Room 509, Thursday afternoon

[trigons_child]

Probably to absolutely no one's surprise, Raven had amassed herself a small army of love monkeys, which were now snuggled up with her on her bed as she used her laptop to catch up on Rumor Gal episodes and gossip and speculation. Priorities, people. Priorities.

She wrinkled her nose at the comments on one blog post and glanced down at the love monkey that had claimed her lap. "I do very much prefer it when Charlie and Claire are together," she told it, "for I think they are truly meant for each other, but I do not understand how heated these 'shipping wars' get. It seems so unpleasant and unhealthy to invest so much anger and energy in the lives and relationships of fictional people."

The love monkey squeaked in agreement. Or maybe it was just asking for another hug. Or maybe it was secretly a Claire/David shipper and just didn't want to start an argument.


[Door and post are open. Beware of love monkeys!]
 

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[shes-got-legs.livejournal.com]

Ariel couldn't help giggling a little in the few moments she had between activities to run up to the room for something. "Looks like someone's made a few friends," she observed with a glance over at the Raven-centered monkey pile.

[furnaceface]

Okay. Okay, he could do this. This was one of those things that Jono? Could totally do.

'This,' of course, being 'initiate conversation.' That was what open doors were for. Shock of shocks, right?

Oh, to hell with it.

//Knock knock, luv?//

[trigons_child]

"I am uncertain where they came from, but they are very affectionate," Raven said with a smile to Ariel. "And they appear to be multiplying."

[trigons_child]

Raven likely made a few of the monkeys unhappy by the way she dislodged them as she sat up straight and looked to the door with a smile. "Jono," she said. "Please, come in."

[furnaceface]

Holy monkeys. Jono blinked at them for a moment, and then kind of warily stepped through the door.

They weren't going to, like, leap across the room to try to eat him or anything, right?

//I... see you already have some company,// he noted.

[trigons_child]

No, but a few of them were hopping down from the bed eyeing new legs to hug. Careful, Jono.

"Monkeys, no," Raven scolded gently, trying to call them back.

"I believe they are one of Fandom's fits of whimsy," she said, plucking one monkey from her neck to set it down on her pillow. "They are very affectionate and clingy." They'd found a like soul in Raven, no doubt.

[shes-got-legs.livejournal.com]

"Very, very affectionate, then," Ariel noted with a chuckle. "Hey, there, little guys. Are you guys all watching movies on the laptop?"

[trigons_child]

"I was catching up on the Rumor Gal episodes I missed, and seeking out spoilers about upcoming episodes," Raven explained. Two of the monkeys started jockeying for position on her leg, and she had to pause to break up a mini-fight. "I think they liked it, well, the parts were people were kissing and hugging."

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"Oh, yeah!" said Ariel. "That's that...one show. With....those people!"

Ariel clearly watched a lot of television, yes.

"Is there a lot of that?" she asked, flopping on the bed with a grin. "Kissing and hugging and all that stuff?"

[furnaceface]

//Not bad company, then,// Jono noted, giving the monkeys a bit of a look. They more or less gave up on his leg, between Raven's beckoning and the fact that he was smoking a little, from under his wraps. //Must be th'island, gearing itself up for the holiday, perhaps...//

[trigons_child]

"There is a great deal of it, yes," Raven said. A couple of the monkeys left the Raven pile and scampered over to Ariel. "Though many of the couples have recently changed. There is also a lot of scheming and attempting to bring misfortune down upon others. I do not like those parts as much."

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"I suspect they will be gone by tomorrow," Raven said, tickling one of the monkeys under its chin. "Much like the rose petals and the books changing into romance novels and the cupids from yesterday."

She made a face at the last; she'd ventured out only to classes with the cupids running amok because she didn't want her emotions toyed with.

[furnaceface]

Count Jono in on that face-making. He'd sat in his room all of yesterday around class, eyes narrowed, threatening to light on fire any Cupid that had fluttered close.

//At least there's only a few more days of this,// he noted. //Once that holiday has come and gone, we won't have to deal with this rubbish for another year.//

... Jono was not the world's greatest romantic, no.

[shes-got-legs.livejournal.com]

Ariel's nose wrinkled a little at that. "Yeah," she said, holding a hand out to the scampering monkeys. "I don't think I would as much, either. Do you like the changes, or did you like the old couples more?"

And, to the monkeys, she said, "Hi, little monkeys, I don't have any bananas, unless you like wax or plastic bananas, I have a few of those in the collection, but I don't think they'd be very tasty."

[trigons_child]

"I think it is sweet," Raven protested mildly. "It is refreshing to feel so many people thinking of love, though, yes, there is a great deal of anxiety and discomfort as well."

She swept her legs over the side of the bed (much to the chagrin of a few of the monkeys) to perch on the edge of it. "What will you be doing tomorrow night?" she asked tentatively. She assumed he wouldn't want to go to the dance.

[trigons_child]

The monkeys liked leeeegs, and Ariel had plenty of that, right?

"I enjoy it when Charlie and Claire are together," Raven said with a wee bit of a wistful sigh. "I know it is silly to feel that way about fictional characters, but I cannot help but feel they are right for each other."

[furnaceface]

//I was... actually...// Jono, stop fidgeting. //I mean, that's why I'd come over. I mean. To ask you.//

Stop fidgeting, and make words.

//I mean, I have these... tickets... and...//

Any minute now, Raven. Honest.

[trigons_child]

"...to the dance?" Raven said, then hoped she didn't sound as overly-excited as it seemed when she blurted out the words.

Even the monkeys perked up and looked questioningly at Jono. No pressure.

[furnaceface]

Oh, no, none at all!

Darn those Love Monkeys.

//To th'dance,// he confirmed. //I mean... I might be a little inclined to stay by th'wall a bit, out of th'way, but... Well...//

Jono's shoulders hitched up a little. //It'd be a shame to miss.//

[trigons_child]

"Of course," Raven said, because she knew Jono, after all. He and dark corners were made for each other.

"And I would be delighted to go to the dance with you," she said, almost shyly. "Nothing would make me happier."

[shes-got-legs.livejournal.com]

That she certainly did, and there they were for clinging.

"Oh!" Ariel said with a laugh as one of them attached themselves to her leg and the other, after a moment of regretting not seizing the chance, quickly joined on. "Hello, there! You really are friendly, aren't you?"

And then she smiled over at Raven. "And sometimes, people just are. In TV shows and in real life, too."

[furnaceface]

//Brilliant,// Jono replied, working his way up to 'nearly smiling,' then. //Should I meet you here?//

See, that had been way easier than he'd thought it might be!

... Because Jono was a horrible pessimist, and he'd been half expecting rocks to fall from the sky or something as he was asking.

[trigons_child]

"Of course, in real life as well," Raven said, struggling a bit to keep the smile on her face. "Only in real life we cannot rely on writers to mend things between those who are suffering difficulties." I crack myself up.

[trigons_child]

Raven was an efficient multitasker. She was mentally flailing with Oh Azar I do not have a dress I must find one quickly I should ask Karla for help! Outwardly, she was serene and smiling.

And keeping an eye out for those rocks.

"That would be fine," she said, nodding.

[shes-got-legs.livejournal.com]

"Noooo," agreed Ariel, tilting her head at the monkeys clinging to her legs with a faint frown on her face all of a sudden, "but we do have things like hope and true love shines through no matter wha--"

Ariel's eyes widened. "WHOA THERE MONKEYS!" She started shaking her legs but it did nothing to disrupt the monkeys' new thrusting interest in her legs. "Get...off...ohman, you weren't kidding about affectionate..."