Okay, Folks, the next prompt is: skirt Ah, so many possibilities! Have fun with it!

Princess looked down at her birdstyle, then turned to look at her teammates. She looked back at hers and then turned angry eyes on the Chief. "Skirt?" She lifted the edges with disgust. "You gave me a skirt? I'm going to flash my bum every time I move!" She heard the snickers from her teammates and reached for her yo-yo. "You guys have cups?" she asked with an evil grin. The snickers stopped as the four ran for cover. Princess played with her yo-yo as she turned back to the Chief. "Shall we discuss this skirt?" she asked sweetly as the Chief blanched.

*Evil grin*

Becky: LOLOL

Interesting, Becky.... but she still ended up with the skirt....

Maybe she is discussing her look for the new series ( the new Nelvana thing) with the Chief...

No skirting round the issue for the Chief this time, no? [yeah yeah, lame, I know, but I've been drowning with work and don't have the brains right now to think of a fic].

Uuuugh DT!

I liked it, DT!

OMG!!!!! Becky Rock actually got a joke!!!!!

Now that I've recovered from the shock.... ========== ElectricWhite was on the patio of the Fennec room. She checked her watch again and sighed -- she was there to meet with Gary, the leader of the Gatchageeks, before the two of them were to discuss recent events with Cep. But nerves compelled her to arrive unfashionably early; it was as if, deep down, she knew some other complications -- complications that would make everyone wish drunk Fennecs were the only things any of them had to deal with -- were sure to arise. She decided to focus on her surroundings. Flash was stretched out on the edge of the patio instead of curled up in EW's lap -- she decided he needed to get used to seeing her in a skirt, which she normally didn't wear when she visited the site. (But, since winter weather had hit her home region early, her legs had stiffened and her hips ached more than usual, making the act of putting on a pair of slacks agonizing. So she wore a long, loose-fitting black skirt.) Eliska came up to Flash and, doing something that resembled a housecat's "kneading" action, started messaging his back. He took a deep breath and let out a low moan of appreciation. EW's eyes drifted out to the sand. Not too far away she saw Diva Muffin digging a hole. The Fennec stopped, tipped her head to one side, and then leapt into the air to pounce like a cat. She pulled an old sock out of the hole, flung it into the air and caught it. She tossed it into the air and, with a little jump, caught it again. She kept doing this until her sister Moon Unit launched herself over Diva's head and snatched the sock out of the air. Diva let out a startled "Yip!" and chased Moon around in circles. "Have you started living here?" EW heard Victoria's voice come from behind, "You always seem to be here." "It seems like it, that's for sure!" EW replied as she turned slightly to face Victoria, "But at least the company here's nice." "And the company seems to think you're nice." EW glanced toward her feet and saw another Fennec sitting there. "Well, hello, Verleider!" she said in a gentle tone, "This is the first time you've ever come so close." Verleider looked up at her with adoring eyes and wagged his tail. EW reached down to pet him, but he shied away a bit. "That's okay." she said as she straightened up, "We'll go at your pace. "Anyway," EW returned her focus to Victoria, "Gary and I are meeting with Cep in a little bit to talk about a design flaw in the Fennec Room, among other things." Dweezil popped out of a tunnel he was digging in the sand, snatched the sock in mid-air, and began running in a figure-eight pattern with his two sisters chasing close behind. With a small grunt, Flash rolled onto his left side, and Eliska resumed the message. "A flaw?" "Yeah. The zoos and animal parks that have an outdoor space for Fennecs have a wall that goes eight feet into the ground to keep those lethally cute furballs from tunneling out." "And we don't have that?" "Nope. We need to add one -- WAAA-HA!" ElectricWhite let out a shriek as Verleider darted up under her skirt and wriggled in her lap. She strained to keep any more shrieks and giggles under control while she tried to get hold of him and extract him from under her skirt without exposing herself. Victoria stepped forward but then stepped back; she wanted to help, but had no idea what to do. Moon Unit, Diva Muffin, Dweezil, Flash, and Eliska stopped what they were doing and sat at the edge of the patio. Their heads tipped from side to side as they took in the show. She finally got the fox out into the open. She held him at eye level. "Maybe they should've named you 'Don Joo-an'!" She paused a moment and then lowered him to the floor. "Don't you mean 'Don Juan'?" Victoria asked. "That little twerp -- AAAHHH!" Verleider darted up again, except this time he managed to slip under her blouse. EW gritted her teeth as she tried to keep talking while dealing with him. "This little twerp....reminds me of Lord Byron's take on that character...gah, quit sticking your nose in my bra!...." She finally pulled Verleider out of her blouse. "...and Lord Byron pronounced it 'Joo-an'." "Oh, I see." Victoria calmly said as though they had been watching clouds lazily drift by. Once again EW held Verleider at eye level. "Behave!" Again she put him on the floor. He looked up at her, smacked his lips, and strutted toward the sand. The other Fennecs watched him go by, looked to EW, looked back to Verleider, and then exchanged looks with each other. It was at that moment Ahmet leapt onto the patio with the sock in his mouth. He paused just long enough for his siblings to see. A tan streak consisting of four Fennec siblings zipped through the sand -- zigging, zagging, circling back and running into each other. Eliska watched for a moment before darting off to join them. Flash watched for a moment. He stood up, stretched, and went over to the nearest flat rock. He stiffly climbed up, circled around, curled up and went to sleep. "I should've known you'd be here, EW!" Gary called as soon as his foot touched the patio, "I wasted time looking everywhere else." EW turned her chair to face him. "We've got no time to waste, then." "Do you really think we have to talk to Cep -- " "Aren't things bad enough?" "Well..." "How bad do they have to get? Do we have to start having Fennec funerals?" Gary's shoulders drooped. "You're right...we need to stop skirting issues." He went over to the wheelchair, grasped the handles on the back, and started pushing. "Good luck." Victoria quietly said as the other two went through the door. She then turned to watch the chase....were they whipping up a dust devil?

Nice dual use of the prompt, EW. Byron pretty much LIVED Don Juan ... he was a very bad boy!

Oh dear...Verleider is up to chasing skirts, isn't he?

Originally posted by Daniella T Oh dear...Verleider is up to chasing skirts, isn't he?

Yeah, that's a good way to put it!

Has Jason been teaching him bad habits?

[unrecoverable text]

Now that they have their cake, will they get to eat it, too?

Kisses and cake sounds like a good time to me.

Jason knew what he was doing!

Originally posted by ElectricWhite OMG!!!!! Becky Rock actually got a joke!!!!!

I manage it about once every ten years.

My post for this prompt is in the rubber room, as it contains a scene some people may find distressing. http://www.gatchamania.net/thread.php?threadid=4776&sid=