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sam_mm (sam_mm) wrote in morningstar_mnr,
@ 2008-05-29 18:50:00

Entry tags:

anghara, emma, icene, jane, logan, nick, spencer

Evening, Multipup, OTA/MW
Emma was mooching about in the gardens, half-heartedly throwing a ball for Lily, while engrossed in an "Anatomy for Artists" text book. She'd got the reading list for her classes in the fall and discovered that many were in the Manor Library! Yaay!! She tossed the ball over her shoulder, only to hear an "Ow!" from behind her. Shocked she turned to face whoever it was, "Oh gosh, I'm sorry, I should have looked!"

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Ang was waiting for an elevator, in her purse were a few leaflets and a paper bag with two boxes in it. The smell from the Mocha was beginning to turn her stomach, and she really hoped the lift would hurry up. She turned slightly as someone approached, a faint smile passing across her face, "They seem really slow tonight, I've already been here a few minutes."

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Icene was sitting in the Mocha, half-listening to the buzz of conversation from the other patrons, and enjoying a large cappuccino and a lemon muffin. She had some paperwork she was finishing up, but it was mostly revision of evidence notes as she had a court day on the Friday. She looked up as someone stopped next to her table, "Hi, er, need to share? Feel free."

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Spencer was in the gym, on a treadmill, and running his way through ten miles of sheer unadulterated thinking time. He'd deliberately picked one where he could see the TV screens, and was watching them rather than the mirrors, but he caught the door moving with his peripheral vision. He smiled in welcome, but kept running.

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Jane was in the laundry, wondering how some people managed to get their sheets so very dirty, and yet claim not to know how chocolate and strawberry stains got on them. Still, it was part of her job to get these things clean, so she was busy applying stain removers, and setting the sheets in the washing machine. She did turn slightly when the door opened, stuffing the last sheet in the machine quickly so they wouldn't see it, or worse, think it was hers! Just the thought had her blushing and her head dipping down.

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	essayel 2008-05-29 06:42 pm UTC (link)
	"Lo, Mizz Jane," Nick said smiling in as reassuring a manner as he could. Tool bag in one hand, replacement filter in the other, he nodded to the machine next to hers and said. "Need to mend that baby. No need for you to move though. I shouldn't get in your way." (Reply to this) (Thread)

	sam_mm 2008-05-29 06:57 pm UTC (link)
	Jane managed a smile, after all, Nick was a colleague, or sorts, "Hi, I er, promise it wasn't me? That jammed it up I mean." She looked away briefly, "I er, wanted to thank you for the barbeque grilling? The food was very well cooked, and not even burned in most cases. It must have been hot work though." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	essayel 2008-05-29 07:11 pm UTC (link)
	"I had beer," Nick said. "Everything's better with beer." He put his tools down and set the filter on top of it then began to walk the washer out from the wall. "lad you enjoyed it anyway," he said. "It was a nice day." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	sam_mm 2008-05-29 07:22 pm UTC (link)
	"Yeah, everyone seemed to have fun, and the food went very well." So well in fact that Jane had only had to carry back empty dishes afterwards, "The weather was very good, fortunately. Were there any plans for a wet day, like, um, barbie in the ballroom?" (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	essayel 2008-05-29 07:34 pm UTC (link)
	"I don't think there were any formal plans," Nick admitted. "But Charlie and I are Brits, we allow for bad weather automatically and had decided to set up table and chairs in the conservatory. We'd have still cooked outside though. Can't barbeque inside - it wouldn't be the same. There are some garden awnings that would have kept the wet off." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	sam_mm 2008-05-29 07:38 pm UTC (link)
	"Of course, this is the Manor, I figured there would be some plans in case," Jane chuckled, "It's sometimes nice to know you're not wrong about some things." She put soap powder into the machine, added conditioner, and then turned the machine on. "Did it take long to clean up after? I kind of ran out on that since it was my day off." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

essayel
2008-05-29 07:50 pm UTC (link)

"No, not long," Nick said. "That's the nice thing about the informal type of event. We had more help than we knew what to do with." He chuckled. "I had an ex-football star helping me with the cooking and at the end there were tenants all over the place with black sacks picking up garbage. It was cool. But then," he grinned, "that sort of event they weren't going to be wearing their Jimmy Choos."

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sam_mm
2008-05-29 08:12 pm UTC (link)

"Their what?" Jane looked at him blankly, and then sat down in a chair, her uniform settling into creases that had been there since lunch. She wasn't overly fond of the apartment on 12 with the wooden floors, she wound up polishing them on her hands and knees.

She tucked her feet under the chair and looked up, "I'm glad they all helped out though, I just, needed some time to myself after all that socialising." Oh wow, she'd spoken to Travis briefly, Memphis while eating, and that was pretty much it, other than passing a few plates that people wanted while filling up her plate for more food.

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	essayel 2008-05-29 08:23 pm UTC (link)
	"Yeah it was a busy afternoon," Nick said. He unscrewed the cover and lifted it off then knelt to take the side off as well. "You got any holiday booked yet?" he asked, glancing up at her. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	mm_phreak 2008-05-29 06:54 pm UTC (link)
	Logan rubbed at his shoulder as he continued walking. "Next time I watch where I'm going." (Reply to this) (Thread)

	mm_phreak 2008-05-29 07:14 pm UTC (link)
	Logan shrugged. "That too." He leaned against the trunk of a tree and watched Lily chase after a shadow in the garden. "I was around. Mostly." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	sam_mm 2008-05-29 07:24 pm UTC (link)
	"Did you try the fruit salad? Or the Pasta Salad? Oh, and whoever made that paella should be given a medal, cos that was just wow!" Emma grinned, "I had fun, and made the fruit salad. In case you hadn't guessed?" Lily came racing back, and stopped to pick up her ball, dropping it again at Logan's feet before looking up and yapping just a little. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	sam_mm 2008-05-29 08:23 pm UTC (link)
	"There was something in a pot on the grill, that was nice, kind of like a stew?" Emma smiled, "I can only own up to being utterly stuffed by the time I'd tried everything, but I had seconds of my favourites!" "Anyway, all that aside, you doing ok? I know Lily is being taken very good care of, she looks fitter every week!" (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)