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Post by Callimpsest on Aug 4, 2007 19:25:40 GMT
*As PhoenixFlame and Morwena break off into private conversation, Callimpsest is disheartened. After all, he had tracked them down for a reunion with him. Whispering is that strange middle ground between wanting to be heard and wanting to be silent, that many librarians struggle to understand as anything other than subversive. Callimpsest wonders if something he's said has offended the pair.
At that moment, a serving maid approaches the table to take their orders. Callimpsest decides that it would be rude to abstain from ordering, even though he is not hungry, and would prefer to wait until the Crazed Heifer before drinking. He reminds himself that there are some beverages that are less suited to a tavern.*
My colleagues may prefer to have something more substantial themselves, but might I have a shortbread biscuit and a cup of green tea?
Maid: We also have Earl Grey, if you'd prefer that.
I do occasionally, but green tea is a perennial favourite of mine. "Sometimes of the Grey, but always of the green."
*Callimpsest chuckles to himself, uncertain if any of the others have found the reference amusing.*
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Post by PhoenixFlame on Aug 6, 2007 10:13:12 GMT
*Phoenixflame and Morwen notice that Callimpsest looks a little hurt by the whispering between themselves. Morwena flies over to Callimpsest, and lands on his shoulder looking contrite*
"Sorry, I sometimes forget that talking in our world's language can be rude, I'm really sorry, it's just easier to get some words across in our language than it is in yours." Morwena says softly to him
*Phoenixflame nods as Morwena says that*
"She was also suggesting that we rebuild the school, and she was wondreing if you would potentially come back, if we could get the school rebuilt?
*Phoneixflame notices the maid standing there*
"Oh, sorry, can we get some fruit sherbert for me, and a glass of pomegranate juice for Morwena, and can I also get some food, what toype of things do you have at the moment?"
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Post by Callimpsest on Aug 6, 2007 18:37:53 GMT
*Callimpsest is comforted by Morwena alighting on his shoulder. He remembers the last time she did that: in the library, after the explosion. But at the time he'd hardly noticed, too raw to be consoled then, even by so majestic a creature. With his thoughts tumbling back to that fateful day, he remains silent for now, allowing the maid to converse with PhoenixFlame.* Maid: We've a wide selection of pies and stews. Something for every taste. *Glances at Morwena* So far, anyway!
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Post by PhoenixFlame on Aug 7, 2007 10:37:30 GMT
*Morwna eyes the maid for a second, perched comfortably on Callimpsest's shoulder.*
Hmmm, do you have any veggie stew?
*Phoenixflame nods at that*
"If you have that, then we'll both be fine, though can I ask for some fruit as well?"
"Ohhhh, i forgot about that" Morwena pipes up, Do you have any dragonfruit?
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Post by Callimpsest on Aug 7, 2007 17:06:49 GMT
*The maid affirms that vegetable stew is available, as is fruit. But at Morwena's question, she looks confused.* Maid: No. What's that, a fruit made of dragons? [OOC: Goodness knows how she'd think passion fruit is made... ]
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Post by PhoenixFlame on Aug 8, 2007 11:02:15 GMT
*Morwena looks horrified at the thought of eating a dragon, and is speechless*
"Erm, why don't you tell me what fruit you have, and we'll choose from there? Dragonfruit is from, well, let's just say it's from a place that's really far away" remarks phoenixflame
*Mutters under her breath to Morwena*
"It's OK< you can breathe, no one thinks you eat dragons!"
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Post by Callimpsest on Aug 8, 2007 17:40:16 GMT
*The maid leaves, and in no time at all has returned with the items requested. [OOC: I didn't want the side conversation with the maid to drag on. ] She has brought a basket of fruit for Morwena and PhoenixFlame to make their choices from, though there is nothing exotic on offer: pears, apples and some local berries. Also, with pomegranates unavailable, Morwena's juice is something plainer. Offering a polite apology, and complimenting PhoenixFlame on her parrot, the maid moves off to attend to other customers.*
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Post by PhoenixFlame on Aug 9, 2007 10:11:48 GMT
*There is a sound of indignant spluttering from Morwena at the parrot comment*
"Parrot!! Parrot! Do I look like a parrot?! "
*Phoenixflame gently holds Morwena's beak, concerned that she will irritate the maid, and all that can be heard are some disgruntled squawks. Eventually, she subsides, and drinks the plain fruit juice*
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Post by Callimpsest on Aug 11, 2007 22:14:51 GMT
You were talking about the school.
