The Gig: Thursday [1-13-11]

[elephantgadget.livejournal.com]

The Gig was open for business today and Helen was here for anything anyone might need.

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[squire-hand.livejournal.com]

James appeared around closing time, stamping his feet and rubbing his hands a bit to get the feeling back in them. He had a lumpy sack slung across his shoulder, and a small smile on his face. "Hello, The Gig!" he called out.

[elephantgadget.livejournal.com]

"Hello, James," Helen called back.

[squire-hand.livejournal.com]

"How are you?" he asked, still holding on to the sack.

[elephantgadget.livejournal.com]

I'm fine," she said, looking at the sack curiously. "And you?"

[squire-hand.livejournal.com]

"I'll be better once it's spring and the ground is warm again," he said, pointedly ignoring her curious look.

[elephantgadget.livejournal.com]

"I as well," she admitted. "The cold gets right into my bones."

[squire-hand.livejournal.com]

"Vacationing in Kesh sounds like a good idea," he said. "I've heard there's areas that've never heard of snow."

Granted, they were mostly desert...

[elephantgadget.livejournal.com]

"There's no snow where I am from either," Helen said drily. "Still I would not recommend it as a vacation spot."

[squire-hand.livejournal.com]

"I would recommend Krondor, or Rillanon, or almost anywhere I've been in the Kingdom."

Others, like Amrenger, not so much.

[elephantgadget.livejournal.com]

She nodded. "It certainly can't be much worse than home."

[squire-hand.livejournal.com]

He licked his lips, deciding for a moment.

"Look," he said, after a moment. "I have an estate in Haverford, I believe. I've never been there. If...when you graduate and do not have a place to travel, you can travel there for a spell."

[elephantgadget.livejournal.com]

Her eyes went wide. "You would... Truly?"

[squire-hand.livejournal.com]

"Sight unseen, I truly cannot tell you if it's a castle or a shack. Things have been a bit busy the past few years," he said dryly, "and my travels have not been for leisure. Should you need a place, it will be there."

[elephantgadget.livejournal.com]

"Thank you," she said softly, truly touched. "I don't know yet where I will go or what I will do, but to know I have a place where I am welcome... that means a great deal."

[squire-hand.livejournal.com]

"And do send word to the town or to the prince if something is amiss," he said with a wink.

[ooc: it helps to actually submit]

[elephantgadget.livejournal.com]

"I'm sure everything would be wonderful," she said softly.

[squire-hand.livejournal.com]

"As wonderful as a leaky roof cottage can be," he said, inserting a joking note to his tone.

[elephantgadget.livejournal.com]

"A place where one is sure one is welcome outweighs any leaky roofs," she said with a smile.

[squire-hand.livejournal.com]

"Is this why you spend so much time in the stables?" he asked with almost an innocent look upon his face, leaning over to nudge her slightly.

[elephantgadget.livejournal.com]

She smiled shyly. "I know they like me."

[squire-hand.livejournal.com]

"They tolerate me. I think it's your influence," he teased.

[elephantgadget.livejournal.com]

She smiled again. "The apples don't hurt."

And don't think she's forgotten the large sack.

[squire-hand.livejournal.com]

"Sugar, too," he said, knowingly.

Lumpy large sack? What large sack?

[elephantgadget.livejournal.com]

"Of course," she said, then nodded towards what he was carrying. "So... the sack?"

[squire-hand.livejournal.com]

"Picnic?" he said with a grin.