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Summary for 13th to 20th February, 2010.
Sterling work from Jen again since she did by far the majority of this weeks summary including the massive ball post which I notice is still growing!!! Thanks hunny.





Saturday 13th

http://asylums.insanejournal.com/morningstar_mnr/800361.html - Lewis Floddersen moves his high fashion shoot to the Manor's basement and gives everyone a suitably creepy vibe.

http://asylums.insanejournal.com/morningstar_mnr/800529.html - Erin is OTA in the Mocha and pondering whether or not to attend the Valentine's Day ball alone.

http://asylums.insanejournal.com/morningstar_mnr/800807.html - Rhiannon is awakened in the middle of the night by a surprise visit from Harvey's father Everett. He's acting out of sorts and menacing and implies that his taking care of her and Harvey should come with certain benefits. Luckily, Harvey interrupts before things get out of control.

Sunday 14th

http://asylums.insanejournal.com/morningstar_mnr/801137.html - Placeholder by Sal


http://asylums.insanejournal.com/morningstar_mnr/801280.html - Huge Valentine's Day Ball post, of course, and just about everyone comes out.

Arrivals

Declan arrives and is greeted by Andras, who congratulates him on landing Jack, then they proceed to talk of Andras's infatuation with Fin, who's entirely oblivious and too sensible to worry about Romance. He then gets Jack who brings him a drink, schmoops with him for a bit, then takes him out to dance.

Sterrin gets Max and neither is too impressed with the ball, but they kiss, compliment each other's appearance, and discuss the exchange of gifts that would probably best take place when they're alone.

Rhiannon arrives and is greeted by Jazz who thanks Rhiannon for the dress she designed for her. They discuss their boys briefly and Rhiannon is impressed that Jazz had a stripper pole installed in her room for Tom's Valentine's Day gift.

Emily arrives looking radiant and is greeted by Vincenzo. Emily wipes the left over shaving foam from his ear, they exchange gifts and schmoop a bit.

Smith arrives with Laura and they're fresh from the drama and uncharacteristically schmoopy. They also decide to take a vacation, go sky diving, and Laura is determined to draw the night out, if only to torment Smith.

Erik arrives, a bundle of nerves because of The Question, which he's planning on asking Andy sometime within the week. She comes to greet him, amazed that he's left his music room, and they make plans to go to dinner later in the week.

Deacon arrives looking for Charlie and they also do the schmoop thing and discuss Nia's desire to come dance, how tired Charlie is after helping maintenance set up the ball, and the sordid plans they have for each other when the ball is over.

Erin arrives in a poor mood because she's there by herself and Drew braves it to bring her a drink. She's in too bad of a mood to respond to his attempts for a little while, but she gets over it eventually and asks him to take her to dance, which he does.

Bridget and Phin arrive feeling under dressed and each is a little under the weather. Bridget because of her mystery disorder and Phin because of his previous injuries. They're both happy to be there together, though.

Buffet, bar and tables

Isabella is greeted by Micah who's running late after going to a meeting. She tells him he looks gorgeous.

Bea is greeted by Andy and they both scoff at those in pink ruffles, take some pictures with each other and Charlie, and talk about how they hope they're still feisty enough to demand dances from pretty gay boys when they're old.

Anastasia gets Emily and they're both thrilled to see each other again. They get some food and get all caught up on the goings on in each other's lives, and offer each other support.

Lucas is at the buffet getting his fill as he can't really think of another reason to attend such a party, aside from getting to look at awesome racks in skimpy dresses. Ricky shows up nursing his own case of the munchies, and they scope out the ladies and eat together.

Robbie and Olivia are at the bar sipping champagne, indulging in some UST and overall schmoopage. They take a break to go dance, but get too caught up in each other and decide to cool down with another trip to the bar and a drink. After that go round, they decide to just get it over with and go home together.

Tristan is at the bar waiting for Rhiannon to break up her conversation with Jazz. She does, and immediately makes her way over to him for making out and other general schmoopage. They make plans for her to go home with him after the ball, but decide to get a little dancing in first.

Stone and Lara show up to drink, eat, and dance. Stone is befuddled by how the Manor seems to have increased in sluts since the last time he paid any attention, and Lara gently scolds him for saying such a thing. It's ok though, since it's what they're both thinking anyway.

Avery is also at the bar and he gets Jazz for some gift exchange and general schmoop. He gets her a lovely necklace from Tiffany, which honestly - how can you go wrong with Tiffany? Not one to be topped, Jazz hints at the stripper pole she's had installed for him back at her place. I'm thinking this thread is unfinished though, so we'll see what pops up.

Lewis and Kris meet up at the bar, both exhausted and ready to relax after a strange and busy week. They discuss how they're getting older, but they're not quite ancient yet.

Dance floor

Sibyl is tearing up the dance floor in a lovely, cleavage-baring dress that she got to keep from the shoot she participated in earlier in the week. Allan spots her and admires her looks and moves, and they strike up a conversation about her job in the museum, the museums he used to visit in Dublin and what he saw there, and his new job at the Gallery. Sibyl finds his scruffiness entirely charming.

Drew and Erin are also dancing, and she decides to warm up a bit more to him and turn the night around. They leave together.

