Beauty and Annette had handwavily arranged to meet for a shopping trip today, after their classes were finished. The idea of simply going into the city had sounded exciting when first broached, and although Beauty found herself suffering from a sudden attack of apprehension, she couldn't deny that she was as much looking forward to the actual ( Read more... )

There were new clothes in Beauty's closet, and the lingering scent of fresh paint in her room, and she couldn't help but wonder if every week was going to bring something new. It seemed eventually, surely even Fandom had to run out of surprises ( Read more... )

It was morning, late enough for the sun to shine brightly on the front of the house. Grace stood in the doorway, clutching the towel she'd been using to wipe the breakfast dishes. Hope was on the path just below, with baby Richard balanced on her hip, while Mercy sat at her feet plucking at the grass ( Read more... )

Beauty had a painting project today, and that was the likeliest explanation for why she'd bounded out of bed at an ungodly hour to see to her horse and prepare the room. Books were carefully hidden away, and a couple of sheets were sacrificed for drop cloths.

Now all that was needed was an artist...

[ooc: For by137, although post is open if someone ( Read more... )

One of the nice things about being a kitten -- and Beauty had discovered quite a few by now -- was that people were warm, and they didn't mind if you slept on them. In fact, they thought it was cute, even if they sometimes tried to pretend otherwise. So kitten!Beauty had fallen asleep last night curled up in a ball with her head tucked up under A.J ( Read more... )

That pleasant lazy feeling still hadn't gone away, despite having done absolutely nothing except lie around on Saturday. So Beauty thought maybe she would indulge in doing that precise thing perhaps a little longer ( Read more... )

It was a good thing, really, that Beauty had plans for the night. Because after her day at the fair and then her handwavy trip to the spa with Annette, she was far too wound up to have just stayed in her room studying. She doubted she'd even be able to sleep that night ( Read more... )

After finishing her one class for the day, Beauty returned to her room to re-read her letters and get started on her next set. Writing home was turning out to be a more complicated affair than she'd expected -- there were too many things she wasn't quite comfortable telling her family about, and a weekend full of people losing their memories was ( Read more... )

Beauty practically ran from her handwavy trip to the post office to the dorms. She had a packet of letters in her hand, and there was only one place she could possibly be getting letters from. Throwing herself onto her bed, she tore into the packet, discovering four carefully folded letters, each tied with a bit of ribbon ( Read more... )

All of the talk recently about her home and family had finally taken its toll on Beauty. She'd been away from them for three weeks now, and for someone who had never once gone anyplace that her family hadn't been with her, this was an overwhelming amount of time ( Read more... )