Outside Room *527*, Later Friday Afternoon

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How come the week that everyone had been frustrated, Tahiri had missed out on all of that, but this week she was just having issues? First there had been yesterday, with the trees and then the ants, and now the still being played out interruption in the hallway a little while ago. (It was a completely foregone conclusion that she was going to die repeatedly of embarrassment when all of this caught up to her later. Not that it had occurred to her yet.)

But she'd only just realized (hey, cut her some slack, it had been a crazy place in her head the past couple of days and not for the usual reasons) that part of the problem was the neighbors she normally didn't have any trouble with. And her own inattentiveness to her shielding, but it wasn't as satisfying to yell at that.

Which was why, her clothes still soaked and water still dripping from her hair, she was standing outside John's room, kicking at the door and yelling, "Would you cut it out for a little while, already? Some of us could use the break!"

Katchoo would be proud. Or maybe just laugh at her some more.

[OOC: For the room's occupants with their consent, and maybe the boy if he wants too. Mwahaha. I'm done spamming, I swear.]

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"I'M COMING!" John shouted over all the banging. He was rather busy. Ahem.

It took a while for him to actually move toward the sound of distress, dragging on a pair of pants that were thankfully his, and flinging the door open. "What the hell do you want, Tahiri?"

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Somewhere in the background, trying to stay out of sight, Jaina was still trying to find her clothes. She settled for one of John's shirts, deciding that one of the bonuses to having a boyfriend like a foot taller than her was that his shirts would cover everything that absolutely needed to be covered at times like this.

Not that she had times like this... any time but now.

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"You guys are driving me crazy," Tahiri snapped, although water dripping into her face from her hair took a little of the edge off the indignance. Not looking. Not looking at anything.

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"So..." He paused, taking a breath of fresh air and considering that they should open the door more, or maybe a window. He started to get lost thinking of ways to use the window and shook it off. "Why don't you go somewhere else?"

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"Sorry about that," Jaina said quickly, coming to the door. She was too too distracted and too worried about causing a scene at telling Tahiri to leave her own room than she was about her appearance. "We'll be better."

No they wouldn't. But she'd said it.

"...Why are you wet?" It was kind of a good look on her.

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"Someone threw water on me," Tahiri mumbled, so totally not looking, and so not elaborating on why she'd gotten doused. She already knew more than she wanted to just by being in the vicinity. "Besides, it's not like I can get away from it anywhere else I go on the kriffing island right now."

And yet here she was yelling at them.

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John rolled his eyes. "So you decided to bang on our door and ruin it for more than just you?"

What? She'd interrupted, he wasn't exactly thrilled with her.

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Jaina heard that 'our'.

"What he means is, he's very sorry to hear that and you should change into dry clothes." This was said with a hand on his back as a little reminder that if he kept arguing, it would be longer before they could get back to things. Also because she just liked her hand there.

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Tahiri shot a glare at John, then felt mildly guilty for it. "Thanks for the concern. And why should I be the only one who gets things ruined anyway?"

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John burst out laughing, leaning against the door frame for support. "Is that why you're all wet?" No, really, this was hilarious and he had to pause for breathing. "Someone tossing water on you and Ben?"

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"These are those things I don't need to know," Jaina said pointedly, pinching John's side because she was having trauma here.

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"At least someone thinks it's funny," Tahiri grumbled, and hoped nobody asked about or noticed that the trail of water didn't go very far. Oh, she would be dying of mortification about this later on.

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"So where were you guys trying to do it?" John asked, leaning away from Jaina's pinching because he could not just leave it there. "Or should I just wait for stories of gramps and the bleach on radio?"

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Jaina glared up at him. "I can go back downstairs, you know. I'm sure Tahiri'd like that." She was so not going downstairs.

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Tahiri . . . didn't actually look all that thrilled at the prospect, for some reason that eluded her. "Not in my room, if that's what you're wondering."

Wow, saying that wasn't going to help, was it?

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John glanced down at Jaina, "Didn't your roommate show Ben porn?"

"And I was hoping for the flight shed, but I'm willing to settle for any public space," John told Tahiri. So kind of him, really.

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Oh, her brain. It wasn't anything scarring, but these were seriously mood-killing thoughts. She couldn't talk about her cousin doing dirty things while she was mostly naked, she just couldn't. "I'm getting dressed," she said, stepping back from the door.

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"We haven't actually done anything, John," Tahiri said through her teeth, because now she felt bad. Although the irritated tone was just as much her annoyance at the repeated failure (which she'd be grateful for later) as the guilt. "And it's disturbing that you wonder about these things. How do you not hit him for this, Jaina?"

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"What?" John asked incredulously. "I'm just making conversation. And did you see her pinch me?" He was so abused.

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"Can't talk, getting dressed," said Jaina from somewhere behind them.

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"You started it," Tahiri pointed out in an astoundingly mature and also very wrong way. If she hadn't gone kicking at the door this conversation never would have happened.

Details.

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"Stop getting dressed," John called over his shoulder. "...Unless it's something fun to take off."

A glance back at Tahiri, "You know, I kinda think it started with the loud banging on the door."

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"Not unless the talk that makes me mad is over," said Jaina... who wasn't actually getting dressed because she had no idea where some of her clothes were.

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"The Too Much Information started it," Tahiri insisted. "Look, this is all weird enough without picking up on you guys every time I'm here, that's all."

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"Not a Jedi," John reminded them both, putting up his hands because there was nothing he could do about that.

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"Good opportunity to practice your shielding," said Jaina, who was just pissy in general right now and knew she didn't have much time left in this room at all. "We'll try to keep it down."

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"I'm trying," Tahiri snapped, "but it's hard to ignore the whole island and myself at the same time. You think I'm not used to having to block you two out all the time as it is?"

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John just rested his head against the door in boredom. Had he realized they were going to be standing around with clothes on for so long he would have ordered up some food.

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"Thanks," Jaina sighed. "Look, I don't know what else to tell you. Going elsewhere makes no sense, we can't really control this, and if you want an in-depth talk about shielding, I can't have it without pants."

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"Wow, I wish you hadn't pointed that out," Tahiri mumbled. "And okay, this is really awkward, the preserve was a disaster, and the beach wasn't much better. And I'm still all wet, and I need to do something about that."

So not dirty. So not dirty.

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Suspecting that was an opening for something...else, John snickered anyway. "I don't think anyone behind this door can help with that problem."

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There were many comments that came to mind. Jaina didn't say them.

"Like I've said, we'll do what we can," she said instead. And if they didn't, well, that was revenge for the Ben stuff she'd had to hear. It was different when it was family, ew.

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Tahiri stared at John with growing horror. And embarrassment, since she apparently had an unlimited supply of that. "I didn't mean it like -- you know what, I think I'm just going to go away now." And because she couldn't not take a parting shot, she added, "Have fun doing the stuff I keep not getting to do."

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"There's no way not to," John called out, heading back to the comforts of his bed.