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[crazyspacegirl]

One good thing about Serenity's change from spaceship to manor house was the large room full of toys: dolls and toy soldiers, a child sized table and chairs with a large fancy tea set, marbles and tops and skipping ropes, a rocking horse, an elaborate doll house, and small clockwork train that circled the room

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[dumbassbastards]

It's an ordeal to get Josiah into his party best. Actually, it's an ordeal to get Josiah into anything lately. But Rollie's reasons are threefold. First of all, it's a kid's birthday party, so it's just polite. Second, it's probably really healthy for Josie to be around kids who are more or less his own age. And thirdly...well, he knows that there'll be a lot of other parents (and servants) around Serenity Manor that'll give him a bit of a break.

He doesn't even feel guilty about that last one, not really. Everyone needs a break sometimes.

"You get one sleeve and I'll get the other," he says to Karen as they attempt to take Josie's coat off, shortly after arrival.

[goingtodorking]

In her own party dress, Karen takes hold of Josiah's sleeve and helps to tug him out of his coat. He hasn't got any of his wooly has, with everything different, so his hair is kind of all out there and crazy. Karen gives him a critical look.

"He could be neater," she says, but even she knows that it's a losing battle. "It's a shame that Jack isn't here."

[dumbassbastards]

"We did our best," says Rollie. Josiah looks like a little boy, as far as he's concerned, which is all he needs to be. The setting might have changed, but the people they encounter haven't. "Do you need help with any of your things, or should we go seek out this party?"

[goingtodorking]

"I'm not a little child, Rollie," says Karen, primly, folding her fur-edged coat over her arm. "And this party is going to be so boring. There's going to be no-one> my age."

[dumbassbastards]

"There might be," says Rollie. "It's a big house. Maybe people will come just to see it. But I thought you were here to help look after your little brother. Aren't you old enough to do that now?"

[goingtodorking]

"Yes," says Karen, emphatically, rolling her eyes at him. "But I don't see why that means that I can't have any fun, too. Joe's so tiny."

[dumbassbastards]

"Oh, you never have any fun?" says Rollie. "Never ever?"

[goingtodorking]

"Well, maybe sometimes," says Karen, thinking about it for a second. "But never because of you."