milliways_bar | Entries tagged with cadfael

The circle of chairs is... not in the bar today, instead there's a sign.

LIFE SUPPORT
OUTSIDE TODAY, ON THE BEACH
FREE FOOD AND A CHAT
CAMPFIRE WITH MARSHMALLOWS

Out on the beach, there is a circle of deckchairs. It's too nice weather today to waste inside. There's also a yummy picnic, and a thermos of tea.

New? Confused? Problems here or at home?
Come and join them!

[ooc: Open until the next one in approx 1 1/2 months (There will be no LS in July due to the fair).
All tags will be picked up by at least one of the LS crew. Threadhopping encouraged! All welcome xx
ETA 23.30: Guppy-mun now heading to bed but will pick up any slows tomorrow]

guppy_sandhu

In one corner of the room, there is a circle of chairs. Inside the circle is a table, full of warm hot cross buns. The smell of yummy warm buns wafts across the room.

A big sign is on the wall behind the group.

Life Support!

Free Hot Cross Buns!

New? Got worries at home or here? Just want a free bun?
Come and join us!

You didn't need any more chocolate, did you?

[ooc: Open to all. All loose tags will be picked up by at least one of the Life Support Crew. Threadhopping encouraged :)]

guppy_sandhu

It's the first wednesday of the month. Doesn't time fly?

The circle of chairs is today centred around a large chocolate fountain, with warm chocolate pouring deliciously around the edges. Surrounding the fountain are pots of various things to dip in the chocolate or pour it into - sticks for strawberries or marshmallows or pieces of fudge, shot glasses for drinking from, or bananas to drizzle it over.

Just behind the group is a sign:

LIFE SUPPORT
OPEN TO ALL!

NEW? CONFUSED? NEED HELP WITH PROBLEMS HERE OR AT HOME?

WANT FREE CHOCOLATE FOUNTAIN?

COME AND JOIN US!

[ooc: Open until the next one. Threadhopping encouraged. All loose tags will be picked up by at least one of the LS crew.]

imthepilot

{OOM: Warning! Rogue One Spoilers! Bodhi is coming in at the end of his canon. Potential spoiler for events and character outcomes. If you haven’t seen Rogue One and want to tag anyway, please put a note in your subject line and/or PM me and we’ll work through it together. }

Down deep in the garage, something goes bang.

Sometime later a scruffy looking young man stumbles up the stairs from the garage.

( Follow to risk of spoilers... )
[tiny tag - Bodhi Rook]

guppy_sandhu

It's the first Wednesday of the month, and as a result, there is a circle of chairs surrounding a table of cake. Some of it may be, admittedly, left over holiday cake, but it's still good and occasionally comes with a little icing snowman.

On the wall behind the group is a large poster:

'Life Support!
New year blues? Struggling with those resolutions?
Problems here or at home?
Come and talk to us!
(Also free food. Please help us finish the cake.)'

Come and have a chat!

[ooc: Open until the next one in approx 1 month. Threadhopping encouraged. All loose tags will be picked up by at least one of the LS crew.]

guppy_sandhu

Hm, some of the patrons are looking a little... stressed, lately.

Fortunately, it's the first Wednesday of the month.

There are a selection of warm cakes and pies, and hot drinks, and a cosy circle of chairs near the fire.

LIFE SUPPORT

OPEN TO ALL!

COME FOR FREE FOOD AND DRINK AND A CHAT!

[ooc: All welcome! Threadhopping encouraged. All threads will be picked up by at least one of the Life Support Crew.

This post is designed as a break from the elf dolls for those who need it. Please do not bring any elf dolls into this post. Pups welcome to freak out about them at Guppy though, or anyone else who indicates willing!]

guppy_sandhu

The circle of chairs is out. In the middle is a table with a wide selection of food, but most notably a big apple pie, the smell of which is wafting pleasantly across the bar.

Behind the circle, on the wall, is a large sign.

LIFE SUPPORT
OPEN TO ALL

Do you have worries here or at home?
Thinking of counselling or just looking for an informal chat?
Just want some free food?
Come and join us!

[ooc: Open until the next one, all tags will be picked up by at least one of the LS crew :)]

guppy_sandhu

It's been a busy month. Maybe there's a couple people who need a chat tonight?

Fortunately, there's a circle of chairs, with drink and cake.

