http://alorn-bear.livejournal.com/ ([identity profile] alorn-bear.livejournal.com) wrote in [community profile] milliways_bar2006-12-23 10:51 pm

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Belar's real proud of those mountains, now that the snow's finally settled in and everything's in shape for maximum winter-time use. Time to go see if he can't rustle up some interest in 'em, as long as they're out there waiting for people, hey? At least, once he's done with his obligations.

The sign on his table tonight reads:

ANSWERING PRAYERS - BACK IN 15 MINUTES

WILL TAKE QUESTIONS ABOUT SNOWBOARDING, SKIING, BOBSLED, LUGE, OR OTHER SNOW-BASED SPORT LESSONS AFTER THAT

NO, SERIOUSLY, THERE'S MOUNTAINS OUTSIDE, GO LOOK


That, he figures, should do the trick.
river_meimei: (yuppie conversational)

[personal profile] river_meimei 2006-12-24 04:37 am (UTC)(link)
River, at a nearby table, is... not staring at his sign, actually. Or at him.

She's scribbling instead, in three colors of very stylish pens, on a legal pad. (Real Earth paper, not digital.) STOCK PORTFOLIO OPTIONS reads the top.

Her skirt and sweater and boots are a slightly different style than usual, if you happen to notice these things. Still heavy on the pink and white, but a lot less tatterdemalion hippie than usual.

More... yuppie.
river_meimei: (teasing?  never.)

[personal profile] river_meimei 2006-12-24 04:47 am (UTC)(link)
"It's a very important subject," River informs her paper without looking up.

"Diversification is vital." Half a beat, and then she glances at him with a quick and conspiratorial smile. "Got to be competitive. It's 2520 -- marketplace is a jungle."

"Traditional metaphor," she adds to the air over his left shoulder. "There's a dearth of tigers."
river_meimei: (teasing?  never.)

[personal profile] river_meimei 2006-12-24 05:02 am (UTC)(link)
River brightens.

"Family connections are often vital," she agrees. "Within an avoidance of apparent nepotism. We'll have to call it standard networking practice."

And then she rolls her eyes, an amiable duh. "Real bears," she informs him, "would piddle in the carpets. Very bad for business."
river_meimei: (yuppie says whatever)

[personal profile] river_meimei 2006-12-24 05:11 am (UTC)(link)
River is always happy to explain other people's metaphors!

Or call them stupid and nonsensical. One of the two.

"Tam," she says, and offers a hand with a smile that seems faintly polished, for all that it's genuine. "River. Ordinarily in the English formulation."
river_meimei: (yuppie says whatever)

[personal profile] river_meimei 2006-12-24 05:36 am (UTC)(link)
River's face tightens slightly.

"Patronymic," she agrees politely. "In the traditional usage."

"The solo format is a distinctive tool for remembrance. Risks impress the clients -- it's a constellation of potential factors." The polished smile is back.

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song_tra_bong: (paying attention)

[personal profile] song_tra_bong 2006-12-24 04:39 am (UTC)(link)
Signs like that tend to get a person's attention. Especially when somebody hasn't yet spotted the newest addition to the landscape outside.

So she takes the sign's advice and steps ouside.



She steps back inside pretty damn quickly and pulls up a chair. Her curiosity is peaked.
song_tra_bong: (turn)

[personal profile] song_tra_bong 2006-12-24 04:46 am (UTC)(link)
She grins.

"Am I safe in assuming you're responsible for our new mountain range?"
song_tra_bong: (lift)

[personal profile] song_tra_bong 2006-12-24 04:54 am (UTC)(link)
She shakes his hand.

"Mary Anne Bell, pleased to meet you. Can't say I've had the pleasure of meeting Garion, but I'll keep my eyes open."

The grin creeps a little wider. "Very good idea, as much snow as we get. And I've got a Bound friend or two who probably wouldn't mind the idea of more room to run around."
song_tra_bong: (chin on hands)

[personal profile] song_tra_bong 2006-12-24 05:28 am (UTC)(link)
"Sounds great," she says.

"And if people really need a chair lift, there's enough mechanically inclined people around here for us to end up with one. What is it you do that you got so good at landscaping?"

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[personal profile] mistressmaryquitecontrary 2006-12-24 05:33 am (UTC)(link)
Mary is waiting, politely, for time to be up.

Her hands are folded primly behind her back, and her eyes are fixed on the sign. It would not do, after all, to interrupt someone else's prayer.
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[personal profile] mistressmaryquitecontrary 2006-12-24 05:50 am (UTC)(link)
"I wanted to tell you," Mary says, solemnly, "that the kitten has a name now. I thought you might like to know."
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[personal profile] mistressmaryquitecontrary 2006-12-24 06:01 am (UTC)(link)
"I did not. It was Colin who named her really," Mary explains, but she looks rather gratified at Belar's interest.

"He said she should be named Angel. It is sensible because you are a god so I said yes."
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[personal profile] mistressmaryquitecontrary 2006-12-24 06:11 am (UTC)(link)
A quick proud smile - there in a flash, and then gone again.

"It is good that you like it," she says. She wouldn't have changed it if he hadn't, mind, but it's good that he does, all the same.

"Colin is my cousin. He used to be sick but now he is not. He had never named a creature before but it was very good for his first time I think."

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