vallo

I feel like I should apologize to everyone I invaded the personal space of last night and hugged.

Toruun, great Solstice party! Happy Birthday Nyx!

I have accepted employment working between the Outlanders and existing Vallo residents, and will appreciate suggestion and guidance from my fellow liaisons. If you perceive a challenge or injustice, please approach me with it and I will act as an intermediary should the problem be of significant seriousness to warrant a third party.

Wei Ying - the Jingshi is here.

For those of you unfamiliar with the word: The Quiet Room. It's a piece of home - a welcome one. I thought I disdained surprises but I'm finding that not to be the case here.

It's a little early to be giving Christmas presents. Anyone else end up with a mysterious gift with no indication of who it's from? I don't really need a

BOYD'S EMPLOYEES.

I'm going to close the shop on Christmas Eve and keep it closed through Christmas Day. Boyd used to do this every year which I didn't understand until, even if there were jobs to be done, and I guess I don't want to break tradition even if it's not widely celebrated here as much as Solstice. Vallo can wait. Checks will be ready to pick up tomorrow and you'll be paid for the time lost for having the shop closed whether or not you were scheduled to work that day.

I'll handle whatever work was on Michael's plate for the rest of this week and redelegate when everyone comes back.

TEXTS TO PEPPER

-- I need your help.
-- With shopping.
-- Yes, I know it's three days before Christmas. You can lecture me while we buy things.

It's been a while since I've had a reason to do Christmas shopping, longer still since I've wrapped any of it. I must admit it's a nice change.

AVENGERS ETC.

Would we like to have a dinner this week with everyone?

(ooc: Thalia has been mostly incommunicado since Jason disappeared. She let everyone know she was taking some time then shut her phone off.)

FRIENDS & FAMILY

I'm back.

Who wants to let me crash on their couch through Christmas. I just got this apartment with Jason and I'd really rather not stay here by myself right now.

FILTERED TO GIDEON NAV.
Do you want to go to a Yule dinner with me on the 25? Apparently, both Satan and possibly Santa will be there, so it should be somewhat entertaining ontop of probably having good food.

Okay, so I got a random pair of sweatpants? I mean, they seem nice but ???????

Where did they come from?

[Alex, Luke, & Reggie]

I'm sorry about Julie. If you guys need anything, let me know. Losing people sucks a lot.

Buckbeak was here before, when I was around the first time, but he had been sent away when I had been. Luckily, the powers in charge saw fit to bring him back again.

If anyone knows any hippogriff groups running around, please point me in their direction.

[ FILTERED TO BONNIE BENNETT ]
So Christmas isn't typically a holiday I celebrated outside of Hogwarts and anything my friends did. So how would you like to approach it this year? I'll follow your lead with this one.

How long have you kn-- Is this awkward-- I don't know how to not make this awkw--

I just wanted to reach out and see if you were - open to meeting in person? No need to speed off, I had hopes we could talk, that's all. Have you found a place to stay? Or we could meet elsewhere.

[Filter: Friends* of Achilles but not Patroclus]

My friends! I seek your assistance. I understand that there is a holiday for gifts coming and I wish to give something to Patroclus.

I have found my palace and I wish to decorate it and ready it to surprise him but I need advice on decorations and furnishings. My budget is not high.


(*Literally if you've ever spoken to him, you can be his friend.)

WHO: Catra & Richie
WHAT: WELCOME TO VALLO (enjoy the cheese fries)
WHERE: Galahd
WHEN: Like a few days ago??
WARNINGS: Sass
STATUS: Complete

( She hadn’t been inside a bar since she was sent to die in the Crimson Waste and this one thankfully didn’t smell like ass and filth. Little victories. )

( Private to Richie. )

Either I'm having the worst case of deja vu I've witnessed in a while, or I've been shot once before and already received the welcome spiel when I got here, which would have happened before I got here?

Also do the same bars still exist? How long has it been?

[texts to Ambrose]
--so
--how long are you planning to hide away in your room?
--lounge around in robes
--and listen to awful music?

Just a quick reminder that Rose Apothecary is open for all of your last minute gift needs.

I'm also offering a 'shopping for dummies' option where, for a very reasonable fee, you can let me know the demographic of the person who is perplexing your little last minute gift buying self and I will tell you which of our luxury items they obviously need you to buy them.

And we offer gift wrapping.

I hate this.

Vallo seems to have a problem with me potentially seeing my dead ex-lover who's been haunting me for 1300 years. To be honest, so do I, but the choice was mine to make.

I'm back. And not pleased about it.