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Post by Divi-chan on Nov 28, 2010 17:34:40 GMT -5
The main thread for the Family Room ~ Open for all members
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Post by spazzyprincess on Nov 29, 2010 21:14:31 GMT -5
Sid lay on her back in the middle of the family room, her limbs wrapped tightly in blankets. To all appearances, she was awake. But she had long since stopped paying attention to the various going-ons of the castle. She had wanted to do something fun today, but someone must’ve been playing with the thermostat and it was all she could do to stay wrapped in her blankets. She had half a mind to go looking for said thermostat and turn it up to a hundred degrees, but first she had to get up. And that idea had come to her twenty minutes ago.
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Post by Lovely Masochist on Nov 29, 2010 21:34:38 GMT -5
Merik had just left his study, the boring place where he did all the boring paperwork and paid all the boring bills. Even his desk was boring, which was one of the reasons he was escaping now and heading for a more interesting change of scenes: the family room. As he walked in, he happened to see Sid, wrapped in the blankets as she was, and grabbed a throw from the back of one of the couches. He wrapped himself up as best as he could and fell gracelessly onto the ground beside her. "Psst! Hey, Sid! When are we going to bloom into beautiful butterflies?" he asked, assuming they were cacooned for a reason, instead of the obvious: trying to fight off the cold.
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Post by spazzyprincess on Nov 29, 2010 21:42:43 GMT -5
Sid was so zoned out that she didn’t notice Merik until he flumped down beside her. “Iiin about five months,” she replied. “Or when the sun comes to live in the house. Whichever comes first. In the meantime, we get to lie here and get trampled by everyone and their mother in the endless search for the remote. Which, by the way, is underneath Patches’s basket at the moment. No idea how it got there.”
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Post by Lovely Masochist on Nov 29, 2010 21:51:59 GMT -5
Merik made an O.o expression when he heard Sid's initial response and then glanced down at the blankets tucked around them. "Wait, you're telling me that we have to stay here for five months? Is that in ant time? If so, we're probably off of the hook by now, so..." he wriggled his shoulders until the movement managed to give him enough room to get his arms free. As the rest of her words sunk in, he frowned and glanced towards both entrances into the family room, then back down at the blonde-haired bundle of blankets on the floor. "Since when is 'Getting Trampled' on our list of things to do today?" he asked, now wriggling the rest of himself free of the covers. "As for the remote being held hostage by Patches thing, I think she did it on purpose. She's probably wondering who is brave enough to go fetch it from her," he nodded. That was the best solution he could come up with at the moment, regardless of the fact that the cat shouldn't be able to pick up a heavy television remote in the first place.
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Post by spazzyprincess on Nov 29, 2010 22:02:16 GMT -5
“I meant until April our time,” Sid stuck her tongue out. “That’s usually when it gets warm out again, not when the damn groundhog says it’s spring.” She watched him wriggling around, amused. “What, are there ants in your pants?” she inquired. “It’s not on my list of things to do, it’s on everyone else’s!” she retorted. “Well, I’m not brave enough. She might smell Cuppie on me and try to eat me for real. You do it!”
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Post by Lovely Masochist on Nov 29, 2010 22:18:31 GMT -5
"Well that's a long time to not do anything," Merik commented, knowing that he wouldn't be able to do it because he got bored easily. His restlessness now, after being in the study all morning, proved it. "No, not ants. I just can't sit still. I must've put on my dancing legs this morning or something," he answered, as if that were the most obvious solution in the world. Once he was free, he refolded the throw and put it back where he had gotten it, then sat cross-legged on the floor beside Sid. "Its not on my list, either, so you and I can stick together and watch while everyone else stumbles all over the place, deal? I'll even make us some popcorn," he offered, shifting his weight so he could peek into the kitchen. "Erm... I don't watch much tele anyway. The next person to walk in here can get it," he grinned, proud of his solution.
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Post by spazzyprincess on Nov 29, 2010 22:37:28 GMT -5
“Ouch, changing legs must be painful,” Sid said with an affected little shudder. “Okay! But you’ll have to drop the popcorn in my mouth, I refuse to freeze my hands just to eat. And no hogging it either!” She pouted, then rolled her eyes. “You’re such a cowardly lion. I bet Severus Snape would get it, easy. Don’t you want to be as brave as Snape?” She blinked. “Come to think of it, you sort of look and dress like Snape. Now if only you showed his courage.”
