Breakfast!

[realmrsreynolds]

Come and help yourself!
Scrambled Eggs
Bacon/Turkey Bacon
Watermelon/Cantaloupe
Pancakes
Pork Sausage
Bagels
Oatmeal

Sallie sets out the last serving tray along the bartop next to the dishes and silverware.

What? Sallie had a few hours' time on her hands. Come take advantage.

[ooc: Come have breakfast. Threadhopping encouraged, but Sallie will tag all comers if wanted.]

Comments

[realmrsreynolds]

"Me too. Don't worry on it though."

[missmarybennet]

"But you're much older and have already been married."

What was it the narration was saying about conversational missteps, earlier?

Mary's face suddenly looks very much like a tomato.

"I...I just meant...you're fortunate to be at a stage in your life where you don't have to occupy yourself with such worries."

Mary refrains from sliding under the table, but she's sorely tempted.

[realmrsreynolds]

"No, I just get a completely different kind o' worry. I've lived by myself most of my adult life Mary - 's only now that I appreciate the idea of havin' a man in my life for companionship."

[missmarybennet]

The red tide is slowly subsiding.

"Are you thinking of marrying again?"

Some women do, though others seem quite content to appreciate the independence of their widowhood.

[realmrsreynolds]

"Oh I don't think that'd happen. Not unless I moved to his world, and he spent more time as a human."

Uh.

"It's still quite new."

[missmarybennet]

Mary fortifies herself with a sip of juice.

"He's....er. Not human?"

It's far more a tone of curiosity than anything like disapproval.

[realmrsreynolds]

"Newly human. Do you know a person here named Splinter?"

[missmarybennet]

Mary shakes her head.

"I do not believe I've had the pleasure."

She's pretty sure she'd have remembered the name.

[realmrsreynolds]

And with that, Sallie can't not smile just a little more widely.

"I'll have to introduce you when his shows aren't on."

[missmarybennet]

"That would be lovely."

Whatever Mr. Splinter is, Mrs. Reynolds seems quite happy about him.

"His shows?"

[realmrsreynolds]

"Ever seen a television here? There are little hour-long melodramas that Splinter likes. He hates to miss 'em."

Unless there's a repeat on and necking on the couch is an option.

Sallie flushes for apparently no reason.

[missmarybennet]

"Ah. Yes. I've heard of them, but I haven't seen one."

If Mary notices the flush, she's too well-bred to bring it up.

"I imagine it would be like being dragged away from a particularly interesting book."

[realmrsreynolds]

Sallie just nods. "I think so too, but if they repeat episodes, I don't understand the necessity."

[missmarybennet]

"You mean the same story shown more than once?"

"That does seem a little bit excessive."

[realmrsreynolds]

Sallie shrugs her left shoulder before leaning on her elbows against the bartop. "Different worlds?"

[missmarybennet]

"Aren't they all," Mary says in commiseration.

All you can do in Milliways is go along with it.

[realmrsreynolds]

[ooc: fade?]

[missmarybennet]

[OOC: Looks good to me! *hugs Sallie*]