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Who Doesn't Love Sleepovers?

Characters: Fuu Hououji, Cissie King-Jones, Stephanie Wayne
Location: Luministi Greens West, A8
Time: Saturday, July 3rd, 8 PM
Summary: Cissie decides to throw a sleepover for Fuu and Steph because "they're teenage girls who still need to have fun." After the trials of the last couple of weeks, it's definitely well-deserved.
Warnings: Not at the moment! Will update if necessary.

Oh thank god those statues disappeared. Cissie wasn't sure what she would've done - well, beyond setting the topiaries on fire - if it had lasted much longer. At least it wasn't a horror movie, she had to remind herself. In horror movies, the blondes always died first.

And yet... she, Fuu, and Steph were still alive. It had to be a good sign! Cissie normally didn't put much stake in signals like this, but it was certainly a wonderful excuse to throw a slumber party. She'd gotten some sleeping bags from some of the town shops and laid them comfortably in the living room. On her way home, she'd also made a stop by the grocery store and bought typical snacks (pretzels, soda, potato chips, etc) in addition to renting a cheesy romantic comedy. She hadn't even bothered to check the label: she knew she'd have more fun mocking the dialogue than anything.

Inspecting her work, Cissie couldn't help smiling. "There!" She said to herself as she pushed her couch out of the way for the night. "Everything looks perfect."

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Fuu had been surprised and flattered to receive the invite to Cissie's for a sleep-over. When was the last time she'd done something like this? ...Cephiro, she supposed, with Umi and Hikaru and Mokona. Those brief times of feeling so care-free and child-like had still been tinged with the peril of their situation, just like now. Without a doubt tonight would be a lot of fun, but there was still the oddity that they were having an evening like this, so shortly after fighting moving statues and topiary animals.

None the less, she was determined to enjoy the time and get to know the other two girls. (And... maybe take one night off of so seriously trying to question everyone to find clues about a way home?) With a neatly wrapped box (http://www.flickr.com/photos/jeffk/743250374/) full of assorted candy from the local candy store and a bag of things for overnighting, she arrived at Cissie's apartment on the other side of town. With a quick glance to make sure that the neighbouring unit wasn't occupied, she propped her bike up against the building and rang the doorbell.

She'd been pretty shocked at the invitation, but pleased; she hadn't done something like this since Bruce took her in. Her nights were filled with training or patrolling or just barely catching up with the rest of her life.

Before that...she'd had a few sleepovers, but there was always that tinge of resentment that she could never risk having them at her own house.

She tucked those thoughts away as she rode her bike - purple, how thoughtful - and shifted her backpack. As she closed in, she caught sight of the door, and...that must be Fuu.

Hearing a bike come up the path, she turned to see another girl riding up. Ah, that must be ...Stephanie.

Waiting until she came nearer, she introduced herself with a bow and a bright smile. "It's a pleasure to meet you. I'm Fuu Hououji."

[ooc: I guess we'll just branch off into some quick introductions before Cissie comes to the door ~~next week~~? ^.~]

She slowed to a stop, grinning in return. "And you. I'm Steph." She swung off her bike with a bit more flair than absolutely necessary. "Have you...been here long?"

((Sounds good to me! :3))

(The flair does not go unnoticed.)

"Been at the door, or been in Luministi?" she replied with a little laugh.

That got a lopsided smile. "Luministi."

"I've been here since-"

Fuu catches herself. Considering that everyone seems to be coming here from different worlds and times, her calendar likely meant nothing to Miss Steph.

"That is, I've been here for almost one month. And you?"

"About a week. It's...different." So very, very different, from both of her homes. For a moment, she looked wistful, before shaking it off. "Made many friends? Any enemies?"

"Different is right! Wandering stone animals and crazy weather and other things... But yes, friends have been easy to find. Enemies on the other hand... well..." She thinks of the note that was found in the greenhouse. The observers. "There are enemies out there somewhere."

"But! Don't worry about it for now - tonight is a party, right?"

The question was punctuated by a bit of commotion from inside the house, then Cissie opened the door, inviting them in.

The minute she heard the doorbell, Cissie immediately ran towards the door. In an incredibly rare bout of clumsiness (inherited from someone like Bart, she supposed-- except Bart was more impatient than clumsy), she... sorta-kinda ran into her own decorations. Blame it on impatience or shortsightedness or even excitement, but as she blew streamers out of her face, Cissie couldn't help thinking she could afford to slow down every once in a while. Slowly untangling herself from the mess, she hastily opened the door and beamed at both Fuu and Stephanie.