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Post by PhoenixFlame on Aug 13, 2007 10:33:37 GMT
(OOC: Sorry for the random tangent there ) BIC *Phoenixflame nods and looks at Callimpsest* "we were hoping to look into funding to see if we can rebuild the school, though the attacks have left it damaged, I think with alot of hard work, we can restore it." *Morwena is busy tucking into an orange and ignoring the conversation around her* *Phoenixflame steeples her fingers and looks at Callimpsest* "So, if we can get the school back up and running, would you be willing to return to the school, and look after the library?"
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Post by Callimpsest on Aug 13, 2007 18:07:18 GMT
[OOC: No problem. I just didn't want the unnamed maid to overshadow Callimpsest for too long, as she was more a minor plot device than a fully-fledged character.]
*Although he is willing to discuss the Knightmare Boarding School, questions of rebuilding and returning are too potent for Callimpsest to handle so soon. Not without sour pessimism, at any rate. So for the time being, he politely dodges them.
He sips his tea.*
Might I ask, who else from the school have you had contact with?
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Post by PhoenixFlame on Aug 14, 2007 10:29:53 GMT
*there are shlurping sounds from Morwena as she devours the last of her orange and then glances up at Callimpsest's comment*
"Unfortunately, I don;t seem to have run into too many people from the school" admits Phoenixflame, "well, I did bump into a couple of people at the school, one I vaguely remember being at the school at some stage or another, and one who would have been the right age to join the school... However, I've also not seen any other member of the school..."
*phoenixflame gives Callimpsest a sunny smile*
"Other than yourself of course! What have you been upto, since the closure of the school?"
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Post by Callimpsest on Aug 15, 2007 17:47:05 GMT
*Callimpsest shifts in his chair at the mention of 'closure'. Although PhoenixFlame may have used it casually, it has significance: would that the school had never been forced into closure; but since it was, would that he had his own feeling of resolution, of closure.*
Although, as we know, we have somehow managed to miss each other, I have mostly been here, in Wolfenden, since leaving the boarding school. I hold a stall in the marketplace - sometimes, not all the time - and do a spot of trading elsewhere too.
And you two? I sense that you've travelled, and been away from here.
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Post by PhoenixFlame on Aug 21, 2007 7:52:54 GMT
*smiles slightly*
"where we've been, wow, that's a long story!"
*Morwena nods in agreement*
"We went to another world!" Morwena says with a cheeky grin, "And then when we cam back, we found ourselves involved in a fight..."
"Not quite the homecoming we were planning! And to find the school devastated like that..."
*Phoenixflame turns her head so no-one sees the tears start to form in her eyes*
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Post by Callimpsest on Aug 23, 2007 13:46:13 GMT
"where we've been, wow, that's a long story!"
*Chuckling* You say 'long story' as if it's a bad thing! I'd not be much of a librarian if I didn't like long stories!
*Then Callimpsest remembers: he isn't a librarian any longer. He bows his head in embarrassment. The conversation continues.*
"We went to another world!" Morwena says with a cheeky grin, "And then when we cam back, we found ourselves involved in a fight..."
"Not quite the homecoming we were planning!"
*Callimpsest is both intrigued and bewildered. Earlier, PhoenixFlame let slip a fact that Callimpsest had never realised: she and Morwena are from another world. Could that be the place of which Morwena now speaks? Apparently not, as PhoenixFlame has now described their return to this realm as a 'homecoming'. Callimpsests hopes he will learn more about all this.*
"And to find the school devastated like that..."
*Callimpsest knows that this, in itself, must have been devastating. But he is getting confused about how and when the school sustained damage. There was the explosion that prompted him to leave KMBS, but Headmistress PhoenixFlame saw that unfold; there was the fight with the serpent, of which he saw the remnants, but that seemed merely to add superficial damage to fundamental ruin that was already there. Something is missing.
With PhoenixFlame having turned her head away, Callimpsest addresses Morwena.*
Indeed, the fight, in whose aftermath I found your feather. *Smiles* The reason we are here. But while we were each away from the school, there must have been some catastrophe there. Even though, I presume, it had been rebuilt after the explosion. If only we knew what had taken place. Or could make the acquaintance of someone who would tell us.
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