Room 322, Thursday Midday

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Didi had spent some time this morning talking to her fish as she cleaned and rearranged their tank. Either she was a little bored, or they had seen fascinating things during the gremlin invasion. It might have been both.

Once she'd gotten all of the conversation out of Slim and Wandsworth that a girl could expect (and a bit more), she flopped down on her bed and started watching a DVD of the movie from class yesterday. She hadn't seen it all the way through, and Scottish Accent Guy was hot.

The door to her room was open a crack so she could see people in the hall.

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He hesitated, but she'd told him straight off who she was. It was only fair right? Even if he was watching anything but her.

"Try fangs and a whole lot of fur."

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Didi's eyebrows shot up to her hairline. "Seriously?"

She didn't have a problem it it, she just hadn't expected it. Though it would explain the vampire issues even better.

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He nodded at the fishes. "It's why I have such a short fuse," he admitted. "I know that's not an excuse;"

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"I don't know about that," Didi said quietly. "How does it work? You get mad and -- you change?"

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"Partly," he spoke softly now. "I can change whenever I'd like to. It's even easier when I'm calm, but at first it's definitely all about the anger and you don't even know why. You just get angry so easily and if I lost it, I could hurt someone. Badly."

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She studied him for a moment, not saying anything. "Have you ever?" she asked, finally. "Anyone who didn't deserve it?"

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"No," he shook his head. "There's a few of us, we keep each other in check. Sam was the first to turn, he hurt his girlfriend when he lost it. She's pretty scarred because of it. I don't envy him, having to figure it all out on his own."

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"And now you're here on your own," Didi said, and shifted to put a hand on his shoulder. "What are you doing to keep tabs on yourself? If there's anything I can do..."

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Did bugging Blysse and Morgana count?

"Raven advised meditation, but I'm not sure if that's my thing," he said. Not that he'd tried. "Does this mean you're not pissed at me?"

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"I'm pissed at you," she said shortly. "I just understand why you did what you did. If I ever hear one word about you picking on anybody again, then I'll be really pissed."

She sighed. "Raven ... she's sweet. I don't think she understands anger. It overwhelms her."

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"Fair enough," he agreed and then had to ask. "Even if they're leeches?"

"She knows what it feels like," he added quietly, remembering what she'd told him.

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"She knows what everything feels like," Didi said, bowing her head. "She's been through a lot of pain, is all."

She shrugged a little. "You don't have to love vampires, and I'd get it if you asked for a new roommate if yours got turned. But yeah. You can't fight them here."

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"Having someone else's pain in your head, not the most fun," he agreed.

"I'm not promising that. I'll play nice as much as I can, but I'm a monster so I can protect. I'm not going to stand back and let them do anything," he said honestly. He wasn't going to bargain on this.

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Didi hesitated, then decided to go around him instead of fighting them. "Okay, but what if they don't do anything? What if you, like, walk into a common room and a vampire's in there?"

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"Depends on what he's doing there," Jacob replied. "I'll keep an eye on him."

He was pretty much convinced it wouldn't take them long to do someone to warrant getting their throat ripped out.

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"Say he's watching 'Wheel of Fortune' and eating Pringles," Didi said. "Wearing pajamas. Sitting next to his girlfriend, who happens to be ... I don't know. A mermaid."

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"Do mermaids smell of fish?"

That wasn't a pertinent question, Jacob. Keep up. "I'll leave him be," he said, which took a lot. "But that doesn't mean I have to like him. Or trust him."

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"They smell like the ocean," Didi told him, irrelevantly. "And we aren't talking about liking or trusting, just ... live and let live."

He'd only been in Fandom a month. Live and let live was plenty.

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"As long as they don't break those rules," he said firmly.

She wasn't going to turn him into a pacifist. No matter how long her stayed there.

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Didi rubbed the bridge of her nose. "Okay."

She was considering other conditions, ways for him to check himself, all of that. But Jacob was young, and he was angry, and there was no need for her to lecture him about something that would, likely, never happen,

"That's all I can ask."

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Jacob nodded. He'd be grateful to avoid any sort of lecture. "So are we going to watch this flick or what?" he asked, jerking his head towards the television.