#earthrunes

A bit of a lazy morning, but the Baroness and her Knight Consort eventually make their way to breakfast. Oh, yes, lovely waffles and berries, and a bit of champagne, because why not.

A bit for her, ginger ale for him.

She doesn't tease him for that choice, though she still looks amused by it.

"How were classes this week?" she asks, though she and he have texted a bit during the week, and she was there to see him on Wednesday.

A sigh. "Gearing up for the end of the year, I'm afraid."

A blink. "It seems you only just got started."

He laughs softly. "Right? Still... May is only three months away."

"And then summer. The move. A job, I hope. You."

A warm smile. "Oh, I insist on the last."

A somewhat silly grin. "How, ah, how was the week here?"

"Oh, it was fun. Some of us went out and tried to give this Valentine's Day a bit of a boost. Mortals are adorable when they're smitten and shy. Much like a certain Liam I could name."

He blinks, caught between interest and protest.

"Ah... what, ah, what did you do?"

She's amused by his expression. "Oh, nothing drastic...at least, not on my part, I can't speak for others. But...I suppose you might call it a bit of a Carnivale warm-up? A Beltane preamble? Just...noticing who might be interested in whom, and finding ways to nudge that interest along. Moving so somebody had to stand closer to somebody else, or pointing out quietly that somebody was being glanced at." A shrug. "I don't know what else might have come of it, but it seemed to be going nicely."

He tilts his head. "Did you find someone to Muse? A Dreamer?"

"Oh, no, and nothing so serious as that. But...even regular mortals have incidental dreams of romance."

A crooked grin, and he nods. "Sure. Of course."

"I like the notion of who might have ended up with somebody they'd never met before."

"That was nice of you."

She sips her champagne and thinks about that a moment. "Honestly, August? Don't paint it as too nice. It was no great sacrifice on my part...I was just having fun."

He shrugs. "I think it was nice."

"Well, good." She smiles.

August sips his soda. "How's Derynwydd and Magnus? I haven't spoken to either recently. They're busy, of course."

"Magnus still seems to be off and away, and....the Claire-alike is still here." She sighs and rolls her eyes a bit. "I seriously almost killed that girl. As for Derynwydd, yes, she must be busy this week...I've barely seen her since Slug and the ogre arrived."

August frowns. "Should we be worried about Magnus? Look for him?"

"Oh, I don't think so. I'm sure he's fine." She stabs a berry on her fork and feeds it to him.

He eats it, even as his mind is on his soul's son. "We could use an Art. Soothsay. He wouldn't even know we looked, I think."

"Well, you could, or Almandine could, or perhaps Zara...but are you really worried enough to invade his privacy? I mean, if you are, yes, let's do it, but I'm not sure it's really necessary just yet."

"I don't have Soothsay." He admits. "How long has he been undercover?"

"I didn't think you did, but wondered if maybe you learned it recently." She thinks. "It's been a couple of months now, at least."

"A couple -months-?!?!" Alarmed.

A little pout. "That's not normal?"

"I don't... I don't know I mean... as a private investigator..." Flustered. "He's an independent, he doesn't have a boss or anyone we could ask, does he?"

A baffled look, then, "Fine, August...shall I call him? It could be as simple as that." She pulls her phone from a pocket.

August blinks again. "I didn't think of that. I guess he's set his phone so if it were a bad time it wouldn't ring?"

Footsteps

"I would think he's smart enough to do that, yes." She dials.

A phone rings not 10 feet away "Hello?" Magnus voice says

Coradel blinks at the odd stereo effect of hearing him through the phone and...just behind her? She turns. "Magnus?"

August glanced in the direction of the footsteps but was focused on the phone. Now he looks back and forth rapidly.

"Hi" He says with a grin "You rang?"

Peeking his head out

August stands. "Are you back?"

Coradel laughs and hangs up the phone. "I summoned you! I didn't know I could do that with a phone!" She goes to give him a hug.

He laughs and hugs her "OKaay... We came in on Valentine's Day. did you worry we were dead?"

"A bit." August says.

"I did not." She smiles confidently. "But I'm glad you're back. Did everything go well? Are you and Claire fine? Where is she?"

"Well, we called Delories to let her know we had found an adventure on our return and would be another day or two.. she didn't telll you? she did sound a bit tired"

August scowls.

"Oh..." Coradel sounds more serious as she retakes her seat. "Delores had a shock. Somebody tried to abduct her. Well, two somebodies, really. She is better now, but...hmm...I should check on her, if she's forgetting things."