closed :: don't you wonder when the earth will go

[heardmermaids]

Who: Sebastian LeMat and a cast of thousands.
What: A whole lot of meeting up over coffee, tea, lunch, etc.
Where: All around town - Sobek Croix and Howl Barrow, mainly.
When: At various points throughout the week.
Notes: Organization plurk is here and a Podder mix is here.

For Martha:

As promised, Sebastian and Velcro are waiting outside the Italian tavern on Damgate and both look happy, enjoying the cold air and a spot of people watching. Now that his identity is a little more open and Martha seems to have heard something of his past from the Professor, he's unsure how well this lunch will go, but he doesn't want it to be said that he didn't put forth a minimum of effort to be civil and welcoming.

For Tonks and Hermione:

Rationally, Sebastian knew that keeping his involvement with Shada's cult as a private matter wouldn't suit Tonks and certainly wouldn't be enough to appease Hermione. He was afraid that no matter what his assurances were, they'd take a dim view of the way in which he'd sought to resort his magic and while they may not be exactly the people he once knew, their approval mattered to him.

While those concerns remain in the back of his mind as a problem to be dealt with in the future, he is currently more interested in finding the pie shop that he'd promised to meet Hermione and Tonks at. One of the other staff at Hellsing suggested The Pie In The Sky -- two story bakery and café located in the heart of Howl Barrow, just beyond Royal Jewels, but if you've hit the weird health food shop, you've gone too far.

For Jones:

It had been weighing on him for a time -- would it be wiser to explain the full terms of his arrangement to Jones before or after he confessed his interest in her. In the end, he was selfish and choose to tell her about his feelings first, making sure that she cared enough in return to hear him out. Wisely, or perhaps too cautiously, he hasn't yet mentioned their relationship to his friends in the even that she decides to now reject him.

To that end, Sebastian has invited her over to his flat for dinner and warned her that he's a poor cook, but can manage a few, simple things - omelets among them.

For Princess Nuala:

If you are feeling up to some company, I would like to speak you to, your Highness.

Comments

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[wandandsickle]

It's a lot to think about. She's not sure, even, if she can do it right here and right now. She is not prepared, and how would she have been?

Okay. Let's lay this out. One one hand, she really likes him, and would really like to continue to be, well, with him. Whatever that means. She can also sympathize with wanting to do whatever it takes to get lost magic back. And it's not like the woman (women?), whoever they are, in the service of Shada, will be interested in a relationship, from the way he's described it.

On the other hand... well, it's unexpected and she's out of her depth and she's always sort of abstractly believed that sex was a thing that was supposed to happen only between married people, or very committed people, at least. Then again, she's never really put much stock in the barring of women from the ministry, and it seems that views regarding sex have gotten considerably less strict in the next seventy years.

"I... I think I'm going to need some time to think about this." The words spill out in a halting sort of way, in fits and spurts. "Sebastian... I like you quite a bit. It's just... I think I need to work some things out, in my head, before I can, well..."

She sighs, shakes her head. "Oh, gosh, I've ruined dinner."

...alas, this one is short.

[heardmermaids]

"You haven't ruined anything. I'd..." There's a pause as he reorders his thoughts and fusses with some of the cut vegetables on the counter. "How many eggs should I crack?"

Which is to say, will she be staying for dinner or should he just cook for himself?

[wandandsickle]

After a moment, Jones says, "Four."

And follows it up with: "...er, assuming it's two eggs to an omelet, anyway. After all, if... well, other things aside, we are friends."

This is going to take a lot of thinking. But it's true: even if they'll only be friends after she's thought it through long and hard, she can't imagine them ever being anything less than friends.

So there's that, anyway.