Second Floor Common Room - Evening

[mparkerceo.livejournal.com]

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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[bridge-carson.livejournal.com]

Bridge wanders into the Common Room, TK ball in hand.

"Hey, dude."

[mparkerceo.livejournal.com]

"Hey, dude." Parker looked up, and smiled when she saw the ball. "Practicing?"

Esme wiggled her nose, and sat up on her back legs, looking interested.

[bridge-carson.livejournal.com]

"Yep," Bridge grins.

"Hey, Esme," Bridge says to the rabbit, because it's only polite.

[mparkerceo.livejournal.com]

Esme hopped over, looking at the ball, then extended one paw to pat it.

"She's got one like that. Ignore her if you want, but she'd love it if you rolled it around for her." Parker sighed. "Okay, you're a teenage guy. What do you want for your birthday?"

[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.

[lilpunkinbelly.livejournal.com]

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

[bridge-carson.livejournal.com]

Bridge obligingly sets the ball rolling slowly around on the floor.

"Um... well, I personally am a fan of gadget-y stuff. Or tools. Dunno if Jarod likes that kinda stuff, though."

[mparkerceo.livejournal.com]

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?"

[mparkerceo.livejournal.com]

Esme hopped after it, heading it off before it hit the couch, then nosing it back to Bridge, quivering in excitement.

"God, yes. I'm just afraid he'll already have anything I try to get him. I wish Broots were here, he'd know what to get him." Parker made a face. "I suppose a gift certificate isn't out of the question, but..."

[bridge-carson.livejournal.com]

Bridge raises an eyebrow at Parker. "You're overlooking the very obvious solution here."

[mparkerceo.livejournal.com]

Parker blinked at him, looking mildly offended. "I am? I never do that."

[bruiser-in-pink.livejournal.com]

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

[bridge-carson.livejournal.com]

It's possible *Bridge* looks mildly offended as well. He waves a hand. "Hello? Person who makes unusual upgrades to everyday electronics? Sitting right here?"

[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.

[mparkerceo.livejournal.com]

Parker *facepalmed*. "Okay, that was obvious. And also? Oooooooo." She grinned at him in delight. "Oh, I so need to figure out what to commission from you. Please? Something really really cool?"

[mparkerceo.livejournal.com]

"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?"

[bridge-carson.livejournal.com]

"You want something built from scratch, or an upgrade?" Bridge asks.

[multi-madrox.livejournal.com]

Jamie walks in and flops down on the couch carrying an encyclopedia. "Hey all. What's the good word?"

[mparkerceo.livejournal.com]

"Toys," Parker said absently, as Esme hopped over to sniff Jamie's shoes. "Esme, no. Not food."

[lilpunkinbelly.livejournal.com]

"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.

[bridge-carson.livejournal.com]

"Auxesis." Bridge replies automatically.

[mparkerceo.livejournal.com]

"Hmmmm." Parker looked thoughtful. "Something... security related," she said, thinking aloud. "Oh! I know! A self-scrambling cell-phone! Is that even possible?"

[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.

[mparkerceo.livejournal.com]

"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."