Best Sleepover Ever

[governorkang]

A good number of those affected by the clock had reached childhood, and required supervision. Several of the adults had offered to help, and no one was quite sure anymore who had first suggested it, but it was decided that one night, there should be a sleepover, something fun for the children. The idea had grown; Eva had offered Cassie's house, after getting permission from the other non-deaged resident, Aximili.

In the end, it turned out to be a packed house. There were about twenty children running around, and thankfully, there were five adults and two teenagers supervising. Luckily for Eva, she had made sure to childproof the house the best she could beforehand.

It was going to be needed.

[Planning post is here. HAVE AT. A description of Cassie's house is here, and if you have any questions about it, you can ask Lisa (Eva), Blue (Marco), Cait (Rachel) and Kaylin (Ax). Start up subthreads for stuff, and try not to wreck the place. :D; ]

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Dinosaurs

[callmethekid.livejournal.com]

He had a cape. Not just a blanket, a real cape, Rory's cape from the Roman outfit he had, all hemmed up and with a paper S-shield, carefully colored in, pinned to the back. A real, honest-to-goodness Superman cape. (He needed one because he was Superman, you see). It was easy to get the impression that he was never going to take it off again because he honestly didn't plan to.

There was quiet for a little while, during which Kon could be mistaken for a quiet, well-behaved little boy as he built up a little city out of blocks that had been scavenged from who knows where.

It was abruptly ruined by the boy standing up, looking at all his hard work, and then stomping around knocking down towers of blocks, letting out the loudest roar he could muster.

"RAAAAAAAR! I'm a Spinosaurus and I smell MEAT! Watch out little meat-children, 'cause I'm gonna eat you up!"

Watch out, other kids, he's a biter!

[ooc: do threads just with each other other this too.]

[staturity]

"Not so fast Spinosaurus!" Cassie, now ten years old, stood up and pointed at Kon. "You're not going to eat anyone as long as Ant- err- Giant Girl is here!"

[notsaintkaiser.livejournal.com]

Wow. So many kids. It had been quite awhile since there had been a kid gathering and it kinda threw Vivio for a loop. At the very least, though, she dragged Einhart out to get to know the other kids. At the very least, she needed something to do after the whole incident with Signum.

[colorfulworld]

"Hi!"

Karen was entirely too disconnected from the other kids on the ship. So when she someone who looked familiar, she rushed over. "Hi, Einhart! You're Einhart, right?" Then she glanced over at Vivio. "Are you friends?"

BEAR TIME

[governorkang]

Kang had been extraordinarily pleased to find out that some of the children weren't all that afraid of him, allowing him to play with them in a way that he was much more comfortable with.

So, he was on all fours, lashing his tail and growling, chasing a group of them around the living room and pretending to be a bear. He was sure some of the other adults were laughing at him, but he didn't much care. He was enjoying himself, as were the younglings, and that was all that mattered at the moment.

[callmethekid.livejournal.com]

Oh no, you nefarious ne'er-do-well. You won't be eating any innocent younglings today!

"Stand back, citizens!" Conner said, standing on top of the couch, hands on his hips. "This is a job for Superman!"

There was a mighty jump, his red cape flaring, and he tried to tackle Kang, perhaps a little too roughly for play. He was getting a little too into it.

Re: BEAR TIME

[bonnypiperlad]

Jamie has spent most of the evening trying to figure out what's going on and sorting out all this strangeness in his head, so he's been a bit quiet. However, one thing that he seems especially fascinated with is the beastie with wings, and he's been watching that chasing with interest.

When Kang eventually takes a break from playing bear, the young Scot finally pipes up with a question.

"What's it like, being a terrible beastie?"

Re: BEAR TIME

[pretty_lethal]

Rachel, despite having been a pretty normal girl until the age of 13, was one of the kids who was totally fine with it-- in fact, she was pretty enthusiastic.

Of course, she also wasn't doing much running.

Instead, she faced him head on, hands out. She'd stop him if it was the last thing she did. Or, you know, climb on him. That was fine too.

[voiceofserenity.livejournal.com]

Kaylee could only watch for a while, with eyes almost as big as her interest in the game. The lizard man could be quite fierce when he wanted to be, but he was still funny and mostly-not-scary. Silently, Kaylee hoped that all aliens could be this friendly, especially when they would eventually meet them in space back home. If they were all like Kang, maybe they could help scare the Reavers away, too!

Eventually, once Kang seemed to be settling a bit, Kaylee cautiously made her way over to him and gave the edge of his skirt-thing a tug. "'Scuse me, but you're real tall..."

Re: BEAR TIME

[ronnae.livejournal.com]

Ronnae looked at the bear dragon in amazement as he chased the other kids. She had propped herself atop in an area she could see everyone one from.

Her eyes followed him everywhere, looking at him curiously. He wasn't like any bear she ever saw... but he looked like a dragon! Her eyes suddenly opened in wonderment as she ushered the words in awe, "A dragon bear~"

Possibly the coolest thing she's heard!

