(1611) Eternal Seasons Luncheon

[Morgause]

"Oh, hello dear," Morgause said with a lazy smile when she noticed Seraphina had finally made her appearance. "I'm glad to see that you found the place alright. I wasn't sure if it was Street, or Drive, but it seems such was an unimportant detail, anyways. Feel free to partake of anything that catches your fancy. There's quite an obsession with the soup, at the moment, though that might be a reason not to eat it. I'm starting to wonder if someone slipped something into that they shouldn't have."

Obviously, she hadn't cooked the soup, so that wasn't one of her problems.

"As for the salad, it's on par, I suppose, but I think I'll move on to something more substantial."

With that, Morgause rose from her seat and went to retrieve a small box that had been stashed under the buffet. She brought it back to her place at the table, moved her plate aside, and took her seat again. A few squeaks sounded from inside when she opened the lid...

[Mhairi Ankaa]

"Not really." she answers Green, "But I think I can think of something to talk about when we have that coffee!"

The new women appears, her voice entrancing those around her. And Mhairi wasn't an exception. "Pretty!" With a drippy fingered hand Mhairi give the gilded vision in black a wave, seeing as everyone else was answering the Fairest's questions.

"uh-I didn't mean, but then again I kinda did...hmmm." Mhairi fumbles with a laugh at Nate's comment. "Oh Yes!" Nodding at L'aire. "That's exactly right." Mhairi says with a bright smile.

"Yeah the food's good." Mhairi says, after taking a bite of her sandwich. "And I can." Nodding to Green. Since she was and Elemental she just gave Green a smile and a nod.

"Hi! I'm Mhairi. This is Edna's, and you've come just in time for lunch." Oh, it looked like Morgause knew this knew Fairest... "Try a sandwich." Since like Morgause, Mhairi was weirded out, and strangely fascinated by the obsession with the soup. Maybe she should head over to that Hannibal kitchen and check it out.

Cat Queen with a squeaking box....if Mhairi wasn't an elemental she might not have said it out loud. But she was, so she did. "Are those mice?"

[Seraphina]

Even though she was used to being stared at, it never ceased to amuse her, so she offers Nathan a smirk.

With her wave returned, she looks to Morgan, who had a, eh, unique way of talking. Remnants of her endurance, or just a personal choice? Either way, she felt harmless, and the smirk turns into a friendly smile.

“Thanks!” she replies as she moves further into the room, accepting the offer and getting herself some of the soup. The bowl was brought up to her face as she inhales deeply, “It smells amazing!” she gushes, “Nice to meet you Morgan, and I’m doing a lot better now.” She says while holding the bowl. “And you?” cause it was only polite to ask.

Now those were some stunning eyes, stunning, yet inviting! She thinks with a smile looking to L’aire, “Thank you.” She says once again lowering herself into a free seat.

Green, well, interesting name, imposing man. “Nice to meet you Green, I’m Seraphina, or just Sera, whichever.” A hand waves. As Green seems to direct questions to another with beautiful eyes, though hers were more mesmerizing. She hadn’t been around this many attractive woman in sometime, seemed this was the city of the beautiful.

Eyes lighting up when Morgause speaks, “I did, thank you for the directions! It’s wonderful to see you.” Eyes then lower to the soup, its aroma outweighing any concerns of something being in it. “Well, I think I’m going to have to take a chance, the smell is too inviting!” plus, it had been a couple months since she had such a spread of food before her, no way was she turning it down!

Sapphire eyes turn to the one with the mesmerizing ones as a wide smile graces her full lips, “Why thank you! You aren’t too bad yourself.” She adds with a wink. “And no worries.” She had that effect on people.

“Hi Mhairi, Seraphina, or Sera.” Greets the Nix. With the mention of the sandwiches, she reaches out to take one. “You guys put on quite the spread here!” she gushed, taking a bite of the sandwich, which was great.

“So, yeah, about myself then.” She says looking to Green, letting him know she hadn’t forgotten him. “New girl in town, which I guess is obvious. Just looking for a place to set my bag down and call home for a while. Heard the numbers were small here, and seemed like a good place to be. Hoping that once I find a place to stay I can look into finding a job singing or something.” singing was her thing and it usually paid well. "Uh, not sure what else I can tell you, each place I've been to seems to want to know something different."

[Morgan Bellanar]

Morgan chuckled, "Heh, I am well thank ye for thine inquiry Sera. Glad to heh hear ye hath not troubles. Let me ken if ye face threats, I shalt heh help as I am able, heh." It was her job now to be security for the Freehold. Even if she looked about as threatening as an angry kitten.

She chuckled more as the woman seemed entranced by the food. Well, seems the newbie had the hunger that comes with not having lots of stuff to eat. "Heh, tis a vast spread indeed. Though tis Morgause that deserves credit for the victuals."

