Room 210- Monday morning

[seriesofbaddecisions]

In a way, the weekend had been a good thing in that Sabine didn't have time to start kicking herself over whether she should have left on Thursday or not. (She'd get there.) It also meant that she was spending this morning trying to clean up the damage she'd caused when she was five.

She didn't mind the artwork, actually. There'd been a few crude animals painted on the walls, which wasn't terrible work for that age, and there were handprints on quite a few things. That was sort of cute. What wasn't cute was that there had been paint spills, markers left uncapped, at least one brush had been used so hard it was basically ruined.

"Where's the respect?" Sabine sighed, starting the cleanup.

[Open door, open post!]

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[unusual_sith]

Lana saw the open door and stuck her head in. "Hello. How colourful is your room this morning?" she asked, grinning as she looked at it.

[seriesofbaddecisions]

"It could be worse," Sabine said with a sigh, gesturing to the room and all its handprints.

[unusual_sith]

Lana laughed. "That explains your clothing," she teased. "I had to ask if you were making art of yourself or if your art had gotten on you."

[seriesofbaddecisions]

"Kind of both," Sabine said. "I've focused all this a lot better in the past eleven years."

In case that was in question.

[unusual_sith]

"Duly noted," Lana said, still grinning. "Your birds are more accomplished, too. Though I suppose if they weren't, I'd have to wonder."

[seriesofbaddecisions]

"My birds got great, as did my fortresses and my shooting skills." Because she wasn't using a spatula as a blaster. "You are way too happy about this."

She was appropriately happy about it, probably.

[unusual_sith]

Lana laughed. "Well, it skipped me this time, so it was rather fun getting to see everybody else as children."

[seriesofbaddecisions]

"Tell me I wasn't the most embarrassing."

She'd been adorable and she knew it.

[unusual_sith]

Totally adorable!

"You weren't," Lana assured her. "That award probably goes to the books, as far as those I saw. Although judging by radio, several of the teachers did worse."

[seriesofbaddecisions]

"What'd the teachers do? I didn't exactly think about catching up on radio."

On account of being a tiny color monster.

[unusual_sith]

"Well, apparently the little girl who came looking for a Russian ballerina spy novel is Ms Diaz." Yes, Lana was amused by that. "And it sounds as though Mr. Rogers got into some sort of fight."

[seriesofbaddecisions]

"You know, the Russian ballerina spy thing actually makes sense," Sabine said, considering it. It was maybe awesome?

[unusual_sith]

"It does, doesn't it?" Lana grinned. "I wonder if the books I found are any good."

[seriesofbaddecisions]

"The one you picked for me was perfect, so I'm sure she at least got something out of it," Sabine told her.

[unusual_sith]

"If not, I'm sure I'll hear about it in class," Lana said. "I'm glad you liked that one, though."

[seriesofbaddecisions]

"I did. Maybe I should come in more and check out art books as a grownup," she suggested.

She was still sixteen, but okay.

[unusual_sith]

Close enough!

"You absolutely should," Lana said. "If you come on Sundays, I can help you find things."

[seriesofbaddecisions]

"As I've learned firsthand," Sabine smiled. "I really should- there's no way I've read everything about this planet that I should have."


[Wtf notifications.]

[unusual_sith]

"I don't know if that's even possible," Lana said. "They have so many different cultures here! But I'm sure I can find you something interesting."


[D'oh! No worries.]

[seriesofbaddecisions]

"All right, then I can't wait to see what you find. No pressure or anything," she said lightly.

[unusual_sith]

"No pressure," Lana agreed, rolling her eyes. "Careful, I'll find you a book about Sith architecture."

[seriesofbaddecisions]

"Could you?"

It wasn't Sabine's style, that didn't mean it couldn't be interesting.

[unusual_sith]

"Erm...probably?" Lana laughed again. "I imagine there are entire chapters about how large to build doorways for the clothes and status of your client."

[seriesofbaddecisions]

"Once someone new moved into the building, they'd probably have to start from scratch to accommodate them," Sabine said sagely.

[unusual_sith]

"Probably," Lana agreed. "Though if it's an estate, the new client might just want to tear the whole thing down and start again anyway."

[seriesofbaddecisions]

"That acyually would bother me," Sabine admitted. "There's character In it by then."

[unusual_sith]

"Which is probably why they would," Lana said. "They'd want to make it entirely theirs."

Sith tended toward possessiveness.

[seriesofbaddecisions]

"Would you do something like that?" Sabine wondered.

[unusual_sith]

Lana thought about it. "I think it would depend upon just how bad it was when I moved in."

[seriesofbaddecisions]

"That makes sense. That's acceptable," Sabine decided.

It was a very Lana answer.

[unusual_sith]

It was very practical, so yes.

Lana grinned. "Thank you very much; I'm glad you approve," she said with an ironic little bow.

Even if she was, really.