bitten_notshy]

"Tony drained himself," Jack said simply, worry coming off him like a wave. "I think Merlin knows how not to overstress himself, but Tony -- doesn't. He made himself a little ill. Nothing rest won't cure."

[icecoldfrost]

Emma's eyes went distant for a moment as she reached out, canvassing the entire dorms between one breath and the next with an ease that she hadn't been able to do even a month ago. No, no Tony.

"You didn't bring him back with you?" she asked, blinking is surprise as she came back to herself. "I'm sure you could have hidden him under a bed until the semester started, and bought the squirrels off with rum."

[bitten_notshy]

"He wouldn't let us," Jack answered uneasily. "The show has to go on and his job comes first."

No, he didn't like leaving the other young man in Vancouver, even with Henry there to watch over him.

He eyed her. "You're taking my female shape surprisingly well."

[icecoldfrost]

"I was woken by the sounds of boys across the dorms mentally screaming in indignation," Emma pointed out, stretching lazily. "Or maybe I'm laughing and mocking you in my head. You never know."

[guardianborn.livejournal.com]

Having no idea of the -issues- behind the door, Rose decided it had been more than long enough since she'd seen Jack and between that and not seeing him in class, she was trying not to acknowledge any worry.

Thus, she knocked on his door.

[bitten_notshy]

"Who is it?" Jack called, one hand already on the doorknob.

He sounded weirdly girlish for SOME STRANGE REASON, but the accent and intonations were the same.

[guardianborn.livejournal.com]

"...Rose," she said, giving the door a look. "why the hell do you sound like that?"

Let's hope it's not actually his roommate, Rose.

[bitten_notshy]

Jack hesitated. "Do you really not have a theory, or are you trying to get me to say it?"

[guardianborn.livejournal.com]

"Okay, you disappear for a week, come back sounding girly, and I'm supposed to make up the theory?" She asked, glaring at the door.

[bitten_notshy]

The door opened at that. Jack had just thought she might have noticed all the extra girls out there, but if she hadn't ...

"I didn't mean to sound that way, Rose. Come in. And yes, I know I look like a girl."

[guardianborn.livejournal.com]

Well, it wasn't like she was a trained observer or anything. ...waaait.

Still glaring, Rose eyed him and couldn't quite help the smile that started to turn up her lips. "That part new?"

[bitten_notshy]

"You're funny," Jack informed her, but he was smirking. "Woke up this way. Arthur said Francine said it just happens here sometimes?"

Because if Francine and Arthur believed something, clearly it was true. Right. Jack needed better sources.

[guardianborn.livejournal.com]

Rose shrugged and gave him a grin as he came in. "That's what I heard too. It's still totally weirder in person."

[bitten_notshy]

"And it's even weirder when it happens to you," Jack said. "I'm just glad my clothes fit."

He sat down on the bed, gesturing for her to join him if she wanted. "How have you been?"

[guardianborn.livejournal.com]

Rose smirked as she sat down beside him, turning to face Jack. "I dunno...it depends what you mean by 'fit'.". Cause really.

"How've I been? Fine. Where've you been? Talk about disappearing forever."

Not that she was worried at all.

[bitten_notshy]

They'd stay on; that was good enough.

"Vancouver," Jack said. "Seriously. Tony ran into a little problem on the set and Merlin, Arthur, Dinah and I went up to help. It felt like we were gone forever."