Room 406, late morning til evening.

[izzyalienqueen]

After the Perk, Isabel returned to her room, made a few handwavey phone calls and then tried to pack. If you can call randomly taking things in and out of drawers packing. Annie sat on the bed watching her, seeming to sense something was going on.

The door was cracked open.

[ooc: If you think you would have gotten a phone call, you did. I'm around but occasionally slowish due to RL through about 7 tonight.]

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[chasingsnitches.livejournal.com]

"Oh." He paused. "Should I come back after you've found it?"

[izzyalienqueen.livejournal.com]

"Screw it. I'll just go barefoot." She sat back and tossed a few of the things that had spilled out of the bottom of the closet back in using a little more force then was probably necessary. "Sorry. I hate packing."

[chasingsnitches.livejournal.com]

"I guess so," he said, mildly amused. "Are you all right?"

[izzyalienqueen.livejournal.com]

"I'm fine," Isabel said automatically.

[chasingsnitches.livejournal.com]

"Oh." Cedric looked away and then said, "Can I help in anyway?"

[izzyalienqueen.livejournal.com]

"Thank you," she smiled sadly. "But no. I'm almost done...sort of. It's hard to pack when you don't really know anything about where you're going."

[chasingsnitches.livejournal.com]

"Hm." He frowned. "Will you be back?"

[izzyalienqueen.livejournal.com]

"I don't know," Isabel said quietly. "Honestly? I don't think so."

[chasingsnitches.livejournal.com]

He winced. "Will you be safe?"

[izzyalienqueen.livejournal.com]

"Max is their king, Michael's his second in command. I'm sure they'll do whatever they can to protect them, us..."

[chasingsnitches.livejournal.com]

He nodded again, fairly certain he was supposed to. "I don't know what to do in these situations."

[izzyalienqueen.livejournal.com]

"I'm making it up as I go along," Isabel admitted. "Right now I'm just trying to be the brave little toaster."

[chasingsnitches.livejournal.com]

"A..." He frowned. "What?"

[izzyalienqueen.livejournal.com]

"It's an old animated movie about a toaster and his friends and being brave in new situations," she explained. "I saw it when I was a kid. It's kind of oddly appropriate right now."

[chasingsnitches.livejournal.com]

"You're not going to turn into a toaster, are you? Jack the mouse was enough."

[izzyalienqueen.livejournal.com]

Isabel chuckled, "No, I'm just going to be brave and deal with all of this without falling apart."

[chasingsnitches.livejournal.com]

"If you turned into a toaster, I could hide you in my room and you wouldn't have to go," he suggested.

[izzyalienqueen.livejournal.com]

"This place already has one sentient toaster too many," she chuckled. "So that's probably not a good idea. Although I do appreciate the thought."

[chasingsnitches.livejournal.com]

"I wish you didn't have to go," he said, finally just coming out with it.

[izzyalienqueen.livejournal.com]

"I wish I could stay," she admitted. "I'm going to miss you."

[chasingsnitches.livejournal.com]

"I'm going to miss you too," he said, looking down at his feet. "A lot."

[izzyalienqueen.livejournal.com]

Isabel couldn't think of anything to say that wouldn't sound trite, so she walked over and hugged him.

[chasingsnitches.livejournal.com]

Cedric hugged her back and said, "It won't be the same here. At least, not for me."

[izzyalienqueen.livejournal.com]

"I'm sorry," Isabel said, suddenly realizing that after May Cedric would be on his own.

[chasingsnitches.livejournal.com]

"I'll learn how to do it myself," he whispered. "Don't be sorry. You're one of my closest friends and I hope you take that knowledge with you."