(1708) Freehold Meeting

[Mhairi Ankaa]

As expected, Mhairi didn't sleep last night. Nervous, her mind rolling and tumbling with what ifs.

...which weren't as bad as she thought they'd be. Not with the support she'd gotten, no. Her nervous were of something entirely mundane.

Tonight, she'd be speaking not to one or two, but the whoever showed up. And that could be one or two....or it could be everyone in their small 'hold.

Public speaking. Yikes.

So, to calm her nerves, and to hopefully calm the 'hold. If well, it needed calming. Mhairi spent a few hours before the Park closed, (just to make sure she'd have them done) baking cookies. They weren't the greatest cookies that had ever been baked, but they weren't the worst. They were golden brown, with some dark brown coughblackcough bits on the bottoms and around the edges, but they were good! Mhairi might have partook in a few. Just to make sure they were good enough for her Freeholders.

So, waiting as the sunset under the Ferris Wheel with a plate of chocolate chip cookies was Mhairi, who tried to look professional, or at least put-together to offset the dark smudges, smothering the glow under her eyes. But, maybe, if she was lucky everyone else would take them for shadows cast by her fell-flame eyes and not for the sign of how poor her sleep had been lately.

  Cookies!

Date		Action		Roll		Result
2017-09-01 10:51:37		[04] Mhairi Ankaa rolls 4 to Trying to makes some cookies (Int 2 + Crafts 2) (10 Again)		1, 5, 9, 7		1 success
2017-09-01 10:51:37		[03] Mhairi Ankaa rolls 4 to Trying to makes some cookies (Int 2 + Crafts 2) (10 Again)		3, 4, 7, 5		failure
2017-09-01 10:51:37		[02] Mhairi Ankaa rolls 4 to Trying to makes some cookies (Int 2 + Crafts 2) (10 Again)		3, 8, 5, 5		1 success
2017-09-01 10:51:37		[01] Mhairi Ankaa rolls 4 to Trying to makes some cookies (Int 2 + Crafts 2) (10 Again)		4, 4, 9, 6		1 success

Alexander Brown Circe Donovan Ackerman Ingrid Lev Orianna Origins Parable Quick Sasha Selena Seraphina Thomas Land Travisc06489 unlimited sink Vladimir Woland Yumyumcrow

[Thomas Land]

Quick, scurrying steps can be heard. Faintly at first, slowly growing louder. Coming from the direction of the Haunted House. It is, of course, Thomas. Even the sounds of his approach seem furtive.

The footfalls halt suddenly at a good distance from Mhairi and Alex. It's clear he's spotted the two figures standing below the ferris wheel. Indeed, he's squinting in the dark, trying to make out who, exactly, is waiting there. One is surely Mhairi. And the other? Alexander, he finally decides.

Oh great, the Mole-Man thinks to himself. He'd hoped to find Mhairi alone, to offer her support and advice if she should need it. But of course the Darkling has made his appearance first. It's a power move, at least to Thomas's mind. And it causes a wave of resentment to pass through the little Beast's thoughts.

Dusting off his professorial, and ill-fitting, attire, he makes his approach after a few more moments. Reaching the other two, he offers each a nervous nod of greeting. "Director," he says. "Alexander." Does his choice of titles and greetings communicate something about his own position in the matter? It's left unclear. "Hm, how are we?" He thinks he knows the answer, but asks anyway. Always on the wrong foot socially.

Nervously, he clears his throat before spotting the cookies. "Oh--oh! Cookies..." He grabs one and begins to munch away, trying to cover his own anxiety. He stays silent now, except for the sound of his open-mouthed chewing, eyes darting between the two monarchs, before finding something very interesting about his shoes.

[Seraphina]

Seemed the night had arrived for a Freehold meeting. She had a feeling it had to do with the removal of Alex from the position of Groundskeeper, but expected there’d be more.

There was always more. And she fully expected the drama to unfold. The Nix actually hated drama. It was pointless and a waste of her time. But she’d support the Wisp, her friend and her Director.

So up walks the Treasured. Her outfit not one she usually wore. Instead of bright colors and curve hugging fabric, she was in mostly black. But it didn’t look gothic on her. Which included jeans with mesh cutouts, a black leather jacket and a pop of white. The shirt silk, and unbuttoned dangerously low. Well, dangerously low for those who didn’t know the amazing power of double sided tape which kept her from having a wardrobe malfunction. Which would be quite entertaining, but this wasn’t the place. Her necklace hung around her neck, the jewel still a rainbow of color in the lights. Makeup was pretty much none existent, but she was still stunning without it, her sapphires standing out against the gilded skin.

As she walks up, she observes who was there already. At least she wasn’t early.

Hands shoved into the pockets of her pants, “Director, good to see you!” she greets with a smile. “Thomas,” she says with a nod of her head, “Alex.” The nod was almost none existent at that point. He was the reason they needed to have this meeting.

Sapphires widen, “Oh…cookies?!” she gushes, moving forward and taking one. While they weren’t the perfect looking cookies, you could tell care and effort went into them. Which made them awesome to her. Biting into the cookie and smiles, “Love cookies, we need these at the meetings all the time.” Solemn nod.

[Quick]

Something in the invitation to a 'Freehold meeting' seems ominous. Or maybe that's just the cliche talking - Mhairi being the Autumn Queen and all. And this certainly hasn't been advertised as a fun party or a game of laser tag. Whatever the meeting's purpose, Quick is going to take it seriously.

Wearing his James face to the meeting feels natural. More so than usual. Like some sort of built-in defense mechanism shielding him from the worst of things to come. He's even chosen to dress a little formally, with a button-down shirt and blue khakis (mimicking the color pattern of jeans).

