Guppy took his time persuading Remy to let him give her somewhere safe to stay for the night. If he can keep her safe for one night, it'll give them a little breathing space.
He opens the door back to his world, which comes out through the bathroom.
"That's where you can find a portal back to the bar. You can go any time if you want, but give us a note, yeah?"
He opens the door back to his world, which comes out through the bathroom.
"That's where you can find a portal back to the bar. You can go any time if you want, but give us a note, yeah?"
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Date: 2011-06-03 11:28 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2011-06-03 11:44 pm (UTC)"You can sleep in here if you like." he says. "If you want to dump your stuff in there it'll be perfectly safe; none of my lot will touch it."
He stops outside the room and points to a large family portrait on the wall.
"I'll introduce you to the family in a minute, but as a preview - that's my wife, Fran. Sometimes she's called Frogspawn as a nickname. The tall lad with the curly hair is our oldest son, Fry, he's thirteen. The short girl next to him is Coral, she's eleven. The muscular girl next to Coral is Brooke, she's eight but she's nearly as tall as Coral now. That lad there is Gil.
We've also got Rahne, who we foster; she's just turned eleven. She's not on this picture because it was taken before we took her in. She's a little taller than Coral."
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Date: 2011-06-03 11:53 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2011-06-03 11:58 pm (UTC)He moves over and knocks on the door of the adjacent bedroom.
"Gil? It's dinner in quarter of an hour, don't forget it's your turn to set the table."
"Okay!" Gil calls, from inside the room.
"And we've got a guest so set an extra place please." Guppy smiles back at Remy. "Have you had any dinner?"
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Date: 2011-06-04 03:16 pm (UTC)"Nosir."
She hadn't made herself any yet, sure, but she was going to wait 'till her dad had put mom to bed before she braved the kitchen for that.
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Date: 2011-06-04 09:05 pm (UTC)He heads back down the corridor, motioning for her to follow.
"I think it's tuna pasta."
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Date: 2011-06-04 09:19 pm (UTC)Obviously what they're having is fine, since she's not saying otherwise.
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Date: 2011-06-04 09:25 pm (UTC)"Because it's red." Fry says, coming down the stairs from the attic, then looking at Remy. "I'm Fry. Who are you?"
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Date: 2011-06-04 09:33 pm (UTC)"Remy."
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Date: 2011-06-04 09:47 pm (UTC)"Why?" Fry asks.
"Because she's our guest." Guppy says. "It's dinner soon so please finish what you're doing and come down."
He heads down the stairs to the ground floor, again beckoning Remy to follow. The three girls are sitting at the kitchen table, two doing homework, and one being coerced into doing homework.
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Date: 2011-06-05 08:43 am (UTC)Dinner was cooking, and the three girls were sitting calmly at table and doing schoolwork rather than being holed up in their rooms. No one was left to fend for themselves.
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Date: 2011-06-05 08:12 pm (UTC)"Hi Remy." Coral says, smiling at her. Rahne gives her a nod and a small smile. Brooke is being encouraged to do her maths by Frogspawn, but manages to grin at Remy in between.
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Date: 2011-06-05 08:33 pm (UTC)Eloquent Remy is eloquent. Even more so in the face of so many new people, not to mention unsettled by the new worldview .
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Date: 2011-06-05 08:37 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2011-06-05 08:44 pm (UTC)She could manage without, and besides, they were already letting her stay here, and feeding her."
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Date: 2011-06-05 09:01 pm (UTC)"I'm doing it!" Brooke whines.
"Good, let us know if you need help." Guppy says. "And it's dinner in a minute so I'm afraid books will have to come off the table for a few minutes." Gentle smile at Remy.
"Can you help us by putting the drinks glasses out please?" he asks, trying to put her at ease a bit. "They're in that cupboard there, and we need eight in total."
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Date: 2011-06-05 09:56 pm (UTC)"Sorrysorrysorry!"
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Date: 2011-06-05 10:02 pm (UTC)"I can't reach the cupboards easily either." Coral says sympathetically.
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Date: 2011-06-06 06:59 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2011-06-06 08:21 pm (UTC)"Can't you do the writing and I shout out the answers?" Brooke whines.
"Nope, you can do your homework without whinging, or you can't go to karate." Frogspawn says, brightly. "Mrs Bramley says you're almost top of the class now you're putting in some effort, and Dad and I are very proud of you."
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Date: 2011-06-06 08:34 pm (UTC)"Thanks," she finally says after a long moment.
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Date: 2011-06-06 08:40 pm (UTC)"Number four is wrong." he says.
"Don't do it for her." Guppy says, helping dish up the food.
"What's your favourite subject?" Fry asks Remy instead.
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Date: 2011-06-06 08:58 pm (UTC)Beat.
"I like reading."
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Date: 2011-06-06 09:02 pm (UTC)"Fry, can you get the gravy jug out of the dishwasher please?" Guppy says, trying to prevent his son from overwhelming Remy.
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Date: 2011-06-07 10:13 pm (UTC)"I...don't know. I just...read?"
She shoots Guppy an anxious look. Was she supposed to know these things?
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