**** BEGIN LOGGING AT Sat Jan 17 09:59:54 2026 Jan 17 09:59:54 * Morgan (~madisonst@192.168.1.129) has joined Jan 17 11:56:20 * Morgan has quit (Quit: Leaving) Jan 17 12:01:11 * Morgan (~madisonst@192.168.1.129) has joined Jan 17 12:01:28 * Morgan has quit (Quit: Leaving) Jan 17 12:58:46 * Morgan (~madisonst@192.168.1.129) has joined Jan 17 17:17:59 * Morgan has quit (Quit: This computer has gone to sleep) Jan 17 17:21:45 * Morgan (~madisonst@192.168.1.129) has joined Jan 17 19:25:46 * Molly (~u931732@192.168.1.101) has joined Jan 17 19:26:25 I’m glad for Molly that she’s landed a good man Jan 17 19:26:25 God knows where she's hiding him Jan 17 19:26:25 * Alice laughs Jan 17 19:26:25 If she has a spare, maybe she’d like to rent him out Jan 17 19:26:25 * Morgan chuckles Jan 17 19:26:28 Unless she’s renting you out instead Jan 17 19:26:30 Curiously, she's stated in the past that'd never happen Jan 17 19:26:34 You didn’t ask to be rented out, sure Jan 17 19:26:36 surely? Jan 17 19:26:38 No, no... I cant remember how it came about either Jan 17 19:26:40 * Alice nods, grinning “I might have given you a guilder or two for an hour” Jan 17 19:26:42 A guilder?! Jan 17 19:26:44 * Alice nods “Maybe two” Jan 17 19:26:46 I know I've got a bit of wear and tear going on, but still... Jan 17 19:26:48 You think you’re worth more than two guilders an hour? Jan 17 19:26:50 Enthusiasm, see Jan 17 19:26:52 How much then? Jan 17 19:26:54 Ah I dunno Jan 17 19:27:15 * Molly is now known as Alice Jan 17 19:27:24 * Alice laughs Jan 17 19:27:41 not so brave now Jan 17 19:28:55 I'm not brave anyway Jan 17 19:30:16 I think you are Jan 17 19:31:55 * Morgan shakes his head Jan 17 19:32:02 No... just... stubborn Jan 17 19:32:41 I think you were brave with how you handled Florrie Jan 17 19:38:11 Its... hard to argue with that Jan 17 19:39:26 * Alice nods Jan 17 19:40:45 how was Edward? Jan 17 19:40:54 Sad, as you'd imagine Jan 17 19:41:16 * Alice nods Jan 17 19:41:40 They’re close Jan 17 19:42:36 * Morgan nods Jan 17 19:43:18 It won’t be that long before we’re back for the birthdays Jan 17 19:44:24 * Morgan nods Jan 17 19:44:34 It isn't -too- far away Jan 17 19:47:07 You’ll have your hands full until then anyway Jan 17 19:48:28 * Morgan blushes Jan 17 19:48:32 Uhh... yeah... will I? Jan 17 19:49:20 * Alice laughs “you know what I meant, or you wouldn’t be blushing” Jan 17 19:50:09 Apparently I do Jan 17 19:53:22 * Alice nods “If you’ll excuse me, I’m going to have a bath before dinner” Jan 17 19:54:30 * Morgan nods Jan 17 19:54:34 Of course. I'll see you soon Jan 17 19:55:53 * Alice nods, going into her room to collect her things Jan 17 19:56:37 * Morgan quietly leaves Jan 17 19:58:53 *The halls of his house are quiet, he knows full well it’ll be all hands on deck until dinner time* Jan 17 20:02:52 * Morgan goes down to check on the table Jan 17 20:03:05 *the first coat of varnish is dry* Jan 17 20:04:05 * Morgan nods, starting on the second Jan 17 20:06:17 *it’s fiddly in places, but enjoyable and practical. He’d made several things for his first cottage, though some had had their little quirks at first. But they dried quickly that first summer out in the garden, and Dietlinde had never seen, or at least never commented upon, those flaws that niggled him* Jan 17 20:07:46 * Morgan finishes the coat before sitting on the floor, looking at it as he thinks Jan 17 20:10:48 *There was her sewing table, their own kitchen table like this, and shelves, like the ones he’d made in the second cottage for his and Molly’s home, and how she’d hidden one behind her back so he’d come close and reach around her to get it. What she’d said in his dream last night comes back to him ‘I don’t like having to chase you so much, Morgan. Please, don’t make me’ Jan 17 20:12:39 * Morgan frowns, crossing his legs Jan 17 20:16:49 *the dream brings him back the how Adalbrecht had said that he was necessary in sorting out the damage Edward had caused, and Alice and Edward being together on that path, as a family. The door opens* Jan 17 20:18:04 * Morgan looks up briefly Jan 17 20:20:22 *Adalbrecht comes in. He appears surprised to see Morgan* Ah. I was just coming to check the varnish Jan 17 20:20:43 * Morgan nods Jan 17 20:20:48 I've just done the second coat Jan 17 20:21:49 * Alice is now known as Adalbrecht Jan 17 20:21:58 * Adalbrecht huffs “I was going to do that” Jan 17 20:22:53 * Morgan nods, looking at the floor Jan 17 20:22:54 Sorry Jan 17 20:24:30 * Adalbrecht looks around the room before sitting down. He smiles slightly, saying something