Crossing the park - just after lunch time

[the-ascended.livejournal.com]

This is Daniel's third trip across the park, to and from the NPC DIY Store.

This time he's actually carrying paint, so hopefully it'll be his last.

He'd intended to start earlier, but, hmmm coffee. And coffee won over everything. Apart from Janet.

And then he decided that lunch was a good thing before he started, so here he was.

He looked down at the paint. He'd done what Sam had said and checked that they were the same batch number, so that was good.

But was he really sure of the color?


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[lovelylana.livejournal.com]

Lana waved to Professor Jackson as she headed towards the beach.

[the-ascended.livejournal.com]

Distracted by the paint, Daniel notices some movement in the corner of his eye, and looking up, waves distractedly back at Lana.

[lovelylana.livejournal.com]

"Are you all right, Dr, Jackson? You're looking a little confuesd there." Lana tries not to laugh at the expression on his face.

[the-ascended.livejournal.com]

"What do you think of this color?" Daniel asks, holding up one of the cans of paint. "I'm not sure if I've picked the right color, or not." (http://www.dulux.co.uk/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/DuluxColourDetailCmd?langId=-1&storeId=10752&colourNumber=14767)

[lovelylana.livejournal.com]

"It's a nice color," Lana replies, "What is it for?"

[the-ascended.livejournal.com]

"My living room," Daniel explains. "I'm hoping to redecorate my apartment. Make it feel a bit more like, home."

[lovelylana.livejournal.com]

"Well, it's a nice warm color. It'll probably make the room look cozy." She smiled at him. "What motivated you to repaint?"

[the-ascended.livejournal.com]

"You really think so?" Daniel asked, looking back at the paint. He blushed slightly, cursing himself. "Well, I'm fed up of the off-white that the whole place is painted in. And I'm going to be getting new furniture next, I hope, so I thought that painting first would be a good idea."

[lovelylana.livejournal.com]

Lana gives him an encouraging smile, "Everything being off-white can be a little institutional. Color always helps brighten a place up. And yeah, it's always better to paint *before* the new furniture comes in. Don't want to be dripping paint on it before you've had a chance to use it."

[the-ascended.livejournal.com]

"The only thing I'm thankful for is that it's not concrete gray," Daniel grins. "But too much white is sending me insane again.

I also thought I could chose the furniture to match the walls," he says excitedly, before pausing and frowning slightly. "Or at least, get someone to help me choose."

[lovelylana.livejournal.com]

"Well, you might not want it to be exactly the same color as the walls, but a complementing color would be good. And another eye and opinion is always good. All the colors and options can get pretty overwhelming."

[the-ascended.livejournal.com]

Daniel laughs, thinking back to Sam's rescue on Thursday. "Yeah, you're telling me," he says. "I trust Janet's judgement more than my own, so I'll be on my knees in front of her, asking for help."

[lovelylana.livejournal.com]

Lana laughs, "Oh, I'm sure she'll appreciate the groveling and give you a hand."

[freelancerchick.livejournal.com]

That stupid duck had been quacking the whole night. She'd had enough of it. Moving to the pond, Tex picked up a rock and was about to throw it at the bratty duck in the middle of the water.

[the-ascended.livejournal.com]

Daniel saw... something in the corner of his eye. "Hey! You can't throw that at a duck," he calls.

[freelancerchick.livejournal.com]

Tex turns and looks at Daniel. She laughs. "What? You going to stop me, four eyes?"

[the-ascended.livejournal.com]

"Um... no," Daniel says, frowning at the name. "Throwing rocks doesn't tend to be the answer though."

[freelancerchick.livejournal.com]

Tex threw the rock up and caught it back in her hand. "Then what is?"

[the-ascended.livejournal.com]

Daniel winces. "Have you tried, uh, talking to it?" he asks, knowing how strange he sounds, but, hey, this is Fandom.

[freelancerchick.livejournal.com]

Tex slowly turns to face Daniel completely while she closes her fist around the stone. "Do I look like the talking type to you?" When she opens her hand, rubble falls to the ground.

[the-ascended.livejournal.com]

Daniel tries not to gape. "Ah, no, not really," he replied.

[freelancerchick.livejournal.com]

"So maybe you should try talking to the duck?" It's really not a question.

[the-ascended.livejournal.com]

Daniel looked at the duck and then back to Tex. "What would you like me to tell the duck?"

[freelancerchick.livejournal.com]

"That it better get his feathery ass over here so I can poisson it."

[the-ascended.livejournal.com]

Daniel raised his eyebrows. "Uh, why do you want to poison it?"