Life Support
Open To All

[ooc: Open until the next one in approx one month. All tags will be picked up by at least one of the LS team. Threadhopping encouraged]

guppy_sandhu

It's been a rather busy week in the bar, it seems. But now there is a refuge of calm, a circle of chairs, and in the middle a large kettle and several smaller teapots.

LIFE SUPPORT
OPEN TO ALL

RELAXING TEA EVENING
BRING US YOUR FAVOURITE TEA SUGGESTIONS!

(We have other drinks too, if tea really isn't your thing)

[ooc: I should actually make this the second Tuesday of the month, shouldn't I? Sorry <3. As always threadhopping encouraged and all tags will be tagged by at least one of the Life Support crew.]

guppy_sandhu

In the main bar there is a tray of cupcakes. Some are brightly coloured, some decorated with flowers, some look more like puppies or bunnies, or owls.

Around the table of cupcakes are some comfy chairs, and on the wall behind is a sign:

Life Support
Open to all!
New? Confused? Problems at home or here? Come and chat!

[ooc: All welcome, threadhopping encouraged. All tags will be picked up by at least one of the LS team. Open until the next one in approx. 1 month.]

guppy_sandhu

(Yes this was meant to be last week, sorry)

In some parts of the world, today is Shrove Tuesday, also known as Pancake Day.

So there is a big sign up in the main bar:

Life Support
In the kitchen!
Free pancakes!
Open to all

[ooc: Open until the next one in approx. 1 month. Again I'm a week late, sorry! All tags will be answered by at least one of the LS team.]

a_rare_benedictine

Cadfael enters the bar, moving a little stiffly from the cold air outside, but with an air of settled joy about him.

He has everything he could wish for - a son who knows him at last, alive and safe, and his place restored among his brothers - and once again, he was able to avert unnecessary death. Nothing could be more well than that.

thewidewideworld

Sinric has made a place for himself by the fire tonight, a table at his side spread with instruments. It has been too long since he practised, having had to leave all his instruments behind. But the Bar is kind, and has given him many similar to his own to practice with.

But the greatest gift of all, she somehow gave him back his flute. The one he crafted himself while learning to play. The one lost when he left his old life behind.

Tonight he plays, sings, tunes and services the tools of his trade with care. All are welcome to listen, to play with him or to ask him to keep it down.

guppy_sandhu

Today's relaxing Life Support activity consists of a collection of not just cake and drinks, but drawing pads and pencils and various objects for sketching.

LIFE SUPPORT
Open to all

Come and draw random objects for relaxation

Or just eat food, either's good.

[ooc: Open for the next month, party post style, threadhopping encouraged. All tags will be picked up by at least one of the LS crew.]

guppy_sandhu

In the middle of the bar is the circle of chairs. In the middle of the chairs is a table. And in the middle of the table is a chocolate fountain, and a large sign.

LIFE SUPPORT
OPEN TO ALL!

New? Worries here or at home? Need someone to talk to? Want free chocolate fountain? Come and join us!

[ooc: Guppy-mun had an exam last week and got distracted and forgot, sorry! Open until the next one which should be around the first Tuesday in January. All tags will be picked up by at least one of the life support team, and threadhopping is encouraged!]

guppy_sandhu

It's Life Support time with a new crew; Guppy is joined by Cadfael, Alana and Sam Wilson.

As is custom, the table is set with food (including sweet potato cake and some sort of honey pudding. There's various options for people who can't eat various things too.

As always, there's a sign on the wall behind the circle of chairs.

Life Support
Got problems here or at home? Want to talk to someone or meet new people?
Want to come and test out our new team of volunteers?
Come and join us!
Free food!

[ooc: Open to all, threadhopping encouraged, all tags will be picked up by at least one of the crew. Open until the next one in approx. 1 month.]

thewidewideworld

{OOM: Sinric helps Athelstan to reconnect with something he's been missing. Warnings for sex and sexual roleplay.}

Sinric is curled up on the couch by the fire today, a pot of honey lemon tea streaming at his side and a small whiteboard pad sitting close.

Someone's lost his voice.

a_rare_benedictine

Cadfael sits at a table, papers laid out before him, working away with quill and ink on labels for medicine bottles.

