The First Floor Lobby and Environs, Tuesday Afternoon

[swerval_zero]

Sometime during class hours, a rather large package has arrived in the lobby with Zero's name on it. It had damn well better contain a TV. However, Zero may be tough, but she's still kind of wee.

She dashes up the stairs to the best second floor and calls out (ironically):

"Oh, is there no strong male to help poor little me?"

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[swerval_zero]

"All right, then. Follow me, O Lifter of Stuff!" Zero bounces back down the stairs, ponytail bobbing, trusting in Anders to follow.

[cantgetnorelief.livejournal.com]

Anders cheerfully bounces down the stairs after Zero. "So what is it that you need lifted, anyway?"

[swerval_zero]

Zero gestures to the box in one corner of the lobby. "It's my TV. At least. I hope it's my TV?"

[cantgetnorelief.livejournal.com]

"Oh, cool. I got mine a couple weeks ago." Anders suddenly looks worried. "But, um, when it comes to hooking it up you're on your own. Had to get Cally to do that, 'cause I was kinda lost."

He walks over and looks at the box, then leans down and experimentally lifts it a foot or two off the ground. "Aw, this should be a piece'a cake. You might have to watch out around corners for me though."

[swerval_zero]

"I think I can manage hooking it up. How hard can it be, right?" Zero starts toward the stairs. "This is really swerval of you, Daisy. Thanks. Um. Follow my voice?"

[cantgetnorelief.livejournal.com]

"Sure, that works," replies Anders with a chuckle as he lifts the box. It's actually a little heavier than he let on, but hey, it's only to the second floor, right? Luckily he does have enough good sense to stop and make sure he knows which way to the stairs before he does his heavy lifting thing, so he's able to make it to the stairwell without much of a problem.

"Um, Zero? Let me know if, y'know, anyone's coming the other way?"

[swerval_zero]

"Um, no one's coming yet. I'll knock them out of the way if they do. Last thing I need is Cally on me because I let her boyfriend get squashed by my TV," Zero babbles as she heads up the stairs, keeping one eye on Anders' progress.

[cantgetnorelief.livejournal.com]

There's a muffled laugh from behind the box trailing up the stairs after Zero. "Cool," says Anders, carefully feeling his way up the steps with his feet, since his face is kind of smashed against the side of the box at the moment. "'cause you know what happens if somebody makes her cry."

[swerval_zero]

"Well, since you're smashed by a box in this scenario, you won't be able to exact vengeance. Down this way."

[cantgetnorelief.livejournal.com]

"Right, right. But you'd make sure someone exacted vengeance for me, right?" Anders can sort of see the walls from his cramped vantage point, so that kind of helps, but he's still following Zero's voice.

And hoping it's not too much farther, because okay, the box really is a bit heavier than he figured at first.

[swerval_zero]

"Of course. Mallet and everything for you." Zero scrambles to unlock her door. "Okay, you can just set it down inside the door. Thanks so much, Daisy."

[cantgetnorelief.livejournal.com]

With a grunt, Anders carefully lowers the box to the floor and shoves it through the doorway, because it's easier than trying to maneuver through the doorway holding it and possibly squashing himself.

"Now we just hope we didn't get it all the way up here and it's not your TV," he remarks, straightening up and shaking out his arms. "And hey, we get a bunch of stuff to fix at ABC-DC, but most of it's kinda small, and I don't wanna lose my heavy lifting edge, you know? So I'm always glad to help with stuff like this."

[swerval_zero]

Zero narrows her eyes at the box. "I'll kick it back down the stairs if it isn't. Your heavy lifting edge sure got a workout today!" Zero toed the box cautiously, as if making sure it wasn't going to explode, before taking the edge of one of her keys to the tape. "Let's see..." wadded-up newspaper, bubble wrap..."Yep! TV!"

[cantgetnorelief.livejournal.com]

"Cool!" Anders bounces up and down on his toes a little bit. "You want me to haul the box and packing stuff down to the trash for you, or you gonna hang on to it for a bit, just in case?"

[swerval_zero]

"Nah, I got it. Thanks again." Zero flashes him a wide smile before returning to her new shiny object.

[cantgetnorelief.livejournal.com]

"Cool. Enjoy your TV, then." Anders smiles back and leaves a couple of gumballs for Zero before heading out to get food.