2nd Floor Common Room. (Late Evening)

[psycho-barbie.livejournal.com]

Callisto sat watching an old Bitterwoman re-run.

It was entirely possible she was lying in wait waiting for someone to make an appearance.

[ooc: Open to all.]

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[notstakedyet.livejournal.com]

Angel got back to the second floor after taking Sean for a walk. Hearing the TV on, he stopped by the common room to see if it was anyone who hadn't had a chance to meet the cuteness that was his new puppy.

[psycho-barbie.livejournal.com]

Callisto turned down the sound when she saw Angel and the omg cute puppy. "Angel."

[notstakedyet.livejournal.com]

"Hey, Cal," Angel said, casually. Then he remembered the conversation he'd had with John and Aeryn that morning. There might have been a brief flash of panic in his eyes. "Hey! Cal. Uh - hi."

[psycho-barbie.livejournal.com]

"I had a talk with Aeryn today," Callisto spoke with a deliberately casual tone. "It was...interesting."

[notstakedyet.livejournal.com]

"Really? Angel's voice did not crack. Neither did it go up an octave.

[psycho-barbie.livejournal.com]

"Really," Callisto was not calculating the angle she'd need to throw the remote at to hit a certain vampire in the head with it. "She had some absolutely fascinating things to say."

[notstakedyet.livejournal.com]

"Good ol' Aeryn," Angel said. He might not have been checking all of the exits in the room, including the windows on the odd chance those became necessary. "Really... really fascinating. Hey, did you meet my puppy?"

[psycho-barbie.livejournal.com]

"You have a puppy?" Callisto raised an eyebrow a fraction of a millimetre. "Aren't you worried that might make you... happy?"

[kawalsky.livejournal.com]

Kawalsky poked his head inside and looked around. He then disappeared for a few minutes.

[notstakedyet.livejournal.com]

Angel cleared his throat. He regretted not teaching Sean the command "Create diversion." "Um, well, uh, puppies... can be a lot of work. Sometimes. That's... less than happy. Occasionally."

[kawalsky.livejournal.com]

Kawalsky returned with a small package for Angel (http://www.whatonearthcatalog.com/whatonearth/Themes_300/Music_3AR/Item_Elvis-Blue-Hawaii-T-Shirt_AP4792T_ps_cti-3AR.html) and several (http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0764552287/qid=1134818189/sr=8-10/ref=pd_bbs_10/104-7862866-4355936?v=glance&s=books&n=507846) for (http://www.whatonearthcatalog.com/whatonearth/-Accessories_1AE/View-All-Jewelry-Accessories_1CF/Item_Leather-Barbed-Wire-Jewelry_AS2662G_ps_cti-1CF.html) Callisto. (http://www.iwantoneofthose.com/search.do?productCode=RHYSTI)

[psycho-barbie.livejournal.com]

"I see," Callisto stood up and started stalking towards Angel. "So if something's a lot of work that reduces the happiness."

[notstakedyet.livejournal.com]

Angel immediately started retreating. Sean, ever a help, sat down to watch TV.

"Um - maybe?" Angel asked. He barked his shin against the arm of the couch and was momentarily trapped there. "Possibly?"

[psycho-barbie.livejournal.com]

If Callisto wasn't in the middle of stalking Angel she'd point Kawalsky in the direction of two packages (http://pics.livejournal.com/psycho_barbie/tags/kawalsky+xmas/) with his name on them lying near the couch.

[psycho-barbie.livejournal.com]

"So puppies don't equal perfect happiness," Callisto nodded to herself. "You want to know what else doesn't?"

[kawalsky.livejournal.com]

Kawalsky saw the packages with his name on them. He picked them up and replaced them with the labelled packages for Angel and Callisto, then disappeared out of the room with his own packages. He'd thank Callisto later, when she wasn't busy with Tall, Dark and Bitey.

[cantgetnorelief.livejournal.com]

Anders, still trying to clear out the huge pile of presents currently eating up the floor of his and Cally's room, peeked around the corner into the common room and immediately bounded over with packages in his arms when he spotted both Angel and Kawalsky there.

"Hey, guys. Got stuff for ya."

[notstakedyet.livejournal.com]

"Cats?"

[notstakedyet.livejournal.com]

If Angel wasn't in the middle of folding like a card table under Callisto's glare, he'd thank Kawalsky for the gift and mention he'd have something for him tomorrow when he finally got around to having a gift post go up.

[psycho-barbie.livejournal.com]

"No," Callisto's hand whipped towards the back of Angel's head. "Sex."

[notstakedyet.livejournal.com]

Angel dove out of the way of the hand. This upended him and made him fall down on the couch. There might have been a little scrambling to get to the other end, but there might not have been. Vampires do have their dignity okay, maybe not Angel so much, but in theory...

"Hey!" he protested. He sadly wasn't capable of coming up with something more erudite than that.

[psycho-barbie.livejournal.com]

"Typical, stupid male." Callisto lunged after Angel, still trying to smack him upside the head. "Sex and perfect happiness are not the same thing!"

[notstakedyet.livejournal.com]

Now there was scrambling. Angel tried to get away on the other side of the couch, succeeding in putting himself in the path of part of Callisto's head-smack. He still managed to climb over the other armrest, however, and put the couch in between them.

Sean, for his part, thought this was a terrific game and barked approvingly.

"The curse broke when I was with Buffy!" Angel said. "With Buffy! How was I supposed to know the loophole wasn't that specific?"

[kawalsky.livejournal.com]

"I think they're flirting. Or maybe fighting. Hang on, I've got something for you too." He disappeared down the hall and reappeared with Anders' (http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B0009ETFTO/qid=1134291977/sr=8-18/ref=sr_8_xs_ap_i3_xgl21/104-7862866-4355936?v=glance&s=toys&n=507846)
gifts. (http://www.mcphee.com/items/10382.html)

[psycho-barbie.livejournal.com]

That was probably not the best thing for Angel to say at that moment.

"I don't care who you were with!" Callisto leapt across the couch in an attempt to tackle Angel. "The difference should be blatantly obvious to anyone with half a brain cell!"