It's party tiiime!

[smithnjones]

[OOC: Okay, another party thread. :) Comment your characters in or have your characters respond to other characters' comments within. Uh, anyone who got invited can be here. And there's a huge list of invites. Well, not huge, but substantial. Like anyone she's ever had a decent conversation with. So come. Plz

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[xiaomei_mei]

April is here. April is actually outside sitting in the grass and playing with the Doctor's "cat", if you want to get technical about it. Or, well, trying to socialize with it, at any rate. It's hiding in the bushes.

"It's okay, I'm not going to hurt you," she murmurs in Mandarin, holding her hand out and trying to come across as non-threatening as possible.

April and the Doctor deserve each other sometimes. This is one of those times.

[bloodsoulrhythm]

"You know," Charlie says, watching from a distance, "the Doctor warned me about that cat. Creature. Thing."

He's not saying she's wrong for trying to make friends. Just sharing the warning.

He's actually taking a break from dancing and just... wandering. Seeing what there is to see. Like a little girl trying to coax the Doctor's weird pet from out of the bushes.

[xiaomei_mei]

April turns a little and grins brightly at him. "She's sweet. Just scared. I think she smells somethin' she's scared of on me. I'm trying to convince her she ain't got reason t'be."

Thank you, Charlie. Your cowboyness has brought out April's space cowgirl accent.

[bloodsoulrhythm]

...Which is saying a great deal, considering that, except for the hat, Charlie's not that overtly cowboyish. But then, such are the hazards of dealing with psychics. And he has seen Brokeback Mountain five times.

"I can't say I blame her. Seems like she's a long way from home."

He smiles back, just a little, and keeps a respectful distance. "I'm Charlie. Don't think we've met."

[xiaomei_mei]

"Nope!" April says cheerfully. "I'm April. 'N you're the cap'n's guardian. Gotta take good care of him. Right?"

The cat... thing is warming up to her, apparently. It's coming out a little and sniffing at her hand, anyway.

Vaguely like it plans to eat her hand, but...

[bloodsoulrhythm]

"I don't think I've heard the Doctor called cap'n before," Charlie says, casting a concerned glance at the cat-creature. "But I try. Not like he's thrilled about being taken care of."

He's always been weirdly protective of random girls, even before he found out he had one of his own. So he's watching the cat very closely. It might be friendly, if it likes the Doctor, but he was warned about losing a hand.

Well. At least it's not hissing. That, he thinks, would be bad.

[xiaomei_mei]

Which means, on cue, that the cat hisses softly. But it's more of a curious hiss than anything else. April coos softly at it, smiling broadly.

"Well," she says, glancing up at Charlie, "he might put up a fuss, but he lets his ginger girl look after him, so maybe he'll warm up to you."