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."

[sixstandingby.livejournal.com]

He frowned and asked, "Is everything okay?"

[vkandis-son.livejournal.com]

"Something is wrong between here and my world. The Jump from Valdemar was harder than it should be," he explained, giving Gavin a small smile. "As you saw for yourself. Altra has gone to try and discover what is causing it."

[sixstandingby.livejournal.com]

Nodding, he said, "That makes sense. You were really sick. I'm sure Altra will find it and be back before we know it."

[vkandis-son.livejournal.com]

"Glory, I hope so," he breathed, then made an effort and pushed his worry about Altra away. "Am I awake enough now for you to tell me what has been happening? I promise not to fall asleep this time."

[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."

[sixstandingby.livejournal.com]

"Right." He nodded and scratched his head, giving a momentary view of the bandage he was still wearing mostly to cover the stupid words. "Spying workshop did laser tag this week."

[sixstandingby.livejournal.com]

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

[vkandis-son.livejournal.com]

Karal caught a glimpse of it, and started putting things together, slowly coming up with an answer he didn't like. "What's laser tag?" he asked, then frowned. "What's a laser?"

[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]

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

[sixstandingby.livejournal.com]

"Laser's something that can be shot out of the end of a gun," he said. "Basically what my blaster shoots but we weren't using real lasers in class or anything. It was more just a practice type deal."

[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]

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

[vkandis-son.livejournal.com]

Karal nodded. "It's not so bad that I missed it, then. I will have to apologise to Aly," he said, trying to get another look at Gavin's hand. "I would have yesterday, but we were slightly busy rescuing hedgehogs from being sacrificed."

[socksofcool.livejournal.com]

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

[vkandis-son.livejournal.com]

"For telling me about monthly anniversaries." He looked up and beamed, just a touch red around the ears. "Molly was very happy."

[sixstandingby.livejournal.com]

"Take your word for it," he said and laughed. He looked down once at Seely's hand and asked, "How are you otherwise?"