xp_logs | Angelo and Meggan

Meggan comes to Angelo's room and asks him to help her help Amanda. He agrees to let her into the study to get tea.

Angelo was sprawled out on his bed with a stack of books and periodicals, reading being a large part of his new job currently. For reasons best known to herself, Joyita had decided to flop half across his back, and he hadn't bothered to make her move since he didn't need to go anywhere right now.

"Angelo?" A second weight made itself felt on the bed, crawling up beside Joyita to poke a fuzzy face into his field of vision. Meggan
gave him a pitiful look. "I miss Manda," she said woefully, cuddling up to him. "I need snuggles."

Angelo blinked, having completely failed to hear her coming. He laid the book aside without hesitation, reaching out to draw her closer. "C'mere, then. Manda's gonna be okay, you know that."

"I know." Meggan snuggled up, rubbing her cheek against his shoulder. "But I want her to be okay NOW. Can't the doctors make her better?
They're good at fixing people... they fix all my bumps and ows up real good."

"This... isn't that kind of ow, Megs. They're doin' the best they can for her, but this one's gonna take time to fix."

Meggan sighed. "I know. But I don't LIKE it taking a long time. An' nobody will let me help." She poked at his reading-matter, looking for pictures without much enthusiasm. "It BITES," she added. She'd just learned the phrase recently, and thought it was very descriptive.

He blinked, and laughed a little. "Been talkin' to Kyle, chiquita? An' I know you want to help... but there's only so much you can do, y'know?"

"I knowwww..." she pouted, giving up on the reading to gnaw very gently on his fingers. He let Joyita do it, as long as she didn't bite too much, so Meggan figured she could do it too. "But I can't even go in and snuggle with her and stuff, people keep draggin me away an' 'musing me when I don't wanna be 'mused."

He did let her do it, since she was being careful not to hurt and it seemed to make her feel better. "You told them you don't wanna be
amused? Amanda's hurtin', but I'm sure a little bit of snugglin' sometimes'd make her feel better..."

Meggan had a thought, and brightened. "I know!" she said, releasing his fingers. "We could make her some of her special calming-down tea! That'd help good!" She sat up, bouncing a little. "You gots the key to her room, right, with all the herbs and the magics things in? We could go get some of her tea, I bet she's 'llowed to have THAT... it's not magic, it's just lots of dead things."

Angelo gave this a moment's thought, then nodded. "We'd have to run it by Dr. Moira, but I can't see why she shouldn't have it." The key was on a chain around his neck, for safekeeping.

Meggan bounced happily. "Yay! Tea for Manda!" She scrambled off the bed. "I make it," she said importantly. "Manda showed me how."