Clink. Clinkclinkclinkclink.

The trappings of the Shadowlands amount to two bottle-tops, two blades broken off a pocket knife, and nine pence. GEORGIVS V DEI GRA BRITT OMN REX FID DEF IND IMP. She doesn't even remember what it means any more, and more to the point, she knows it's not enough to buy a proper drink.

Clinkclink.All of it back into ( Read more... )

Enter Eustace, from the House of Arch, to an armchair by the fire. Props list: Tea (provided by a waitrat) and chessboard (abandoned by the fire).

He fidgets with the pieces, setting them up as if for a game, but eventually seems just as content to lean back in the armchair and gaze up into the rafters drowsily.

Last night seemed like a good idea at the time. Right now, it's seeming like a very bad idea, as is moving, speaking or thinking.

Which might explain why he's in a booth in one of the darker corners of the bar, dressed in black as usual and very slowly getting through a jug of water.

When Eustace goes up to the bar, he gets a note.

. . . This is not good.

His eyes are sharp as he looks around the bar.

And when Lucy stands and walks away, it's to go to the Bar and write out several notes.

( For Susan Pevensie, Caspian, Peter Pevensie, Mr. Tumnus, Jill Pole, Rilian, and Eustace Scrubb )

Tumnus trots downstairs, taking a moment to watch the observation window - he still thinks it's pretty, even if Lucy doesn't like the destruction - before getting tea from the Bar and taking a seat by the fire.

Going outside isn't so much on the agenda until the snow melts, all things considered.

Eustace enters from outside, shaking snow off his hair, cheerful and red-cheeked. He heads for the Bar for tea, and then for the fire.

These past few nights, Caspian has spent this particular hour upstairs, in quiet conference with his son, talking about no-one knows what--remembering Rilian's childhood, mayhap, or discussing what is to be done when he is returned to Narnia's throne ( Read more... )

[Pre-Milliways: Through the Stable Door.]The door opens, and for a moment, one can catch sight of a bonfire outside ( Read more... )

Adam behind the Bar.

Have at!