She then mumbled something about a commons and less troublesome. The old guard would know whom she meant. She listened intently as Seraphina gave a quick summary. She winced at the comment about their numbers, "Used to hath more."

Then laughed, "Heh, Sera? Ye seek board? Ye ken this place," she jerked her thumb at the large, multi-bedroom buidling, "Tis named Edna's Boarding, heh, House, yes? The name tis most apt. Heh, Mhairi hath management of this site for billeting new residents."

She looked to her Queen to do the rest of the talking. Not wanting to provide any outdated information or policies that Mhairi might be against. "And thine, heh, introduction to fine to me, heh. Lest ye hath some giant monster chasing ye that ye wanna admit to? Uh, I don't ken much about work for singing," she looked at Green. The Blue Note was the only music venue Morgan really new of.

[Nathan Griffin]

"I don't 'duck', I bristle," he objected, pretending to be offended. "But fair enough."

Morgause comment made him pause. He too began to wonder whether half a pound of Blue Sky had fallen in the entree. The almost empty bowl was pushed away before he had said one more word.

"I don't care for mice," he commented to the monarch's question. "They're crunchy, like cereal. Ain't got nearly enough meat and too many bones. Same with squirrels," he gulped down some water and looked for the choicest piece of meat around. It was only polite, to enjoy your meal when you had been served. "Foxes are much better, but they're tricky to find and catch..." he whispered, then stopped himself short. There ought to be other, more sociable topics, right?

"What kind of singing?" he switched topics rather brusquely. Too late now.

[Malcolm Green]

Green shifted in his seat, physically turning himself toward Seraphina Orianna .

"Well... Yeah. There is the Blue Note. If you like jazz. I dunno, talk to the management or something, yeah? I'm sure they'll give you a gig. Or something to that effect."

He watched the newcomer a moment more.

"You... You been travelling long?" An attempt at small talk. Green had been intended to ask something else but decided to modify his question half way through. His speech was abrupt and clunky. Grimly, he rode over the bump in his social interaction.

"You got any interests? Me... I'm interested in Goblin Fruit. And I work in construction." And other things he would not divulge publicly.

[Swami M]

Alex hurries into Edna's, hoping that the show won' be over before he arrives. He's relieved to see people still gathered in the courtyard. And plenty of food left, even. Although he will skip the mice, thank you.

"Hey, guys. Sorry I'm late. I got held up at work. Had to cover for somebody who called in sick." He sees several new faces. "I'm Alex. Alex Rivers..."

[Morgause]

"And I'm bored," Morgause sighed, reaching into her box to indeed produce a live mouse, gently caged between her fingers.

"Isn't there anything more exciting to talk about than soup, coffee, and the thermostat?" she asked, bringing the mouse up in front of her face as though she were speaking to it, rather than the others.

After a moment of consideration, the Cat Queen brought the creature to her lips, and then popped it inside, all except the tail, which thrashed for some moments as she chewed, the tell tale sound of crunching accompanying each movement of her jaw. Finally, when the tail had fallen still, she slurped it up, just like one might a stray noodle.

[Malcolm Green]

Green turned slightly to the cat woman, completely unmoved as she gently consumed a live mouse before his eyes.

"Like what?"

His stare was as weighty as the stone that comprised his flesh.

"You would know about our Dragon problem by now, right? The the 'Hold is not as strong as it once was? That this 'Hold has been kinda heartless since we lost the Freehold Commons and stuff?" He spoke plainly, almost emotionlessly as he listed the fragile state of the Freehold's affairs.

He sighed, exhaling through his thick nose.

"Well I guess we can report some small successes, yeah. Rescued one of our kind from some Privateers, we did. Cosette. Some chef of renown or something. Maybe, made some connections to a hob town nearby in the process. Yeah - Alex, Nathan, and me. With some help. Good thing we did pull it off otherwise they'd be bad blood with a 'Hold from San Francisco to add to our problems."

He turned away slightly, head bowed.

"See. That we could took about..." His eyes flicked open and hurled... something at Mhairi Ankaa and L'aire both. "Some other things... Well, I dunno. Aww hell..."

His hand, scrunched into a fist, came down on the table with a heavy thud, rattling the object to its core.

"I'm sorry but this can't wait. And it can't be something for the Sovereign's alone. It effects us all." He sighed. "We need to reorganise the 'Hold before Spring. Maybe Summer. I don't know. Freehold Oath is a fragile thing and we don't have the backing of all the Courts anymore. We need to work out some, you know, plans... 'Cause I don't think cycling through the... whatsitcalled... regnal year... wheel of the year... Courts? Yeah. That ain't gonna work without the Sovereign's backing."

He leaned back, chair creaking.

"Best hear it from me. I think its something we all need to think about."

This scene isn't stickied so it comes into force on the day of the last post :P The Hedge rescue should be in continuity now. And its probably a good opportunity to bring OOC developments into IC continuity at this point.