OOM: Christmas dinner with Pyrrha and Egil

[ostro_goth]

[[Ctd. from here.]]

Teja opens the door, laden as he is.

His usually comfortable, creatively untidy room is still that -- there is even Ferdinand the cat, sprawling all over Teja's bed, fast asleep. There are simply two new doors, one of them leading to a kitchen that provides all the modern comforts and appliances as well as a space to comfortably sit and eat, the other leading to Egil's room in Loki's apartment on the 12th floor.

One better should not think about how that works.

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[scarred_grin]

"That works," she nods. "Does the chest have a lock or at least a latch that babies can't open? Uh, and hinges that... they have those hinges that can't close quickly, that way kids can't get hit by lids slamming shut. But if it locks and he can't get into it by himself, we should be okay there."

[ostro_goth]

"It locks," Teja says. "Of course it does -- it keeps my musical instruments safe from all kinds of trouble or interference."

[scarred_grin]

"They got all kinds of babyproofing that people need to do, once babies get to the point where they can get around on their own. And they say that even if you do everything, kids will still find something you missed. It's like a superpower, getting into things they shouldn't."

[ostro_goth]

"Unless he learns to magic locks open, we are safe," Teja says. "And unless Loki..."

One of whose specialities is magicking locks open. And who is, after all, related to Egil...

Oops.

[scarred_grin]

"He says that's a rune, not an innate ability," she says. "Something he'd need to be taught, and he's not gonna learn it as a baby, because babies don't understand when things are dangerous."

A pause.

"He says it's a teenager skill, anyway."

[ostro_goth]

"Good," Teja says. "Then the collars should be safe."

[scarred_grin]

"I don't know that they'd even work on him, anyway. I think they're attuned to just us."

Anyway, he doesn't need a collar to change shape.

"But it's good to lock things up. He'll be getting into everything pretty soon."

[ostro_goth]

"He will," Teja says. "But now, he is safe in bed, and we may spend time with each other as we see fit. I have some ideas."

He takes her in his arms to kiss her.

[scarred_grin]

"I bet you do..."

And she's also got her gifts from Loki. He might enjoy those.

In fact, he probably will.