Squirrel Common Room - Saturday Evening

[strongestgirl.livejournal.com]

Pippi knelt backwards on the chair near the window and looked dubiously at the sky. She'd certainly like to go outside. There were all kinds of things she could do outside and it was summer after all. She was fairly certain that any number of people were out there having all sorts of fun and excitement without her.

But it did look like rain, and she found that to be something of a problem.

Turning into a cat isn't all it's cracked up to be sometimes.

[[ooc: It's a common room. Enjoy. I'm cleaning out a closet and going through boxes so I would welcome the interruption.]]

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[union-jane.livejournal.com]

Seras poked her head into the common room.

"Pippi?" she asked, "Are you alright? I noticed you on the shooting range, today. You seem to have grown some...interesting appendages."

[strongestgirl.livejournal.com]

Pippi turns from the window to look back at Seras.

"Interesting appendages? Whatever do you mean? I'm fine. Please pass the tuna. Oh yeah. I feel fine." she said. "It was like this when I got up this morning. I'm pretty sure Mr. Neilson is to blame somehow... Him or Loki."

[union-jane.livejournal.com]

"Mr. Nielson can turn people into cats?"

[strongestgirl.livejournal.com]

"Not usually no." She said looking around the room darkly. "But I haven't seen him around at all today... Which means he probably thinks he's responsible."

[walter-n-wires.livejournal.com]

"Mr. Neilson can do what?" Walter wandered in from outside, where he'd been out for a handwavy walk in the preserve for most of the day.

He spotted Pippi and raised his eyebrows. "Pippi, have you been taking medicines from the clinic?"

[strongestgirl.livejournal.com]

Pippi turns more fully to Walter, showing off the shirt (http://www.uncommongoods.com/item/item.jsp?itemId=12845) that Marty had given her for her birthday.

Right now it says...

"Yes, cat, I know. No, I don't know how it happened."

[union-jane.livejournal.com]

Seras shrugged.

"Well, in case it wasn't Mr. Nielson, who's this 'Loki' you mentioned?"

The name sounded familiar.

Had Pippi talked about him before?

[strongestgirl.livejournal.com]

"Oh he's one of the Aesir." she answered.

[union-jane.livejournal.com]

Seras blinked.

Norse thing.

Riiiiight.

"Okay. And why would he want to turn you into a cat?"

[strongestgirl.livejournal.com]

"Ah, I was just jokin." she said plopping down into the chair she was kneeling on.

"But he's got a queer sense of humor does Loki... Mebbe he's jealous all the attention we've been giving to Freyr. Mebbe he didn't like the way we were talkin 'bout him last night... Or this could even be a way of saying he likes us... You can't hardly tell with Loki."

[cyclopeanmerc.livejournal.com]

"Isn't he supposed to be some sort of cosmic bastard?" Pip asked as he walked into the common room.

[connernotconnor.livejournal.com]

Conner and his stick (not dirty, ZOMG) were just passing through.

"Doctor O? Hey, Doctor O?" he called, poking carefully at the air near several trees.

[strongestgirl.livejournal.com]

Pippi opened the window. Possibly to call outside to the guy with the stick. Unless he has wandered into the common room, in which case she's just getting some fresh air.

"Um, hello? Are you lost?"

[nadiathesaint]

After spending much of her day trying to convince herself she wasn't attracted to Pippi or cats, trying to work out how, exactly, Buffy had decided that she should be the gremlin mascot, and doing other such important things, Nadia wandered into the common room with the silver jewelry box she'd gotten last night on the swim.

She saw Pippi. Her eyes widened and her nostrils flaired and she stood there frozen for a moment, debating the wisdom of going back to hide in her alcove again.

[strongestgirl.livejournal.com]

"Hi Nadia!"

[nadiathesaint]

Aw crap.

"H-hi, Pippi,"

[walter-n-wires.livejournal.com]

Walter looked away from the dartboard and smiled at Nadia. "Hey. Did you come to show us your booty?"

[strongestgirl.livejournal.com]

Pippi's ears perked up and her tail swayed.

"You found treasure?"

[nadiathesaint]

Nadia's brain was being slightly overloaded by the proximity of both Pippi-the-Cat and Walter.

"Booty . . . yes. I haven't opened it yet."

[walter-n-wires.livejournal.com]

"Now's the perfect time." Walter threw the darts into the board and left them there. "Come in and show us what you have."

[nadiathesaint]

Nadia shuffled in towards Walter, keeping her eyes on Pippi as she did so.

Maybe this morning was just a very, very weird fluke.

[walter-n-wires.livejournal.com]

Walter cocked his head at Nadia and took a seat on the couch. "Are you feeling alright?" he asked, patting the cushion next to him in invitation.

[nadiathesaint]

Nadia let out a squeaking noise that may have contained an "uh-huh, just fine" in it and sat down.

Mmm. Walter. No thinking about Pippi and how she smelled good.

Yes.

She put the jewelry box on her lap and very carefully pulled it open.

[strongestgirl.livejournal.com]

Pippi leans over to see what's in the jewelry box...

[walter-n-wires.livejournal.com]

Walter also leaned over, quite curious to see what they'd actually managed to get out of last night's swim, other than an adventure sans injury.