Since jumping's out of the question...

[whosalicewhite]

Who| Parker and ANYONE AND EVERYONE (Who lives in the training centre)
What| Up on the rooftop, Parker's paused
Where| Rooftop
When| Night before the lockdown
Warnings/Notes| Will add if needed.

Parker's standing on the ledge: well, as close to the ledge as she can due to that stupid force field. Likely, as others did before her, she's considering a way down. No, Parker isn't suicidal, but more scaling off / jumping off / flying off buildings is something of a specialty for her.

She's in deep concentration. It doesn't mean she won't know when someone's coming up on her, but still, doing the mental calculations as to what would be needed if she could get around the force field, is important business.

Comments

I need an icon of Eliot looking embarrassed for this......

[retrieverchef]

Eliot's not exactly surprised at Parker's question but he looks about like a kid caught with his hand in the cookie jar. "Parker, ya can't just go around askin' people questions like that!"

[itswhoyouare]

"I'm not gonna kill you, Parker." She replies, until Parker asks the sex question and Anna pauses, clearly taken aback by it.

Eliot's reaction, however, makes her laugh and she buries her face in his shoulder. "Oh my god."

[whosalicewhite]

"Why not?" She's addressing the question firmly to Eliot.

Instead, she changes tactics. "Okay, are you 'sleeping together' without sleeping?" She uses the airquores Hardison taught her years ago. She's learned that particular social skill rather well.

[retrieverchef]

"Because that's really personal. And... Not exactly... It's complicated."

How to tell his pseudosister that he wants to but can't risk Anna that way. He can't really date Anna properly and there's no way he's going to explain everything to Parker. That way led to trouble.

[itswhoyouare]

Anna knows the complications of their current.... situation... and she wants to try helping him out. "Parker, it was a one-time thing. There were extenuatin' circumstances and it's not-- I don't think we--"

What was the point of it all again?

[whosalicewhite]

Parker's hands ball into fists, in excitement, not anger. She has perfected the air quote, since the woman Eliot's sleeping with (who needs names) answered the question.

"Extenuating circumstances. Okay." Parker finds that funny, for only reasons Parker will find funny.

[itswhoyouare]

Parker's definitely odd in Anna's book, but it's almost like Adam and in spite of the awkward situation, she appears to find Parker endearing.

"Yeah, I... I got nothin'." Sorry Eliot.

[retrieverchef]

Eliot sighs. "It's complicated, Parker. Not like back home. Anna and I, we can't... It's not safe."

[whosalicewhite]

Parker's going to think about that for a moment, and as what likely has to be the worst thing she's ever asked Eliot.

"Not safe? Why, she got something?"

Anna's going to get a glare.

[retrieverchef]

"What? No, Parker!" He shakes his head fondly. "It's not her. It's... Remember the job we took for Wellesley? It's something like that."