Third Floor Common Room; Sunday Afternoon [ 02/13 ].

[daventryprince.livejournal.com]

When one considered the situation, and the fact that Malaxandra was clearly from a Crazy Future that Would Never Exist, one was able to take this whole thing in stride. Besides, he rather enjoyed the company of his fake half-vampire daughter, and he would always enjoy the company of his fake future councilor that fakely birthed her, and so they were doing the only thing such a family could do to spend time together and bond.

However, they barely got into the movie and into the tubs of ice cream before Alexander had to comment in a whispered tone to Maladicta, "Maybe we shouldn't have let her pick out the film..."

To be fair, who wouldn't have thought Rule of Flame showed promise?


[[ HERE. HAVE MORE OPEN COMMON ROOMS =D ]]

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[inneedofcoffee.livejournal.com]

"She has your taste in movies," Maladicta replied slowly.

[daventryprince.livejournal.com]

Alexander immediately started shaking his head, smirking. "Nay," he said, "I beg to differ; this is very distinctly your influence."

[inneedofcoffee.livejournal.com]

"...I have far better taste than this."

[coffee-ranger.livejournal.com]

Beren curled up against Maladicta's side, oblivious of anything awkward happening or choosing to ignore it. "What's that?" he whispered, eyes wide as he glanced at the television.

[inneedofcoffee.livejournal.com]

"Moving pictures," Maladicta said, shoving a bowl of coffee flavoured ice cream at him. It was a tradition when watching horrible movies, you see. "They're not real."

[daventryprince.livejournal.com]

Alexander glanced over at the human-shaped growth Maladicta suddenly seemed to have sprouted. "Hello, there," he said. "Who might you be?"

[nothingbutgrey.livejournal.com]

Amazingly, somehow Eloise had managed to escape her father today. Imagine that. Since she'd had so much fun in the third-floor common room yesterday, that was her go-to spot for today. She wandered in like she owned the place, snuck up behind the couch, and remarked loudly, "I don't like this movie."

[daventryprince.livejournal.com]

Alexander jumped a little from the voice suddenly behind him, but then he chuckled as he glanced back at the little girl and responded, "Don't worry. Neither do I."

He wasn't sure anyone would like this movie, except, miraculously, Malaxandra.

"Do you like ice cream?" he asked. "We have some of that, too."

Because, yes, Alexander, filling the children up with ice cream was always a great idea.

[nothingbutgrey.livejournal.com]

"Mother doesn't allow ice cream," Eloise lamented regretfully. "Do you have any snow peas?

Yes, Lilah Morgan actually did feed her daughter snow peas.

[didntchewgrass.livejournal.com]

Elphaba had amazingly spent her entire yesterday alone in her room, trying to float a pencil with her magic.

She'd actually gotten it about a centimeter up, but every time she did that, she got so excited she'd lost her concentration.

So when she entered a common room and discovered a child in the company of Alexander and Maladicta, she was more than a little confused.

"Is this someone's little sister?" she asked.

[nothingbutgrey.livejournal.com]

Eloise caught sight of Elphaba and gaped.

"Are you from the Deathwok Clan (http://buffy.wikia.com/wiki/Deathwok_Clan)?" she asked eagerly, peering up at Elphaba excitedly. Wow! She'd never seen one of those in real life before. In Daddy's books, certainly, but never in person!

[didntchewgrass.livejournal.com]

"I don't know what that is," Elphaba said. "So I'm definitely not, unless it's some term for Oz from some culture I'm not familiar with. Then again, I don't think Oz is known outside of itself in anything other than the story for children I've been told about."

[scullyscions.livejournal.com]

Melinda had been listening to part of this, looking at Elphaba with awe. "You're not an alien neither?" she checked. "Oz isn't another planet?"

[didntchewgrass.livejournal.com]

"It could be," Elphaba said. "So I might very well be an alien, if that's all it takes. But I'm not like the aliens on TV, just to make that clear."

She couldn't help but smile at all the children.

[daventry-vamp.livejournal.com]

Considering Malaxandra's life in Daventry, this question was to be expected. "Are you a fairy Queen?"

[didntchewgrass.livejournal.com]

"I think Lurline would be very cross if I claimed to be," Elphaba said. "I'm just a normal, everyday Munchkinlander. Well, apart from the skin."

And the magic. And the being half-Earth-human, but she didn't know that part.

[daventryprince.livejournal.com]

"I should hope not!" Alexander said with a laugh.

Because that would mean there would be more of them.

"Elphaba," he offered, reaching over to ruffle the girl's hair, "this is Malaxandra, my completely inexplicable and unlikely daughter with Maladicta. She's here on a visit from what is quite obviously Crazy Future."

[didntchewgrass.livejournal.com]

Elphaba opened her mouth for a moment, and then closed it.

"A very crazy future indeed," she said after a moment. "I do hope Faramir isn't cross about this."

She was just going to accept it.

And probably sulk later in private that she apparently didn't have any Crazy Futures.

[nudged.livejournal.com]

Claudia had answered Stan's "I'm boooooored" with "what the hell am I supposed to do about that?", so Stan had wandered off.

"You know," he said, wandering right into the common room and watching the television for a moment. "That could totally happen if someone started messing with Tolkein's wedding ring."

[scullyscions.livejournal.com]

"Who's Tolkein?" Melinda asked, looking back from the TV at the older boy. "Can we make dragons?"

Hey. Her dad lots of cool stuff. Maybe dragon-making wasn't out of the question.

[nudged.livejournal.com]

"Old famous writer guy. And, no, the ring's all locked up. Gramps never even lets me near that section."

[daventryprince.livejournal.com]

"Well," Alexander said with a thoughtful smile at the boy, "then let us hope no one decided to mess with this Tolkein's wedding ring. Or any of his jewelry, for that matter. You're welcome to join in and watch, if you'd like, and we have ice cream as well."

[nudged.livejournal.com]

"Oooo, ice cream!" Stan might be a genius meddler, but he was still ten. "Do you have cherry blossom dark chocolate truffle?"

Of course, he was also a favorite customer of a man with a doctorate in gastronomy.

[scullyscions.livejournal.com]

Melinda and William had managed to wear their mother out to the point where she was sleeping, and decided to go explore in the dorm. They left a note! (IN TV ROOMZ. BAK L8TR.)

William had stayed downstairs, but Melinda had gone Investigating up one flight. Hmmm. Ooo! Dragons on the TV! She leaned forward to watch and then looked around at the other people in the room.

[daventryprince.livejournal.com]

"Hello," Alexander gave the small girl a smile when he noticed her peeking in to watch. "Would you like to come join us?"