The Perk - Saturday Afternoon

[kawalsky.livejournal.com]

After the last couple of days in Tortall, which had only been an afternoon Fandom-time, Kawalsky was in need of caffeine. The best place for caffeine was the Perk, so he was here ordering the biggest cup of coffee they had.

[OOC: Open for all your Perk needs. Thread with Aly is just for K and Aly.]

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[tricksy-spy.livejournal.com]

When she saw Kawalsky, Aly let out a sigh of relief that she didn't know she'd been holding. The radio had said they'd left for Alanna's Ordeal. And she assumed that she would have disappeared or something if it had gone wrong. But still.

She came up to the counter and ordered a coffee with cinnamon before smiling at Kawalsky. "Interesting day yesterday?"

[kawalsky.livejournal.com]

Kawalsky looked up from where he was counting change in his hand. "Hey," he said with a smile. "Interesting is one way of describing it. You're still here, so I'm guessing we didn't do anything wrong."

[tricksy-spy.livejournal.com]

"Is she okay?" Aly asked. Because that was the important point.

[kawalsky.livejournal.com]

He handed the change over to the counter attendant and shrugged. "She's tired."

[tricksy-spy.livejournal.com]

Aly nodded, again relieved, then smiled. "I'd be surprised if she wasn't. She's probably holed up somewhere for the next few days too." It was almost a question. She turned to accept her drink and paid for it. "Sit down with me and tell me about it?"

[kawalsky.livejournal.com]

Charlie accepted his cup and nodded. "Sure." He gestured to a table and sat down. "Nice place you've got there."

[tricksy-spy.livejournal.com]

"It's not my place," Aly replied with a big of a grin, sitting as well. "But it is lovely, isn't it."

[kawalsky.livejournal.com]

"More yours than mine. It's like something out of a movie. Castles and knights and damsels in distress. Met some pretty interesting people too. Gary, Raoul, Thom, George, Richard, Lady Delia...didn't get a chance to speak to His Highness." Jon had become 'His Highness' in a sarcastic tone in Charlie's head now.

[tricksy-spy.livejournal.com]

Aly raised an eyebrow at the tone in Charlie's voice about Jon. "You met the Lady Delia?" She seemed amused. "That must have been interesting. Did Alanna's head explode about that?"

[kawalsky.livejournal.com]

"Uh," he rubbed his chin. "She doesn't know and Delia didn't seem to get along too well with 'Alan' so I figured it was a good idea to keep my mouth shut. Our little secret?"

[tricksy-spy.livejournal.com]

Aly smirked. "Very well. You're probably wise." She tilted her head towards K. "She was knighted, right? We've a Sir Alanna now?"

[kawalsky.livejournal.com]

"Apparently. She doesn't think the King will take it back. If he does, I think he'll have to deal with a bunch of unhappy teenagers. But Tortall lost a knight too, so you're back on even numbers."

[tricksy-spy.livejournal.com]

"First and foremost his son, I'd think," Aly replied thoughtfully. She simply nodded at the other statement. "Duke Roger."

[kawalsky.livejournal.com]

"He got what was coming to him."

[tricksy-spy.livejournal.com]

It wasn't all that often that Aly wanted to give away information she didn't have to. She did now though and so just nodded again. "He did." She dropped her eyes to play with her coffee. "Good. I'm relieved she's okay."

[kawalsky.livejournal.com]

"You didn't know she would be?"

[tricksy-spy.livejournal.com]

Aly shrugged. "I don't know if things can change or how they'd be influenced. I thought she would be. She was okay in the stories I heard when I was little. But..." She shrugged again.

[kawalsky.livejournal.com]

"She'll be okay." He had to keep telling himself that until he saw it for himself. "Thinking about you helped her through, y'know."

[tricksy-spy.livejournal.com]

Surprised, Aly blinked and her hand moved up involuntarily to stroke her black beaded necklace. "Oh. That's good," she said quietly.

She took a sip of coffee to regain her equilibrium and smiled. "So why didn't you meet His Highness?" She mimicked Charlie's tone of voice.

[kawalsky.livejournal.com]

Kawalsky didn't roll his eyes, but he had the expression that suggested he wanted to. "He was busy."

[tricksy-spy.livejournal.com]

"Hmm," Aly replied watching him closely. "Not a fan of the Crown Prince?"

[kawalsky.livejournal.com]

"Not a fan of the Crown Prince being too much of a fan of Alanna."

[tricksy-spy.livejournal.com]

Aly gave him a slightly sympathetic though mischievous look. "I'd think you'd understand people being fans of hers."

[kawalsky.livejournal.com]

"I understand the reason behind it, but doesn't mean I have to like it." He sipped his coffee. "Unless he's your Dad, in which case I'm really screwing you over. But I figure if you disappear, I've done something wrong, but until then it's all fair game."

[tricksy-spy.livejournal.com]

Aly laughed. "Happy to be your canary in the coal mine."