"Hi guys," She waved, brushing the streamers out of her hair. "I'm so glad you could make it! Come on in!"

Leaning to one side of the door, she held it open for everyone. "And uh, don't mind the decorations. We sorta-kinda got into a fight... about five minutes ago."

Fuu gave Cissie a kind smile and a bow as she entered, breathing the traditional "please pardon the intrusion" quietly.

"Well, even with the ones that lost the fight, it looks spectacular, Miss Cissie!" It really did - she couldn't remember the last time she'd seen a party set up like this.

"Thank you very much for the invitation," she added, holding out the box of candy for her to take.

[ooc; Replies'll be late since I'm going out of town again, go figure, but... yeah.]

"Oh wow," Cissie laughed, taking the box of candy into her hands as she continued walking towards the living room. "You didn't have to! Really! ... But thanks."

She set it down on the kitchen counter and started popping the microwave popcorn. "Go ahead and make yourselves at home. I have no clue what you guys wanted to do, so I went ahead and rented some lame movies too."

Steph walked in behind Fuu, stepping almost shyly; it wasn't an emotion she was used to, not as Stephanie and not as Robin. But sleepovers weren't familiar, either.

"This is where we compliment the house, right? If, um, this was really your house."

Fuu grinned at Miss Steph. "Well, it is for however long we're here!"

Taking a seat on the couch she said, "I wasn't sure what we'd do either, but watching a movie sounds just fine!" It would be a long distraction from the temptation to start talking about the town. "But perhaps we could share a bit about who we are, first! After all, knowing about one another is important when making friends. I'll start!"

Springing up from the couch she bowed. "My name is Fuu Hououji. I am fourteen years old, and in grade eight. My blood type is A, and I'm a Sagittarius. Oh, and I'm from the city of Tokyo."

[ooc: No worries! <3 I'm totally happy to continue this thread, but I thought I ought to ask - would you rather leave this one so that you have time to join in on the newer plot? Either way is good for me - I'm glad to build some CR with these guys! ^^]

Now that she'd thought about it, Cissie realized she hadn't actually had sleepovers at her own house. School, yeah, and maybe the occasional thing with Cassie... but nothing like this in a while. It was kinda nice. "If you want," She smiled, looking at Steph - and not the microwave popcorn.

It took her a few minutes, but she got the popcorn and the sodas ready. Putting them on the coffee table - or some place nearby they could access - Cissie then pulled out the movie selection. As promised, they were all incredibly lame B-Horror films and romantic comedies (with titles like The Swamp Thing from Mars and Catching a Guy in Five Days, how could they not be laughable?)

"You are so weird!" Cissie obviously meant it as a joke - and it was obvious from the way she playfully laughed - but she... actually went ahead and played along with Fuu's game.

"I'm Cissie King-Jones... Ah, I'm fifteen years old and a sophomore in high school. Not sure about my blood type, but I'm a Taurus!" Wait, city name... "I'm from Pennsylvania," She remembered as an afterthought. "It's in the United States."

[ooc; I am fine with either. :> Backtagging is one of my specialties. Ball's completely in your court, Ash.]

Steph settled on the couch, too, shrugging off her backpack and letting it fall at her feet. She grinned as she listened, relaxing back against the cushions even as she automatically stored the info away. It was kind of annoying, that she couldn't get away from her training even now, but...Bruce would be proud.

"Stephanie Wayne, seventeen, New Jersey, USA. Blood type B."

((I'd love to continue! Once I, you know, remember to track the thread.))

"Ah, two people from America! Ohh, I wish that I could turn off the CAT's automatic translation, then I could practice my English with you. It's nice to meet you," she said. And although her mind knew that she was saying the greeting in English, it still came out in Japanese. With a shrug and a sigh she settled back into the comfortable couch.

"Well, at least this means I'll be able to enjoy the movie without reading subtitles."

Leaning forward she took a look through the selection Miss Cissie had taken out. B-Horror and Rom-Com? She didn't like horror very much, but these didn't look too scary. And the romantic comedies would doubtless make her think of Ferio. (She blushed faintly at the very thought.)
She hoped that the others would choose to watch horror.

Darn technology! Always getting in their way when they least expected it! Cissie laughed, "Yeah, but it's still impressive. I didn't know you also knew English. I only took French in school." (Stupid posters and making the language look more appealing than it actually was! ... Though she didn't mind French. Really.)

She shrugged, "I personally want a horror movie. I kinda feel like laughing at swamp monsters. ... Though a rom-com wouldn't be bad either."

