Housewarming Party! Apartment Above Luke's, Friday Afternoon Till Evening

[spin_kick_snap]

Raven and Kathy were officially moved in!

Okay, not everything was done and most of their stuff was still at Eliot's, but they'd gotten a lot of work done painting and assembling furniture and most of what was left could be moved over a bit at a time. Which meant...it was close enough to being fully moved in that a small party was warranted.

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[that_oldsaying]

Alluka had shown up early! Mostly because... well, because she liked being helpful, she really did. Also she liked getting hugs from Kathy and Raven had been fun on the IKEA trip, so why wouldn't she show up early?

And once she'd been shown how to use a paint roller (she'd carefully stuck Mr. Bubbles somewhere safe so he wouldn't get paint on himself) she was doing pretty okay at helping!

Re: Pre-Party

[tigerundercover]

Once she'd confirmed that any paint currently on her hands was dry, Raven sidled up next to Alluka, as though hiding a secret.

"Psst," she whispered. "Look what I ended up getting."

And she held up a little stuffed toy cactus.

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[that_oldsaying]

Alluka loved secrets!

But toys were hard to keep secret since they delighted her so!

She made a squeal of delight that was hastily stifled. Alluka made no move to touch it, since she didn't want to get paint on it, but she beamed at both Raven and the cactus.

"It's adorable," she said brightly. "Where you going to keep it?"

Re: Pre-Party

[tigerundercover]

It wasn't really much of a secret, so Raven didn't mind that squeal of delight at all.

It was even the reaction she'd been going for.

"I've got a little cabinet to go under one of my windows in my room," she said. "I think it'll go nice right there. So it can get lots of sunlight."

Which was important for a stuffed cactus.

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[spin_kick_snap]

Kathy, clad in the oldest clothes she could find, slapped her paint roller on the wall and laughed at the spatters. They'd be covered over by fresh paint in a moment, she wasn't too worried.

"Do you wanna wear an old shirt of mine?" Kathy asked. "I'd hate for you to get paint all over your clothes."

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[that_oldsaying]

"But then you wouldn't have one of your shirts," Alluka said reasonably. "And, and I don't really mind."

Well, she did, but what if Kathy didn't have very many clothes left after being all gone and then coming back with nothing?

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[spin_kick_snap]

"Ringo saved all my stuff and put it into Eliot's attic," Kathy comforted. "So I have all sorts of old clothes, some I'll even never wear again."

She smiled. "And then you can have an old t-shirt of mine to wear to get dirty if you want."

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[that_oldsaying]

She giggled. "I never really want clothes to get dirty."

Alluka was kind of a clothes snob.

"But, but if you're sure, it's probably a good idea..."

Re: Pre-Party

[spin_kick_snap]

Which was why it was much better for her to wear one of Kathy's old shirts from before she'd discovered fashion, wasn't it?

Kathy disappeared into her closet, prodding through a box until she found an old, oversized tee that she'd worn for yoga and gymnastics practice. It was worn and faded and very soft, which was why Kathy had kept it over the years. "This work?" she asked.