Morgan had said last summer one early morning sat beside the Sudlache “If anyone asks, we are meditating upon a problem” Jan 17 20:26:45 * Morgan nods Jan 17 20:27:06 why -are- you sat on the floor? Jan 17 20:27:48 Just... thinking... got a lot of memories coming at the moment, you know? Jan 17 20:29:33 Many men get them since the War Jan 17 20:30:00 Its not the war... its... dreams... older times... Jan 17 20:30:41 * Adalbrecht nods Jan 17 20:30:55 they aren’t good memories? Jan 17 20:31:16 I spent a long time not thinking about any of it... Jan 17 20:33:19 * Adalbrecht nods “Things must continue, and for that to happen sometimes we must set aside those thoughts” Jan 17 20:36:01 Difficult when they come unexpectedly Jan 17 20:36:38 I was just... just thinking about the furniture I made for my cottage... and how, despite there being a lot I got wrong with it, Dietlinde never noticed... or never mentioned them Jan 17 20:37:29 * Adalbrecht nods slowly “Your Mother has always been the same when I have knitted something” Jan 17 20:39:50 * Morgan nods Jan 17 20:40:55 * Adalbrecht pats for his cigar tin, then seems to remember himself and that Morgan has already said no smoking in the house Jan 17 20:41:34 It took a long time for me to remember how Hans had been before his final weeks Jan 17 20:43:34 Oh? Jan 17 20:46:27 A year, at least. It was an infected wound, and the doctors said it became an infection in the blood. *he smiles faintly* He wrote to me that his leeches were going to be the biggest and fattest in all of Eisen on the account of how long and often they were put on him Jan 17 20:47:11 * Morgan frowns Jan 17 20:50:59 He kept his unfailing humour til the last, though I do not know how. He’d only buried your Aunt a year before, and Jarvinia was still very young to be an orphan. Jan 17 20:51:37 * Morgan nods Jan 17 20:53:46 I remember him better now, but it will be seven years next month Jan 17 20:54:01 That will be difficult Jan 17 20:55:34 It gets easier. He wouldn’t have wanted me, or any of us, wasting time being sad for a man who was ‘frolicking in the fields of paradise with his wife’ Jan 17 20:56:21 * Morgan nods Jan 17 20:56:25 I wish I knew him better Jan 17 20:58:17 * Adalbrecht nods Jan 17 20:59:01 That is the curse of it. When we lose someone when we are young men, we don’t know them as we would if we were older. Jan 17 20:59:30 * Morgan nods Jan 17 21:02:36 I was only thirty three when your Grandfather died, and six years younger when my Mother died, when I was your age Jan 17 21:03:09 * Morgan nods sadly Jan 17 21:04:50 * Adalbrecht sighs “I would have liked to have remained Veisgraf longer and to have had more of the benefit of his wisdom” Jan 17 21:06:58 * Morgan nods Jan 17 21:07:01 I think you do alright Jan 17 21:07:32 * Adalbrecht huffs “I’d like to see you do better!” He smiles Jan 17 21:07:43 You have an advantage there... Jan 17 21:08:48 What might that be? Jan 17 21:09:08 You get to see me be Graf... Jan 17 21:09:45 * Adalbrecht smiles “I do” Jan 17 21:12:10 * Morgan nods, fishing a flask out of his pocket and drinking some before offering it to his father Jan 17 21:14:36 * Adalbrecht takes it and drinks some quietly. He hands it back and says “How do you handle it when you are away from her but you have the mirrors?” Jan 17 21:15:07 Handle it? Jan 17 21:17:16 That at any moment you might miss a new note Jan 17 21:18:23 I'm normally so busy I don't get chance to check. What I'd suggest though is arranging to check it at certain times Jan 17 21:19:58 * Adalbrecht nods “I have spoken to her this morning and will do so later tonight” Jan 17 21:21:01 I'd recommend lunchtimes as well Jan 17 21:22:06 * Adalbrecht nods “I do not want to arouse suspicions” Jan 17 21:22:28 With who? Jan 17 21:25:34 Staff Jan 17 21:26:43 Oh... They're used to me just disappearing off... they're not terribly interested Jan 17 21:27:32 But for your Mother? Jan 17 21:27:55 She's a smart and resourceful woman... Jan 17 21:29:00 * Adalbrecht smiles “She is. I miss her” Jan 17 21:34:50 * Morgan nods Jan 17 21:34:52 I know Jan 17 21:36:53 * Adalbrecht nods “I have never liked being away from her. I worry about her, but I got used to, as you say, being busy. It is different when contact is not once a week” Jan 17 21:38:14 * Morgan nods Jan 17 21:38:18 It absolutely is Jan 17 21:40:31 It is better, but the lack of her presence is harder to work around Jan 17 21:42:21 * Morgan nods Jan 17 21:42:24 It takes some getting used to Jan 17 21:44:58 * Adalbrecht nods “Do you find part of you wants to