Second Floor Common Room - Evening

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Parker dragged her laptop, Esme, and a stash of Diet Coke into the Common Room, clicked on the Z-Cases, and started surfing the net. Presents don't buy themselves.

She also threw popcorn at the screen whenever one of the Cabal members tried to explain about their Secret Plans to Rule the World.



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[bruiser-in-pink.livejournal.com]

Molly walked into the common room and stopped when she saw people there. Pulling her hat lower over her eyes, she glanced warily at Dawn, then headed directly for the fridge.

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Dawn followed Molly, but headed for the cupboards to start rummaging.

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Parker looked up, and frowned, mildly confused. "Don't they have food in the other Common Rooms?" she wondered aloud. "Or are you scavenging for something in particular?"

[bruiser-in-pink.livejournal.com]

Molly glanced at Dawn, very mildly panicked, before opening the freezer door to look for ice cream.

[lilpunkinbelly.livejournal.com]

"Food shortage," Dawn said quickly. "Brought on by the four foot raccoons up on the Fifth Floor. They're holding my slippers hostage."

[bruiser-in-pink.livejournal.com]

There might have been snickering coming from the freezer.

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"Uh-hunh." Parker folded her arms, looking from Molly to Dawn, and back. "Did they demand any particular flavor? And what are they going to do to your slippers, if you should fail to meet their demands?"

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"They didn't specify, because, hello, raccoons," Dawn rolled her eyes in an aggrieved manner at Parker, "but using a very rudimentary version of charades, they seem to want junk food. Anyway, there was a lot of knocking over garbage cans, so I guess that's what they meant."

"As for my slippers?" She shuddered theatrically. "You don't want to know. Oh, the humanity..."

Yeah, that was probably too much.

[bruiser-in-pink.livejournal.com]

Biting her lips to keep from laughing, Molly closed the freezer door after pulling out a carton of ice cream. Still without looking at Parker, she went over to stand behind Dawn.

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"Uh-hunh." Not buying this at all, even though hey, 4-foot tall raccoons *could* happen, Parker dryly asked, "So, you're giving in to terrorism. After bravely fighting off Jell-O dragons, the raccoons have you over a barrell. Maybe you should call in reinforcements. Since the dorm's strongest girl can't handle them."

[lilpunkinbelly.livejournal.com]

"Unfortunately, I haven't been able to locate a hostage negotiator who speaks raccoon," Dawn said dryly, "so this is pretty much the way to go if I want my slippers back. Besides, what do you want Molly to do to the raccoons? They're still animals."

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"Pick them up and pitch them down the stairs? Smother them in blankets?" Parker paused. "Actually, we did used to have someone in town who might have spoken raccoon, but oh well." She cocked her head at the ice cream. "So, they'll leave after you placate them? They won't go looking for, say, my slippers?"

[bruiser-in-pink.livejournal.com]

There was definitely giggling coming from where Molly was trying to hide behind Dawn.

[lilpunkinbelly.livejournal.com]

Dawn stared at Parker. "They have claws and teeth and they're four freaking feet tall! I'm not gonna argue with them. That way lies lots and lots of rabies shots."

"And, um," Dawn nodded vigorously, trying to ignore Molly, "no, they should be fine once they're fed."

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"Right." Parker smirked a little. "Hey. I'll tell them to follow the hair-growing wallaby out the door if I see them. And of course, I'll be sure to let everyone know about your heroic negotiation efforts on behalf of the dorms."

[bruiser-in-pink.livejournal.com]

Molly had stopped giggling and poked Dawn in the shoulder. "Ice cream's melting," she whispered.

[lilpunkinbelly.livejournal.com]

"Right," Dawn whispered back, then struck a melodramatic pose, raising her hand to her forehead, palm out. "Alas, we must go, and free the fragile slippers from the tyranny of the woodland creatures that have brought nothing but angst and woe to these, our hallowed dormy halls."

She whispered to Molly as she made her way towards the door, "Do we have spoons?"

[bruiser-in-pink.livejournal.com]

"Right," Molly whispered and quickly found a couple of clean ones is a drawer. Clutching them along with the ice Cream, she hurried after Dawn.

[mparkerceo.livejournal.com]

Parker snickered as they left. And made a mental note to pillage their common room freezers at some point in the future.