Meerkat, Isabel's Alcove, early afternoon

[izzyalienqueen]

Isabel didn't get in until late Friday night after spending the evening swimming at the beach. That means her plans for a hot and humid Saturday included sleeping in and and then some brain candy. Sprawled on her bed, she's re-reading the newest pirate/ninja novel and snickering.

Her curtain is open.

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[lilpunkinbelly.livejournal.com]

Dawn peeked her head in, sniffling a little. Her eyes were also probably red. "Hi, Isabel."

[izzyalienqueen.livejournal.com]

"Hi!" she said, snickering as she closed the book. "Like that's not going to leave marks in intertesting places." Isabel looked up at Dawn and blinked, somehow the Dawn before her didn't match the happy Dawn she'd seen last night. "What's wrong?"

[lilpunkinbelly.livejournal.com]

"Dean," she sniffled, sitting cross-legged on the bed. "We made plans...and today, he didn't know me. And he was smarmy."

[izzyalienqueen.livejournal.com]

"What?" Isabel asked increduously. "That makes no sense. He was all boyfriendy and normal when I talked to him last night. He didn't know you? At all?"

[lilpunkinbelly.livejournal.com]

"He was very boyfriendy last night!" Dawn gestured wildly with her hands, then whined, "and today he didn't know my naaaaaame and said Dean was a square."

[izzyalienqueen.livejournal.com]

"Okay, that's bizarre," she agreed. Isabel bit her lip thoughtfully. "Did you notice any bite marks?"

[lilpunkinbelly.livejournal.com]

"If he had them, they were totally from that skank who was attached to him at the hip," she punched Isabel's pillow.

[izzyalienqueen.livejournal.com]

Isabel raised her hands in the universal gesture for time-out. "Whoa, there was a skank attached to him? Who? And do we need to kill her for taking advantage of your boyfriend when he's obviously not himself? He has to have been bitten by a gremlin or something."

[lilpunkinbelly.livejournal.com]

"I don't know," Dawn said, never having met Ivanova. "Dark hair, draped all over him like he was hers," she punched the pillow again, obviously upset. "I told him not to come near me." Dawn sniffled again, and started to cry.

After Dawn

[can_be_more]

After leaving the bathroom, Aeryn passes by Isabel's alcove on the way to her own. There's a thought of omgtherewerepeoplehere and as soon as John's settled in her own bed, she comes by and greets Isabel with, "You're not singing."

Re: After Dawn

[izzyalienqueen.livejournal.com]

Isabel tried very hard not to snicker. She was mostly successful. Mostly. "No, I'm not. Should I be?"

Re: After Dawn

[can_be_more]

"There was singing in the gym this morning. I thought everyone would still be doing that," she says, and she's ignoring the snicker, yes.

Re: After Dawn

[izzyalienqueen.livejournal.com]

"I've been here all day. I slept in, got up, showered." Yes, there was blushing. "And have been here reading ever since. But Dawn said Dean was weird this morning. Maybe that's a part of it?"

Re: After Dawn

[can_be_more]

"Probably," she agrees, and manages not to hit her head against any hard surfaces. It's a feat. "Something has to be going on. But um. At least it's not everyone."

Re: After Dawn

[izzyalienqueen.livejournal.com]

"Yay for being the sane ones," Isabel laughed. "I'm probably going to take a walk in a bit. Just to see what's up."

Re: After Dawn

[can_be_more]

"If you come back singing, I'm moving back to the dorms early," she warns.

Re: After Dawn

[izzyalienqueen.livejournal.com]

"If I come back singing? Do me a favor and knock me out before you leave," she grinned. "I'd prefer to keep my public humliations to a minimum."

After people

[threeweapons.livejournal.com]

Alanna nocked on the door jam near Isabel's alcove. She was wearing dark glasses and was holding a plate of cookies. "I didn't bake them."

Re: After people

[izzyalienqueen.livejournal.com]

"Hi," Isabel said, shifting back to make room. "What's up?"

Re: After people

[threeweapons.livejournal.com]

Alanna sat down and Faithful trotted in. "Good afternoon!" His voice was oddly loud and Alanna winced. "Don't breath so loud. Cookie?" Alanna offered the tray.

Re: After people

[izzyalienqueen.livejournal.com]

"Sure." Isabel reached out and took a cookie, putting the clues together as she did so. "Hangover?"

Re: After people

[threeweapons.livejournal.com]

"The number one reason I don't drink. Speaking of, are all our classmates drunk or something? I heard singing and wrong people were with more wrong people."

Re: After people

[izzyalienqueen.livejournal.com]

"I've never had one," Isabel admitted. "Of course I've only been drunk once. And that was off of a sip of Jack's drink." She shook her head, "I'm thinking the gremlins are back. Dawn and Aeryn were telling me about the strangeness. That seems to be the only explaination."

Re: After people

[threeweapons.livejournal.com]

Alanna began munching on cookies. "I can hold my liquor, but I'm always afraid I'll let something slip while under the influence that I very, very rarely drink." She sighed. "Go gremlins."

Re: After people

[izzyalienqueen.livejournal.com]

"But you did last night," she said. "Was there a reason?" Nibbling on her own cookie, Isabel contemplated gremlins. "I hope they're not back. I always worry I'm going to run into one."