4th Floor Common Room - Thursday Evening

[guardianborn.livejournal.com]

One would think that after the bit on the beach with the nakedness and the staring, Rose would have learned to run far, far away from gremlins when they ventured near.

One would think.

Rose, however, was special too busy berating the gremlin for stealing her clothes in the first place to notice him coming closer, fangs bared.

Which was why shortly there after, Rose came rushing into the common room, her hair fixed by little birdies caught back in a ribbon and the long skirts of what looked like one of Morgana's dresses swirling about her ankles.

"Oh my! This is a terrible mess," she exclaimed, clapping her hands together in front of her chest as she surveyed the Common Room. "We'd better clean it quickly before our little friends come home from the mines. They'll have had a long day's work, and they'll want their dinner."

A moment later, she was skipping around the room, wielding a duster and a mop and somehow managing to leave everything sparkly clean in her wake.It was probably the song that Rose was happily carolling that did it.

"Just whistle while you work
Put on that grin and start right in to whistle loud and long
Just hum a merry tune
Just do your best and take a rest and sing yourself a song"

[OOC:  It's been a Week.  Crack is happy-making.]

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[robinthefrog.livejournal.com]

Robin came in about then, and didn't immediately realize that there was anything hugely strange about this.

"Hi! Do you need any help?"

[guardianborn.livejournal.com]

"Why of course!" Rose said happily. "Maybe you could get your little squirrel and bunny friends to help? Work goes so much faster when we all work together."

[robinthefrog.livejournal.com]

"I'd have to go out and find them, that might take a while." Though the idea of a squad of Muppet Rabbits and Squirrels cleaning the common room does appeal. "But I can still help. What still needs to be done?"

[weetinyreese.livejournal.com]

Kyle hadn't been planning on stopping on the 4th floor - at least not until he heard the singing. Then there was a Reese watching from the doorway. "Rose?" he asked, interrupting.

[guardianborn.livejournal.com]

"Hello!" she caroled, breaking out of her song. "Are you one of the dwarves? I thought there were seven, but you could be the eighth!"

[weetinyreese.livejournal.com]

"I'm not a dwarf," Kyle protested. "What's a dwarf anyway?"

[fabulous-secret.livejournal.com]

Adora was always up to hear a song and so she found herself in the common room. "Hello, friend! Oh, I see you are cleaning, may I help in some way?"

Sad fact: Adora had not been bit by a gremlin.

[guardianborn.livejournal.com]

"That would be so nice of you!" Rose said happily. "Usually there are little birds who help, but maybe they're out building nests tonight."

[fabulous-secret.livejournal.com]

"Oh! Maybe we can entice them to return by getting the job done quickly and correctly," Adora suggested, picking up a sofa pillow and fluffing it neatly. "Are you the usual maid here?"

[weetinyreese.livejournal.com]

"Do you know Snow White?" Reese asked. It always helped to get a second opinion about whether or not you were seeing things that weren't really there.

[fabulous-secret.livejournal.com]

"Why not yet! But I've only just met her and I'm sure she'll be a wonderful friend," Adora told the boy with a smile.

[longislandiceme]

Well, the intention had been to do as Gabrielle suggested and find a different common room to watch the last disc of Go-Between Guy, but that sort of got derailed by, well. By the singing.

So there was Bobby, standing in the doorway to the common room with a DVD boxset in his hands and gaping at Rose.

"Um. Rose?"

[guardianborn.livejournal.com]

Rose looked up from where she was fluttering a duster over the window. "When there's too much to do..." she let trail off. "I'm not Rose. I'm Snow White!"

[longislandiceme]

"...Since when?" Maybe she'd hit her head and got amnesia? Or someone had altered her memories? Or... yep, no one had actually told Bobby about gremlins. Ooops.

[weetinyreese.livejournal.com]

"She's gone crazy," Kyle whispered far too loud for an actual whisper. "Or Rose has a twin sister she didn't tell us about."

[longislandiceme]

"I just talked to her like the other day and she was fine!" Bobby replied in a not-really-whisper of his own.

[stylin-wizard.livejournal.com]

Alex tended to wander when she was bored, so it was no surprise to find her up one floor from her own. Figuring people would be in the common room, she headed down the hall, never expecting to walk in on... well, what she walked in on.

"Um."

How very eloquent, Alex.

[guardianborn.livejournal.com]

"Oh, you are so very pretty," Rose exclaimed. "Would you like to help me get dinner for the seven dwarves?"

[stylin-wizard.livejournal.com]

"Uh, thanks," Alex replied, wondering if that whole singing thing was back or if it was something else entirely. "Sure, I guess. Who are the seven dwarves again?"

Definitely something else. She figured it was just best to play along. For now.

[weetinyreese.livejournal.com]

"Hey Alex," Reese greeted. "Ever had one of those days where nothing makes sense?"

[nevertobequeen.livejournal.com]

Morgana's first thought when she passed by the common room was That dress looks familiar. After taking a second look, she realized just why it looked familiar. "Rose? What in the world are you doing?"

[guardianborn.livejournal.com]

She was getting used to people mistaking her for this Rose girl, but it wasn't getting Snow White down. She twirled down the room towards Morgana.

"I'm getting the cottage ready for when my little friends come home. They've been working very hard all day!"

[weetinyreese.livejournal.com]

Kyle recognized Morgana from Fight Club. "It's okay," he said suddenly, "she's cleaning." As if that made all the sense in the world.

[sonofmogh.livejournal.com]

Worf entered the common room and... boggled a bit at Rose.

Was she really singing?

[guardianborn.livejournal.com]

"And whistle while you work
Come on get smart, tune up and start
To whistle while you work."

Rose was still singing. And dancing with the mop. He was a very good partner.