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Caspian X ([personal profile] the_seafarer) wrote in [community profile] milliways_bar2006-01-10 09:33 pm

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As much as Caspian likes being out in the stables, there's a limit to how long you can spend working on your boat or grooming the horses or repairing tack before it becomes truly mind-numbing.

Besides, he needs some supper.

He seats himself at Bar, after brushing the hay from his shirt.

He may be ordering tea.

[identity profile] spooky-shrink.livejournal.com 2006-01-11 02:55 am (UTC)(link)
Ahh, there he is.

Malcolm is stopping by the bar to ask for some coffee, when he notices:

"Caspian! I've been wondering how you were. And if Lysistrata and Elpida are doing all right."

[identity profile] spooky-shrink.livejournal.com 2006-01-11 03:01 am (UTC)(link)
"Ah, no wonder. Bar's been having some fun with me the past few weeks. I've been missing days at a time, so I've lost track of people."

"I'm sorry to hear they're gone. I hope they're all right, wherever they are."

"But you're still here. How are things?"

[identity profile] spooky-shrink.livejournal.com 2006-01-11 03:18 am (UTC)(link)
"Yes, I would, thank you."

Malcolm's coffee arrives, and he takes a seat.

"I've been well enough, aside from the lost time. But things are starting to get busy for me. I guess I've been around here long enough for people to approach me about things that are troubling them."

"The good thing is, I think I'll be able to help them. And Bar's been helping me by giving me books about their worlds. If I can understand where they come from better, I should be able to give them better help."

[identity profile] spooky-shrink.livejournal.com 2006-01-11 04:24 am (UTC)(link)
"It's true. Peter Venkman and I have talked about that. How doctors on our world shouldn't rely on medication if time and attention are all that someone needs."

"And it's not all been about that. I don't know if you've met Lady Cywyllog, but she's come back from her world with both of her boys. That's good to see."

[identity profile] spooky-shrink.livejournal.com 2006-01-11 04:52 am (UTC)(link)
"Milliways people do have a knack for making their lives as complicated as possible."

Malcolm shrugs and smiles. "I guess you could say at least I don't have to worry about ever being bored."

[identity profile] spooky-shrink.livejournal.com 2006-01-11 05:15 am (UTC)(link)
"Any news from Narnia?" Malcolm asks, and realizes that's actually fun to say.

[identity profile] spooky-shrink.livejournal.com 2006-01-11 05:37 am (UTC)(link)
"Ah, now that's great news, Caspian. Congratulations."

"Has it changed much, or do you think you'd still recognize the place?"
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[personal profile] called_lioness 2006-01-11 03:20 am (UTC)(link)
It is entirely possible that Lucy has been conned by the Antichrist into agreeing to take any baby dragons that appear in the bar.

It is entirely possible she's debating whether or not she should mention this.

Also entirely possible she's reading a book. Anderson's fairy tales.

Which in some ways she thinks are more grim than Grimms', but that's irrelevant.
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[personal profile] called_lioness 2006-01-11 04:06 am (UTC)(link)
"Hans Christian Anderson," turning her head to kiss his cheek in turn. "Fairy tales. My favourites, anyway."
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[personal profile] called_lioness 2006-01-11 04:16 am (UTC)(link)
"Well, all sorts of things. Some of them are very Narnian, really, and some of them aren't. And sometimes they live happily ever after, and sometimes they don't. Oh, and he throws in morals, from time to time. I think he must have been a religious sort, really," flipping a page. "I don't like all of them, but some are very good."

She blinks, a little, though, at the image of Eustace reading fairy tales, before mentally shrugging.
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[personal profile] called_lioness 2006-01-11 04:26 am (UTC)(link)
Lucy makes a face and replies, "I can believe that."

And in response she puts the book on the table so he can see it easily and turns the pages before stopping at a title page with an illustration opposite. "The Little Mermaid."
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[personal profile] called_lioness 2006-01-11 04:44 am (UTC)(link)
She takes the book back after a moment, and starts to read. "Far out in the ocean, where the water is as blue as the prettiest cornflower, and as clear as crystal, it is very, very deep; so deep, indeed, that no cable could fathom it: many church steeples, piled one upon another, would not reach from the ground beneath to the surface of the water above. There dwell the Sea King and his subjects."

And she reads the story softly before putting the book back on the table and taking a very long sip of tea.
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[personal profile] called_lioness 2006-01-11 05:11 am (UTC)(link)
"I always thought it was beautiful. Sad, but beautiful," Lucy says thoughtfully, tracing the illustration for a moment. "An idiot? No more than she was, I suppose. Little mermaids don't marry princes with legs. And princes don't assume they were rescued by fairy tale creatures."

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