06 March 2010 @ 12:22 am
[After an extended absence, someone has returned to the Plane. How much time has passed is difficult to say, and she seems hardly willing to provide any discernible clue. Her focus instead in on the fireplace that accompanied her.

And yes, for those that know at least part of her story, it is that fireplace. Still ornately carved and well cared for. Still with the clock standing guard above it. But now it has company.

Three delicately fashioned crystal vases now join it, all filled with water. Within them swim just over a dozen fish, all red and orange. They echo the fire that burns beneath. She turns one of the vases, and seems pleased.

What is says that crystal and water have been placed all along the surface of a fireplace that is meant to spin? You might ask. But there is no promise she will answer]
 
 
[Someone's in the kitchen with Dinah. Metaphorically speaking, of course. There isn't, technically, a Dinah in the kitchen, but there is a River, and she's trying to make pancakes.

Trying is the operative word. There's two batches of pancakes in the trash already, and she's burning the third one as we speak. Along with her hand. River really, really, really just shouldn't be left in the kitchen alone. Someone might want to investigate.]