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Post by Lovely Masochist on Nov 29, 2010 23:04:50 GMT -5
"Haha, no, not really. Not as difficult as you would think. Actually, they come with the pants," Merik told Sid, chuckling a bit because he thought their conversation topic was silly. Which it was. "Fine, fine. Anything else I can get for you, your highness?" he teased, but if she did mention something, he wouldn't mind going to get something for her. He munched on a few more Skittles while Sid compared him to Snape from Harry Potter, idly pulling the long sleeves over his hands to contain his warmth while she spoke. "Snape had a wand and magical powers, what do I have?" he asked, feeling slightly proud that she had used Snape as an example. "Besides, Snape never had to deal with a Patches. I don't think even he would've survived."
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Post by Lunar'Eclipse on Nov 30, 2010 20:53:22 GMT -5
Makayla came sliding in the room wearing very thick winter socks, waving her hair and hips wildly mumbling some song, before leaping onto the couch. She turned upside down and looked at Sid and Merik. "Hey Merik and Sid how are you this fine day?" She asked with a happy smile.
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Post by stephofthenite on Dec 1, 2010 17:29:58 GMT -5
Demi sat in the living room, reading her book, she was about halfway thru it, and she was really in depth to it that if someone were to talk to her, she really wouldn't notice unless they screamed at her.
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Post by Lovely Masochist on Dec 3, 2010 17:29:00 GMT -5
"Hello, Makayla! Sid and I were just discussing the inner workings of Patches' mind. Its a pretty creepy topic, if you think about it. That cat is psycho, but she's so cuddly and loveable at times that I can't help but love her," Merik greeted Makayla, smiling widely enough to match her own. "Nice socks, by the way," he told her, just before he spotted Demi seated in a corner acting like a recluse. He obviously didn't think that, he just knew that he hadn't interacted with her in a long while, so he made a shifty-eyed expression and lifted a finger to his lips to motion for Makayla's and Sid's silence. Getting to his feet, he grinned and ran as quickly as he could at her chair and leapt into her lap. "DEMZI!" he yelled loudly, wrapping his arms around her briefly, then pulled the book from her hands. "What'cha readin'?" He placed his thumb as a bookmarker as he flipped through it to get a gist of whatever it was that had consumed her so much that she hadn't even given them all a 'hello', not that he expected everyone to greet him. Discreetly slipping off his bracelet, he slid it between the pages of her book before he tossed it over his shoulder. "Bor-ing! Tell me about yourself now, Demz, I miss you," he told her, lifting himself off of her lap now so that he could take a seat on the arm of her chair.
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Post by stephofthenite on Dec 3, 2010 18:12:08 GMT -5
Demi shrieked when Merik attacked her. She smiled and grinned "MERIK!" "I'm just fabulous. I've been reading and working on my music, whatever that was causing my depression seems to be going away which makes me a happy goose. And Ohmygoodness, Archie is the best listener ever, he might have a role in that." She laughed. "How bout you and Eva? How are you two??"
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Post by Lovely Masochist on Dec 3, 2010 18:29:19 GMT -5
"Depression, you? I don't buy a word of it," Merik teased, very glad with her news. At the mention of Archie, he grinned, remembering her fondness for the thing. "I bet he is, the stuffed ones are always good at that kind of thing," he pointed out, laughing a bit himself because her's was contageous. If it were possible, his smile widened even more when she asked about Eva. "Oh, the usual. We bicker, we tease, we trip, we hunt, we kill muffin men, we eat, we clean, we sleep, then we get up and do it all over again," he supplied.
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Post by stephofthenite on Dec 3, 2010 18:33:14 GMT -5
Demi giggled. "That's good. Yeah, since I don't have a boyfriend I've been delving into the beautiful creatire that are..is? book men." she grinned widely, laughing. "I think the book men are sometimes better than actual men." she smiled. "And yes, the stuffed creatures are the best listeners."
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