Room 313, Saturday night

[peter__parker]

After coming back from 213 with his arm in a sling due to recent events, Peter did two things. First, he changed his pants. They were dirty and smelled vaguely of ancient dead guy. Second, he placed a call. He owed somebody... well, he basically owed her the chance to yell at him. He deserved it.

He pulled out his phone and dialed Zero's number.

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[swerval_zero]

"'Lo?" Zero said. She didn't want to start yelling right off the bat, in case it wasn't Peter. She'd already managed to quite thoroughly terrify Flora.

[peter__parker]

"I'm okay everything is fine you're very pretty," Peter said, rushing to get those crucial pieces of information in.

[swerval_zero]

"You don't smacking say."

After a moment she shrieked, "MUMMIES? SQUALLING MUMMIES? IT'S ONLY BEEN A WEEK SINCE THE CLOWNS!!"

[peter__parker]

"I didn't do it, I was just trying to help fix it, I swear," Peter claimed. "I helped take a couple mummies out, too, which was pretty cool."

[swerval_zero]

"I'm sure it was. You owe my da. He talked me into not flying to Virginia to hit you with a croquet mallet."

[peter__parker]

"Your father is a wonderful man with a beautiful, beautiful daughter," Peter said. "So, how've you been this past week? Good?"

[swerval_zero]

"Two of them. It's been all right. Got a C on my last Freshman Comp assignment because I didn't use real words. And then I got this very distressing voicemail from my boyfriend...why the squall were there mummies?"

[peter__parker]

"Two beautiful, beautiful daughters, one of whom is the best girlfriend anyone could ask for and the other who is soon to be a great mother," Peter said.

"And Rory read from a bad, bad book. Mummies showed up. It's her fault." Peter was perfectly willing to pass the buck on this.

[swerval_zero]

"Uh-huh. And of course you had to go fight them and leave me tearin' my hair out at the answerin' machine."

[peter__parker]

"We were dealing with plagues! We had to stop it or who knows what would have happened?" Peter said. "Beating the mummies ended that."

[swerval_zero]

"Plagues? As in the water turned to blood and then you all got boils and oh god you're firstborn aren't you are you all right??"

[peter__parker]

"Um. Not quite that bad," Peter said. "And I'm fine."

[swerval_zero]

"Oh thank squall. I was wondering why Parker handwavily e-mailed me to ask if I was still alive. But I'm so not firstborn and hey don't think you're gettin' off the hook this easily. You may have to sing again."

[peter__parker]

"Yeah, this whole thing had a weird effect on some people. She was apparently convinced that mad scientists kidnapped people or something," Peter said. "That's why we had to do it."

"And I'll sing. No problem with that."

[swerval_zero]

"You had to fight mummies because Parker's a little nuts?

"Oh, you'll do more than sing. Tell me more about how pretty I am."

[peter__parker]

"Parker wasn't the only one," Peter said. He wasn't sure who all it hit, but he was vaguely aware it was a few people. "It was something that had to be done."

"And you're the prettiest girl I've ever known. Your personal style, and your voice, and the best-looking pink hair I've ever seen. It's still pink, right?"