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Susaa? Selma tried to work through the toddler-speak and decided the child probably was trying to say her name was Susan? She'd go with it. If she was wrong, then oh well, the toddler would probably just correct her.

"Hello there Susan. Nice to meet you." She noticed how Tali was having difficulty counting with Susan distracting him. She whispered to him. "Want me to take her from you until you're done counting?"

Tali shot Selma a grateful and tried to hand Susan over. He continued to count under his breath. Hopefully, everyone would be hidden by the time he finished counting.

Susan nods to Selma and she caught a hair tuft in her little hands and said
" uteeeeee airrrr , i ike u air" she says while she plays carefully with her hair.

Susan ginggle and hugg Selma.
u ae ice, I ike u she put her head in the selma's shoulder and close her little eyes, she is sleeping.

(( sorry but im go to sleep blaugh , this form you no need Susan for rp she is sleep ))

Parmida sighed as she followed Manelin into the basement. She wandered around as she looked for a hiding place. Not there. Not there. Not there. Not there. She marked places off mentally as she continued to look. Tali's voice wasn't as clear now. She wondered what number he was on for a moment, then turned her attention back to finding a place to hide. Ooo, hey, what was that? She backtracked some and stared at the place. Yes... It could work... She eyed the cloth-covered table before her. The cloth reached the ground. Very nice. Most likely very old to be treated so. She reached down and pulled the dust-covered cloth up. She very nearly sneezed as she went under and carefully put the cloth back in place after her.

Manelin grinned as he lit the last candle and finished placing it. Now, where to hide... He had been watching everyone else as they hid and wondered why no one used the wardrobe. It seemed like a good place to hide. He wandered over to it and looked at the doors. Now... Where'd that chair that Niki used to get on top go. He needed it to open the doors. Ah! There it was! He scooted it over towards the doors with loud scraping noises then climbed on top. He reached for the handles and tugged. Now that was odd... Why were they only coming out a little then stopping? Was someone already in there? Drat it!

He got back down and shoved the chair back into place. NOW where was he to hide? Hmm... Did Parmida have room under the table for him too? He wandered over and lifted the cloth only to be greeted with a shrieked "THIS IS MY HIDING SPOT! GET YOUR OWN!" He dropped the cloth as if it had turned blue and staggered back. Maybe not. He briefly wondered about hiding with Niki, then thought about Parmida's response. Maybe not. He had to get his own spot. He sighed, then wandered around some more. Maybe he could hide in plain sight? ... Not likely. How come everyone else had the good spots? He lit the candles! The candles... Didn't he place one...?

He quickly went over to it. Yes. There were curtains next to it. He blinked, took off his shoes, hid them at one end, and placed himself behind the other end. Ooo, hey, bonus shelf. He tested how much it could hold, then hoped up on it. It creaked some but held him. Now his feet didn't show! He wondered if he should get his shoes. Naw. Tali had to be close to finish counting. He wouldn't have time to get back to his hiding spot!

Parmida grumbled. How dare Manelin try to take her spot! Perhaps if she hadn't of screamed, she wouldn't have to change spots. Tali would surely traced her voice here! She grumbled all the way out from under the table and started looking some more. Oh, why not. She stalked over, opened the wardrobe doors, stepped inside, closed the door, and hid behind the white robes hanging in there. There were even shoes in there, so hopefully her's wouldn't stand out!

"Sure thing Tali. It'll be fun," Selma said quietly, before reajusting the sleeping toddler on her hip as she got back to her feet. She moved towards the doorway and used her free hand to hold onto the railing as she decended the stairs into the basement.

Selma made her way to the bottom of the staircase without incident and without seeing Tali's little moment of unconfidence. She searched the candle-lit room for a moment with her eyes. The semi-darkness had a certain beauty to it and she smiled before turning to Tali. She surprised herself by semi-consiously admiring how the candles lit his profile. Shaking her head to clear it of the thoughts, she responded to him.

"Maybe we should start by looking in the boxes and such that are big enough to hold someone?" She grinned, "You were always better at this game than I was anyways,"