Room 406, afternoon

[izzyalienqueen]

Isabel had reached the point where studying just wasn't happenening any longer. A quick phone call had Parker appearing, loaded down with gifts.

The door was open, the carols were playing, Annie was wearing a wee Santa hat and Parker and Isabel were laughing like demented elves as they ate chocolate and drank eggnog while waiting for people to come by so they could hand out holiday presents.


[Assume handwavey phone calls telling their friends to stop by!]

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[mparkerceo.livejournal.com]

Parker was wearing a black velvet bodysuit with white fur cuffs and collar, and she had envelopes with shiny paper and red ribbons, bows, and a good bit of glitter. She looked like the Bad Elf that put coal in children's stockings.

"Soooo. You want your present now?" Parker danced and envelope in front of Annie, who batted at it. "Or later?"

[izzyalienqueen.livejournal.com]

"Now! Now! Now!" Isabel demanded, as the sugar started to effect her. "Then I'll give you yours."

[mparkerceo.livejournal.com]

Parker snickered, and held out the envelope, then handed over a small box. "Merry Christmas, crazy Christmas assistant."

[izzyalienqueen.livejournal.com]

Isabel opened both gifts up in a very dignified manor. Then squeed. "Thank you! That's going to be fun and this is just gorgeous," she said, as she put the necklace on. "I love it." Rummaging through her stack of gifts she pulled out a small flat box and another, slightly larger box. "Here, Merry Christmas!"

[mparkerceo.livejournal.com]

Parker gleed immediately, and put the earrings on. "These are gorgeous! Thank you! And this is so pretty," she said, petting the scarf, then twitching it out of Annie's way. "No, not for kittens. Hopefully I can get all these to everyone but Jack and... yeah, everyone but Jack. His isn't arriving until Saturday."

[threeweapons.livejournal.com]

Alanna's hands were still wrapped in bandages, but she had a present in one and a cat in another. One was for Isabel.

[izzyalienqueen.livejournal.com]

"Hey! How are you?" Isabel asked. "How are your hands?"

[swerval_zero]

Zero, dressed in her elf costume, peered around the doorframe. "Did someone say presents?"

[izzyalienqueen.livejournal.com]

"They're one of a kind," Isabel pointed out. "Just like you. I'm not sure who's going home so I figured I might as well start delivering now. But the people I know are staying? Like Jack and Cedric? They have to wait for Christmas morning."

[mparkerceo.livejournal.com]

"I'm not sure about most people either, which is why, hi, distribution now." Parker drew a ribbon across the floor in front of the kitten. "What did you get Cedric?"

[izzyalienqueen.livejournal.com]

"You've come to the right place," Isabel nodded, pulling another present out of her stash. She held out a brightly colored gift bag. "For you."

[threeweapons.livejournal.com]

"Achey." Alanna said and lifted up the one with the cat in it. "Why, oh why is it always my hands and/or arms?"

[izzyalienqueen.livejournal.com]

Annie pounced happily.

"I'd gotten him a tiny pewter dragon," Isabel said. "Because he said he had to face a dragon once. But I gave it to him the other day when we had breakfast. But I also got him a book on American slang as well as a nice print for his wall."

[swerval_zero]

"Oooh, thank you!" Zero held out a gift bag of her own and said, "And this is for you."

[izzyalienqueen.livejournal.com]

"I don't know," she admitted. "But think about it, if it had been your foot or something you'd be stuck on crutches now. Take a seat," Isabel said, as she pulled out two boxes and a small envelope. Inside the envelope, a small note said that one of these would be delivered for Faithful after the new semester started.

[threeweapons.livejournal.com]

Alanna spent a moment remembering just how she injured her hands and what would have happened if it was her foot. The expression on her face pretty much said that. "Oooooh, thank you!"

[izzyalienqueen.livejournal.com]

"I figured you can use that to help you relax the next time Peter does the super hero thing." Isabel opened her packages, gleed at the chocolate and gasped at the cranes. "Oh...These are gorgeous! Thank you!"

[izzyalienqueen.livejournal.com]

"No problem, I thought the earrings would look great on you, and I remembered how much you hate the cold," Isabel said.

[swerval_zero]

"I'm learning to not spaz. But this will help!"

[threeweapons.livejournal.com]

"Tell me about it." Alanna dug her own book shaped package out of her bag. "I'm not very creative with gifts."

[izzyalienqueen.livejournal.com]

"I might have to get some for Greg," she said, shaking her head. "I left him messages about the trip to Maine on Monday, and then another little mission I went on last night. Too bad he didn't get the messages till after I was gone. So he worried until I got back."

[swerval_zero]

"Yeh, I was invited to Maine, but I had the flu or a virus or no internet connectionsomething. Pity. I handwavily hear I missed a bar brawl."

[izzyalienqueen.livejournal.com]

"Aww, I hope you're feeling better. You did. By Fandom standards though? It was pretty tame," Isabel assured her.

[izzyalienqueen.livejournal.com]

"Nonsense, it's the thought that counts," she said. "That's what makes it special."

[mparkerceo.livejournal.com]

"Good gifts," Parker agreed. "And I'm pretty happy with what I got him, too." She picked up Annie and cuddled her. "I should be back around New Year's. When are you heading to L.A.?"