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[awesome_lilly]

Lilly in a bar.
something something orange blossom
probably rain too.

[ooc: if the psuedo-haiku isn't scaring you away, ping da emmy gee before tagging, as this is semi-plotty.]

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[sai_delgado]

Susan comes in through the lake door-- it'd seem she's been late in the stables this evening, mayhap, or out by the lake.

Upon seeing Lilly, she heads straight over.

"Wei, Lilly."

[awesome_lilly]

Lilly looks up, smiling.

"Wei, Susan. How goes?"

[sai_delgado]

"Well enough, say true," Susan tells her, smiling.

And if she has a few pieces of straw tangled in the ends of her hair, what of it?

"And ye?"

[awesome_lilly]

"Oh, shiny," Lilly says, smiling.

"I'm planning Mal's birthday party."

[sai_delgado]

She brightens visibly at this, beaming at Lilly.

"Thee are? It's the end of this moon--month," she corrects herself. "The thirtieth, he said."

[awesome_lilly]

"Yeah, but he might be expecting something then," Lilly says, lowering her voice and looking around. "So the surprise is happening earlier."

"Ever been to Vegas, Susan?"

[sai_delgado]

She shakes her head.

"I've not, nay-- I've been to no city other than for Nymphadora's party, but I've heard of Vegas, at least."

[awesome_lilly]

"That's where we're kidnapping him too!" Lilly says gleefully.

"I think he's going to love it or kill me or both."

[sai_delgado]

Susan giggles, putting both hands over her mouth to hide it.

"Let's hope for the first, then."

[awesome_lilly]

"Well, yeah, but if not I have a back-up plan," Lilly announces proudly. "Get him so drunk he doesn't remember that it's me who planned it."

Grinning, she reaches over and plucks a piece of straw out of Susan's hair.

"So, what're the odds I can tear you away from the stables long enough to come along?"

[sai_delgado]

One hand goes to the ever-present jade rose pendant as she says, "Oh, I'd think it likely, say true."

Susan looks ruefully at the straw and adds, "I've -- I should have braided my hair again before working more on those. It keeps getting tangled."

[awesome_lilly]

Lilly tilts her head.

"Working on what, exactly?"

[sai_delgado]

"Oh, I think I have one--" She reaches into a pocket of her shirt and pulls out a straw-weaving.

"These-- there are other shapes, too, and it's part of the bride-gifts I'm making, do'ee ken?"

[honest-johns.livejournal.com]

Alain's brow furrows, slightly, when he catches sight of her.

It's early in the evening yet, but there are dark circles under her eyes and a faint slump to her posture. And that's an awfully big mug of coffee she's holding, even for Lilly.

He makes his way over, with a quick smile of greeting, and drops onto the couch next to her.

[awesome_lilly]

Lilly smiles warmly at him.

"What up, sai? How's it going?"

[honest-johns.livejournal.com]

"All right, thankee. How do you fare?"

A light enough question, but there's a look in his eyes that says it's not just idle small talk.

The background worry is not exactly easing, here.

[awesome_lilly]

"Oh, shiny," Lilly says, glancing down at her notebook before closing it and setting it aside.

"Just working on some plans for things."

[honest-johns.livejournal.com]

"Oh?"

His eyes are still studying. But he's not pressing the point, not right now.

[awesome_lilly]

"Yeah," Lilly replies, taking a large sip of coffee and then leaning her head against the back of the couch.

"Susan and Koosh's wedding and their parties, Svava's reception, Mal's birthday, Sheila's baby shower..."

She smiles wryly at him.

"I'm getting known for parties, apparently. I wonder how that happened?"

[honest-johns.livejournal.com]

Drily, "No idea."

[awesome_lilly]

Lilly laughs.

"Me either, but it's kinda nice, actually. It gives me something to do."

[honest-johns.livejournal.com]

Alain understands this.

"...So, how many of them know you're planning such?"

[awesome_lilly]

"Svava knows about everything, Susan knows about... most of it, Koosh knows about less, Sheila and Mal know nothing."

Lilly laughs again.

"That's almost a fifty-fifty split. I'm getting much less devious than I used to be."

[honest-johns.livejournal.com]

"I see."

Yes, that's amusement, right there. The grin is hidden behind a sip of tea -- only, y'know, not really hidden at all.

[awesome_lilly]

Lilly eyes the drink suspiciously.

"Tea again? I thought I was getting you converted to coffee."

She takes another sip from her giant mug.

"Tea doesn't have nearly enough caffeine, for one thing."