Ingress hesitates a moment before pressing her palm to the painting of Tom’s workroom. She knows she has to talk to both Tom and Door about how she's been sneaking to Milliways and how she doesn't want to sneak any more and why it’s not fair that she can’t go as she likes. Tom’s going to be harder to talk to, so she's getting it over with first. He ( Read more... )

Ingress sets tin cans along one of the lower walls of the courtyard. The labels represent a wide span of time, and all have dents. She's waiting for Laura to come for lessons, and Ingress has something to show her ( Read more... )

Ingress sits at the table in the tea party room, gluing on some last minute bits and pieces to the many popsicle stick frames she's making for the friends she hopes will come visit. They are glittery, of course, but they also hold sticky treasures - old stamps, multi-colored bottle caps, shiny bits of smooth glass, antique beads, and rhinestones ( Read more... )

Ingress is tall enough to groom Megwyn, as long as she can stand on the little wooden block to reach. She's been grooming Mewgyn a lot lately. Brushing, braiding her tail, braiding her mane - in other words, she's been sticking pretty close to Megwyn, when she's not sticking close to Door.

::Maybe I can braid your mane and put ribbons with jingle ( Read more... )

Ingress sits on the floor of the family room, her back against the well-worn couch. She's busy illustrating another of her books with the markers from her skinny marker set out. They came in a box! She loves her giant box of markers ( Read more... )

Not long after Ingress and Mary return from Valdemar, Ingress' lessons resume. She is pleased to be in school again, and she's very pleased to see Marian more regularly.

She's especially happy today. It's a crisp fall day, and all is right in the world.

"Hi Marian!" She throws herself into Marian's arms for a hug.

It's not that Ingress forgot what happened in Valdemar? How could you forget such meanness?

It's more that summer is a busy time full of books to read, places to explore, and things to do. She's looked at the surveys that people answered and thought about what her friends said.

She did finally talk to Tom and Door, and while Tom was apoplectic ( Read more... )

The roses have just begun to bloom in the House of Arch courtyard; whether that's due to nature or a charm helping them along is immaterial. Ingress loves the courtyard. It's where she goes for archery and sword lessons, and it's nice, happy place to breathe fresh air. Of course, who knows from which century the fresh air comes; that is immaterial ( Read more... )

It's been a long morning already, or so it feels to Ingress. She's showed Lan all the forms and long-practiced movements she remembers from Arithon's rigorous instruction. A lot of time has gone by, though, and she doesn't remember what some of the steps were called. She just goes by rote through everything she can recall ( Read more... )

Today is a fine day for a tea party in the House of Arch. It is also a fine day for Ingress and a dear friend to get together ( Read more... )