#ooc

Oh, he learned the hard way about following Z when she flees.

Sluagh.

AFK a few secs.

Back.

Yes. Cornered Sluagh is hissy sluagh

sometimes, you just gotta chill in the cupboard for a bit

"Zara, please pass the dish soap dear"

Makes me think of the little brother in A Christmas Story, hiding under the sink.

Damn, Cora

Oh dear.

And I haven't read it in forever. My copy got destroyed in a basement flood back during my first marriage.

Aw

much suckage

...I think Zara was trying to talk to her friend, but Cora is certainly putting a spin on it. Z's been pretty respectful of their oath, I think.

Yes. Earl would be wincing if he heard this.

Oh, no doubt Coradel is seeing this through her own lenses, as she does with all things.

yup!

And Zara ABSOLUTELY has a history of crushing on Aug

he was her first crush, and her Arcadian crush.

But honestly, "courtly love" is about the same kind of courtesy one would give to an aged aunt in order to make her blush and exclaim, "Oh, you!" happily.

Yeah, but talk about finding the insecurities Earl thought he had buried and taking a shovel to them "Look, you dropped this"

The ruthless part of this is that Coradel's putting Zara firmly in the driver's seat. She decides where the limits are.

Yep!

Yup

Zara's a sluagh.

She just wanted to say she's lonely at High Reeds and misses ER.

true, but I wonder if August remembers Earl once talked to him about finding it rude when he just grabbed Zara's hand and walked off as if he wasn't there.

not sure if Coradel heard that one.

And I'm sad that I missed that moment, because Coradel would have been delighted to say how much she's missed at ER.

It took Vassar to realize how happy she was at ER.

That's true. Classic don't know what you've got until it's gone.

In a way she wasn't at the Hollow... Firnost is nobody's home.

Hearing that she's happy at ER would have pleased Coradel a lot.

The hand thing happened in the Dreaming on the quest to the library. August doesn't remember it, except unconsciously.

I thought there was a mention of it in the waking world as well.

The hand thing?

I don't think so, D, but I -do- remember it happening in the Dreaming.

Yes, BrekkeP, August was much more physical with Zara (and Vince, for that matter) on the quest to the Library.

Z warmed up a lot to Cora last Samhain.

August is usually much more forward in the dreaming

Yes the hand things... And more. He's mentioned before about how he's felt insecure to August and doesn't like being treated as if not there. Zara found a way to reassure Earl. hellofa way actulaly... but doesn't change the fact that Earl might feel betrayed if August makes a play (Betrayed by August, not Zara)

"Court them both."See what you miss when you visit Family, Vince?

Ha!

heh

Oh, Vince TOTALLY courts Zara

And she rewards him with hand-knitted socks, so hey

Oh, yes

He recites terrible poetry and brings her flowers that have wilted

And if Earl is present, then he gets poetry too

Yup!