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Tweak says, "Well spotted!"

antique_apparel (antique_apparel) wrote in morningstar_mnr,
@ 2010-07-01 08:21:00

Entry tags:

celeste, gabe, leo, sibyl

Celeste in the Mocha, OTA, MW.
Antique Apparel was up and running beautifully, and Celeste was beginning to trust her staff enough that she'd decided to take the morning away from the shop to catch up on a little paperwork, work out her staff schedule for the next week.

And so, 10 o'clock found her ensconced in a corner of the Mocha, wearing a pretty floral tea dress and peeptoe sandals, a frappuchino at her elbow as she sat with schedules spread out across her table, her diary splayed open to the page with her staff's availability.

She was very easily distractable, and happy for company.

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	essayel 2010-07-01 07:40 am UTC (link)
	"Ms Bridgeton-Nichols!" Leo, tea cup in hand, beamed at her. "How are you today? Well I hope." He was on his feet, all pin-stripe suit and sober tie, and due in court in a couple of hours. Plenty of time for tea first, especially in such lovely company. "Might I join you?" (Reply to this) (Thread)

	antique_apparel 2010-07-01 07:42 am UTC (link)
	Celeste looked up with a smile, clearing some space at her table, "Certainly, that would be lovely," she replied, nodding. "And I'm very well, thank you. Yourself?" (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	essayel 2010-07-01 07:45 am UTC (link)
	"I'm fine, thank you," Leo said as he took a seat and leaned his briefcase against the chair leg. "How did the shop opening go? I've heard gossip." He smiled. "Very positive gossip." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

antique_apparel
2010-07-01 07:48 am UTC (link)

She laughed, shaking her head.

"I love how gossip travels around here. But yes, it went very well, thank you." She gestured to her piles of paperwork. "I'm just taking some time away from the store to get all this sorted out." She glanced around, then leant in, and whispered conspiratorially, "I'm sort of playing hooky, to be honest. I could easily do this in the back at the store."

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	essayel 2010-07-01 10:39 am UTC (link)
	"Ah the joys of the slightly and harmlessly illicit," Leo said. "And, of course, here you have room to spread out and good light and limited distractions." He said that with tthe cheerful smile of a man who knows he might be distracting her for the moment but also knew he would have to make tracks once his tea was consumed. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	antique_apparel 2010-07-01 12:48 pm UTC (link)
	"Precisely." She smiled. "And endless refills of delicious coffee, served with a smile." She glared in the direction of Joy, who was defying her name as always. "At least I know I'm not far from the store, if anyone needs me." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	essayel 2010-07-01 01:26 pm UTC (link)
	"I believe it is good for a group of workers to know that they are trusted but that the boss can be magically summoned should they feel out of their depth," Leo said. "So i suppose you could view yourself as a genie, only without the ridiculous curly toed slippers, and the Manor as a very plush lamp." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	antique_apparel 2010-07-01 03:19 pm UTC (link)
	Celeste laughed. "I hadn't thought of it that way, but I suppose you're right," she murmured, sipping at her frappuchino. "I didn't want to leave them alone over our first weekend, but I can't exactly work every day for the rest of my life, either. They have to find their feet at some point." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	essayel 2010-07-01 05:22 pm UTC (link)
	"Better under controlled circumstances," Leo said and sipped his tea. "Hmm, Joy's definitely improving at tea making. I have a theory that there's a nice girl in there trying to get out and just occasionally she manages it. Pity she seems to be so jealous of the female tenants." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	mm_kel 2010-07-01 03:08 pm UTC (link)
	Gabe had a bit of free time before his next client so came up from the spa to get a coffee He was dressed in comfortable but extremely stylish jeans and the black Angels shirt with the winged logo on the back. It very nearly mirrored his back tattoo. As he got in line at the counter he spotted a woman who could only be the lovely thing Kris had told him about. (Reply to this) (Thread)

	mm_kel 2010-07-01 03:23 pm UTC (link)
	Gabe ordered his coffee then looked over his shoulder at the woman behind him. "And whatever she's having," he told Joy and smiled at the new woman. "Because no one with that much style should have to buy her own coffee." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	antique_apparel 2010-07-01 03:48 pm UTC (link)
	"Oh, so you're Gabe," she shook his hand, smiling widely. "Kris told me all about you. Looks like you've got over your cold, at least..." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	mm_maru 2010-07-01 07:52 pm UTC (link)
	"Nice dress," Sibyl said, weaving between the chairs and tables with a large frappucino and some carrot cake. (Reply to this) (Thread)