Room 236: Sunday afternoon

[mparkerceo]

Parker had locked up 234 carefully, put on some bouncy but not *childish*, thank you, music; and made sure anything breakable was in her bedroom, before going back to lift Esme out of her habitat so Aly could see her closer. "Here you go. Esme, Aly. Aly? Esme."

[ooc: for kypriothschoice, but open for other people who knock. Or climb in the window.]

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[tricksy_spy]

Aly bounced with excitement as Parker showed her Esme. "She's a pretty bunny. I think she likes me!" she said as she reached out to touch Esme's ear with one finger.

[mparkerceo]

Esme's ear twitched, and she hopped over to Aly when Parker put her down. "Remember what we said. Gentle." She grinned, and pulled out the carrots she'd gotten from the fridge. "She likes to nibble on these."

[tricksy_spy]

"I know!" Aly protested. "Gotta be gentle."

She held her hands out for the bunny and picked her up very, very carefully. "Hi Esme."

[mparkerceo]

Esme wiggled her nose and snuggled in, and Parker grinned, sitting back on her heels. "She likes it when you scratch her neck. I've had her for a year now, my friend Zero gave her to me. Jaye named her Esmerelda."

[just_add_starch]

It wasn't Benton who knocked first. Nope, it was Dief who jumped at Parker's door and started clawing to get in.

[tricksy_spy]

Aly looked over at the door. "Eeeeee! Puppy!"

[just_add_starch]

"Dief, come back!" Benton came scurrying after his dog, sliding to a stop in front of the door.

[tricksy_spy]

Still holding carefully on Esme, Aly smiled at the new boy. "Hi! Is that your puppy?"

[needsaparrot]

Jeremiah did not exactly knock on the door. It was just hard for somebody almost-six to carry a frog tank verrrrry carefully, and knock on a door at the same time, so there was some bumping of tank-corners against the door, and a nervous ribbit.

[mparkerceo]

Parker opened the door, hoping it wasn't Earl come to play, then blinked when she saw the tank. "Careful!" She reached forward to steady it, then blinked at the little boy holding it. "Xander?"

Because how many purple frogs with little boys attached could their be?

[needsaparrot]

"Hi, Maureeeeeeeeeen!" Xander bounced a little, which probably didn't make the frog any less worried.

[mparkerceo]

Parker winced, then shook her head. Between Xander and Jarod, there's no way that name was going to stay secret this weekend. "Hey, come on in. Long time no see. And careful with Jeremiah." She pointed behind her at Benton and Aly. "We're playing with the pets." And how did she end up pre-school teacher, anyway?

[bridge_carson]

Upon coming out from the shower and seeing no tiny Xanders waiting in the room, Bridge had... well, panicked was the word.

He'd calmed down a little once he'd seen that Jeremiah's tank was gone too, which meant Xander couldn't have gone very far in such a short time. So here he was, knocking on all the doors belonging to people that Xander would be likely to visit. Including Parker's.

[mparkerceo]

Parker got up to open the door, stepping over wolves and tiny people, and then cocked her head as she opened it. "Here to retrieve a frog and his boy?"

[bridge_carson]

"He's here?" Bridge asks. "He's here," he says, visibly relieved as he catches sight of Xander.

[mparkerceo]

Parker grinned, holding the door open wide. "Whoops. I thought he told you where he was going. We're having cookies and comparing pet philosophies. Sorry if you were worried." Poor Bridge. Xander was small enough to get hurt or in a lot of trouble...

Hmmm. She really hoped Jarod hadn't set fire to anything.

[izzyalienqueen]

After sleeping in, Isabel went out to see what was up. The first stop, Parker's room.

"Knock, knock," she called, peering in the room. "What's this? Fandom preschool?"

[mparkerceo]

"And possibly zoo." Parker waved from the beanbag chair, eating dark Snickers and looking bemused. "So far, so good...."

[izzyalienqueen]

Isabel came in and took a seat on one of the other beanbag chairs. "A rabbit, a dog and frog. I should have brought Annie down. It could have been entertaining."

[mparkerceo]

"Or possibly the last straw that breaks the room." Parker shook her head, eyes wide. "So far no tantrums, no fights, and no demands for food I don't have. I thought kids were worse than this."