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Fandom Post Office, July 23 (Tuesday)

Luckily her cat was resourceful enough to figure out how to get to where Éponine kept the food, and the sink in the bathroom had a constantly leaky faucet anyway. Regardless. Alouette was not pleased about being abandoned for a week (the mess of cat food and shredded paper sack were an unmistakable indication), and so clearly the only way to make it up to her was for Éponine to bring her along to work.

Three shredded magazine covers and a half-chewed up letter packet later, Éponine was beginning to suspect that it was going to take a long time to convince Alouette to forgive her.

At least the process of trying to figure out an appropriate bribe for a kitten was demanding enough to distract her from what would otherwise be a fairly self-critical mood . . . even if Alouette wasn't very inclined to answer Éponine's questions. That was normal, at least.

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Mind the attack kitten.

"Ow!"

Yes, Alouette got a good one in before Kenzi picked her up, shaking her finger at her. "Naaaaughty kitty."

"Well, thank goodness she's decided to take it out on someone else besides me," Éponine called from behind the counter. "I'm awfully tired of getting clawed already."

"What is your problem?" Kenzi demanded of the kitten, who rolled over, begging for tummy-rubs. "Psycho-kitty. Maybe she needs a scratching post," she said to Éponine, plunking Alouette back onto the counter.

Éponine snorted. "That's not a half bad idea, now I think about it. Lord, if you only saw the state of my furniture! She's upset, the poor thing, and I can't blame her."

"Why? Something going wrong at Chez Éponine?" Kenzi boosted herself onto the counter, looking concerned.

"No, everything's fine." Éponine delivered that declaration with an undue amount of emphasis, waving a hand. "It's not her fault she was left to her own devices for days, just this damned island's. It's just a good thing she can take care of herself, smart little creature that she is, even if she did make a terrible mess of her food."

"Aww, jeez," Kenzi winced. "You got kidnapped somewhere or turned into something, didn't you? I was out of town most of last week or maybe I would've heard on the Radio, and checked..."

"I always wondered what I'd be if it happened," Éponine told her, watching as Alouette batted a paw at Kenzi. "And it isn't so bad, you know, being a wolf, only I did miss being able to have hands and pick things up."

"And get through doors, I'd guess," Kenzi said, thinking of her time as a pony. "Wolf, hunh? I can see that. Where'd you hang out, if not at home?"

"Oh, I found places to go," said Éponine, evasively; she was still moody enough to not want to talk about it. "It was nice, being able to see as well as that at night, but I'm glad I didn't have that good a sense of smell when I was living in Paris."

Kenzi snickered, ruffling Alouette's fur with her fingertips. "Next time, I want pix. I was in Canada 'til late Sunday. If we'd been there much later, I'd've left you a message."

"For all the good it would have done, if I hadn't been me again!" Éponine snorted again; Alouette mewed loudly and waved her paws in the air. "It's a good job I managed to find my phone and the clothes I left behind when I changed, anyhow, and I know it's a bit silly to worry about the clothes when I've more, but I don't care to lose my phone after all I went through to get it, and you putting the games on it, and then I'd have to start Bejeweled all over again when I've gotten such a high score . . ."

No, mostly she'd been upset about the prospect of losing that five-franc coin, and was ridiculously relieved she hadn't.

Kenzi snickered. "No, no, I get it. Totally aside from the weirdness, it's damn inconvenient to have your life put on hold while you explore your inner mammal." She grinned a little. "Did anyone figure out you were you, while it was happening?" Toby could usually sense what he called her Kenzi-ness. And Bo naturally assumed any animal messing with her office chair was her BFF.

"As if I'd let that happen," Éponine scoffed, trying to look dignified. "I'm better at keeping secrets than that."

She was also kind of deliberately sneaky like that.

Kenzi pulled out the tape dispenser, and put some on her fingers, waving it at Alouette to bat at. "Of course you are. And, well, you live alone, so that has to help." She looked darn amused anyway. "We had ... fun, in Canada. For given values of sneakiness and fun."

Alouette went into a frenzy of batting at the tape, and Éponine laughed. "And how much trouble did your fun include, hmm?"

"Jeeez, getting caught by fae police-- not me or Toby, but Bo and Mitchell. Fights to the death. Crowds of crazy people. It was nuts." She still looked cheerful about it. "The beer was good, though! And I got to see one of the guys who used to teach here, he's cool."

