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[lark_in_flight]

[OOM, just before: Javert comes to summon Cosette -- and incidentally Marius -- to what may be Jean Valjean's deathbed. Contains grief and parental illness, although no actual death.]

The door is yanked open. On the other side, a Parisian room, bare and unadorned, with a bed made up in the corner and several people crowded within. There's a minute or so of bustle, and then Cosette bursts through.

She's been crying; she's still crying, a little, half-noticed, but her jaw is tight with urgent determination. Unlike often, she's bareheaded. On her heels -- and with a certain amount of awkward maneuvering to pass through the doorway -- come three men.

On the one side: Javert. On the other side: a young man in his early twenties, dark-haired, slim, scarred, and bewildered. (Welcome to Milliways, Marius Pontmercy! Have fun with all the surprises you're about to get!) In between them, leaning heavily on both of them and half-carried, is Jean Valjean. He looks exhausted, hollow-eyed and thin, very ill, and possibly delirious; his eyes are fixed on his daughter.

"Oh!" she cries, and whirls to face the room, dashing the tears from her eyes with an impatient hand. "Where is a doctor? Please, my father needs a doctor!"

[OOC: Marius and Cosette and Valjean can all be tagged separately or together, but Cosette is preoccupied and Marius is bewildered and Valjean is delirious, so uh FYI! We have an infirmary thread with Joly set up, but help is welcome to steer and/or carry Valjean there. Javert make himself scarce as soon as he's not needed, so he can be tagged separately.]

Ice Skating

[is_the_motion]

Out on the lake, an area of ice been carefully checked and marked with cones and tape (just in case you were thinking of going as far as the inlet and falling in the water with your skates on).

Guppy is on the ice ready to help any beginners who don't know how to skate, and at the edge of the ice is Bonnie with suitable stashes of refreshments, boxes of skates, spare gloves, and even a couple of skating aids.

[ooc: Open to all child friendly pups. Potential for Skating, Clause 3 Season Survival: Winter, Red or Green Buttons of Awesomeness.

Have at it party post style, threadhopping encouraged!]

(no subject)

[fluffiest_archadian]

[OOM: The first phase of training.]

Sherral enters in a different dress uniform than usual. While his previous one was grey, this one is mostly black (bar a charcoal shirt under his jacket, and some blue design work here and there), somewhat more elaborate, and comes with a loose black mantle marked with the Empire's symbol in blue.

He looks slightly surprised to see the bar. It's been over a year, after all. He's not going to complain, though, especially since he is now officially on leave until the next phase of his training, so he approaches the Bar and carefully removes his mantle, folding it up and ordering some whiskey.

Botherable.