the airplane

[instar]

Bella, Andi, and Robin all get on the plane. Bella and Robin have toothbrush caps in their pockets containing flies. Nothing in particular happens when they go through security. They fly for an hour, and then Bella, rather than risk crunch time due to turbulence or a line for the bathroom a little later on, gets up to take Trouble into privacy for demorphing and remorphing.

She takes the toothbrush cap out of her pocket and sets it on the tiny little counter, and then flattens herself against a wall to give him room.

Comments

[pandion]

"We're right up next to the woods. You could stay just within thoughtspeak range, and me and Bella will usually be able to find a moment by ourselves to morph each other."

[palmofyourhand]

Ethan shrugs. "Sounds all right to me, then."

[pandion]

"Okay. Unpacking time, fun fun fun. And - looks like Dad or whoever already put stuff on the couch to make it up for Robin."

[hold_infinity]

"...I'd just like to point out that I'm not a light sleeper," says Robin.

[pandion]

"...Okay, that's actually a problem, um."

[instar]

"I'll go see if there's still an air mattress where I expect one, we put you on our floor, cover the change with Arcane Teenage Girl Giggling or something."

Bella goes and successfully locates an air mattress.

[hold_infinity]

"Arcane Teenage Girl Giggling is so useful."

[palmofyourhand]

Ethan laughs.

[instar]

"And then Andi's light-sleeper-hood will cover all three of us." Bella hands off the mattress to be hauled upstairs by less clumsy hands.

[pandion]

Andi totes it, and comes down for the sheets and pillow and so on too.

[aeskhyne]

Which Trouble helpfully extracts from the couch.

[pandion]

"Thanks." Tote tote.

[aeskhyne]

Trouble hugs Robin.

[hold_infinity]

Robin hugs back.

[instar]

"I don't want to rush you guys but I'd rather not frantically try to toss you out a back window if he's back earlier than we expect. I recommend doing a flyover of the general woods area before settling in so you don't get lost."

[aeskhyne]

"Yeah, sounds good," says Trouble. He starts morphing to pigeon.

[palmofyourhand]

Ethan follows suit, including the part about hugging Robin first.

[instar]

Bella opens the back door for them and hands each one a slice of bread to carry away.

[palmofyourhand]

Off they flap.

[hold_infinity]

"And now we unpack, I guess," says Robin. She hauls her suitcase up the stairs.

[instar]

Unpacking ensues.

[sundayfish]

Charlie and his occupant are back not long after. He orders a pizza rather than have the girls cook their first night there. "What do you get on pizza, Robin?"

[hold_infinity]

"Oh, whatever's going," she says amiably. "As long as there's no anchovies."

[sundayfish]

Two large with pepperoni, one with onions, it is then.

[instar]

Over pizza, Bella says, "So Dad, we accidentally got Robin all enthusiastic about the national park and she wants to go. I have a nasty bruise on my ankle and want to walk even less than usually but I think it'll be all cleared up by like Tuesday, can you take off Tuesday do you think?"