Honolulu Heights, Friday
Feb. 24th, 2012 12:52 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
chosehumanitySo several people had been promised a housewarming party - and George had managed to convince Mitchell not to invite everyone in the whole neighbourhood, so chances were it might not even end in disaster - which would double as a 'welcome back, Annie!' party.
That meant tea. And biscuits. But mostly loads of tea. (And little finger sandwiches; Annie had insisted, claiming they were 'classy'.)
And leis. Annie had been vocal about those, too.
But: now the place was ready, after a week of running around and shopping and arguing and laughing and then running around some more. Time to celebrate.
[[ for those who were invited, and for anyone who thinks they might have been invited! ]]
That meant tea. And biscuits. But mostly loads of tea. (And little finger sandwiches; Annie had insisted, claiming they were 'classy'.)
And leis. Annie had been vocal about those, too.
But: now the place was ready, after a week of running around and shopping and arguing and laughing and then running around some more. Time to celebrate.
[[ for those who were invited, and for anyone who thinks they might have been invited! ]]
Re: Living Room
Date: 2012-02-24 02:19 pm (UTC)A moment or so later, George sank down on the sofa next to him. "So," he said, "Welcome to our party..." He sounded somewhat more sedate than Mitchell, though he, too, had a smile on his face. "We still have plenty of sandwiches, if that's what you're afraid of. Annie keeps making them."
George, twisting around the thing he actually wanted to ask about? Why, never.
Re: Living Room
Date: 2012-02-24 02:34 pm (UTC)He gave George a slightly wary look. George had done his best to describe the transformation, but there was really nothing like going through it to make you understand. Not that he was quite sure how to express that, either.
"So," he said, considering and tabling a few different approaches. "How have you been? It must be grand, having Annie back again."
Re: Living Room
Date: 2012-02-24 02:38 pm (UTC)"You know," George said, "It really, really is." He looked like he had spent the past week or so deciding whether to cry or smile about it, and had frequently resorted to doing both at once.
"...Though the sandwich-making really is driving me mad, couldn't she just have stuck with tea--?"
Re: Living Room
Date: 2012-02-24 02:47 pm (UTC)Re: Living Room
Date: 2012-02-24 02:54 pm (UTC)"I doubt it. And, well, she can't do the shopping--"
George held up a hand, stopping himself mid-sentence for once.
"...But that's not important," he said. "I mean, of course it is, it's Annie, but-- how did it go?" Besides 'terrible'. Because, well.
Re: Living Room
Date: 2012-02-24 03:06 pm (UTC)"I'm alive." That was the best that could be said for it, really. "Don't know how you get through it every month, but I guess there's no choice. And next time, I'm finding a better place than some sewers."
Re: Living Room
Date: 2012-02-24 03:15 pm (UTC)George wrinkled his nose. He was... just going to stay mercifully silent about what happened the last time he and Nina... transformed, though the whole sewer thing suddenly brought it back to mind.
"Find a house with a basement," he advised. "We've got one now. We're prepared."
Unless they got stuck elsewhere while transforming. Ahem.
Re: Living Room
Date: 2012-02-24 03:36 pm (UTC)Not that there was enough for a fenced yard of any size in London, but it'd be possible someplace like Barry Island.
"Will you both fit in the basement?"
Re: Living Room
Date: 2012-02-24 03:47 pm (UTC)"No," George admitted. "Nina... will go in the basement, and I'll stick to the woods, I think."
He paused. "It would have to be a high fence," he said. "I mean. Unless it doesn't work quite... like that for you."
Re: Living Room
Date: 2012-02-24 04:17 pm (UTC)"I don't know," he said quietly, in the end. "I didn't see the -- thing that got me jump, and there wasn't space the other week. Emma said I was the size of a wolfhound."
Re: Living Room
Date: 2012-02-24 04:21 pm (UTC)"So-- maybe a bit smaller than us...?" George was trying to picture it, but... then again, thinking about the wolf was not always one of his favorite activities. "Just... don't get a cage. Or if you do, don't use tranquilizers. But-- high fence. High fence might work."
Re: Living Room
Date: 2012-02-24 05:28 pm (UTC)"Yeah, I don't think I could stand a cage and tranquilizers," he decided. "I might bite whoever got to lock me in."
It reminded him of something, and he lowered his voice. "Oh -- do you have problems with water outside? Rivers, the ocean, any of that?"
Re: Living Room
Date: 2012-02-24 05:40 pm (UTC)George thought about it for a moment. "I... don't think we can cross it," he settled on, "Though I'm not completely sure..."
He'd woken up near bridges before.
Re: Living Room
Date: 2012-02-24 06:07 pm (UTC)Possibly killing innocent people? Well, yes. That. But it was easier not to say that bit out loud.
Re: Living Room
Date: 2012-02-24 06:25 pm (UTC)George winced. "I don't-- I don't-- well, I don't know, maybe if you found some kind of-- walled off river but it seems like a risk."
Re: Living Room
Date: 2012-02-24 06:50 pm (UTC)He glanced about, hoping Nina wasn't within enhanced earshot. "Can I ask you something personal?"
Not too personal. Jack was still, after all, a bit Victorian.
Re: Living Room
Date: 2012-02-24 07:32 pm (UTC)"I've never... tried that," George began, but then shut up as Jack asked his question. "...how personal?"
Re: Living Room
Date: 2012-02-24 07:36 pm (UTC)"Anyhow. Er. About the chances I'd pass this on to someone I cared about." He reddened. "Sorry. Just need to -- know."
Re: Living Room
Date: 2012-02-24 07:59 pm (UTC)... Oh.
"You mean like... with me and Nina--"
Yes.
Re: Living Room
Date: 2012-02-24 08:30 pm (UTC)Re: Living Room
Date: 2012-02-24 08:34 pm (UTC)George stared down at his tea. "I... scratched her," he said. "While I was changing. That's... when you're in a transformation or, you are starting one, that's when it's... active."
Re: Living Room
Date: 2012-02-24 08:52 pm (UTC)Jack felt the urge to apologize again. It was something he needed to know, but that didn't mean he could dissect it as an object lesson.
"I just need this to stop with me," he explained.
Re: Living Room
Date: 2012-02-24 08:54 pm (UTC)"No," George said. He was still staring at his tea, but then, as if he'd found something in it, he nodded. "No, I know... exactly how you feel. This... thing is a disease. It shouldn't have a place in this world."
Though he was doing a bit better at the acceptance bit these days, but... still.
"But that's... all I know. Only on the full moon. Every other day of the month, everything is... normal. If that's what you want to call it."
Re: Living Room
Date: 2012-02-24 09:14 pm (UTC)