Fifth Floor Common Room, Saturday Evening

[thismaskiwear]

Katchoo being shorter than Francine wasn't new; Katchoo being this much shorter than Francine was

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[thatsamilkshake]

"If you press the Up arrow it'll change the channel, you know," Francine pointed out while checking the pot of water to see if it was spaghetti-ready or not.

[thismaskiwear]

Spaghetti was going to get flung, Francine, you realize that, right?

"I was!" Katchoo insisted, showing her the remote. Where she was pointing at the volume up arrow. Yeah.

Luckily it was golf and not basketball or something much louder.

[thatsamilkshake]

Yes, yes she did.

"... The other up arrow, sweetie." Ow. "Or you could bring it here and I'll change it for you." Sneaky way to get her to move back from rots-your-eyes distance to the tv? Yes.

[thismaskiwear]

If she brought it over, it was a prime opportunity to glomp Francine's shin, so Katchoo took it. Well, a one-armed glomp anyway, since the other arm, the one with the remote, was held up very helpfully.

"Francie, 'm huuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuungry," Katchoo complained. You know, in case she hadn't said it enough already.

[awakestheghosts]

Chloe had been wandering and hiding from ghosts exploring when she heard the noise coming from one of the bigger rooms.

That was why there was now a shy little girl standing in the doorway.

"W-what's g-golf?" She asked in a soft voice.

[thismaskiwear]

"Stupid," Katchoo announced immediately (and loudly), shaking the remote at the TV. "An' boring."

Mmm, strong opinions as handed down by a four-year-old.

[awakestheghosts]

Chloe moved further into the room, her eyes on the TV.

"W-what are t-they d-doing?"

[thismaskiwear]

"Hitting a stupid ball." Katchoo waved one fist in a gesture that would have been vaguely obscene if it was a little more refined. "An' then people clap and 'S NOT LIKE IT'S THAT HARD."

[notmyownage]

Claudia was hungry. More importantly, Claudia was bored.

A bored Claudia could be dangerous.

"What're you guys doing?"

[thismaskiwear]

"S'ghetti," Katchoo informed her. "When it's ready."

How long did s'ghetti take, anyway? "An' yelling at the TV!" It passed the time, okay?

[notmyownage]

"You don't 'do' spaghetti," Claudia pointed out, with all the wisdom of her nine years of age. "And yelling at the TV doesn't do anything."

[thismaskiwear]

Oh, Katchoo was still pretty convinced that one of these days, if she yelled at the TV enough the people in it would listen to her.

"Do too," she insisted in regard to the spaghetti thing. "'s for dinner! An' the TV's there to be yelled at, so there."

[kestrelswolf]

Tamara and Blind Seer had had a terribly busy day, so it was a very hungry girl and wolf puppy who found their way to the common room.

"What's a golf?" Tamara asked curiously.

[thismaskiwear]

"A waste of time." Katchoo turned to look at them, and --

"PUPPY!" she bawled, scampering over. She liked dogs. Cats were stupid, on the other hand.

[kestrelswolf]

"Aroo?" Blind Seer gave Katchoo a little puppy headtilt, but didn't move out of the way. She didn't seem intent on putting a hat on his head, so that was a step up at least.

"Then we should watch somethin' else," Tamara declared. "Bein wasteful isn't good at all."

[thismaskiwear]

Katchoo reached out to scruffle the fur around Blind Seer's ears 'cause PUPPY PUPPY PUPPY PUPPY! She might try to wrestle him if nobody stopped her. (Sometimes her dad pretended he was a puppy and wrestled with her.)

"But 's fun to yell at 'em," she amended. Did you want to take away her fun? Did you?

[imonscholarship]

Dan shyly poked his head in the common room when he heard all the noise coming from it. His dad was going to sit him down and give him a stern talking to once he realized Dan had wandered off, but he didn't feel like being alone at the moment.

Yes, he was a huge girl.

[thismaskiwear]

Well, he'd fit right in in this room, wouldn't he?

"We're having s'ghetti," Katchoo told him, somewhat more nicely than she'd greet a strange boy when she was five times her current age. "Wanna have some? Francine cooks real good."

[imonscholarship]

Dan nodded and managed to blush about ten shades of red at the same time. A sucker for blondes even at a young age, yes. "I like s'ghetti."

[thismaskiwear]

"You better, if you're gonna have some," Katchoo told him, and laughed. "How come you're all red?"