[Inside Tanya and Crow's new apartment] [Mini Start!] * Tanya puts her trig homework away, and heads out to the kitchen to see if they moved the food from the fridge as well. * Crow has gotten most of his stuff moved out of the main room and into his room. He's still in his cupid outfit, despite the lateness of the evening. In fact, he seems to be prepping to go back out, as it's looking freshly washed and pressed and he's putting his collar back on. Up a little late there, Crow. * Tanya pokes her head into the fridge, and pulls out an iced cappuccino. * Tanya is wearing only her underwear as she's raiding the fridge. Crow should be used to this scene. Are you ... You're up to something. * Crow smiles. "Of course. Mind putting on your collar for a moment?" He's definitely appreciating the view his roommate is offering, though it's not quite a leer. Give me a sec. * Tanya walks through the walls into her room, and quickly dresses. She exits a few minutes later, now fully dressed except for the collar, which she's in the process of putting on. * Tanya is wearing her black jeans, white sweater and black sneakers. Thanks. You can take it off again in a moment; I just need to go out. After her collar is back on, the door lock beeps and the indicator switches to green, showing the door can now be safely opened. Uh-huh. Like the last few times you left in the middle of the night? * Tanya heads over to the door. Nah, I'll be right back. *opens the door and steps out, letting it close behind him if it auto-closes, or just leaving it open if it doesn't* * Crow heads for the elevator. * Tanya smiles to herself, and follows him at a discreet distance. * Crow, once out of the restricted area, gets the door guard to switch off his collar, and heads onwards to...wherever he's going. Crow has no trouble not noticing Tanya following him as she is successfully sneaky. The guard politely complies though he looks at the bird man like he recognizes him from somewhere. * Tanya slides over the guard. "Say, any chance you could do me a small favor?" * Crow stops to chat for a bit. "Hey, Jeff. Anything interesting going on?" Same thing as every night. People coming and going. I swear, these tech guys never sleep. * Tanya tries to get close to them to hear what they're talking about. * Crow chuckles. "Yeah, I bet. Though I saw one collapse once. Prognosis was 'too much blood in the caffeine stream'. How's your family?" They're doing good. My little girl is getting so big. She just took her first steps the other day. How adorable! I'll have to come by and visit sometime. If that's okay, of course. Oh! I've got something to run by you, if you've got a moment. Sure thing. What's that? * Crow reaches into his wing with one hand and pulls out a small handful of pinion feathers, which he fans like cards. As he finishes, they are, in fact, a hand of them. Upon closer inspection, they appear to be for that game that Jess and Co. play insatiably. "These. Well, something like them. Obviously, I'll need to get someone to print real ones." He taps them together, and hands them over to Jeff. Jeff looks the cards over. "Heh. You and your tricks." * Crow bows slightly, giving a flourish with one hand and spreading his wings like a cape. "Thought they'd be amusing to hand out to the club. Some aren't complete, obviously, so if you've any suggestions... well, I'm living upstairs now. Come on by anytime." He gives the actual floor and apartment number. Alright. Though I'm sure you're busy with your new assignment and everything. What are they doing anyway? Testing some new toy they invented on you? Aren't they always? And I get to play with it. *leans in conspiratorially, and stage whispers in an obviously joking manner* They're latest theory is I'm actually an alien, and that only I can operate the UFO technology they uncovered over in Area 51. Something about bouncing graviton particle beams off of main deflector dishes. * Crow backs up, and looks side-to-side. "But I didn't tell you that," he says, winking over-dramatically. I'll uh, be sure to keep that under my hat. *he tips his hat at that* * Tanya stifles a chuckle at Crow's comment Anyway, keep the cards. They'll probably not take you longer than they'll exist. See you in a bit. When do you go off-shift? He checks his watch. "Not for another 5 hours or so. Whee graveyard. Still, it beats working for the Police branch." Yeah, I'll bet. Though at least they get excitement. You'll probably still be here when I get back, so I'll see you then. See ya, Jeff, Tanya. * Crow turns, waving, as he walks off. Have fun, don't get into too much trouble. He waves back. How does he... never mind. * Crow is headed off towards the demi-habitations. * Tanya slides over the guard. "Say, ... Jeff, right? ... Any chance you could do me a small favor?" Jeff goes back to idly standing around looking attentive. Err... *jumps* Whoa, you're not supposed to sneak up on guards, little lady. * Crow rounds a corner, and hastens on to the next crossroads while Tanya's talking up Jeff. Sorry. I'm Tanya. Crow's roommate. Any chance you could help me out? Oh, hi. What with? * Tanya taps her collar. "This." * Tanya gives Jeff her sweetest smile Oh right. *he hits a button and the little LED on the collar goes off.* Thanks. * Tanya gives him a peck on the cheek, then heads the same way Crow did. Once out of sight of the guard, she shifts to invisible. He blushes lightly at that. "Hey I'm married!" It takes a bit of looking but Tanya is eventually able to catch up with Crow. * Crow wanders for a bit, but eventually comments to the open air, "Any reason you're invisible?" * Crow shrugs and continues on, as if he's alone. * Tanya follows him, and whispers, "As if you don't know. What exactly are you up to this time?" Just visiting our old room. Seeing what it looks like with everything removed. Maybe getting anything they missed. *grins mischievously* Is that all? *There's a touch of humor in her voice.