**** BEGIN LOGGING AT Thu Dec 4 19:38:49 2025 Dec 04 19:38:49 * Morgan (~madisonst@192.168.1.129) has joined Dec 04 19:41:33 * Molly (~u931732@192.168.1.101) has joined Dec 04 19:44:32 If there’s anything on the plans you don’t like, I can change them Dec 04 19:44:32 * Morgan looks them over to see how close a fit to the original they are Dec 04 19:44:32 *They are perfect* Dec 04 19:44:32 * Morgan nods slowly Dec 04 19:44:32 Very good Nick... Dec 04 19:44:35 * Morgan looks for a total price Dec 04 19:44:37 *It’s 350 guilders* Dec 04 19:44:39 * Morgan takes a deep breath, nodding Dec 04 19:44:41 Alright then... Dec 04 19:44:43 * Nick smiles Dec 04 19:44:45 If you’re happy with it, your Excellency, I’d be glad to be nearby to oversee it Dec 04 19:44:47 * Morgan nods Dec 04 19:44:49 definitely Dec 04 19:44:53 * Nick nods “I was meaning to ask, could Enndelin and I join you to Kempten? My aunts live there and that’s where she’ll stay, but it wouldn’t be right to travel so far just the two of us” Dec 04 19:44:55 I reckon that can be arranged, but we're leaving soon Dec 04 19:44:57 * Nick nods “I have her case in the hall, she doesn’t have much to take” Dec 04 19:44:59 * Morgan nods Dec 04 19:45:01 We'll figure something out then Dec 04 19:45:03 *he notices the note of fees and commissions* Dec 04 19:45:05 * Morgan looks it over Dec 04 19:45:07 *It has twenty guilders to Orpin’s Architecture, and then fifty for Bespoke Design and Consultancy, with option for additional commission on completion at the discretion of His Excellency, Veisgraf Koertig* Dec 04 19:48:15 [well, this is tense...] Dec 04 19:48:33 [what?] Dec 04 19:49:16 Orpins architecture? Dec 04 19:49:33 [Hildegarde, Heinrich, and Enndelin, who knows him from the brothel...] Dec 04 19:50:02 [Just tell them to stop it] Dec 04 19:52:06 [I might well do that. I haven’t been bossy to a man in quite a while] Dec 04 19:52:23 [have at it then] Dec 04 19:55:03 [you make it hard to be good, you know that?] Dec 04 19:55:21 Nick: That’s who I was training with Dec 04 19:55:53 You still work for them? Dec 04 19:56:20 [you think I wouldn't tell them to pack it in?] Dec 04 19:57:37 [I think when you tell me to ‘have at it then’, I think of things other that telling people off!] Dec 04 19:57:56 Nick: I’m about to leave and start up on my own Dec 04 19:59:41 And the fifty guilders... is to... Dec 04 20:01:48 That’s my pay, your Excellency Dec 04 20:02:33 If I'm paying you, why am I paying Orpin? Dec 04 20:05:00 Because they did some of the work to create this blueprint. I am going to be working on the project for months Dec 04 20:05:28 * Morgan nods, looking at Nick seriously Dec 04 20:05:54 I like to think I'm a fair person, Nick... and I value honesty, so I'll ask you... do you think these sums fair and reasonable? Dec 04 20:07:22 N: I do, yes. I wouldn’t overcharge anyone. That’s what they’d always charge for the times involved Dec 04 20:08:03 * Morgan watches him for a moment before nodding Dec 04 20:08:04 Very well Dec 04 20:10:53 *Nick nods, not arguing or rationalising* Dec 04 20:12:11 Alright, once we're there I'll introduce you to the current foreman and you can make arrangements with him Dec 04 20:12:48 *Nick nods* Thank you, your Excellency. How soon are we going? Dec 04 20:14:06 Fairly soon. Do you need to collect or prepare anything? Dec 04 20:14:42 *He shakes his head* I have a sack Dec 