Fifth Floor Common Room, Saturday Evening

[thismaskiwear.livejournal.com]

Katchoo being shorter than Francine wasn't new; Katchoo being this much shorter than Francine was.

Also not new: Francine feeding people, where for the time being the term 'people' encompassed her tiny four-year-old roommate-slash-girlfriend, currently plunked down three feet in front of the TV and flipping through the channels because nobody wanted her anywhere near the food preparation. That remote control might get thrown sometime soon.

Why?

"STUPID GOLF! I WANNA WATCH SOMETHING ELSE!"

Because of that.

This could get messy, and that was even before the food.

[OOC: Francine modded with permission, common room is open. Beware of Chewie-flung projectiles.]

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[thatsamilkshake]

"If you press the Up arrow it'll change the channel, you know," Francine pointed out while checking the pot of water to see if it was spaghetti-ready or not.

[thismaskiwear.livejournal.com]

Spaghetti was going to get flung, Francine, you realize that, right?

"I was!" Katchoo insisted, showing her the remote. Where she was pointing at the volume up arrow. Yeah.

Luckily it was golf and not basketball or something much louder.

[awakestheghosts]

Chloe had been wandering and hiding from ghosts exploring when she heard the noise coming from one of the bigger rooms.

That was why there was now a shy little girl standing in the doorway.

"W-what's g-golf?" She asked in a soft voice.

[thismaskiwear.livejournal.com]

"Stupid," Katchoo announced immediately (and loudly), shaking the remote at the TV. "An' boring."

Mmm, strong opinions as handed down by a four-year-old.

[thatsamilkshake]

Francine would let Katchoo handle the golf play-by-play. (And be sad that the mini-golf pontoon thingy wasn't here anymore, so she could try to change her tune.)

Instead she asked the newcomer, "Hi there! Do you want some spaghetti when it's done?"

[notmyownage]

Claudia was hungry. More importantly, Claudia was bored.

A bored Claudia could be dangerous.

"What're you guys doing?"

[thismaskiwear.livejournal.com]

"S'ghetti," Katchoo informed her. "When it's ready."

How long did s'ghetti take, anyway? "An' yelling at the TV!" It passed the time, okay?

[thatsamilkshake]

Claudia was also not four, so Francine was a little more inclined to trust her not to damage self or others if she got near the kitchen. "Want to help? The garlic bread needs buttering."

[kestrelswolf.livejournal.com]

Tamara and Blind Seer had had a terribly busy day, so it was a very hungry girl and wolf puppy who found their way to the common room.

"What's a golf?" Tamara asked curiously.

[thismaskiwear.livejournal.com]

"A waste of time." Katchoo turned to look at them, and --

"PUPPY!" she bawled, scampering over. She liked dogs. Cats were stupid, on the other hand.

[thatsamilkshake]

Francine was going to be over here in the corner trying to combat the estrogen rush by... chewing Copenhagen and spitting in the sink, or something.

"Hi, F--" Riiiight. "Hi, Tamara! Do you want spaghetti? There's meatballs for Blind Seer too." Much as Francine kind of wanted to see them try out the noodle scene from That Disney Movie With The Dogs.

[awakestheghosts]

Chloe's eyes had widened when they entered.

"T-That's a p-pretty p-puppy," she stuttered.

[imonscholarship.livejournal.com]

Dan shyly poked his head in the common room when he heard all the noise coming from it. His dad was going to sit him down and give him a stern talking to once he realized Dan had wandered off, but he didn't feel like being alone at the moment.

Yes, he was a huge girl.

[thismaskiwear.livejournal.com]

Well, he'd fit right in in this room, wouldn't he?

"We're having s'ghetti," Katchoo told him, somewhat more nicely than she'd greet a strange boy when she was five times her current age. "Wanna have some? Francine cooks real good."

[awakestheghosts]

Chloe waved shyly at the new arrival.

[notmyownage]

There was a boy sneaking around. "Hi." Ha! Now he knew he had no stealth.

[bigdamndestiny.livejournal.com]

"...what's a golf?" Merlin just had to ask as he peered into the room where maybe another person would feed him.

[notmyownage]

"We're doing chemistry," Claudia said. Because that was totally an answer to his question.

[thatsamilkshake]

Aksjahdlksjh. At this point Francine would have to mud-wrestle chuck Norris and win to have any hope of counteracting the estrogen overload.

"It's a ball that you hit with a stick. Hi, Merlin!"

[thismaskiwear.livejournal.com]

"It's DUMB," Katchoo informed him ever so helpfully. Apparently she thought if he had ears like that she should be extra loud.

Or, you know, she was just loud.

[awakestheghosts]

"K-Katchoo says it's s-stupid," Chloe said as she waved.

[she-sheds.livejournal.com]

There was really only so much running around and shrieking a small alien girl could do before she got hungry. In Joolushko's case there had been a lot of running and shrieking in various locations before she'd gone and finished off the small stash of candy in her room. But she was still hungry and so she'd gone in search of someone with food. Hopefully sweets. She needed more of those. Always.

"I want something sweet!" she demanded to no one in particular as she entered the room.

[thismaskiwear.livejournal.com]

"AFTER DINNER," Katchoo said loftily; Francine had said cookies afterward, and Katchoo was going to enforce that for her. No strange children wandering in and demanding cookies were going to subvert that if Katchoo had to wait for the cookies, okay?

[bitchprince]

Eventually, a tiny prince had wandered into a common room.

And then another one. And then another one.

It was more than a bit frustrating, not finding anyone to serve him, so when he entered the fifth, he was looking... expectant.

[thatsamilkshake]

Oh look. A tiny prince. Francine's utter lack of shock at both his eventual appearance and his, well, appearance could be due to having served spaghetti to kids all night, or it could be because she'd met him. You decide.

"Hi, Arthur!" Pinching his cheeks would be unforgivable, wouldn't it. "Are you hungry?"