TODAY WAS A FAIRYTALE

[heloise]

Who: EVERYONE, especially kidlets
What: Story time with August Booth
When: May 10
Where: The mansion
Notes: Start your own threads/sections!


[ The mansion barely survived the earthquake, with much of it standing whole while the periphery is bent and crumbled. Watch out for the crack in the courtyard.

When guests reach the door, they will be greeted by one of two plain maids to lead them to a large hall with the fire already burning low. On a table to the side are some sweets, candied fruits, torrone, marshmallows, as well as flasks of wine cut with water and soda. Anyone is welcome to add their own. There are many mismatched couches in a circle piled with pillows and thick blankets, as well as two calico kittens frolicking about.

Then there is one high-back chair in the middle for the storyteller. August first, but others are welcome to step up. ]

Comments

[thatrabbitsdynamite]

And that's exactly what me and the other guardians will give her.

[bronwe]

And hope?

[thatrabbitsdynamite]

Hope is my speciality, yeah. The others...they have their own aspects to give children.

[bronwe]

What of the Santa Claus?

[thatrabbitsdynamite]

He's the guardian of wonder.

[bronwe]

That isn't so different from hope.

[thatrabbitsdynamite]

[Frodo no don't say that]

It's very different.

[bronwe]

[ OH NO ANGRY BUNNY. ]

...how so?

[thatrabbitsdynamite]

Wonder is about joy, delight, seeing lights in the trees. Hope...hope is carrying on even after the lights have all faded away.

[bronwe]

[ He turns to watch him. Perfectly so. ]

That is right. Wonder is a lovely thing but it is hope you can't live without.

[thatrabbitsdynamite]

You need wonder, too, don't get me wrong, but hope...hope keeps us alive.

[La lala just downplaying North again best friends]

[bronwe]

Would we die once we lose hope?

[ Cause he sure can feel it slipping away. ]

[thatrabbitsdynamite]

No, we wouldn't die. [He's been there, oh good lord has he been there]

It's more...an empty feeling. Hollow, you know? Like nothing is worth living for any more. You might as well be an empty shell.

[bronwe]

[ He nods slowly. Repeating the words lest he forget them. ]

When there is nothing worth living for anymore.

[thatrabbitsdynamite]

That's exactly it.