Room 317, Saturday evening

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Claudia had managed to lose her little stalker twice during the day -- but Stan was nothing if not persistent, and he managed to follow her all the way back to the dorms, where she proceeded to try to ignore him while he puttered about with her stuff, giving her tools a whir and basically pressing as many buttons as possible.

It was what he did.

"Geez, stop fidgeting," Claudia said finally. "Just . . . go online, or something."

It might be a long weekend.

[ooc: primarily for the kid, but the door and room are totally open.]

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"Oh." Stan shrugged. "Why would you keep normal goldfish?"

Claudia shook her head. "You really gotta tell me who your father is, kid."

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"You don't know?" Beth sounded more than mildly shocked. "And the goldfish were to teach about the environment or something. They were dumb."

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"Not if he doesn't tell me," Claudia crossed her arms. "What, do you think I had him when I was six?"

"Time travel," Stan said. "Messy stuff." Then, to Beth, "Is that why you knocked them over? 'Cause they were dumb?"

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"I didn't knock them over," Beth claimed sullenly. She'd forgotten the time travel thing for a moment. "But if I had, it was only 'cause they were right on the edge of the counter and my backpack was big. I don't kill fish on purpose or anything."

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"Backpacks are dangerous," Stan decided. "Totally unpredictable."

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"I once saw a girl trip over one and fall down a whole flight of stairs," Quinn volunteered, on the general subject. "... it's okay, Beth. You aren't going to get in trouble about the fish here."

Largely because she thought goldfish were stupid, too.

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"What would we do, give you detention?" Claudia snorted. "We're just kids, too, you know."

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"You could tattle to our real moms," Beth said. "Couldn't you?"

She glanced to Quinn, who shook her head. "Nope. I guess I could write a note, but I'll only do that if you're really bad."

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"There's an idea." Claudia composed a letter in the air. "'Dear other me: Please explain to Stan that you can't hint at stuff and then not explain it later."

Stan huffed. "Time travel."

"Yeah, well, how do I know you haven't already stepped on that butterfly?"

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"Why would somebody want to step on a butterfly?" Beth wanted to know. "They're all pretty and stuff."

Apparently, the metaphor had not yet come up for her.

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"Maybe it's a genetically modified butterfly with a taste for human flesh," Stan said.

"The future is doomed," Claudia decided.