family reunion day 1;

[estival]

[It's a beautiful morning, shaping up to be a hot and humid day, as so many summer days at the Blind Buffalo Resort are. The piles and piles of people arriving in their cars to check in at the modest front office make it a noisy morning too, full of chatter and greetings from those who have long been apart. There isn't enough room in the office for everyone, so there's spillover of the crowd to outside, and a noise crowd jammed inside the room.

Where are you?]

Check-in Office;
Cabins;
   Marian Cabin
   Flynn-Bradley Cabin
   Freelancer Cabin
   Touchdown Cabin
   House Cabin
   Panem Cabin
   Wyndam-Price Cabin
   Aperture Cabin
   Cocktease-Samson Cabin
   Watson Cabin
   Sage Cabin
   Swan Cabin
   Stark Cabin
   Halliwell Cabin
   Borgia Cabin
   ... and more!
Lakeshore;
Stables;
   
For your reference:

Plotting post;
Family relations chart;

Comments

[mal_addict]

[And this would be the sound of loud rock music baring ad Maladict plugs in her music system. Enjoy that]

I really need a damn cup of coffee.

[workaphilic]

Already went through the pot they had at the front?

[mal_addict]

That stuff wasn't real coffee, it was coffee-flavoured dirt.

[workaphilic]

Fair enough. [He waves a hand at the speakers.] Skip the next one, it doesn't use the dissonance well at all.

[mal_addict]

[She arches an eyebrow his way, but does as she's told. And hey, it is better]

Thanks, Uncle Sherlock.

[workaphilic]

Have to keep my eardrums intact, too.

[mal_addict]

What's an eardrum or two between great tunes?

[workaphilic]

[He makes an exaggerated wince at the word "tunes." Your musician family, Mal.]

Remind me to introduce you to other music when my phone gets reception again.

[mal_addict]

[Tunes is the hip new word for it, get used to it old guy]

It better not be anything like the stuff dad listens to.

[workaphilic]

Really, Maladict, that's just insulting.

[mal_addict]

[She flashes him a smirk] You might have started to slip in your old age.

[workaphilic]

[He scoffs.]

I could be turning eighty and I still wouldn't have slipped that far.

[mal_addict]

You'll just have to prove that old man.

[unnaturalpause]

[MAL STOP IT ;;

But it does cause him to sigh and dig out a camping coffee pot and a coffee. Don't say he never did anything for you Mal he keeps you in this habit at least, as much as he hates it. Putting that on a nearby table he goes back to reading.]

Go make yourself a camp fire.

[mal_addict]

[All too sweet tones that suggest there aren't exactly completely real feelings behind them]

Thank you daddy~

[unnaturalpause]

[Where did he go wrong Mal? ;; He sighs and just nods.]

You're welcome Maladict.

[mal_addict]

[It's called HAVING A TEENAGER]

Anyway, how long do we have to stay here? Can't we just leave halfway through the week?

[unnaturalpause]

[BUT HOW DID YOU TURN OUT LIKE THAT? LOOK AT HIM AND HELEN!]

The entire week, and no we can not. Tony is paying for it and as we're not reimbursing him for it we're staying.

[Unless you'd like to pay him back for it...]

[mal_addict]

[Must be her Uncle Sherlocks bad influence]

It's not like he's going to miss any money, Dad.

[unnaturalpause]

[Darn it all ;;]

And yet it's only polite to do. If you want to be wasteful with his money then what are you going to do with your own?

[teratologist]

Not to mention it would be insulting to our host to leave early, Maladict.

[Helen warned with a playful wag of her finger to her daughter.

Wait...what is...is that coffee?]

Must you drink that swill? I pack a variety of teas.

[mal_addict]

I can look after my own money just fine. [Totally went out and got a tattoo with it. That's a solid investment. She casts Helen a look]

It's not swill, it's delicious and I don't want to drink tea.

[unnaturalpause]

[Helen, James only has it so he doesn't have to listen to her complain okay?

And he just sighs. Fine then, lets see if we can frighten her away from things a different way.]

And if you're not careful you'll turn out like your husband, some wine drinking bum wasting away his talents.

[...James that's now how that works. Coffee doesn't lead to Nikola-ness.]

[teratologist]

[Helen is just going to be frowning over it.]



I assume we'll be seeing Nikola this weekend?

[Helen took issues with some of Nikola's personality traits, but she was often surprised by how well she liked him.]

[mal_addict]

I don't even like wine, and he's not a bum. He's a genius, he's just unappreciated.

Of course, Mom. He is family now after all.