Helena Wells-Quinzel is H.G. Wells (![[info]](https://www.insanejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif){kind=small} indelibleink) wrote in ![[info]](https://www.insanejournal.com/img/community.gif){kind=small} makebelievelog,@ 2013-01-28 05:21:00 |
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What: Having one of their movie/TV show marathons. And Helena has a slightly evil idea that might just help cheer Claudia up.
When: Monday evening-ish
Where: Claudia's room
Warnings: Other than devious plotting of possible pranking, should be low. :P
Helena was looking forward to her time with Claudia for more than one reason. The foremost reason was to ensure that Claudia was making some sort of forward progress in dealing with Steve being sent back home. The Victorian woman would even take a minute change in the right direction because that was better than nothing. She had, of course, been checking in on Claudia every so often since Steve had been sent back home. There may have even been one or a couple Mrs. Frederic-like instances where she just showed up. But more often than not, she did knock when she came up to Claudia's room. She was watching Claudia quite closely. Though if she was honest, she was also watching Myka just as closely. Myka was also having her share of troubles in dealing with this, so Helena was doing her best to ensure both Claudia and Myka got her time so she could help them both move forward together. They were a family, and Helena knew in this situation, she was the rock to help the other two.
But today when she would spend some time with Claudia, she had another point in it all. She'd had an idea creep into her mind several days earlier. Somehow, she'd thought it was brilliant idea, and would no doubt help cheer Claudia up a bit once she was in the frame of mind to entertain it. Claudia seemed to be open to learning of this idea that would no doubt end with them both dying some horrific way, so Helena would let her in on the idea. Which was for them to combine their collective creativity and intelligence and play a prank on Myka. There wasn't really a doubt of whether Claudia would take to the idea, it was more a question of when she'd be ready to pursue such a thing. Myka wasn't always the easiest person to surprise, but Helena figured that both her and Claudia would figure out a way to pull a prank off on Myka without it getting spoiled too early.
Before heading up to Claudia's room, Helena had taken her tea set, a Christmas present from Steve, down to the kitchen and made a batch of tea. She also made some popcorn, not knowing if Claudia had made some all ready or not. Helena had briefly thought of making a little coffee for Claudia, but she decided against it, ultimately. After all, Claudia did still need to sleep at some point, so she'd stick solely to the tea so Claudia could enjoy some of it if she wanted. Once everything was ready, Helena added the bowl of popcorn to the tray with the kettle, two tea cups, milk and sugar, then picked it up and carried it up to Claudia's room. Once there, she balanced the tray carefully on one hand (her skills as a waitress did come in handy in other areas!) and knocked. She waited for Claudia to grab the door as she didn't want to run the risk of dumping the contents of the tray upon opening the door herself given the tray was slightly unbalanced. So after knocking, she held the tray with both hands once again for added security.