Sheriff's manor - Culture Tour After-Party

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[Lady Grace]

Grace moves gently to the gifting bookcase and glances of the volumes there. She checks to see if anyone is directly watching by turning her head slightly as she looks down the spines as everyone is mostly addressing each other she places a small bound volume towards the back of the offered books that has come from her sleeve? The top of her dress? And she takes a slim volume.

A gift for a gift.
She then takes a moment to weigh up seating options, goes to sit opposite Elder Beaufort, places the volume to the side of her skirts in the wing back chair, and looks around attentively.

[Jean-Jacques]

Jean-jacques who had managed to find an account of Napoleons visitation by the Red Man on the eve of Waterloo amongst Dukes books looked up at Aurelius entrance and still clutching the book, walks over to pick up a small cup and pours himself a small amount of the tea. he glances at the others in the room.

“Ancilla Valentina, Lady Grace, Andross, Laurence vood you care for me to pour you some of ze te?”

[Lady Grace]

"Oh yes, but you probably should serve the Elders first my sweet,"
She glances down a the volume and wonders if she can start Reading, probably not.

[Manacledairman]

[Jean-Jacques]

Jean-Jacques hesitates, silentlycursing as he had thought not to intrude on the elders, butsteels himself, grabs a tray and several fine tea cups and circulates with a tray full of cups attending the elders inthe following order :

Elder Aldrich Beaufort
Elder Aurelia (figuring a guest in a domain gains slight precendence)
Elder Dukes
Elder Hermina Zaragoza
Elder Keane
Ancilla Valentina Audley
Ancilla Grace Granville
Ancilla Andross Blint
Ancilla Laurence Stoker

After attending each, he drains a cup, pours another and walks, a little unsteadily to a side.

[Lady Grace]

Grace smiles with approval

[Bitterglass]

"What is it Dukes?" Durham replies, wandering towards the Library mostly dressed and giggling. "I'm leaving my meal half drunk and I you know I do prefer completely drunk."

His voice grows closer. "And because I know it matters more to you I was perusing several of your books. Frankly the chantry's library was somewhat lacking. Also why do I need to be decent? Do you know how much effort I've put into being indec..."

He stares at Aurelia and then back at Duke's. And takes in the various others entering.
"And why ever didn't you mention we have company? Beautiful company at that."

He glances around more thoroughly. "If I didn't know better I'd say you were hosting a party. What fortune that I'm here. I doubt I would have believed it otherwise."

"Friends, Clanmates, Elders." He gives a ridiculous bow and then helps himself to the offered Tea. "I never say no to poppies, or laudenum... or anything else for that matter."

[Posh-Tim]

Keane accepts a cup of the tea, noting that he was the last Elder to recieve one.
He peruses the candles for a few more moments before taking one shaped like a celtic Cross and disappearing it about his person somewhere. When Durham appears he nods to him and begins to sip the tea. Preffering to see how events play out for the moment.

[Valentina Audley]

Valentina's irritation spikes again at Jean-Jacques continued misuse of her name and she waves him away impatiently when he approaches with the tea, continuing in her, largely feigned, perusal of the bookshelf.

When she hears Durham however, she does turn around and smirk in his direction when she sees quite how undressed he is. "The good Sherriff was graciously kind enough to invite us back after the play we have been to, on Elder Price's Cultural Tour." She explains with a smile. Despite everything she does like Durham.