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A Day In the Life

May 11, 2011 02:47

Who: Frances Owens and you!
Where: Everywhere!
When: Today!
Warnings: Shall be updated if there's any worth mentioning!
What's in it for you?: Witchy shenanigans! Sage advice! Chocolate cake for breakfast!

Same rules as always. Tags will be made with times of the day and what Frances is doing. You tag in. I tag you. Rinse, repeat, instant CR!

frances owens, a day in the life

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9:10 AM - Breakfast get_thebook May 11 2011, 06:57:24 UTC

[Frances is seated at a table in the dining hall, where she is enjoying chocolate cake for breakfast. Because this is what she does. She did borrow the kitchens to do this, and is not the least bit apologetic. It was one baking pan and she brought a lot of her own supplies. The pan sits on pot warmers in the center of the table, wafting the sweet aroma of chocolate, cinnamon and just a hint of chili powder to intensify the flavor. She has left the lid open, to purposefully entice others to come and try a piece and as it is she appears to be enjoying hers just fine. There also appears to be a cup of coffee or herbal tea -- something dark -- next to her plate, and as she enjoys a bite, the spoon in her cup is stirring inexplicably by itself.]

9:10 AM - Breakfast whattheytellyou May 11 2011, 15:18:36 UTC

[It's a bit later than usual for Sarah, but she shows up at breakfast looking rested. There's that, at least. She passes Frances at her table, does a double-take, and backs up a step.

She glances at the pan, then at the kitchen, then at the pan again.

Chocolate cake. For breakfast.

Yes.]

Did you, ah...did you make that?

Re: 9:10 AM - Breakfast get_thebook May 11 2011, 15:21:01 UTC

[Frances finishes chewing the bite she's been on for the last minute and smiles.]

That's right. Would you like a piece? Free of charge.

9:10 AM - Breakfast whattheytellyou May 11 2011, 15:25:01 UTC

[She looks torn for a moment. She doesn't have the best of social graces, but she does know it's rude to just ask for chocolate cake from strangers. But...cake. Chocolate. Cake.]

I...uh.

[Balancing her tray on one hand, she holds out the other.]

I'm Sarah.

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11:00 AM - The Greenhouse get_thebook May 11 2011, 06:59:03 UTC

[Having acquired a key from Armand St Just, Frances can be seen puttering about in the greenhouses around mid-morning, seeming at home with the plants. The flowers that are old enough to remember Miss Rose appear to miss her. How sad. D:]

2:00 PM - The Library get_thebook May 11 2011, 07:01:30 UTC

[There is nothing that Frances likes about indoor environments so much as old books, and in the library this appears to be what she is scouring for. Particularly any that look like they are not of her world.]

2:00 PM - The Library doctor_j_crane May 11 2011, 07:12:46 UTC

[Crane's looking for a book in the library, and hey, there's someone else here as well. He looks at her for a long second. He vaugely recalls the face.]

Do I know you? [Such a polite way to say hi.]

2:00 PM - The Library get_thebook May 11 2011, 07:13:48 UTC

[Frances turns, surprised as it seems he's done well creeping right up on her.]

Oh --

[Since it hasn't been long for her at all!]

Doctor Crane, is it?

2:00 PM - The Library doctor_j_crane May 11 2011, 07:26:37 UTC

Yes. [Crane spends a second looking at her face.] You used to be on the barge?

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4:00 PM - The CES get_thebook May 11 2011, 07:03:22 UTC

[While some people go jogging or walk their dogs in the CES in their spare time, Frances quite likes to just...wander. And explore. Particularly if it is a forest setting, much like today. An onlooker might spy her pausing and taking a step off the beaten path to examine some strange plant in the brush. She kneels, and with a small decorated knife that she produces from her pocket, she takes a gentle cutting.]

4:00 PM - The CES strangehstorian May 11 2011, 21:29:17 UTC

Herbalist?

[The voice comes from directly behind Frances and about three feet off the ground. There definitely wasn't anyone there before just now, was there?]

Re: 4:00 PM - The CES get_thebook May 12 2011, 08:27:32 UTC

[She seems only pleasantly surprised by her arrival, if surprised at all.] Sometimes. [She tucked the cutting into the little satchel she carried with her.]

4:00 PM - The CES strangehstorian May 12 2011, 16:28:43 UTC

[Chromie curtseys now that she's interrupted anyway.]

Well, it's a lovely setting for it.

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6:30 PM - Dinner get_thebook May 11 2011, 07:05:31 UTC

[Frances has a book with her that she's borrowed from the library. She has already cut her meal into bites and every now and again spares a glance and a hand from her book to stab a piece with her fork and pop it in her mouth. As always when she is at a meal and ignoring her drink, a spoon can be seen gently stirring its contents all by itself.]

Re: 6:30 PM - Dinner championoftime May 11 2011, 07:41:46 UTC

[The Doctor has a heavy mind as he always does when a friend is injured, and he's not really doing more than sipping his tea. He isn't even the slightest bit hungry.

He sighs to himself, and his gaze swivels to the table next to his where the nice woman seems to be involved in her book. Neglecting her own drink.

The spoon is not neglecting the drink, though.

How odd.

He leans closer, curiously cocking his head as he tilts away from his table an looking at the busy spoon. Tilting further and further and further until the good Doctor seems to have forgotten that gravity should be pulling him down in his very off-kilter chair.

Only gravity seems to have forgotten that as well. It may be reminded at any moment, however, since it's not magic but rather sporadically impeccable balance keeping him upright. He glances to Frances finally, aware that he's starting to bizarrely edge at her personal space and probably should greet her.] If I had two of those that could do that, I could entertain myself endlessly while I was working. ( ... )

6:30 PM - Dinner get_thebook May 11 2011, 07:45:44 UTC

[The second he begins to speak, her gaze snaps up to him, and her hand closes on her cup, stopping the spoon. Whether this is an instinctual response to being approached by anyone who is not a member of her family and therefore 'in the know', or she just can't concentrate on three things at once, it is unknown. His remark seems to be one in good humor, however, she she returns it with a smile.]

Oh, that trick takes a lot more work. Hard to enjoy a good book at the same time, much less dinner, where there's tea to be stirred, or soup.

Re: 6:30 PM - Dinner championoftime May 11 2011, 08:32:52 UTC

It certainly gives you an edge for multi-tasking. [An impish grin is ruined when gravity remembers him and he topples to the floor finally. Though he doesn't seem too bothered. He pops up like a rubber ball and brushes himself off, then kicks his chair back to a standing position with his foot.] I had noticed you had returned but I'm afraid I was a bit preoccupied and didn't have the opportunity for a suitable return greeting!

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