From time to time, he glances up around the room.

bigarmy_strangepants

The door opens, and in wanders Ragnar Lothbrok, wearing a hooded coat and a thick, warm fur around his shoulders, and carrying an empty bucket. When he realises where he is, he heaves a great sigh of relief.

The rats, however, scurry away from him -- he might still be smelling of rat's blood, from the rat he demonstratively skinned at King Horik not two hours ago, showing him just how low supplies in Kattgat have run, after Ragnar burned the grain stores to bring out Jarl Borg. He may have been exaggerating slightly with the rat-skinning, but food is very scarce, and there is only very little salt meat and smoked mutton to go around for everybody, to say nothing of the scarcity of grain.

So, Ragnar walks right up to the bar and orders a huge meal that contains everything he's been missing, including vegetables and fruit that are very much not in season in a Scandinavian winter. With the large, laden tray comes a letter addressed to Ragnar in a familiar beautiful half-uncial script.

Seeing it, Ragnar gives a great shout of joy and jumps three feet in the air from where he is standing.

Later, he can be found near the fireplace, stuffing his face with fish soup and bread and pork and fried potatoes and cauliflower and seed cakes while reading the short letter over and over again. Happily, he quaffs ale from a large jug, then he reads the letter once more.

[[OOC: As per agreement with Athelstan's mun, we can handwave that he is gone. Ragnar will be in the bar (and get some more EPs) until next weekend, when we will change over again.]]

thewidewideworld

There’s a pretty blonde androgyne in the bar tonight, drinking and singing merrily. It’s been a stressful few weeks and tonight seems as good as any to relax a little.

The bar has given him strong sweet wine and more than that; outfit to wear. She seems to understand his need to be beautiful tonight to feel good about himself.

He wears a dress of flowing pale blue silk, cut tight around the chest and waist to show off his small girlish breasts but wide at the hips to billow and swirl as he dances. Chains of gold bells lace around his wrists and ankles, his feet bare. Over his eyes is a mask of white lace with gold ties.

The song he sings is a playful one, the sort of tune that suits taverns everywhere. The sort of happy tune with a simple repeating chorus that invites others to join in. Which anyone is most welcome to do.

notapilot

Sam comes in today with a pad of legal paper and a pencil. Grabbing a stool, he asks for some lunch (fish tacos today) and a pint of Dos Equis. Once the plate and glass appear, he turns his attention back to his notes which read:

Falcon
Raptor
~~Icarus~~ - bad end
~~Horus~~ - not Egyptian, could be offensive
~~Hawk~~ - too close to Hawkeye
~~Angel~~ - could be offensive for faithful
Guardian
Wing Man
Fly Guy

Unnoticed by him, a small paper sign appeared with his lunch which reads, "The Doctor is In: 5¢"

a_rare_benedictine

Cadfael enters and heads for the Bar, but he's barely opened his mouth to order before there's a napkin.

"Oh. Certainly, I'd be glad to."

He writes up the board with the drinks he's most familiar with, adding a non-alcoholic drink after another napkin reminds him.

Malmsey wine

Ale

Cider or perry

Mead

Fruit juice of your choice

Then he settles back to wait for customers.

gods_that_haunt_me

There is a Viking wandering though the woods.

The trees here have strange voices.

He presses an ear to the bark on a trunk, his fingertips tracing along the rough grooves.

Their songs are infinite, and they echo back on themselves in a cacophony of silence.

He moves from tree to tree. Head tilted back, eyes wide and searching.

Branches reach for the cosmos, sky without end. Do they know where the gods are? Are they calling out to them?

Spinning. Arms outstretched. Touching, listening.

I cannot hear the gods here.

I cannot hear the gods.

Feel free to catch Floki in the forest.

bigarmy_strangepants

Ragnar Lothbrok is in the bar today, having come in yet again from Gotland, where he is still staying with that rather alarming Jarl Borg. Milliways and all its strangeness is a very nice break from it.

So he's sitting with a horn cup of something presumably alcoholic, watching people and greeting one or the other from time to time, mostly strangers.

He'd quite like to meet more people from that weird future people here have. They tell such fascinating and noteworthy stories.

a_rare_benedictine

Cadfael has camped out at a table, which is spread with various dried herbs and empty jars, and is working with a pestle and mortar to grind some of them.

Since Milliways presented itself, he might as well take the chance to get ahead of his work.