Re: BEAR TIME

[notadamnangel.livejournal.com]

A bear wrecking havoc? Not on Dean's watch! He smirked as he got in the front, "I don't think so." It was nothing like the hunts Dad went on, he knew it was just pretend, but it was good practice for when he can help his old man.

Re: BEAR TIME

[thewunderkind]

It had, admittedly taken a while for Lash to unwind. Once she had, however, the wunderkind had put her all into it, much like she did everything. Therefore Kang did not face a simple human child ready to attack a bear. Oh no! She was no mere child.

At this very moment, she was Lash, Wunderkind Toreador! She had taken one of the blank sheets of paper in her little black book and made a very stylish hat out of it. One of the many blankets was now her weapon of war, and she was shaking it at Kang with a determined grin.

"I will defeat you, Mister Bear!"

Lash had read about Toreadors a long while ago and now her mind didn't remember all the fine details about it. You'd have to forgive her, Kang. Bears could be like Bulls, right?

[hisfathersstaff.livejournal.com]

It had taken Negi a long time to arrive, and he hoped he wasn't late considering everything between grading papers, hiding some of Ren's things so that he didn't cause problems with it, BORROWING Ren's motorcycle to get there since his staff had been awol for a while (Chamo was borrowing it), and he had to feed Larry who had decided to be awol as well for a time, prompting a bout of "Hey, where's Larry?"

Between that, he pocketed the keys and put the helmet on the cycle as he brushed his hair back a bit, rubbing his head before knocking on the door.

[saint-sami.livejournal.com]

"Negi-kun!" a voice called out. From behind Negi came a familiar face, sporting some unfamiliar clothes... namely casual clothes that more suited a normal kid than, say, a princess.

"I'm glad you could make it... though I hope we're not late...!"

[ronnae.livejournal.com]

Ronnae had taken over the roof for the moment, looking at people come and go through the entrance with childlike glee. She waved eagerly at anyone she saw regardless of whether she knew them or not, a big kiddie grin adorning her face as she yelled "Hi hiiiiiiii~!!!!"

Most of the time you'd hear her humming a sweet little tune as she ate the lollipop she snatched from her own stash back at her house. She didn't want to be near the place at the moment, not with THAT there anyways.

[hit-girl-mindy.livejournal.com]

And here was Mindy, playfully ruffling the hair of the girl she knew all to well. Yes, she knew darn well who you were, Ronnae, and thought this was th funnest thing she had ever seen.

"And how are you enjoying yourself, squirt?"

[callmethekid.livejournal.com]

At one point, after rough-housing, fake-bear-wrasslin', the tackling of various individuals, and the total destruction of a block city, Conner needed a break.

Rory was on the couch, so that's where Conner flopped, wrapping himself in the cape like it was a blanket, and shoving a pillow up against the older man so he could lay there next to him.

Idly, he reached up for Rory's hand and pulled it towards his head, wordlessly telling him to pet his hair.

[theboywhowaits]

Rory settled Conner against his side, not protesting the grab or the tug, wordlessly submitting to the bid for attention, running his fingers through the dark hair. "Having fun?" It was good to see him having a good time, and luckily after the first time, he hadn't had to intervene near as much as he'd feared. It was also nice to just hold the boy, to know that he trusted him and he wanted to be near him.

After a lifetime of being the second choice for everyone, it was nice to be someone's first.

[voiceofserenity.livejournal.com]

Unsurprisingly, Kaylee has surrounded herself with as many gizmos and gadgets as Engineering would let her have to play with, including a busted omnicom and old tools that wouldn't necessarily be harmed by childplay, or hurt the child in question. Not that Kaylee would ever treat tools the wrong way, mind. Her daddy wouldn't be very happy with her at all if she did.

For the time being, she's attempting to piece together what looks like a miniature engine. It isn't as good as the one she built back home in her daddy's shop, but it's coming along pretty well for the materials she has. She's pleased enough with it that she's humming while she works, some fun, folksy song that her ma usually sings in the kitchen while she's making cornbread.

[bonnypiperlad]

Also unsurprisingly, there's a curious Scot behind her - who, unfortunately, isn't exactly sure what she's building. The ship memories are so far outside what Jamie experienced growing up in the 18th century that he's blocked most of them at the moment. He's still drawn to the lassie working with tools, however, and leans over her shoulder to get a better look.

"What are ye doing?"

BLANKET FORT

[governorkang]

Later on in the evening, nearly every spare blanket in the house, as well as the ones that the children had brought with them, had been found, and been made into a blanket fort that almost took up the entire living room. It was three to four feet high, depending on the location, and had a few 'rooms' in it with more blankets and furniture as the walls.

Pillows had been used, too, to make piles in some of the rooms for laying on, as well as the cushions from the couch. Stuffed animals were everywhere. Flashlights had been found as well, to provide lighting. An inflatable mattress had even been added to the mix, as the floor in one room; clearly, several of the children planned on sleeping in the thing overnight.

[GO FOR IT.]

[voiceofserenity.livejournal.com]

This was officially the best sleepover ever. Kaylee looked over the fort, proudly admiring their work. Definitely a good, strong fort, and perfect for tunneling or sleeping or whatever else they ended up using it for. Forts like this weren't meant to have a set purpose, not ever.