A comforting familiar face - Sera - puts him at ease. A little. He approaches her first, near the cookies, to calm his nerves. "Hey, Sera. You look nice." Perhaps an understatement. But then, this evening has him on edge. "How are the cookies?" he asks, not seriously considering having one. He doesn't feel hungry.

Three of the Seasonal Courts' Sovereigns are already here, leaving only Spring unrepresented. Quick greets them each in turn. "Mhairi. Alex. Sasha." He doesn't bother to ask why they are all here. When Mhairi is ready, he imagines, she'll make the meeting's purpose known.

The other two members, so far, are familiar. No new faces tonight. Though the Levinquick is a little surprised to see the lion man again. Quick hadn't seen Lev since the chance meeting at the diner. Quick gives the man a nod. Lev seems inclined to stay silent and observe, and Quick can hardly blame him. Thomas, of course, is here too. Even if this isn't an Autumn thing, he's probably always close at his Queen's heels. Quick can't tell if the mole man is nervous about the meeting or not. Frankly, because he always seems a little timid.

[Mhairi Ankaa]

"Hi," comes Mhairi's voice when Brown is the first to arrive, which honestly? She expected. She wouldn't have put it past him to have been hovering around for hours to make his grand appearance. She thought he'd do some dramatic reveal when she was in the middle of talking, instead of come now, when there was no one else around. But, maybe that was the point. Mhairi wanted to sigh, she really didn't understand him. "Sure, have at it." she did make them for the meeting,

A breath, "Yeah, I'm sorry about that too, but I'm sure you understand having a crazy busy schedule." she says with a smile, "I still want to get together and talk." she tells the mirrorskin, "Probably with someone else there, maybe two. I'm thinking Ingrid and Sasha." for obvious reasons.

The wisp noticeably brightens when Thomas "Hey!" she would have waves at her Twilit Page, but her hands were still occupied holding the plate, and with how hard she worked on these she didn't trust herself to hold the plate with only one hand. Not with how poor her sleep's been lately. "I'm alright, thanks for coming." she smiles again, and tries to make the mole-man understand how much she means that with her mind. Maybe it worked, and maybe it didn't.

Her smile only grew when the Nix appeared next. "Hey! Holy wow! You look amazing! Where did you get the...everything?" Mhairi asks, fell-flames flicker as she eyes the ensomble. That was really cute, and sexy. Mhairi wondered if she should take notes, and see if she could produce something like that. Thoughts of fashion interrupted with Sera's enthusiasm for her cookies. "Maybe I should bake some more cookie when ever we get together from now on."

A lion man arroches, and Mhairi gives him a smile, "Hi," her mind tumbles and she remembers the name Lev, she hadn't met him in person before now, in fact she'd been wondering if their new arrival and hire had already moved on. She's glad to be wrong, "Want a cookie?"

Sasha's next, looking fabulous in a white suit. "Just about, we're only missing Ingrid , Circe , Donovan Ackerman , and Qui-oh! Hi Quick." Mhairi smiles at the Lost whom she still known not his seeming or kith. "They're wonderful!" Mhairi chirps, hefting the plate up, and showing the noticeable places where cookies used to be.

"I"m going to give it a little more time, to see if Circe and Donovan are coming," Mhairi already knows that Ingrid should be making an appearance. "Before we get started." says Mhairi, "Since this isn't a mandatory meeting or anything." alluding to the note she's left to call this meeting.

[Circe]

Circe was calm as she was sauntering toward the gathering. She'd ditched her work clothes but was much more casual then her fellow Fairest, merely sporting denim jeans and a matching, open jacket. In her right hand was a small cooler whilst her left held a extra large popcorn bucket, plus a few paper bags. Though what was on her torso was probably the most notable thing. Not the Guns n' Roses t-shirt but the occupied shoulder holster peeking out from her jacket.

Circe wasn't going to tell anyone that the current clip held blanks. She figured: if things get too rowdy she could "calm" it down. It'd be funny. Well, funny to the elf.

As she walked towards the crowd she saw the two biggest sources of all the drama, uh, politics were already present. Circe still wasn't sure what she'd prefer: things going smooth, like a soap opera, or like a romcom. The last seemed unlikely but the concept of Alex and Mhairi fighting then making out in public was funny to the elf. Circe's humor may be a little twisted.

As she turned the wall's corner to join the group, she was surprised to find a giant lion man leaning against the wall. "Sorprendentemente grande gatto," was her wide eyed response as she looked up at Lev. Then she chuckled, "Hi big guy. Any bets on how civil this is gonna be?"

When she heard Vivian's question, she responded to her fellow Fairest very loudly: "Await me no longer! Sup Boss?! Oh, did Mhairi bring cookies? Cool," she lifted both her arms out to her sides, "Hi everybody, I bought and scrounged some stuff. Would'a brought cotton candy but" she shrugged, "I don't know how to work that machine."

She looked up at Lev, "Be right back," as she went over to the cookies and put down the pop corn beside them. The bags also got put down, but not before she scooped some popcorn into one that Circe kept for herself. She then put the cooler on the ground and quickly knelled beside it. Circe opened up the cooler to retrieve two glass bottles she quickly opened one. sipping from it, "Ah, good stuff. I brought plenty if ya want any. Not booze just healthy," was her reply as she turned to Alex, "At least most of Summer is here. I'm gonna chat with the big cat, he found a good spot. But let me know if ya need help Boss."

And with that she did indeed return to the wall and leaned against it. The elf shuffled what she was holding so that one hand was holding the unopened glass bottle. She looked over to Lev, "Good spot man, want one?" Circe offered the second bottle of Italian sparkling fruit juice.