#earthrunes

"Oh I won't keep you" Fondly. Knowing boggan eyes

"I do appreciate it. Rose always seems such a lovely old-fashioned flavor, and I know this is a special favor. Thank you, Delores."

"You're welcome, Zara" And she puts her hand over her heart in a gesture to show that yes, Zara's ways have been adopted

Zara returns the bow before turning to float off to see Vashti. That was perilously close to a twirl.

Vashti's door is opened, but a crack, but open

A gentle rap.

"Entre Vous"

Zara slips inside her sister's studio.

Vashti is touching up some sort of cloak or coat with patterns on the back, she looks up "Ah, sister. As was foretold in the prophecies"

"You always do know me... Sister, may I inquire after a commission?"

"Oh, but ask, though I shall charge you dearly" Her lips curl into a wicked grin

"Ah, but may it be done in three weeks?"

"Oh I'm afraid I'd end up doing it in two and a half. Alas"

but the smile remains.

Zara fidgets just a little, floating.

"After all, tis Carnival..."

"And I thought.. I thought, mayhaps, ah.. ah, the ghost of an Edwardian lady, in lace and lawn..."

"Oh.. have you a pattern in mind or..." Intrigued

"I thought.. oh... oh, with inset lace, and a high collar, and flounces... as Downton Abbey, nu? Or Titanic?"

"Or Downton Abbey Sinking" She nods

"Truth, old fabric would not hurt. It needn't be too... shiny..."

"I had considered the spider-silk, too..."

"But I thought.. I.. I wished perhaps a new dress?"

"I will make something in the old way, it will take longer... if only I had silver quickness.. oh I do"

She hugs the moth pooka. "Oh, thank you!"

A hug back "Fear not When they find your body dressed in it a century from now they will think you had tea at Buckingham during Edward's reign"

"Aye."

"I may make a flower crown..."

"Night Illies or Dafidols?"

"Oh, it mustn't be daffodils..."

"Nay.. " She closes her eyes, thinking. "Asters, aye.. "

"And perhaps soft ferns?"

"Heliotrope..."

"Honeysuckle, ivy, lily of the valley..."

The pooka takes a bit of paper and writes down things

"Asters...." She writes down Quart of milk "Soft ferns" Side of beef "Heliotrope.." Bag of apples "Honeysuckle,ivy, Lily of the valley" Dark Chocolate bars

"Shan't it be lovely?"

"It will be marvelous, a true celebration of your situation..which is?" A coax of the boon

"Oh, a most wonderful one!" She gushes, then covers her mouth.

"One? There's more than one?" Curious "this seemed like a one only thing"

"I.. it.. I shall be having a picnic with Earl..."

"A most wonderful picnick with the finest things..." A smile 'the dress, is it for Earl?"

Coaxing

Sisters dare intrude where many would not

"I think he will be pleased. I wish to surprise him..."

"Ah," A nod

"He mustn't see it. That would be inauspicious."

"How very odd.. " She puts her notes down "Sister, do you need a maid of honor ? "

Pink!

"Vashti! You mustn't tell!"