"I'm not so sure I would call that fun," Éponine decided, grimacing. "No one got tossed in jug, I hope?"

"Not after the fight, no. They turned us loose, just told us to watch our step." Kenzi grinned as Alouette caught one finger and started gnawing on it. "But. It was still useful. Information confirmed for Bo, on some stuff. That I can't tell you about 'cause it's personal, but at least we don't have to go back soon, you know?" She paused. "And I did bring back some Canadian chocolate, so. I'm not as homesick as I was."

"Oh, did you?" Yes, the chocolate got Éponine's attention; she wasn't going to ask about the rest. "Sparkle gave me some at the party a few weeks ago, just for swearing in French -- because he asked, mind you."

Kenzi snickered. "I have to share with him. Yeah, we were getting real nostalgic there on Canada day. Stuff doesn't ship well. And now I just gotta bug Bo about finding a place to live, she thinks her old place won't work with two of us."

"Why not?" asked Éponine. "It can't be that small, can it?"

"Mostly that it's all open and unfinished. Like, way more than your place," Kenzi explained, watching Alouette streeeeeetch and then reach for the stapler. "It used to be a hardware and tools store. The tub's in the middle of the living room. Privacy, kind of an issue. Especially with the kind of company Bo has fairly often."

"Ah, yes," Éponine said, a bit distantly. "Yes, it's not very pleasant when one can't avoid that. It isn't nice to have people watching. D'you have any ideas as to where you'll go?"

"Not really. I mean, the old Ellington place, that's wayyyy out of our price range. For now. But there's got to be a few apartments we can afford that aren't MCA. I guess we could see if they have openings too..." But again: pricier than Kenzi wanted, and kinda too-- normal. "Thus, looking around."

"I hear things, you know," Éponine offered. "If you'd like, I can keep a lookout for places that might be had. What sort of place are you looking for? An apartment, or a house?"

She tilted her head. "Sometimes I think I'd like to live out on the beach, and listen to the waves at night. It's such a nice soothing sound and it seems as if it would be pleasant, but it does get dreadfully cold as it gets late and that's not very nice, not to mention how uncomfortable sand is."

"Sure! And thanks. Umm..." A house would be great, but. "Apartment? Yeah, that'll work. Just, not some place with a ton of people." Easier for Bo to keep her secrets that way. "A house if you can find a small one that's cheap."

"Awww, that sounds great... then I think about storms, and change my mind." Kenzi grinned. "Although there's a lighthouse out on one edge of the island that I've never explored. That might be high enough not to be so bad. But I bet someone lives there already."

"Yes, it's occupied." Éponine smiled ruefully. "When I was trying to find a place to live, I went looking there and found out. All right, I'll have a look around for you, shall I?"

Who missed having thumbs, actually.

Oh god first day back at work after a week. At least I have this to look forward to this weekend:

So if you never hear from me again after Sunday night, that'd be why.

HEeeee. That looks lie Chorus Line -- what is it really?

She's so pretty. :>

It's Chicago. She's playing Velma Kelly, and that's from the rehearsal sneak peek footage of "All That Jazz," and I'm going to die and how the hell is she even REAL.

Aahahah that's such perfect casting. HEEE.

I'll make sure to light a candle for you?

BUT HEY, LOOK, SHE ACTUALLY GETS TO NOT DIE ON STAGE FOR ONCE. THIS IS NEW AND DIFFERENT.

Also relevant to my interests is that Lucy Lawless is playing Mama Morton.

Seriously not going to survive this, but WHAT A WAY TO GOOOOOOOOOOOOO.

I am laughing at you, but you are totally justified in picking this way to die. HEE. Who's playing Roxie? I think you told me but I spaaaaced.

*wishes could see this somewhere damnit!*

Ahahaha. Ashlee Simpson. (With Stephen Moyer as Billy Flynn and Drew Carey as Amos Hart.) It's kind of a really weird cast BUT SEE IF I CARE BECAUSE SAM BARKS AND LUCY LAWLESS.

*blinks owlishly at all that* Okaaaaay then. That's gonna be... heee. BUT YAY ANYWAY! *watches pretty gif again* Now I feel the need to track down Chicago again.

Here, have video.

SO SHINY! :D

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