Satisfied that all of the corners were tucked away and that none of the heavier cushions holding blankets were going to fall, Kaylee crawled happily into the closest entrance, and quickly settled on the first fluffy pink pillow she saw.

[notadamnangel.livejournal.com]

Dean was surprised at the number of kids around. Some of the girls hanging around were kind of cute, but there were guys to hang out with too. He just hoped none of them thought he was a freak. Then again Kang looked pretty freaky and he was ginormous! Even more ginormous than his oddly big kid brother.

He fiddled with his amulet, as he decided what to do first.

[hit-girl-mindy.livejournal.com]

As it turns out, Mindy was all too happy to participate in this kind of thing: who didn't like doing stuff like this when you could keep your actual persona. THEY were the ones that were going to be changing back anyway, right?

And without warning? Dean get hits upside the head by a pillow.

[lives2annoy.livejournal.com]

Even as a kid, Marco had always loved a party. So here, now nine years old, he was definitely in his element.

But, that didn't mean that he just ignored his mom either. After running around the house a bit, he come back to Eva and started tugging on her pants. "Mom, Mom!" he said, tugging insistently. "Knock knock!"

Okay, so apparently his sense of humour hadn't quite developed fully at this age...

[[OOC: Thread closed to Kang and Eva!]]

[vissernone.livejournal.com]

Eva didn't exactly think keeping track of this many kids would be a breeze, but it's been more effort than she anticipated. She's alright with that, though - nothing like idle thoughts to breed unhappiness, and there's no such thing as idleness in a house this packed.

Still, how many knock-knock jokes can she take before her laughter turns from polite chuckling to edge-of-a-psychotic-break manic?

"Who's there?" she asks, doing her best to mask the weariness.

[in-venting.livejournal.com]

She was a little late to the whole party, mostly because Sherry had fallen asleep on Leon while animatedly talking to him about a Dr. Suess book she'd been reading that afternoon. So, a little lost, and a little bit closer to five than she really needed to be, the little girl let go of her father's hand and shuffled into the house.

"I! Am late!" she announced loudly, and put her hands on her hips.

[callmethekid.livejournal.com]

"Shere bear!"

She still looked...her-ish. Just younger.

That exclamation alone should've given away who he was.

[colorfulworld]

After being "kidnapped" by Russel, Karen had gone off to sulk. Fortunately, she had managed to find the stack of videotapes and, after asking permission, stuck Hercules into the VCR. After Eva and Kang had talked about it before, Karen decided it might be okay to watch. And it was Disney.

She sat down on the floor in front of the TV, definitely not expecting any annoying boys to bother her.

[lives2annoy.livejournal.com]

Sorry Karen, but you were about to get bothered by the most annoying boy of all.

"Wanna hear a joke?" Marco said, suddenly popping up behind the couch out of nowhere. "I've got this really good one about...hey, what are you watching?" he tilted his head, momentarily distracted by the unfamiliar movie.

Afro Kids need to be shoved around

[thewunderkind]

Lash threw cheerybombs in the toilets and blew up the farm.

Early life for Lash had been interesting. From what she remembered anyway. When most younger Orange Star kids were learning their alphabet and going to school, Lash had already developed a taste for working weapons of mass destruction. It got her noticed. She liked being noticed. It was a fun game.

But this was different. Slowly but surely she had recorded her memory being chipped away, with a suddenly shift to years during the last few days. Her book had become a sort of keepsake which she kept near her at all times, sometimes shifting in it and writing a word or two. As she grew younger, the writing became less and less mature. Crude drawings began to fill gaps between words and bursts of anger at how she should be remembering things, quickly noted between "tee hee hee Ron smells and has cooties" and other fine literature works. She was eleven now, still young enough to have heard about the idea of a sleepover and wanting to join in by idle curiosity, still completely confused at what she should do apart from clutch the black book close to her chest. Black Hole didn't do slumber parties or masses of kids together being happy.

"This is sooo dumb," she muttered to no one, even if her body language betrayed her. "These are not real games." Maybe later she'd make her own games. Why wasn't she leaving? Even Lash didn't know why. Or maybe a deeper part of her did.

Even at a young age, Lash wanted to belong.

No they don't! :O

[ronnae.livejournal.com]

"Haaaaiiiii!!!!!~" came the sweet voice before she jumped Lash with a sudden hug.

"What'cha doiiin'?" she asked curiously as she eyed Lash. She remembered the girl from work, and that last encounter... when she was bigger? Was she bigger? She'd have to go check her sketchbook later to find out. In the meantime Lash seemed like someone she wanted to be with at the moment.

[solo-duo.livejournal.com]

Duo had wandered in quiet as a mouse, not really sure how one of these 'sleepover' things worked. Whenever he'd been hanging out with kids his age, it'd been as a cohesive unit just to survive. Playtime never really came up in his old gang; and once he'd moved in with the church, none of the kids he knew then or now would play with him.

He sat himself in one of the corners, looking a bit sulky, then began to arch his neck around as he wondered if (and where) food might be served. Swiping something to eat was certainly an appealing option to him at the moment.