Room 406, evening

[izzyalienqueen]

A week that had included library duty, a night out at Caritas, movies with a friend, exams, and plotting a rescue mission meant that Isabel was pretty damn tired when she went to bed on Friday night. Unfortunately the conversation with Rikku brought memories and Isabel didn't actually get into a deep sleep until some time just before dawn. She slept till noon when the sound of yelling and chaos in the hallways woke her.

A quick look out her door found Isabel shutting it quickly. Beyond grateful to whatever quirk of Fandom left her still eighteen, she decided an afternoon with a good book was much better then weetiny chaos.

After a quiet afternoon, Isabel finally got out her camera and opened her door.

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[threeweapons.livejournal.com]

Alanna peered into Isabel's room, Faithful clutched in her arms. "Hi?"

[izzyalienqueen.livejournal.com]

Isabel smiled. Red hair and a cat. "Hi Alanna. How are you today?"

[chasingsnitches.livejournal.com]

Cedric poked his head around the open door. "Hello?"

[izzyalienqueen.livejournal.com]

"Hello," she replied, tipping her head and smiling. "Who are you?"

[chasingsnitches.livejournal.com]

"Cedric!" He hadn't moved. "I'm five!"

[cantgetnorelief.livejournal.com]

A very frazzled-looking Anders poked his head into the doorway. "Big sis?"

[izzyalienqueen.livejournal.com]

"Well hello Cedric who's five," Isabel grinned, resisting the urge to immediately reach for her camera. "Do you want to come in and visit for a while? I promise I'm friendly."

[izzyalienqueen.livejournal.com]

"Having a rough day?" Isabel grinned.

[cantgetnorelief.livejournal.com]

He gave her a weak smile that took way too much effort. "Phoebe's four. Bel's five or six. Rough is the least of it."

[chasingsnitches.livejournal.com]

"Okay," he said and jumped into the room. "Hi!"

[izzyalienqueen.livejournal.com]

"Hi!" She said, smiling at the jumping. "So what have you been doing all day? Anything fun?"

[izzyalienqueen.livejournal.com]

"You mean they're wearing you out more as little kids?" she asked, snickering just a bit.

[chasingsnitches.livejournal.com]

"I ate waffles!" He nodded solemnly. "With chocolates!"

[cantgetnorelief.livejournal.com]

"And there's a mental image I didn't need," Anders said, grimacing. "Took me two hours to clean up the mess after they tried to help me make cupcakes this morning, and I owe the cats a huge treat for playing keep-away with Phoebe and the vodka bottle, and now Phoebe's run off and Bel went to find her, and I can't find them anywhere."

[threeweapons.livejournal.com]

"There are too many stairs." Alanna informed Isabel and came into the room. "What are you doing?"

[izzyalienqueen.livejournal.com]

"There are a lot of them," she agreed. "But they're good exercise. I'm just reading my book."

[izzyalienqueen.livejournal.com]

"Carbs and sugar, that's very good," Isabel nodded back. "Who made them for you?"

[izzyalienqueen.livejournal.com]

Isabel couldn't help but laugh. "I'm sorry. They do sound like handfuls. But I wouldn't worry too too much. I swear the island looks out for all the wee tiny people during times like this."

[cantgetnorelief.livejournal.com]

"Yeah, I know. Can't help worrying about them, though," Anders replied, grinning a little bit. "I'm glad I'm not the only one who didn't get affected by this."

[threeweapons.livejournal.com]

"What's it about?" Alanna asked, trying to peer at the cover.

[chasingsnitches.livejournal.com]

"Jaaaaaaaaaaaack," he said, getting stuck on the 'a'. "He's older than me but not by much."

[izzyalienqueen.livejournal.com]

"You're the first non wee person I've seen," she admitted. "Of course I've had the door closed and locked all afternoon so I might have missed someone else."

[izzyalienqueen.livejournal.com]

Isabel blinked, because the image of Jack as a weetiny kidlet just didn't compute. "Jack? Really? Where they good waffles?"

[cantgetnorelief.livejournal.com]

"Judging from the cereal and empty ice cream containers all over the common rooms? It's most of them," Anders said with a wry grin. "Wyatt pulled a singing purple dinosaur out of the TV, for one."

[izzyalienqueen.livejournal.com]

"Ummm," Isabel stammered, because somehow she doubted anything written by Angelica Desmesnes was good for kids. "It's a history book. It's very boring."