* That's all. *matching amusement, possibly at having tricked her into following him on such a pointless excursion. Possibly at something else. Who knows? Aside from Crow. ...well, maybe he knows...* * Crow gets to the door to their old quarters, and tries the door, seeing if it's still locked. Crow notices a Notice attached to the door saying that the inhabitants have been moved. He's noticed slips like this before although not too often. His card still slides into the key slot too and the light goes green indicating his card was accepted. Guess they haven't officially changed the locks yet. * Crow smiles and goes on in, looking around the room. The inside is just as bare as can be. They even took the mattresses leaving just the bare bunks attached to the wall. The whole thing is about a third of the size of your new apartments. * Tanya follows, and shifts back to visible. "Talk about thorough." Nah, they missed something. Your hidden porn stash? * Crow moves over near what used to be his bed, about two-thirds of the way between the door and the wall furthest from the door, and kneels down, putting his back to Tanya as he's hunched over something. "How'd you guess?" he asks, setting a wooden square with a pair of handles coming out of the top of it to his side. We roomed together for six months. * Crow pulls out a wooden box - it looks rather heavy - up and out, and sets it behind him. He then carefully puts the wooden square back in front of him. It makes a slide and a thud sound, settling in place. He picks up his box, and heads for the window. He looks out it for a moment, smiling in an uncharacteristically nostalgic manner. "Has it only been that long?" * There's no sign of that wooden square with handles; it seems to have disappeared. * Tanya smiles, sitting on what was her bunk. "With you, in this room, that was an adventure in and of itself." * Crow laughs, and heads for the door. "If you think that's an adventure, our new extracurricular is going to give you a heart attack, my pretty. Mind getting the door?" I didn't say it wasn't an unpleasant one. * Tanya gets up, and opens the door for him. "Mind if I ask what's in the box, or do I have to poke my head into it to find out?" Tanya hears a noise in the hallway as she opens the door. I should hope not. I know how disappointed you'd have been. And you already guessed it. *grins, stepping out into the hall* Hiya, Harry. The door across the hall opens up and your old neighbor Harry steps out into the hall. Hey, I thought I heard someone out here. Shouldn't you guys be getting cut open by now? Nah, they finished that already. They stuff and baste us in a couple of hours for tomorrow's dinner, though, so we can't stay long. Heh. Sounds better than the meatloaf they served tonight. *he taps a pack in his hand and puts a cigarette in his mouth. Of course there's no smoking allowed in the hallways* So we ain't gonna be neighbors anymore? Meatloaf surprise again? Yeah, they moved us to the labs. * Crow strikes a match against the top of his box, and holds it out for Harry's light. "I see you got the smoke alarms disabled in the hall again." Now, Crow, you know those never worked anyways. Not in the last four years... *shifty-eyes* He accepts the light, taking a drag. "Yeah yeah, I'm off to the balcony so I can smoke. Not all of us are lucky to get windowed rooms. I just like having it in my mouth, ya know?" At least I'm not setting off fireworks in the hallway like some people. *looks directly at Crow* * Tanya cocks her head at Crow. "You never told me about that one." ...they -did- prove that was me, didn't they. Hey, I was only... er, how old had they decided I was, then? That was last July on the fourth. I guess you didn't move in till the end of July, didn't ya Tan? I have to admit it was good for a laugh. It certainly wasn't me who ratted you out though. Oh. No, they didn't prove I did that one. They just assumed. Don't worry, I'm sure you'll get another show in here this year. *grins* I moved in the middle of the week after. Was he wearing sparklers? * Crow looks hurt. "Of course not! ...they were roman candles." I'll uh... let him explain that. *he takes another drag off the cigarette* Seriously though, you guys okay? They're not doing anything weird to you are they? Rumor is they took at least half a dozen kids this time. Yeah, there are about six of us. Nothing weird, though. Just special after-school training. I'm having a good time. Still have this cutie as a roommate, and lemme tell ya, we ain't livin' like 'kids' anymore. *winks* Come on up and visit us, sometime. ... You're not gonna make me watch are you? *he winks and takes another drag* Where they have you guys holed up? Though you'll have to dodge Jess and crew. I'll bet she's planning a series of parties with her clubs. *grins* All of them. * Crow looks to Tanya. "Oh, just a hole-in-the-wall, right?" * Tanya chuckles. "We'll only make you watch if you pay the admission fee. And yeah, it's a decent hole-in-the-wall. Just perfect for the two of us." * Crow pulls a feather out of his hair and eyes it, before offering it to Harry. "Our room number's on there." * The feather becomes a scrap of paper as he hands it over. Well that sounds about like what we have here anyway. *he eyes the feather and his eyes grow wide as he starts coughing* You're in the tower?! And they let you out? Only for good behavior. *looks concernedly at Tanya* Or was that 'bad'? What's it like in there? Did you see the