"It helps to have a good teacher," Steph opined. She'd never expected to learn much beyond a smattering of Spanish, but Bruce had insisted she at least try, and Barbara and Dick had helped her out quite a bit.

"I vote for horror, too. Romance is scarier."

"All students have to take some English," she said to Miss Cissie. "But whether or not they pursue it to get proficient is another matter."
"And it does absolutely depend on the teacher, doesn't it!" she added to Miss Steph. "And the opportunity to practice. It's easy to forget everything otherwise."

She relaxed a little when the others opted for horror. "That sounds good to me too."

Floundering for a topic that didn't have to do with Luministi or any other serious strangeness, Fuu busied herself with pouring a drink. She felt terribly nostalgic for Hikaru and Umi, who both carried conversation so easily.

"Definitely," Cissie echoed. Now that she thought about it, she probably should practice some French before it all went away... Ah, well, it wasn't like she could do it now, so why worry about it?

Pumping her fist, Cissie sprung from the couch and put the film in. "All right!" She grinned, glancing back at them. "Let's get this party started!"

She knew exactly why she was being so energetic - the other two seemed to lack the gift of conversation that the members of Young Justice had, so of course Cissie had to make up for it! What else could they talk about later? Boys? Bart briefly crossed her mind--and in that instant, she squished it with the beginning of the movie.

Turning off the lights, Cissie plopped back onto the couch and grabbed some popcorn. Her commentary could wait until something hilariously bad actually happened.

"Oh, practice is everything." She'd had that drilled into her head pretty quickly, by pretty much everyone, when really, gymnastics had been enough to teach her.

Cissie's energy was as infectious as her grin, and Steph tapped her feet to the music of the opening credits. (It was eerie and melodramatic, but Dick always told her Robins could dance to anything.)

She grabbed some popcorn, too, but didn't eat it right away; soon enough, she was absently juggling it.

Noticing something odd from the corner of her eye, Fuu turned to find Miss Steph juggling her handful of popcorn. Watching appreciatively for a minute, she then softly clapped her hands.

"That's splendid! Where did you learn to do that?"

"Oh, whoa." Cissie chuckled, glancing at Steph now too. "That's pretty impressive." (It also kinda struck her as something Bart or Kon would do - if they weren't hungry enough to eat the whole bowl first.)

"Thanks." Steph grinned, fumbling a bit before catching a piece in her mouth. She considered her answer as she chewed.

"My brother taught me. He used to be in the circus."

"Oh, the circus! How fantastic!" Fuu cheerfully latched on to the distraction from the eerie music of the movie.

"When we were little my sister talked about wanting to 'run away and join the circus', but I think that was due mostly to the lovely book about the circus coming to town that we liked to read. Father convinced her that the circus is actually a lot of hard work - cleaning up after the animals and practicing all day."

"Your brother is a good teacher," she added, complimenting Miss Steph for her juggling.

Huh. Cissie watched with fascination, "I agree. Your brother sounds pretty cool." (Not that she'd ever know - it seemed that she was the only one here who was an only child.)

"Makes me wish I had siblings," She laughed. "You guys seem like you have interesting stories about yours."

"Thanks," Steph chirped, before eating the rest of her popcorn. Even in another world, it was difficult to know what to say - how much truth to share or obscure. "He was an acrobat, but he helped with all kinds of stuff - much as a kid could, anyway."

She wouldn't say just what took him away from the circus, but... "I didn't have any either, 'til I was thirteen. We're both adopted."

"Oh, that would be pretty different, having a sibling at that time." She tried to imagine for a moment what it would be like to have a sister suddenly come into her life just one year ago. It would be crazy!

"'Interesting stories' would be right. There's always a few times where you hate your sibling, no matter how much you love each other in the end."

Adopted? There was certainly nothing wrong with that, but... it also felt like something Cissie shouldn't press. She gave Steph a confused look before deciding it'd be better to just munch on candy. Ignoring the instinct to quesiton would be good.

"Yeah, but I think my mom would've liked it if I had siblings," Cissie laughed. "I had a helicopter mom. It's not bad, but... she was also seriously overprotective when she wasn't managing my life."

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Who Doesn't Love Sleepovers?

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i fail feel free to whip me

Hey! At least you're still here! ^.^ [just going to tie this thread up...]

/late to her own party, like always

[Welcome back! ...And I forgot to track this - go me XD]

No worries! ♥

ahhh I am sorry guys please forgive me

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All is forgiven! I can take my time on this.♥

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