Third Floor Common Room, Lunchtime

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After a handwavey walk into town for supplies, Dawn set out a bunch of sandwich fixings, pretzels, chips of various descriptions, cookies, fruit, lemonade, iced tea, and soda.

A small handwritten sign told people to help themselves, so she didn't have to keep repeating herself.

As for Dawn, she sat down with a book to enjoy her hummus with cheese, sprouts, carrots and sweet pickles. Occasionally she sipped from her lemonade.


[ooc: Open to all, mod any sandwich fixings or side items you'd like.]

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[cyclopeanmerc.livejournal.com]

"Oh?" Pip asked. "What happened?"

[walter-n-wires.livejournal.com]

"The kitchen developed a sudden mess and everything with which to clean it was suddenly broken or missing," Walter explained. "I had to clean it with, at his insistence, a toothbrush."

[cyclopeanmerc.livejournal.com]

Pip tried not to snicker.

He really did.


"Did you do something wrong?"

[walter-n-wires.livejournal.com]

"That depends upon how you look at it, I suppose," Walter said carefully.

[cyclopeanmerc.livejournal.com]

Pip raised an eyebrow. "Less butler discretion, more telling of what happened."

[walter-n-wires.livejournal.com]

"I called Alfred on Sunday and asked for Monday off to spend time with Nadia. And I did."

He looked around and added quietly, "At the Arms Hotel."

[cyclopeanmerc.livejournal.com]

"Ahhhhh," Pip said, grinning mischeviously. "I take it you did not count on the shrubbery?"

[walter-n-wires.livejournal.com]

"Those shrubbery are devious," Walter said with a shrug. "I didn't lie to Alfred about why I wanted the time off, but I bloody well wasn't going to tell him the whole reason."

[cyclopeanmerc.livejournal.com]

Pip nodded. "Well, I guess he didn't like being not entirely lied to? Either that or he wouldn't have approved the time off if it was just so you could mess around with Nadia."

[walter-n-wires.livejournal.com]

Walter shrugged. "It was worth it. I'd rather not have to clean the kitchen with a toothbrush again, but if I'd known on Sunday that he'd do that on Tuesday, I would have done it anyway."

Come to think of it, Walter couldn't really think of much Alfred could do that would have made him choose differently. Not that he'd lay that challenge out to his mentor.

[cyclopeanmerc.livejournal.com]

Pip nodded and clapped him on the shoulder. "I'm sure Alfred would be proud of your resolve."

[walter-n-wires.livejournal.com]

"Thanks," Walter said wryly. "And what have you been doing with yourself? In a not dirty way. I don't need to know any other details."