Doctor? He pauses to think for a moment and then eyes the pair. "Hey what a second, you're just messing with me, ain't ya?" We'll still be attending classes. And yes, we're in the Tower. * Crow just whistles innocently. Now Crow, which one was the doctor again? The one with the clipboard, or the one that kept spilling her coffee?" -" Yeah, sure you are. You'll have to get up pretty early-- *he looks at his watch* -- Uh right. I'm gonna go enjoy my cigarette in peace without you two trying to pull one over on me. He waves at the pair and heads down the hall. Aww. *waves with his free hand, then kicks off the ground and starts drifting down the hall, back towards the Tower* Crow and Tanya hear the sounds of boot steps coming down the hall towards then as Harry walks off the other way. * Tanya helps Crow with his box, if he lets her, as they head back to their new apartment. * Crow doesn't actually need help. It's heavy, but not awkward. Maybe a foot wide and two long. He doesn't turn it down, though, and waves with a free hand at the approaching people. "Good morning, officers." A pair of uniformed police come around the corner just as they start to move. One of them eyes them suspiciously as the other one just continues marching onward looking at nothing in particular. * Crow smiles back politely, but doesn't stare them down or anything. * Tanya smiles and nods at them The one eyeing you growls. You can hear him stop after getting a couple feet behind you. He stops the other guard as well. "Hey," he calls out. "Was somebody... smoking?" * Tanya shakes her head. "I didn't see anyone smoking. Did you, Crow?" * Crow shrugs, and the smell of smoke is replaced by that of a spring breeze. "Nope." "Don't try and hide it. What are your names? What are you doing up at this hour?" The other officer puts a hand on his shoulder. "Come on, leave them alone. They weren't doing anything." I'm Crow. And I was just getting my box. *stomach growls* Er, Tanya? I think we'd best get back. I need a snack. * Tanya smiles at the guards, and complies with giving them her name. "I swear, Crow, you eat like a bird. But yeah, I still need to finish that trig, and then start on the Physics lab they gave us the other day." Pleased to meet you, officers. ^^ *tips a wing in a parting gesture* He eyes the box suspiciously and almost starts to move forward but the other officer stops him. "Just let them go. Sorry to trouble you." The first officer makes to say something but just grumbles and turns back and continues on down the hall. * Tanya sighs, and turns back. "Talk about a prick," she mutters, half to herself but loud enough for Crow to hear. Well, there was this one time a princess pricked her finger on a spindle and fell asleep for a hundred years... *heads off towards their new home* Not what I meant, and you know it. So, is your leprechaun outfit ready for the next big holiday? It's passable, but I could use a new one. Last year, Alex tore it when she decided to see if I could grant wishes when captured. Alex.. oh yeah, that's Jess's protege on the cheerleading squad, right? Fourteen and already showing signs of Jessitude. Her little brother, actually. Oh, right. ... What parent names her children 'Alex'? I know the son is Alexander and her daughter Alexis, but still.... No idea. At least they're not twins. Were your parents demis? Or are you first-generation? * Tanya chuckles. "You should have seen my previous roommates. Triplets. Dennis, Denise, and Bob." I'm first-generation, I think. * Crow laughs. "Ah, heavens. You know, I swear first-gens are named by the technicians, and all our names are jokes." He looks at Tanya, considering her name. "Some less obvious than others." Speak for yourself, 'Crow'. At least mine's descriptive. * Crow 's stomach growls, and an apple appears in his hand. He takes a bite out of it. *crunch* Come on, Pizza the Hut, let's get you back to the apartment before you eat yourself to death. Hmph. No fair using references I don't know. Is that one of your manga? No, it's from an old movie I'd found in a dumpster back in Illinois. Someone had thrown out a whole bunch of turn-of-the-millennium movie discs, and I, uh, appropriated them. Denise got a kick out of it, Dennis and Bob thought it was stupid. Movie was called "Spaceballs". Huh. You and your porn. *sticks his tongue out at her* I'll bet they sent you here just to get you to stop corrupting the other underage demis. It wasn't porn. It was a parody of some other movie that I'd never got hold of. Oh! Well, we'll just have to find it, then! "Besides," she taps the box he's carrying, "*you're* the one hauling around the porn stash." Well, duh. I'm the guy. Why -wouldn't- I be carrying around a box full of porn with a hot girl in the middle of the night? Flatterer. You love me for it. *smiles mock-rakishly, winds up looking goofy* So, how drunk are we gonna get Jess on her sleepover party? And can you make a dancing pole for her of we do? Just enough, and only if she asks for one. It's no fun if she doesn't. * Crow polishes off his apple, core, seeds, stem, and all. Though my bet is that Jess gets Fallone drunk enough to pole-dance. That's a given! Jess is the challenge, though. Indeed. If you get her to ask for it, I'll buy you a video game of your choosing. If you can't, though... *grins evilly* You must bake me a cake! Hmm... Although, done right, it might not be as much of a challenge. She's already somewhat of an exhibitionist... She did a cheer routine for the marines, remember? And are you sure? My cooking is lethal, remember? A -good- cake. *looms menacingly--oh, who're we kidding?* Hey, just cause I can pop out of a cake and leave the cake intact doesn't mean I *will*! [end mini]