It's been a significant amount of time since Paul was last in the bar ( Read more... )

[OOM: In which Galadan scoffs at the idea of not being able to go home again.]

Henry's told Finn enough about Christmas that some of it's finally seeped in.

So Finn takes the stairs two at a time, and goes to talk to the bar about his gifts. (He asks her to give a mug of hot cocoa to Lethe, two of his drawings of the mountains to Rial and Plourr, a "...thing for babies" [it ends up being a small stuffed elephant] for their ( Read more... )

It's been some small time since Galadan has had dinner at the Bar. He has, however, grown slightly weary of the moors, and the gardens, and the constant presence of servants and children ( Read more... )

It's been a while since Meghan has done anything much more than come downstairs, check for a door, not seen one, gotten dinner and gone back up. There's been a lot to think about, and someone she didn't want to risk running into again ( Read more... )

Well, look who's here ( Read more... )

Paul is seated at a table in a corner with a good vantage point of the entire room. There's a Toronto newspaper in front of him; if asked, he'll say he's reading it (and he has in fact been skimming the headlines.)

[OOM: Two sisters talk, only to find that what Wolfe says is true: you can't go home again.]She'd spent the long train ride back to Toronto deliberately trying not to think, without much success. After it had gotten in, she'd called Dave from a pay phone at Union Station, but had only gotten his machine. She'd left a message in case he was ( Read more... )

Jordan is yawning as she comes through the door, Benny in tow.

Then she stops, scrubbing at her eyes.

She might be tired, but Milliways is better than naptime any day.

It has ice cream!

She is probably about to head over to Bar to get some.

Hopefully she doesn't trip over Benny on the way.

River steps through the door cautiously, resting her weight hesitantly with each step. She only relaxes when she's several steps into the room -- perhaps because, at the end of those steps, she's still human and not a mongoose ( Read more... )