The Library Is Open (11-28-05)

[janet_fraiser]

Janet unlocks the doors of the library, flips on the lights, and gets to work behind the Collections Desk.

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[mparkerceo.livejournal.com]

"It's annoying. I'd have sympathy that she got played by Angelus if I hadn't warned her and she hadn't blown me off. Rory and Logan are re-examining everything he ever said to them, wondering how they missed it, and she's just saying 'how could I know'?" Parker rolled her eyes. "And at least you and John worked out the consequences to my prank. Beka just made it worse with the body-switching you guys did. I still don't get why you went along with that."

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Aeryn's quiet for a minute. "The switch was Beka's idea?"

[mparkerceo.livejournal.com]

Parker blinked. "Of course. She said you guys didn't want to be separated from your boyfriends all day.... Wait. You thought it was my idea?"

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"Honestly, I didn't even think about who came up with what, I just went along with it and did what I was told," Aeryn admits, and she definitely learned her lesson about that. "Considering the microt the switch was done she was calling me and telling me what a bad idea it was, I guess I just assumed..."

[mparkerceo.livejournal.com]

"Oh, for the love of sanity." Parker makes a disgusted sound. "I told her if she wanted to do that, she was on her own. The plan was complicated enough without the two of you looking like each other on top of it. I assumed you both cooked it up, although I couldn't figure out why. The hypnotism was only on Cam, and it's not like you couldn't hold him off with your pinkie finger, even if he'd been the type to get pushy. More of Valentine's histrionics, I suppose."

She palms her face. "I apologized to Crichton and Mitchell for that stupid thing a long time ago, but now I'm apologizing to you. I got whammied by Drusilla later over Homecoming, so now I have some idea how they felt. I took revenge for a prank too far, and I should've left you and Valentine out of it."

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"No, if Beka or I had a problem with it, we never should have done it, simple as that," she insists. "I didn't think or ask questions, and it got out of hand because of it... Can we just put it down to a learning experience?"

[mparkerceo.livejournal.com]

Parker laughs ruefully. "Yeah. Definitely. For both of us. If I'd paid more attention, I wouldn't have put Valentine on the campaign, either. Live and learn." She sighed. "Thanks, Sun."

"Speaking of questions... how are you dealing with the new roommate Crichton's taken in? Any problems yet?"

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A couple, but neither is something Aeryn's actually going to tell anyone else. "It hasn't been bad," she says. "Angel himself hasn't been that bad, it's just the threat of something happening."

[mparkerceo.livejournal.com]

"He seemed-- quieter, at least." Parker looks bemused. "I didn't really believe it until I saw him singing Manilow. Even if Lorne hadn't confirmed it, that was... not Angelus."

She cocked an eyebrow. "No perfect happiness. And no mojo. I'm going to keep looking for a way to lock that soul in place, so there's no risk. Although even then, I guess he's no more safe than anyone else here at the school. Give him gremlin spit or a good whammying, and you have a six-foot bloodsucking problem." She sighed. "You can't talk John-Boy into getting Wings a single?"

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"I do believe Angel," Aeryn says. "If he's that good an actor, he almost deserves to beat us all. As for the room, I'm not interfering unless something happens. It's John's call. And I can't say that I don't feel better being nearby in case something does happen."

[mparkerceo.livejournal.com]

"I suppose that's true." Parker shivers. "I just keep thinking there has to be some way to make him perfectly safe. I'm probably dreaming on that, though. If you ever *do* want to disinvite him, and make it so he can't come back? There's a spell that Tara Maclay or the new psych teacher can do. Even if it's just that he leaves towels on the bathroom floor."

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"I'll definitely keep that in mind," Aeryn says, because she knows it's a possibility it'll have to happen. "My objective is to keep it so that I don't have to resort to that, though."

[mparkerceo.livejournal.com]

"You've got a lot of backup on that objective," Parker said, getting to her feet. "And... I admire you for not bailing on John. You've got every reason to, from where I'm standing. But it's good that you're not."

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Aeryn pauses. "If it wasn't for John, I wouldn't be involved in this at all," she says, and smiles a little. "And thank you for having the sense to tell me that somewhere besides the middle of class."

[mparkerceo.livejournal.com]

Parker looks non-plussed, then laughs. "Valentine has all the tact, doesn't she? Forget about it. Your boyfriend is nuts, but he doesn't deserve the worst that could happen, so... Consider me on call. You can probably handle any crises better than I could, but you never know."

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Aeryn stands. "Thank you. And should you learn anything new..."

[mparkerceo.livejournal.com]

"I'll let you know. As soon as I can." Parker nods.

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"I'll do the same," she says, and heads back to the door.