Modern Religion only had seven students, so Ian's presence was obvious, but not unwelcome. Professor Bannin's lecture was easily derailed by discussion of True Blood, which Ian was surprisingly knowledgeable on and contributed a lot more than Violet anticipated.

When the class was dismissed, Reina flagged down Violet. "I'm starting a D&D campaign tomorrow evening, we're rolling up our characters! Do you and Ian want to join? Everyone else is said they'd come!" Blake joined her, "Come on, Vi, you owe us for missing N64 night."

Violet was constructing a plausible lie when Ian said, "We're in! Where are we meeting?"

Reina's low pigtails bobbed excitedly as her and Ian traded contact information, and subsequently sent Violet and Ian a link. "We're doing 5th edition, so I'd recommend reading up on the classes to have an idea of what kind of character you'd like. But don't start building them yet! Oh, and I'm getting some boxes of wine too."

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"Cool!" Ian said. "We'll bring some snacks. Preferences, allergies?"

Blake and Reina proceeded to discuss the various benefits of cheeses versus popcorn. By the end of it, somehow Violet volunteered to make no-bake peanut butter cookies.

Once they were out of ear shot, Violet blurted out, "What was that?"

Ian smirked, "What was that? What was with you? You were gonna try and get out of it!"

"Yeah, but like..we're in the middle of an investigation!"

Ian rolled his eyes. "An investigation you said yourself was on hold until Eric's back. This sounds fun, you need some fun. Let's hang out with you friends."

Violet groaned. "Fiiiinne. However, you are going grocery shopping with me because I do not have any ingredients for cookies."