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Maru's Various Charries (mm_maru) wrote in morningstar_mnr,
@ 2010-06-19 21:19:00

Entry tags:

allan, andras, chandika, cindy, ricky, sibyl, urquhart

Saturday afternoon, around Vine Square [[multipup post, OTA/MW]]
On Saturday afternoon, Vine Square was busy as usual. Many people were about, among them:

Sibyl, who was browsing the basket of bits, scraps and ends in front of the Indian shop; they always had interesting little bits that would come in useful at some stage
Andras, who was talking to somebody on the phone, throwing around all sort of technical terms while lounging on the steps of the angel statue
Chandika, who was trying to keep Hanu under control on his leash while at the same time trying to cheer up little Rahul by promising him ice cream; she couldn't see any, though, and started looking decidedly harried
Ricky, who was cheerfully bopping along while making a meandering diagonal across the entire square; he was wearing big earphones labelled 'Bose' that held back his fluffy blond curls
Cindy, who was sitting in front of the building that was up for renovation next, just looking at it
Urquhart, who was sitting outside the Auberge watching people being busy while sipping a triple espresso.

[[OOC: Say in your tag whom you want! Open all weekend.]]

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essayel
2010-06-19 08:31 pm UTC (link)

Allan should have been in his workshop banging away at a bit of iron but the weather was too good so he went to the gallery instead.

But the weather was too good so he went outside and, carefully staying within ear shot so the kid on the desk could call him if he was needed, basically mooched about in the sun a bit.

But once he'd spotted the woman in the wheelchair staring at the building he just had to go and stare at it too to see what would happen, if anything happened, when it happened.

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	mm_maru 2010-06-19 08:35 pm UTC (link)
	Nothing happened in the building. It was just a building, slightly the worse for wear, slightly abandoned. The woman, however, got out a sketch book after a while and started scribbling. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

essayel
2010-06-19 08:39 pm UTC (link)

Allan understood about that. He spent a lot of his time surrounded by smug gits who could draw and he almost lost interest, but then took another look and realised that these drawings were a different kind of art. Much more technical.

He tilted his head and said, "You got the proportions wrong there, darlin'. That window sill should be a least a coupla thou' thicker."

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	mm_maru 2010-06-19 08:43 pm UTC (link)
	She looked up, a bit startled. "Ah, thanks," she said. "It's not that important. We're surveying it all properly with lasers and what-have-you anyway." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	essayel 2010-06-19 08:58 pm UTC (link)
	"Ah, so - er -?" He nodded at the picure. "Whacha doing?" (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	mm_maru 2010-06-19 09:07 pm UTC (link)
	"Actually," she said, "I was thinking about where to put the elevator. Drawing it helps with the imagination." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	essayel 2010-06-19 09:20 pm UTC (link)
	"We got an elevator," Allan said, maybe just a bit smugly. He liked it. The glass was cool. "You wanna look at ours? It might give you some ideas. It's real good fun. S'not far." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	mm_maru 2010-06-19 09:27 pm UTC (link)
	Cindy smiled up at him. "Sure, why not?" she said. "Take me to your elevator!" (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	essayel 2010-06-19 09:40 pm UTC (link)
	"This way," Allan said, making a graceful sweep of the arm. "yeah the art gallery," he said, nodding at it, "has all the mod cons. And an elevator. It's madea glass too." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	mm_maru 2010-06-19 09:42 pm UTC (link)
	Cindy stopped where she was, and succumbed to a gigglefit. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	essayel 2010-06-19 09:57 pm UTC (link)
	Allan stopped and looked at her. "So 'tis," he said. "At first I thought the same. A glass elevator - pull the other one. But it's true, we have." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	mm_maru 2010-06-19 10:04 pm UTC (link)
	"I..." she chortled. "Oh my god! I built it! That comes from all the new people at the gallery. I get invited to view my own elevator." She kept laughing. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	essayel 2010-06-19 10:17 pm UTC (link)
	"Ah fegs, you're the lady architect with the name that goes on forever, aincha?" Allan laughed. "well don't I feel stupid." Not an unfamiliar feeling frankly so he was used to it. "Come away in and have a cuppa tea anyway. It's always good to admire your own work." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	mm_maru 2010-06-19 10:23 pm UTC (link)
	"Cindy Papadopoulos, at your service!" Cindy said, laughing. "And thanks, I will! Charlie has trained everybody to make decent tea, too, it seems. Is he in?" (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	essayel 2010-06-19 10:34 pm UTC (link)
	"We don't just drink poteen in Ireland, ya know," Allan pointed out without rancour. "No, da Mouse has gone to Georgia with that man of his and the little Princess. Not too sure when they'll be back. Meantime, Leena's in charge and bossin' us all about something cruel." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	mm_maru 2010-06-19 10:40 pm UTC (link)
	"Oh, I thought you drank Guinness?" Cindy grinned. "Just as we Greeks all drink ouzo all the time. Anyway, tea will be very welcome!" (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	essayel 2010-06-19 10:47 pm UTC (link)
	"Come on then," Allan said. "So what's that place gonna be? It looks like it's had a long hard life already." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	mm_maru 2010-06-19 10:58 pm UTC (link)
	"It's going to be a community center," Cindy said, "which is a polite way of saying 'spare offices that anybody with some sort of do-gooder or non-profit slant can wheedle somebody in City Hall into allowing them to use." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	essayel 2010-06-19 11:04 pm UTC (link)
	"Cool," Allan said. "Doo gooders can be a pain in the ass, but if you can get over that they do often do a species of good." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	mm_maru 2010-06-19 11:09 pm UTC (link)
	"Hence the name," Cindy grinned. "Yes, I hope all sorts of interesting things will come there and make the Square even more colourful." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	essayel 2010-06-20 02:42 pm UTC (link)
	Colourful, that's us," Allan said with a chuckle as he leaned past her to open the gallery door. "colourful and - and bohemian and - um," he was trying to remember something he'd heard Charlie and Seth say, "ever so slightly naughty." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	mm_maru 2010-06-20 03:05 pm UTC (link)
	"Yes," Cindy said. "Ever so slightly naughty. Our unique selling point!" (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	essayel 2010-06-20 03:09 pm UTC (link)
	The girl at the desk looked up and smiled. "Hi Cindy," she said. "Wanna coffee?" "Do you?" Allan asked her and she grinned and nodded. (Reply to this) (Parent)