Third floor common room, Monday afternoon

[forgottenpants]

Pete sat in the middle of the common room floor, poking at the remote control for the television.

He was pretty sure people had used this to make the box thing light up so he could see the people inside.

He just wasn't sure how yet.

[ooc: I'm bored, therefore this is open]

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[notafairmaiden.livejournal.com]

Gwynn had seen his look, but had also sen how he had quickly changed the direction of his eyes and it made her smile quite a bit.

"I'm doing well, Pete. How are you?"

[forgottenpants]

"Fine, ma'am, just fine." Pete poked experimentally at the remote again, then jumped when the tv turned on.

"Aha! There's the people!"

[notafairmaiden.livejournal.com]

Gwynn looked delighted. "You found them."

[forgottenpants]

Pete puffed out his chest a bit. "I have. Wasn't even that hard."

Not that he could do it again, if he had to. Well, without further poking, anyway.

[notafairmaiden.livejournal.com]

Gwynn was thrilled for him.

"You are amazing."

Hell, she hadn't been able to figure it out.

[forgottenpants]

Pete's chest got even . . . puffed-out-ier. Er.

"All in a day's work for yours truly, ma'am."

[notafairmaiden.livejournal.com]

She bounced slightly. "Can you show me how to do that?"

The more she talked to Pete the more she liked him.

[forgottenpants]

"Well, certainly. It's not too hard. See these bumpy things here on this stick thing? You poke at those, and eventually the lights in the box come on so you can see the people."

[notafairmaiden.livejournal.com]

She looked at the stick thing and then looked back at the box.

"Is that how they get in and out of the box, too?"

[forgottenpants]

"Nope. One of the other students told me. There's a door on the back of the box an' they sneak in and out when no one's lookin'. But I think he may have been lyin'. I think it's a prison, see, and they've been forced to play out these scenes all the time. They're stuck in there until someone lets them out."

[notafairmaiden.livejournal.com]

"That seems very cruel to keep them in there."

[forgottenpants]

"I imagine they spend their time in the dark plottin' jail breaks."

[notafairmaiden.livejournal.com]

"I hope they can get out..."

Gwynn wanted them free.

[forgottenpants]

Pete was starting to ponder something.

Something devious, that just might make him rich.

"Well, perhaps they could use a little bit of help. . . ." He went to fetch a spoon from the kitchen area.

[notafairmaiden.livejournal.com]

Gwynn watched him and then smiled. "I think it's a great idea to help free them."

Pete was making points with her.

[forgottenpants]

If anyone was keeping tiny people hostage for money, it would be Pete, not some box. "All in a day's work, ma'am." Pete crouched down in front of the TV and started poking at it with the end of his spoon.

Aha! There was a little crack in there, juuuuuuuuuuuuust big enough to--

BZZZZZT!

And then Pete was on the floor, smoking slightly, on the other side of the room.

[notafairmaiden.livejournal.com]

Gwynn's eyes had widened when she saw Pete go flying across the room.

"He was trying to help you!" she scolded the people in the TV before going to check on Pete.

"Pete?" she said in concern, shaking his shoulder. "Pete? Are you all right?"

[forgottenpants]

"Aunt Shirley? Is that you? I'm sorry about the sheep. . . ."

[notafairmaiden.livejournal.com]

Gwynn shook her head. "No, it's not Shirley. I'm Gwynn. What sheep?"

[forgottenpants]

". . . tell Momma I loved her. . . ."

[notafairmaiden.livejournal.com]

Gwynn felt the beginning of panic. People saying things like that meant they thought they were dying.

"Pete, open your eyes."

[forgottenpants]

Pete did so.

"What an angelic vision of loveliness that I do see before me. I'm dead, ain't I."

[notafairmaiden.livejournal.com]

Gwynn smiled down at him. "You're not dead and I'm glad of that."

[forgottenpants]

"Happy to be of service, ma'am." He reached up a slightly smoking, shaky hand to tip his hat.

[notafairmaiden.livejournal.com]

"Perhaps you should see a doctor?"