04 20:15:21 * Morgan nods, finishing his coffee Dec 04 20:15:28 Alright then, lets go find the others and see whats what Dec 04 20:17:16 *Nick gently folds up the papers* Dec 04 20:26:59 *they head to find the others who seem to be in the drawing room, though as they pass it he hears Edward from the library where the door is slightly ajar* Dec 04 20:28:37 * Morgan slows a little Dec 04 20:31:11 Ed: You are the most amazing person I have ever met... Dec 04 20:32:30 * Morgan moves on Dec 04 20:33:51 *He finds everyone else gathered to look at Bir, except Walder, Hildegarde, and Heinrich. Yensid has even reappeared Dec 04 20:34:25 [Nick and Enndelin will be coming with us] Dec 04 20:37:19 [oh. alright, my love] Dec 04 20:37:32 [that is an issue?] Dec 04 20:38:25 [I hoped to have fewer houseguests... still, no matter] Dec 04 20:38:42 [she'll be staying with his aunts. Not sure where he'll be, but he'll be working] Dec 04 20:44:55 [oh, thank goodness!] Dec 04 20:52:02 Ah, there's Bir... Dec 04 20:52:54 *Nick looks at the Bird. Mina seems to be trying to get Morgan’s attention* Dec 04 20:53:26 * Morgan moves quietly toward her Dec 04 20:54:01 * Molly is now known as Mina Dec 04 20:54:19 * Mina moves aside from the group to by the window Dec 04 20:55:48 * Morgan moves to stand beside her Dec 04 20:58:47 * Mina smiles gently “How -are- you, Morgan?” Dec 04 20:59:02 * Morgan looks to think about it Dec 04 20:59:06 I'm not entirely sure Dec 04 21:02:20 * Mina nods “I know what you mean” Dec 04 21:03:59 I'm going to miss you terribly Dec 04 21:08:49 * Mina nods “As we will you” Dec 04 21:12:15 We've loved being around you so much... *he smiles a little* we've all come a long way Dec 04 21:12:21 * Mina nods Dec 04 21:14:22 I cannot tell you how grateful I am for how you helped Eddie and I through this Dec 04 21:14:51 Not entirely sure I always was... Dec 04 21:16:27 * Mina smiles “You were. Tough love is still love” Dec 04 21:17:41 * Morgan nods slowly Dec 04 21:17:43 Yes it is Dec 04 21:18:18 What should I expect with Edward in the next hours and days? Dec 04 21:20:41 He's going to be very upset... letting her go goes against everything he believes, right down to his bones. Dec 04 21:23:58 /me nods, looking uneasy Dec 04 21:24:10 How do I best support him? Dec 04 21:24:37 Accept his feelings and love him, expressively Dec 04 21:27:20 * Mina nods Dec 04 21:27:52 I will try to do so. I feel for him Dec 04 21:28:34 * Morgan nods Dec 04 21:28:39 As do I... I feel for you too Dec 04 21:29:39 Me? Why? Dec 04 21:30:39 I know how much all of this hurt you, and I know you're still not at ease with it, but you're prepared to put yourself in a place of pain to support him... Dec 04 21:32:14 * Mina nods seriously “Of course I am. He is my -husband-“ Dec 04 21:32:57 * Morgan nods Dec 04 21:33:04 Doesn't make it hurt any less though Dec 04 21:34:28 * Mina nods “The hurt will always be there, but it’s smaller than it was” Dec 04 21:34:46 * Morgan glances around before speaking quietly Dec 04 21:34:54 I have seen a time it causes you no pain... Dec 04 21:36:50 Have you? Dec 04 21:37:03 * Morgan nods Dec 04 21:42:05 * Morgan has quit (Quit: This computer has gone to sleep) Dec 04 21:48:19 * Morgan (~madisonst@192.168.1.129) has joined Dec 04 21:49:49 * Morgan has quit (Quit: This computer has gone to sleep) Dec 04 21:58:07 * Mina has quit (Read error: EOF from client)