just sit by the mirror with her all of the day and night?” Jan 17 21:45:31 * Morgan nods Jan 17 21:45:49 When they were in Freiburg, we spoke very late into the night on one occasion Jan 17 21:47:19 * Adalbrecht nods “I wouldn’t want to keep her up though” Jan 17 21:47:47 I'd suggest letting her make that choice Jan 17 21:50:30 * Adalbrecht nods “She will ask me whether Molly is resting adequately” Jan 17 21:50:45 No doubt Jan 17 21:53:20 Would you say she is? Jan 17 21:53:35 I think so Jan 17 21:56:02 She fell asleep outdoors earlier... Do you have all the staff you need her to make sure she is resting? Jan 17 21:56:14 * Morgan nods Jan 17 21:56:20 We have plenty of staff Jan 17 21:57:31 * Adalbrecht nods “Good” Jan 17 21:59:18 We both had nightmares last night... it unsettled her and she didn't feel as rested as normal Jan 17 22:01:18 Is it common for her to have them as well? Jan 17 22:01:51 Hers was just a normal nightmare... but she gets them sometimes, yes Jan 17 22:04:37 * Adalbrecht nods Jan 17 22:05:19 You are there to comfort her at night, I am sure she appreciates that Jan 17 22:06:35 I wasn't last night Jan 17 22:07:26 Why not? Jan 17 22:09:18 I daren't go back to sleep, so I got up... its why the table was so close to finished Jan 17 22:10:04 * Adalbrecht nods Jan 17 22:10:27 You have done well Jan 17 22:11:29 Its not bad... it might not wobble Jan 17 22:13:15 * Adalbrecht nods “I am sure Heinzharold will appreciate that” Jan 17 22:13:25 * Morgan smiles Jan 17 22:13:33 I suspect he'd just be happy I made it for him Jan 17 22:14:28 * Adalbrecht nods “Maybe that was why Dietlinde did not notice the flaws either” Jan 17 22:14:46 Maybe... or she was just too gentle to mention them Jan 17 22:16:49 * Adalbrecht nods “Would Molly mention it?” Jan 17 22:17:21 Probably not, no Jan 17 22:19:31 * Adalbrecht nods. He hears [My love, it’s almost seven, are you coming?] Jan 17 22:19:40 I suppose... its time for dinner Jan 17 22:19:47 [I'll be there in a moment] Jan 17 22:21:02 * Adalbrecht nods, standing smoothly. Despite being sat on a sawdusty floor, he’s still pristine Jan 17 22:22:17 * Morgan sighs, getting up Jan 17 22:24:52 * Adalbrecht leads the way. They pass Morgan’s office where they’d been very intimate, and then two doors later where they’d been intimate again. It seems these two rooms are going to be quite in demand whilst they live here Jan 17 22:25:31 Later, I've got something to show you Jan 17 22:27:07 * Adalbrecht nods “Very well, do not let me forget, but I will be retiring just before ten” Jan 17 22:27:50 It'll only take a minute Jan 17 22:29:29 * Adalbrecht nods. They can still fit in the breakfast room and are about to go in when Morgan hears Karlsruhe and Federest in the main hall talk8ng Jan 17 22:29:42 * Morgan slows, listening Jan 17 22:32:29 K: I think he will want to look into that Jan 17 22:32:41 F: Agreed Jan 17 22:33:57 * Morgan changes direction Jan 17 22:34:02 What am I wanting to look into? Jan 17 22:35:59 K: The mailcoach has only just arrived. Once you are Graf, I would advise making sure your post here is delivered earlier, or is specially brought to you Jan 17 22:36:42 * Morgan nods Jan 17 22:37:21 Definitely. In the meantime, have Frau Arendt make it known to the coach drivers that there will always be coffee and some food here for them before they carry on their rounds Jan 17 22:38:21 *Federest grins* A bit of gentle encouragement? Jan 17 22:39:37 Something like that, aye... I don't know about you, but I'm more inclined to help someone if I feel valued by them Jan 17 22:41:37 *Federest nods a little watchfully* Jan 17 22:42:10 K: Yes, my Lord. Where would you like all these? *he has a good stack of letters in his hand* Jan 17 22:43:23 I'll take them... Federest, do you have an issue? Jan 17 22:44:31 *Federest shakes his head* Jan 17 22:45:40 Karlsruhe, would you give us a moment Jan 17 22:47:38 *karlsruhe nods, going towards the kitchen p* Jan 17 22:48:37 Federest... there seems to be something on your mind... Jan 17 22:49:28 * Adalbrecht is now known as Federest Jan 17 22:50:02 I thought you might have been alluding to some help I have offered someone Jan 17 22:50:49 No, not at all... it's a genuine belief I have. Aside from being the decent thing to do, anyway Jan 17 22:51:24 * Federest nods, smiling “alright” Jan 17 22:51:53 She did ask my opinion, mind... Jan 17 22:52:50 * Federest nods “what is that opinion?” Jan 17 22:56:20 * Federest has quit (Read error: EOF from client) Jan 17 23:33:29 * Morgan has quit (Quit: This computer has gone to sleep)