Tristan and Rhiannon also go for a spin and Tristan invites Rhiannon and Harvey to visit his parent's house with him, where there are horses that Harvey will love. Rhiannon is thrilled that he likes her, but is also a little uncomfortable with their differences in upbringings and backgrounds, but she decides to distract herself from that by leaving with him.


http://asylums.insanejournal.com/morningstar_mnr/801775.html - Paula's pups send V-day gifts to their special somebodies. Tristan sends Ana, Harvey and Rhiannon lovely and thoughtful gifts and also flowers. Eli has an Army teddy bear delivered for Bea and his sister Liz also sends her two dozen roses. Erin gives Joe a keychain for good luck.

http://asylums.insanejournal.com/morningstar_mnr/801944.html - Niles does his best to charm Elspeth during their Valentine's Day date at his place, and it seems to work. He apologizes for being a dick in the past and swears to keep it in his pants if she'll give him another chance. El agrees that they should try and this time they should take things slow and be good to each other. Niles agrees to her terms and they make out, schmoop, and eat pie and ice cream.

http://asylums.insanejournal.com/morningstar_mnr/802208.html - Post Valentine's Day ball for Robbie and Olivia where they go back to her place and get right down to it for the first time ever. Smut!

http://asylums.insanejournal.com/morningstar_mnr/802550.html - Jazz comes home after the ball entirely dejected and feeling like an idiot for speaking out of turn with Thomas.

http://asylums.insanejournal.com/morningstar_mnr/802836.html - Bea's Valentine's Day card and first letter to Eli.

http://asylums.insanejournal.com/morningstar_mnr/803231.html - Rhiannon arrives at Tristan's apartment and they cuddle and make out for a bit. Likely going to be smut.

http://asylums.insanejournal.com/morningstar_mnr/803353.html - Erin takes Drew home and they drink champagne and tease each other. Also smut potential.



Monday 15th

http://asylums.insanejournal.com/morningstar_mnr/803770.html - Declan gets a phone call from his old friend Callan saying he'll be in town to visit. He tells Sterrin, who has a bit of history with Callan, and she behaves as though she doesn't care, even though it's obvious to Declan that she does.

http://asylums.insanejournal.com/morningstar_mnr/803929.html - Lewis Floddersen leaves the Manor and he's seen off by Kris. Before he goes they discuss the odd images captured in the pictures taken in the basement, along with a dead and mangled rat that they stumbled over down there. They agree that it was a bizzare week indeed, and Lewis is fairly certain that he'll never forget the Manor. Who could?


Tuesday 16th

http://asylums.insanejournal.com/morningstar_mnr/804251.html - Ana goes to visit Trevor because it's long past time that they talk, and she'd like to get her car back. Trevor is surprisingly receptive of her, even giving her back a few boxes of stuff that she forgot and agreeing to give her her car back and anything else she wants. They chat for a while and express that they're always going to care about each other, even if it is strange and awkward now. They hug and Trevor gets a little too caught up in nuzzling, so Ana leaves before things get out of control.


Wednesday 17th

http://asylums.insanejournal.com/morningstar_mnr/804483.html - after an insanely lovely and romantic date, Erik pops the question to Andy with a gorgeous heirloom ring. Andy of course says yes. They discuss how they've settled each other down and been good for each other, and agree that neither wants a long engagement. Andy isn't sure of what sort of wedding she wants to have yet, but since Erik said they can have whatever sort of ceremony she wants, she decides to do some consulting. They of course, go home to celebrate in the proper fashion.


http://asylums.insanejournal.com/morningstar_mnr/804667.html - Charlie and Nia are ota in the Mocha and Sarah stops by to discuss play doh, spankings, and talking and flapping cats with them before Charlie gets them all cookies to sample and share.


http://asylums.insanejournal.com/morningstar_mnr/804945.html - Kate is extremely drunk at a company party, and tries some of her usual tricks on Brian who's had enough. He gains the upper hand and takes her home and they start fooling around in bed, but Brian is a gentleman and backs off before they actually do it because Kate is so drunk. The next morning Kate can't remember if they did it or not, something that gives her a lot of anxiety, and she confronts him. They fight over the way she's treated him and he thinks that she has to be high or drunk to want him. She tells him she wants him all the time and apologizes for being so horrible, he vows to be hers and give her whatever she wants and they crawl back into bed together. Oh, in case I forgot, this post is... Smut!



Thursday 18th

http://asylums.insanejournal.com/morningstar_mnr/805174.html - Tristan calls Niles to the office to hand over great wodges of cash for Niles's Katrina charity. Fat Tuesday indeed! Also Tristan's a little concerned about him, not having seen him for so long. Neither hand we. I was beginning to wonder if Elspeth had ett him

http://asylums.insanejournal.com/morningstar_mnr/805627.html - Niles, pleased with himself, goes to tell Sarah ALL about everything re: Elspeth including that they aren't having sex yet which tickles Sarah silly. She promises not to let him fuck up this last chance.

http://asylums.insanejournal.com/morningstar_mnr/805876.html - And ANOTHER Niles thread, this time where he goes to see Elspeth with cocoa and cookies and generally schmoops at her, and she schmoops back.

http://asylums.insanejournal.com/morningstar_mnr/806003.html - Andy looks at dubious pictures in the Mocha and chats to Bea, with whom she arranges to go out, Andras whom she congratulates about the fashion shoot and commiserates about his lack of success in getting Fin's hand in his pants, and Deacon, plus Charlie on the phone. Naturally she tells all of them about her engagement, trying to be cool and matter of fact.

http://asylums.insanejournal.com/morningstar_mnr/806319.html - Ylva calls in on Rhiannon again and meets her minions, Lee and Miri, and buys a dress and shoes and helps tease Rhiannon about Tristan, upon whom she clearly has an enormous crush.

http://asylums.insanejournal.com/morningstar_mnr/806425.html - mini-multipup from Dee, with Jazz worrying about Avery and Joe just seeming content. Emily joins Jazz and asks why she's preoccupied - it surely can't be about Avery because Emily envies their great romance. Jazz isn't too sure.


Friday 19th

http://asylums.insanejournal.com/morningstar_mnr/806865.html - Thomas falls in with Vincenzo when leaving the Manor and takes the opportunity to get another perspective on the dating game. Unfinished, but there's probably not much meeting of minds.