I13DT - Last Minute Shopping

[Miranda Weaver]

"Please extend it," Miranda said, turning around so quickly that she nearly whacked Nailah with her wings.

[Nailah Weaver]

"Whoa, careful there." Nailah laughs at Miranda's exuberant twirling.

[Kathleen McManus]

"Excitable, isn't she?"

"Well then, I'll just have to put these under the tree," she says as she hefts the bag she brought.

[Miranda Weaver]

"I'll help!" Miranda said, bouncing over.

[Nailah Weaver]

"I'll say!" she chuckles.

"But if you don't want to risk spoiling the surprise then try not to touch the ones that are for you." she tells Miranda.

[Kathleen McManus]

"Oh? Is there a thing with that?"

[Samantha McManus]

"She takes after us somewhat. All-seeing."

[Miranda Weaver]

"Which is just a cruel irony," she smirks.

[Kathleen McManus]

"Ah, well peeking, no matter how supernatural, is frowned upon at Christmastime," she says as she kneels down by the tree, placing presents beneath it.

[Samantha McManus]

"That's not how you phrased it when you asked me for a boost to get into the top shelf of mum's closet."

[Kathleen McManus]

"I'm older and wiser now. Well, I'm older at least."

[Miranda Weaver]

"It's not as if I could see inside the box. No light," she said.

[Kathleen McManus]

"So mum and mum, is she fibbing?"

[Nailah Weaver]

"No, though I think she might be underestimating her own powers a bit."

[Kathleen McManus]

"I only ask because if I had amazing mental powers I totally would fib about them," she says with a wink to Miranda.

[Miranda Weaver]

"Mum reads minds and Mom sees the future. I doubt I could get away with it."

[Nailah Weaver]

"And don't you dare convince her otherwise." Nailah smirks.

[Kathleen McManus]

"I don't know, I think she needs some backup here."

[Miranda Weaver]

"Why?" Miranda was obviously having one of her confused moments.

[Kathleen McManus]

"You already said, you've got parents with eyes in the back of their heads."

[Miranda Weaver]

"Oh," Miranda said and her face got a far off look. She reached for where she'd left her shoulder bag, groping as if she couldn't see. "Mom, sketchbook."

[Nailah Weaver]

"This better not be presents." Nailah smirks as she goes to grab Miranda's sketchbook from her bag. Flipping it to an empty page she hands it to her.

[Miranda Weaver]

"Very funny," she said, pulling the pencil out of the front of the book and beginning to sketch rapidly, glancing down at the paper and then up into thin air.

[Kathleen McManus]

"Is this a powers thing?" Kat asks.

[Nailah Weaver]

Nailah nods. "She's seeing something and it helps with learning to control it if it's channeled into something you do and not just something you observe."

[Miranda Weaver]

The image taking shape on the paper seemed to have little to do with presents. There was some sort of nebulous outer border to the image. In the center of the image crouched a figure of no obvious gender, but with outlined wings, one of which looked like it might be broken. Miranda reached out tentatively with one hand, twisting her hand as if she was moving something, frowning. Finally, she waved her hand through wherever what she was seeing was. She held the sketchbook up to Nailah, "Not presents."

[Nailah Weaver]

She carefully takes the notebook and looks at the picture for a while.

"Did you feel anything else? The symbolism is obvious but sometimes these things come with more than just a visual impression..."

[Miranda Weaver]

"Loneliness... maybe," she said, looking at the sketch again. "Definitely not menace like the sword image."

[Nailah Weaver]

"Do you have any idea who it might be?"

[Miranda Weaver]

She shook her head. "I tried to get a good look at the face, but couldn't."

[Kathleen McManus]

"So do you like art as more than just an outlet for your powers?" Kat asks, curious.

[Miranda Weaver]

"I do," Miranda said, fishing out another sketchbook filled with assorted drawings and doodles, some of them of Kay. She handed it to Kat.

[Kathleen McManus]

"These are quite good," she smiles.

[Miranda Weaver]

"Thanks. I mostly practice speed. Makes it easier when I see something."

[Kathleen McManus]

"My outlet is music. I'll show you sometime."