Room 406, early evening

[izzyalienqueen]

After a night spent fighting Samuri Fishmen, and a busy day of classes, StuCo, visiting, and an assembly. Isabel was glad to get back to her room. Apologizing profusely, she locked Annie the cat in the bathroom, then set Jack the mouse down on her bed.

"There. Roam! Be free!" she laughed.

The door was open.

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[izzyalienqueen.livejournal.com]

"A bunch of the new people who's names I still haven't really learned," Isabel admitted. "This place is getting too big."

Looking down at a sleeping Annie, Isabel shook her head. "I only wish. Do you want to hear about the freaky dream I had featuring a pissed off ancient Slayer? Or about the last person in the world I ever expected to stumble across on the beach."

[mparkerceo.livejournal.com]

"Dreams first, then reality." Parker frowned. "Ancient Slayer-- someone mentioned that this week, I have no idea who.... River, I think. You had a dream with that too?"

[izzyalienqueen.livejournal.com]

"Pretty much everyone that was there got hit with freaky weird dreams. Gotta love spillover rage," she sighed. "And you don't need to be an expert to figure out what mine meant."

[mparkerceo.livejournal.com]

"What? What particular nightmare did you have to host?" Parker petted Annie's head, and gave Isabel a worried look.

[izzyalienqueen.livejournal.com]

"Well Bel, our Bel, the nice guy, was in it. And you and Jack went flying off in a flying saucer and Max went off with Tess." Isabel shrugged, "Can you sense a theme?"

[mparkerceo.livejournal.com]

"Being left. Abandoned." Parker gave her a 'you dummy' look. "You know I won't do that, right?"

[izzyalienqueen.livejournal.com]

"Oh I know. But still, after May, it won't be the same." Since this was rapidly evolving into a conversation that needed chocolate, Isabel carefully set Annie aside before going to her desk and rummaging through it, returning with a bag of Cadbury mini-eggs. "You're going to be in England. Jack's going to be where and whenever. We'll be reduced to phone calls and email till Spring Break 2008."

[mparkerceo.livejournal.com]

"There'll be Homecoming. And Christmas break. But, yeah. I know." Parker grimaced, and took one of the eggs. "Why can't you be a senior already, damnit? Although that still wouldn't solve much unless you wanted to attend Oxford."

[izzyalienqueen.livejournal.com]

"Please, I'm supposed to be. But remember, I had to redo sophomore year to be admitted here," she reminded her. "And honestly? I really haven't given much thought to what I'm going to do or where I'm going to go after here. I suppose I should start thinking about it."

[mparkerceo.livejournal.com]

"SAT's and admissions tests in another few months, then college applications after that-- yeah. You should have the beginnings of a plan, at least." Parker was still a big believer in plans. "But I can see how the dream would make it seem worse." She took another egg and sternly told her, "But I am not abandoning you. If you need a break, or to get away, you just have to call. You'll be staying in my dorm room at Oxford before you know what hit you."

[izzyalienqueen.livejournal.com]

"Or a place to hide? Cause that sort of ties into who I ran into the other day," Isabel said with a shudder.

[mparkerceo.livejournal.com]

"Of course, and who would that be?" Parker frowned, handing over a Cadbury egg to Isabel. "'The last person you would expect to see' was...?"

[izzyalienqueen.livejournal.com]

"Kivar was here. According to the radio he was the guest lecturer for Extraterrestrial Civilizations." She took the egg but didn't open it. "If I'd known I would have stayed holed up here for the day. But I didn't. I went to beach to meet up with Peter and he, Kivar, found me there."

[mparkerceo.livejournal.com]

"Kivar-- Kevlar, God I hate the squirrels sometimes." Parker made a disgusted face, then frowned as Isabel went on. "What the hell did he want? Did he get on your case about Vilandra again?"

[izzyalienqueen.livejournal.com]

"He wants her back," Isabel said quietly. "Obviously I told him to go to hell. But I just worry...he knows I'm here. Does this me I have to be afraid everytime I leave the dorms?"

[mparkerceo.livejournal.com]

Parker frowned, disturbed. "Where did Stalker Boy go after you talked? And maybe we can get a restraining order of some kind, or a force field, an alarm, something...."

[izzyalienqueen.livejournal.com]

"He left through some sort of portal. At first I thought Lonnie was back and screwing with head again," she admitted. "But Peter saw it as well and then I heard radio. He was really here."

[mparkerceo.livejournal.com]

Grimacing, Parker shook her head. "I'm going to guess that he's gone, but I think you ought to seriously look into getting some kind of warning device. I don't know how, but maybe Cedric would have an idea or two." She sighed, rubbing her forehead, then said, "Or I could shoot him?"

[izzyalienqueen.livejournal.com]

"Or I could. I have a feeling I'm going to regret not blasting him to hell and back when I saw him on the beach," Isabel grumbled. "All I wanted at that point was for him to be gone."

[mparkerceo.livejournal.com]

"What the hell did she see in the guy, anyway? Did you get any sense of that?"

[izzyalienqueen.livejournal.com]

"She was sheltered and relatively innocent. He was the first person that ever paid attention to her." She wondered if she was ever that naive in this lifetime.

[mparkerceo.livejournal.com]

"Christ." Parker shook her head, biting into a Cadbury egg, swallowing and then saying, "So, that bit of history will never be repeating either. That has to disappoint him." She shot Isabel a concerned look. "But you managed to keep him back? No special powers for him?"

[izzyalienqueen.livejournal.com]

"There were memories, images...I'm not sure if they were from him or from whatever bit of Vilandra is still in me." Isabel finally peeled the chocolate and took a small bite. "He left. But not before making the usual threats about seeing me again. I figure I'll just make sure to not go into town alone for a while. Just to be on the safe side."

[mparkerceo.livejournal.com]

"Good call." Parker was still feeling pretty worried about that, but... what else was there to do? Isabel would be able to handle it, or get help. "Which puts me in mind of something else. Are you doing anything next Friday?"

[izzyalienqueen.livejournal.com]

"My nails maybe?" she said with a small laugh. "Why? What's up?"