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The Master of Ceremonies ([personal profile] i_am_your_host) wrote in [community profile] milliways_bar2017-08-07 05:40 pm

EP - tiny!Emcee

The door works in the strangest of ways.

So when a certain someone is holed up in his room, his younger self, his much, much younger self, enters the bar.

Small and pale and undernourished, the elfin ten-year-old boy (who could be mistaken for even younger than that) is dressed in secondhand school clothes from a distant era: knickerbockers and knee socks, a cardigan and cloth cap. He stares at his surroundings with large brown doe eyes.

Has he been here before? Perhaps in a dream? Why does it feel so familiar, when the door shouldn't have led here at all?

But this is a pub, and the little boy knows pubs. He goes up to the counter, peeking over it on tiptoes, to look for the barman. But there is none. How odd.

Even odder is the glass of milk and the plate of cookies that suddenly appear out of thin air.

This must be a dream.
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[personal profile] thewidewideworld 2017-08-08 12:25 pm (UTC)(link)
Sinric watches the boy with a little smile, his eyes flashing gold a moment as he recognises who the boy will become. He comes over, all swishing silk skirts and silver ankle bells. "Whatever you desire, you need only ask. The bar will provide."
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[personal profile] thewidewideworld 2017-08-08 11:30 pm (UTC)(link)
"Nor do you need any." Sinric reassures. "No payments are needed. Not by the young."

He orders a pot of tea and it appears in a lovely silver service with elegant painted glasses. "Would you like some?"

He gestures to the comfortable seats by the fire, carrying the tray with practiced grace.
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[personal profile] thewidewideworld 2017-08-09 12:26 am (UTC)(link)
"A woman of wisdom." Sinric nods, pouting his tea. "My name is Sinric. What name may I know you by?"
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[personal profile] thewidewideworld 2017-08-09 08:58 am (UTC)(link)
"Welcome to Milliways, Hansel." His eyes flash gold as their hands touch, Sinric's lips twist in a warm smile.
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[personal profile] thewidewideworld 2017-08-10 12:07 am (UTC)(link)
Sinric leans back, sipping his tea. "Is Mama Lily your protector?" He asks politely, studying the boy's face.
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[personal profile] thewidewideworld 2017-08-10 11:34 am (UTC)(link)
"I understand." Sinric nods. In his time, the boy would have been expected to work too but he knows it's different for this young man. "And in exchange you help them where you can?"
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[personal profile] thewidewideworld 2017-08-11 10:04 am (UTC)(link)
"I understand." Sinric says gently. "I grew up as a palace pleasure slave. But I'm glad they treat you well."
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[personal profile] thewidewideworld 2017-08-11 02:31 pm (UTC)(link)
"A whore who is owned, not paid." He explains without shame. "I belonged to a powerful man who thankfully loved and cherished me. I warmed his bed, entertained his guests, and pleasured him and those he bade me to."

Sinric shrugs elegantly. "It sounds quite terrible but it wasn't. I was gives an education to rival any prince and lived in the most beautiful palace in the world. And I was valued and loved. Few free men could boast the same."
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[personal profile] thewidewideworld 2017-08-11 03:55 pm (UTC)(link)
"No, it's not." Sinric smiles, impressed by the boy's sharpness. "I'm a free man and wanderer. I do as I please, going where fate and the wind send me. Mostly I make my living as a singer, or trading rare goods."
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[personal profile] thewidewideworld 2017-08-12 02:17 am (UTC)(link)
"It can be. But not having a place to call home can be hard. I have come to call this place home as it is the only constant I have. And here I may find my friends who are scattered through space and time." He makes an expansive gesture, taking in the bar.
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[personal profile] thewidewideworld 2017-08-13 03:24 am (UTC)(link)
"At least when the door is kind. Although it's easier now the tree is part of the bar. It's another path I can travel along. Not an easy one but-" He shrugs,

"What of you? What do you wish to do when you're grown?"
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[personal profile] thewidewideworld 2017-08-13 10:55 pm (UTC)(link)
"It's difficult to explain but as the bar is attached to the world by the doors, other worlds are connected by the branches of the world tree. I have- abilities that connect me to the tree. Once, in a moment of desperation I used the tree to reach this place and now the roots reach here as well."

He smiles fondly. "Learn everything people can teach you. Learn to watch and read them. That will give you a great advantage than you know."