Editing Bound to the Party (section)

==Residents==
*Mr. Ape - imitates as an insincere-sounding form of flattery<ref>A man sitting on stairs stood up as they approached.  Big, muscular, wearing a yellow tank top and jeans, a massive belt buckle that looked like a barrel, and he was ''hairy''.  He looked like a bouncer, a perpetual ‘watch yourself’ glare on his face, beneath heavy, hairy eyebrows.  He was Bald, but making up for it with thick black hair on shoulders, arms, the back of his hands…<br><br>Gold Banana on a gold chain at his neck, tattooed letters on his fingers reading ‘ooook’ and ‘ooook’… okay.<br><br>“Mr. Monkey?  Are you going to the party?”<br><br>“Mr. ''Ape''.”<br><br>“Oh.”<br><br>“Yeah.  Oh.  Are ''you'' going to the party?”<br><br>“Yeah.”<br><br>“Yeah.”  He sighed, like it was the most annoying thing in the world he had company. - [https://palewebserial.wordpress.com/2022/07/12/crossed-with-silver-19-14/ Excerpt] from [[Crossed with Silver 19.14]]</ref>
*Mr. Bear - puts up with a lot<ref>Mr. Bear was a heavyset guy wearing a leather vest over a white tee.  Avery put Snowdrop on the task of annoying him.<br>[...]<br>“Yeah, sure.  And Mr. Bear?  Are you okay?”<br><br>“I can deal, thanks,” the man said, in a low voice. - [https://palewebserial.wordpress.com/2022/07/12/crossed-with-silver-19-14/ Excerpt] from [[Crossed with Silver 19.14]]</ref>
*Duck - wary, tends to go low<ref>Duck was a kid wearing a baseball cap and a shirt with the sleeves torn off, hair flipped up in a weird way at the side and at the back, by the neck.<br>[...]<br>Duck nodded, glancing around, wary.<br>[...]<br>Avery sent a signal to Snowdrop, who went after Duck.  As Duck went to hurdle the railing at the end of the ramp, Snowdrop intercepted her, bullying her out of the way.  Duck went under either, and Avery put out a hand to help them step down. - [https://palewebserial.wordpress.com/2022/07/12/crossed-with-silver-19-14/ Excerpt] from [[Crossed with Silver 19.14]]</ref>
*Fawn - doe-eyed and generous with compliments<ref>“Oh my god, look at you!” a girl cooed, looking down from a balcony-ish space above.  Avery looked up just in time to see the girl hopping down.  ‘Y’-shaped, truncated antler hairpin, fuzzy coat, short skirt, and boots that were more heel than anything.  She used the railing Duck had just gone under to step down, then hopped down the rest of the way.  She skipped forward, arms perpetually cocked out to the side.  A bit younger than Avery, but just barely.  She acted and looked like a teenager sneaking out to go to a club, trying to look older than they were.  ‘Bambi’ was in gold on a short necklace that was barely more than a choker.  “We almost match!  You look so good.”<br>[...]<br>“You look so good, the tattoos really work for you,” Fawn said, hugging Avery’s arm.  “Can we be best friends?”<br><br>“I’ve already got a very cool animal companion.”<br><br>“Oh.  So you do,” Fawn said.  She looked at Snowdrop.  “You look, uh…”<br><br>“You were going to say something nice?”<br><br>“I was going to try, yes.  Thank you.” - [https://palewebserial.wordpress.com/2022/07/12/crossed-with-silver-19-14/ Excerpt] from [[Crossed with Silver 19.14]]</ref>
*Mr. Pig - likes to eat<ref>Mr. Pig was eating at a restaurant that was inset into the rows of alley like the balcony-ish areas had been.  A big man with an upturned nose, and a lot of scars.  He paid for his meal and joined them.<br><br>Avery started unloading the extra snacks she’d brought, letting him pig out.  She’d gone for volume over quality. - [https://palewebserial.wordpress.com/2022/07/12/crossed-with-silver-19-14/ Excerpt] from [[Crossed with Silver 19.14]]</ref>
*Mr. Rat - tell him a secret, and he won't keep it<ref>Until they met a rat, about ten feet tall, with the front of its skull carved off.  There was a sculpted, doll-like face nailed to the part of the head where snout, eyes, mouth and everything had been cut away.  The doll face was of a handsome blond man.  He wore colorful surfboarder shorts.<br><br>“Hello, Mr. Rat.”- [https://palewebserial.wordpress.com/2022/01/08/left-in-the-dust-16-8/ Excerpt] from [[Left in the Dust 16.8]]</ref>
*Mr. Snipe - will shoot without warning, though may have once just been verbally abusive<ref>“Mr. Snipe’s armed.  Call out around the noodle shop.”<br><br>“No kidding?  I thought he would make nasty comments.”<br><br>“Terminology catches up and takes over.” - [https://palewebserial.wordpress.com/2022/01/08/left-in-the-dust-16-8/ Excerpt] from [[Left in the Dust 16.8]]</ref>
*Squirrel - picks things up and hides them away<ref>Squirrel was a nervous, mousy girl with frayed clothes and a bandage taped over one eye, which fit because the old stuffed animal had been missing one inset eye.<br>[...]<br>She looked at Squirrel, hands on her hips.<br><br>“What?” Squirrel asked.<br><br>Avery used her Sight, tracking connections.  She was free and clear of anything trailing between herself and something Squirrel was carrying, but…<br><br>She reached over, Squirrel grabbing her before she could grab Squirrel, fighting back-<br>[...]<br>Avery reached into a pocket, pulling out some receipts and… a gold wedding band.<br><br>She passed it to her mom, then gave Squirrel a light push toward the club. - [https://palewebserial.wordpress.com/2022/07/12/crossed-with-silver-19-14/ Excerpt] from [[Crossed with Silver 19.14]]</ref>
*Mrs. Yak - chatterbox<ref>Mrs. Yak was a tall, heavyset middle-aged woman with short, dense, curly hair and horn-rimmed glasses, and she talked a mile a minute, punctuating statements with heavy smacks of a mitt of a hand into the other.<br>[...]<br> “Let’s just go.  Mrs. Yak, you were saying?”<br><br>Mrs. Yak resumed going on about types of grass. - [https://palewebserial.wordpress.com/2022/07/12/crossed-with-silver-19-14/ Excerpt] from [[Crossed with Silver 19.14]]</ref>
*Badger, Parrot, Fox, and Weasel are all mentioned as potential options<ref>“You know what to expect.  The squirrel will hide something away, the fox will try to fox you, trick you, in other words.  The badger will badger you, the ape will copy your actions, the parrot will repeat what you say, the rat will betray your confidence, the duck will try to escape, or duck out of the situation-”<br>[...]<br>“Time consuming.  Sucks but it was the easiest one to find.  I found five different wooden duck toys before I found a good badger.  We needed six and there weren’t any weasels or snipes.”<br>[...]<br>“Sounds good.  Means you have to mostly shut up the badger, get the ape to stop copying you, get the parrot to not repeat you.”<br><br>“Hand over their mouth mid-sentence should work, pushing him over mid-action?”<br><br>“Yeah.  Sounds like you got it.  Leaving the fox and duck as the big potential wrinkles.” - [https://palewebserial.wordpress.com/2021/11/13/playing-a-part-15-5/ Excerpt] from [[Playing a Part 15.5]]</ref>