Fourth floor common room: Sunday morning

[vkandis-son.livejournal.com]

After returning from the stables, Karal had taken a shower, changed into his robes, and headed for the common room. Tea was quickly made, and now he was sitting at the table, a pot of it in front of him and a cooling cup by his hand.

He was holding his Vkandis medal, fingers tracing each ray of the sun, lost partly in thought, partly in prayer.

[ooc: open! He's not emo, I promise, just thoughtful.]

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[sixstandingby.livejournal.com]

Still yawning and rubbing sleep out of his eyes, Gavin wandered upstairs and stopped when he found the person he'd been looking for. He tucked his hands into his pockets for the moment and walked in.

"Up early again?"

[vkandis-son.livejournal.com]

"Hmmm?" Karal really was somewhere else and it took him awhile to come back. "Gavin! Good morning, yes, I am. I missed Trenor," he admitted with a smile. "Will you sit and have some tea?"

[sixstandingby.livejournal.com]

"Aww and I'm sure Trenor missed you," he said and took a seat. "This tea gonna put me to sleep?"

[vkandis-son.livejournal.com]

"No, this is the waking up kind," he promised, hopping up to fetch him a cup. "Thank you again for Friday." Karal poured another cup of tea, refreshing his own, then slid it across the table to Gavin.

[sixstandingby.livejournal.com]

"Glad to see you're looking better," Gavin said, being very careful to take the tea with the non bandaged hand. They'd get to that shortly. "Altra okay?"

[vkandis-son.livejournal.com]

"I'm glad to be feeling better." He took a sip of his tea and set the cup down, turning it between his hands. "Altra is gone. I don't know for how long."

[socksofcool.livejournal.com]

Seely whistled cheerfully as he came into the common room and headed for the coffeemaker. "Morning."

[vkandis-son.livejournal.com]

Karal smiled a greeting. "Good morning, Seely. You sound happy this morning."

[socksofcool.livejournal.com]

"Karal," Seely grinned back. "I had a good start to the weekend and nothing's happened since then to change that."

[vkandis-son.livejournal.com]

"Then I'm pleased for you." Karal refilled his cup of tea from the pot on the table. "I owe you my thanks," he said, smiling down at his cup.

[socksofcool.livejournal.com]

"You're welcome," Seely replied, then asked "Thanks for what?"

[sixstandingby.livejournal.com]

"Seely," Gavin said, waving. "You're up early."

[socksofcool.livejournal.com]

"Gavin," Seely nodded. "Just felt bouncier than usual today."

[sixstandingby.livejournal.com]

"I would've never put the words bouncy and Seely in the same sentence," he said, amused. "Bouncy's good then?"

[socksofcool.livejournal.com]

"Bouncy's very good," Seely said. "Especially when it involves breaking decrees."

[l1ttle-billy.livejournal.com]

Stretching as he walked, Billy came into the common room on a quest for orange juice.

[tatooine-doofus.livejournal.com]

Luke wandered into the common room and gave a small smile to the occupants. "Morning."

[sixstandingby.livejournal.com]

"You're up early," Gavin said and realized he'd said that to everyone even though he was up early too.

[tatooine-doofus.livejournal.com]

"So are you," Luke pointed out with a grin. "I haven't gotten out of the habit, either."

[sixstandingby.livejournal.com]

"And you've been here longer," Gavin said. "It's never gonna go away?"

[tatooine-doofus.livejournal.com]

"Eighteen years of habit was hard to break," Luke said, pushing his sleeves up. "Is there coffee around?"

[l1ttle-billy.livejournal.com]

"Hey Man, how's it going?" Billy asked, pouring himself some OJ.

[tatooine-doofus.livejournal.com]

"Fine," Luke said with a small smile. "But it's early. Plenty of chances for that to change."

[l1ttle-billy.livejournal.com]

Billy snickered. "Yeah, I know how that is. What're you up to today?"

[tatooine-doofus.livejournal.com]

"This is it," Luke said. "And Jedi meditation."

His eyes went a little flat. "Tori told me about your plan. Anything happens to her...I'm going to be unhappy."