[Sometime during AU week]

[the_ex_in_xp]

[meanwhile at the dorms, a half-pirate and some girl who managed a +3 lockpicking skill in her bag of tricks are trying to break in to "their" room]

This lock is way more sophisticated than the others. You'd think they were worried about unsavory people trying to break in...

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[the_ex_in_xp]

I'm not cool, I'm just constantly disinterested. And definitely not whimsical.

[the_ex_in_excessive]

I'm not saying that you you is whimsical, though.

[the_ex_in_xp]

[sighing, maybe wishing she was capable of being whimsical if it meant having a functional emotional response pallet]

She's not either, her playlist is lacking in twee indie bands and Smiths music. Well, besides the obvious classics...

[the_ex_in_excessive]

Oh, yeah? What's she got?

[the_ex_in_xp]

A lot of everything, mostly.

[grabbing up the laptop again and flipping through the tracks]

The Replacements, Rilo Kiley, Sade, One Day As A Lion, Sigur Ros, Neutral Milk Hotel, some Joan Baez.

Joy Division isn't in her top played list, that's just wrong...

[the_ex_in_excessive]

[sighing and glancing around the room and spotting an open laptop in the corner, plugged into a wall socket and walking over to it]

I guess that makes that one mine, huh? Too bad I'm terrible at passwords, but maybe --

[as she picks it up the screensaver, which was just a blank black space, suddenly turns off]

-- maybe I never turned it off in the first place and didn't give it an automatic shutdown time. Huh!

[the_ex_in_xp]

...man, you're a sucky ninja.

[the_ex_in_excessive]

Half-ninja. Probably.

... Rilo Kiley, Sleater-Kinney, Bikini Kill, Patsy Cline, Sigur Ros, Sonic Youth, Le Tigre, Lucinda Williams, Wu-Tang Clan...

[pausing so she can laugh a little]

Hey, here's Joy Division.

[the_ex_in_xp]

Half-ninja then.

[sliding over so she can see, since Ramona's playlist has a lot of those too but she's interested in seeing how much they get played...and, okay, maybe she's interested in seeing what the ninja version of Roxanne is like]

...you really love Patsy Cline.

[the_ex_in_excessive]

Well, she does have a pretty voice...

I don't think I know who half of these bands even are, though.

[randomly clicking on a track so it can play because she's curious]

[the_ex_in_xp]

[leaning over your shoulder to listen better]

Huh, this sounds like some sort of a trip-hop and EDM band. I definitely haven't heard this song before, but Gid--[clears her throat] It sounds like it would play well in some clubs.

[the_ex_in_excessive]

[yeah, switching over to something else after the Gideon thought]

I could see how other me could paint to it, yeah...

[the_ex_in_xp]

[sorry, her music listening has shifted from a lot of "I personally like this" to a more analytical "how does this work for an audience and/or mind control" since recently, and she's pulling back after the slip]

Hey, Lush. I remember these guys...

[the_ex_in_excessive]

I don't think I'm familiar, unless you used to play them way back when.

It's kind of pretty, though, in a dreamy way.

[the_ex_in_xp]

Nah, I just remembered sneaking up past bedtime to watch their music videos on 120 Minutes. "Hypocrite" might've been where I thought the dyed red hair was cool.

[the_ex_in_excessive]

Oh. Maybe...

Anyway, I don't really think I want to snoop around past the music.

[the_ex_in_xp]

It was a long time ago.

[giving you a look that seems to suggest "does that mean you want me to snoop instead?" but not saying it because then it would be rude]

[the_ex_in_excessive]

[setting the laptop down next to you in a measured "this is A Bad Thing To Do but I'm also hopelessly in love with you so it sort of gets trumped" way :|b

which is a good time for the rabbits to demand her attention, anyway]

Awww, hey there, you guys. Thanks for being okay with us as stand-ins, yeah?

[the_ex_in_xp]

They're okay with you being a stand in. Because their totally yours and I'm sure you're going charm them like a Disney princess.

[in that case she's going to start looking for the obvious evidence of any documents or photos that might be hidden around, and to distract you she's playing the newest Lucinda Williams stuff]

[the_ex_in_excessive]

[that is a very effective distraction one-two punch between the bunnies and the music, so she's just going to happily dote on them while you go searching.

you're going to find a bunch of photos, a lot of which are things that don't really seem like much like snapshots of certain patches of forest. There are, though, a ton of photos from their vacation this year, particularly of the couple of days in Stockholm and the art in Greece. There aren't that many of herself or Ramona, though, and not really any word documents to speak of beyond a couple ones that are basically to-do lists. Eventually you might piece together that you're actually not on the admin account and are instead on what is essentially the guest account, even if it's not explicitly named as such.]

[the_ex_in_xp]

[slipping out a flash drive to copy any photos that aren't just boring forest landscapes and some of the songs she hadn't heard of, her curiosity piqued at the part where they seem to be outside of this dump. Then, after looking in more nooks and corners, turning her attention back on you and the rabbits]

Having fun?

[the_ex_in_excessive]

I'm doing okay down here. Did you find anything interesting?

[also fyi Rene is hopping over to inspect you]

[the_ex_in_xp]

Not really, unless you count landscapes as interesting.

[slipping the flash drive in her pocket and looking at the rabbit like he's trying to catch her in the act, which he is]

[the_ex_in_excessive]

So that's a yes, then. Landscapes of here? Like, the forests?

[the_ex_in_xp]

I guess so, I can't really tell one blurry patch of leaves from another.

[glancing at Rene with a "what do you want from me?" stare]