Lu bounds over to the coffee-machine and slips behind the counter.

"Ooooh, coffee! Yum! The kind that actually tastes as good as it smells!" She eyes the person behind the counter curiously, then extends her hand.

"Hi, I'm Lu, and I have returned hither from that castle afar. I'm taking up residence here for a while, as long as her majesty so allows. May I help you in any way?"

Smiling, she awaits her answer.

((OOC: no, you can't have a character in both. I'd suggest just sticking to one. And wolf, Button brought you to where everyone was.

To everyone: jumping forward in time to the castle tour. While we're working on that, Lu and I will be working on a backtrack, or the conversation Lu requested.))

"Well," Lady A said, rising, "let's take a walk. I'll show you each your rooms and then perhaps we can play sardines or something to get used to all the rooms."

As the group walked back through the courtyard, her Majesty spied three bewildered personages.

"Welcome!" she called. "Come, join us for a tour. Feel free to ask myself or Sweeet any questions you may have."

~~

Lady A knelt down next to Lu and gave her a hug, as well as a shoulder to cry on.

"There, there, dear. All is not lost. Izzy may yet see the light and come join us. Or at least take a vacation in this direction. And I have a room waiting just for you. You are always welcome here."

out of character: Please let me know if I do anything wrong. I haven't done this before. Thank for the note LG

After being told by Lu that she should join the Tower. ( ooc: insert name hear I can't decide if I should go by Pattertwig's Pal or Miss Monday /ooc) sat down to think for a moment. Much to her surprise she witnesses Lu's hasty flee to the Castle. Curious, she decides to follow and finds herself in the court yard of the castle with other confused people.

"Thank you, your Majesty. I am curious to see the castle and learn more about this side."

Mountie trailed behind the group, lagging behind to admire the gorgeous architecture. Finally an idea struck her and she caught up to Lady A, leaning in close to speak in hushed tones.

"Lady A, or Sweeet, I do have a question. In such a beautiful castle like this, where is one to acquire weapons? I don't suppose you have some stashed away somewhere, do you? The computer systems didn't mention anything about it."

Then she turned to the latest three visitors to the Castle, addressing them from deep within her hood. "I'm Mountie. Or the Hoodie, or the Official Castle Mountie, whichever you prefer. Welcome."

Delighted by the welcoming of those residing inside the castle, especially the Overlady, Lady G entered and followed the rest of the group to begin the castle tour. I would need it in a place this expansive, she thought.

As she began to follow Lady A and the others, she and the other confused visitors found themselves addressed by a character who spoke from deep within her hood. Have we met before? she wondered, right before remembering that this was the Conversational Minion from the Spoiler War days.

"Why thank you," she said in response to Mountie.

"You're welcome," Mountie replied, then studied Lady G curiously. "We've met before, haven't we? I'm not surprised. I visited the Monastery a bit more often than most Minions. In fact, perhaps you remember me as The Conversational Minion. Things have definitely changed, haven't they?" she said with a bit of fond nostalgia.

The dryad called Rose was about to be handed another cinnamon mocha freeze from the bartender called Frizzlo Frazzle (whom she promptly nicknamed Fritz, much to the boy's dismay) when a terrifying howl pierced the air, and tumbler housing her icy delight shattered into a million tiny pieces.

Staring down at the ruin of her cinnamon mocha freeze (and trying not to burst into tears, as she had as a young dryad when she dropped her first ice cream cone), it occurred to Rose that she had probably consumed enough caffeine and she might actually, you know, start doing some work, and what in the world was howling in the next corridor?

Biting her lip, the dryad ducked into a yawning hall that led off of the glorious cafe, and saw a wolf standing some twenty paces down it, looking very lost and confused.

"Hey, hath we met somewhere before, noble wolf?" The dryad said. "Wait. . . noble wolf. . . Noble Wolf! 'Tis you!"

Lu wipes her eyes and smiles at Lady A.

"Thank you. I will walk. I have so many questions, not the least of which concerning Izzy. Oh poor, poor Izzy!"

Lu sighs and follows the beautiful elf lady wherever she goes, anxious for answers.

Kat Walks through the castle courtyards and sighs, this place really is lovely. She sits down underneath and apple tree and sits thinking and wondering how the rest of her time here will play out.

"The Conversational Minion...oh, yes, I remember!" Lady Galadriel said to Mountie. Some of her own nostalgia began to show through. "I was part of the Middle Way, actually, but visited the Monastery fairly often too.

"Things have definitely changed, it seems. I am staying behind walls this time because it is doubtless safer than being out in the open!"

Lu bounds over to Lady Galadriel.

"Hello, there. What brings you from within the Monastery walls to this castle? Are you to fight a war??"

Lu drops something on the ground, bends down and comes back up, smiling. In her hand is a tic-tac.

"I suppose we don't want anyone having this one." She throws it into the nearest waste receptacle and smiles again. "Fortunately, I have a whole bunch more." she riffles through her pocket and pulls out two flavors, orange and white. The white is almost empty. Lu smells it, an odd look on her face. "Hmm...maybe I shouldn't eat this one, it smells...like maybe those minions in the tower of shadow and flame poisoned it! *gasp!*" She quickly throws it away, then pours an orange one out for Lady Galadriel.

"Want one? These don't smell funny."

She hands it over, then smiles as she puts them back in her pocket.

"Myself, I like chocolate better. Bad habit I picked up in the- erm, other place. And spelling habit w/ two b's at first is a bad sign I've been around Izzy - and other LotR lovers- far too much. Habbit, Hobbit..."

Chuckling, she sits down to eat. Suddenly, she pulls the tic-tacs out again and addresses the man at the counter.

"Would you like one, sir?"

(OOC: @Lady A, oops...I must have missed that )

"Dear Dryad!" exclaimed ze she-wolf. "How art thou? I don't suppose you hath seen any milk? My remember ze fun we had last year? Ah, good times, good times indeed."

Edit:.......

"Ah yes, Lady G - it is all coming back to me now. I've missed you since the Spoiler War days! And now we find ourselves in another war - thank goodness you've come. Our Castle will be the better for it. And it's wise that you decided to come here rather than out in the open. I do hope you will stay as long as possible. We have splendid cappuccinos."

Mountie noticed Kat sitting beneath the apple tree. "Are you enjoying your time here in the castle?" she inquired quietly, standing beneath the branches and enjoying the way the sun and shadows danced on the ground.

Edit: (OOC: Oops, sorry, Katana - we must have posted at the same time!)

Kat stands up when she see's Mountie. "Yes very much so, thank you." I am not an idle person though and I would like to be of some use here, have you any idea's as to how I could be of service?"