----- Original Message ----- 
From: "April Rose" 
> > >
> > > > >> From your table you can see a large freighter sailing slowly
> > > > >> across the bay toward the ports of Mark City as well as what look
> > > > >> like several white hulled fishing boats slowing trawling across
> > > > >> the waters of the bay. Looking down you see there are several
> > > > >> people sunning on the beach and a few swimming in the shallow
> > > > >> waters near shore.
> > > > >
> > > > > "Nice place."
> > > >
> > > >  Ilane smiles as she looks out at the fishing boats. "Yes, it is.
> > > >  It's lovely..."
>
> April nods in agreement.  "It seems a nice place to take a holiday."
> She chooses something simple and light to eat with coffee.

"Try living here a while, everyday is a holiday."

> > > > > Shawn looked over the menu and decided on something that looked
> > > > > interesting.
> > >
> > > >  The tall woman did the same. :)
> > >
> > > Everyone orders and the food is delivered. You enjoy a long leisurely
> > > lunch of seafood, pasta, and the wine is especially good. It is well
> > > past 1400 before you leave Charlies and continue your journey back
> > > through Mark City and up the coast to Wytch's Cross.
> > >
> > > Lysia pulls the land cruiser into the front drive of the Imperial at
> > > about 1600 and a valet jumps in and drives her around to the parking
> > > lot. Lysia suggests that you get rooms here, then hit the stores on
the
> > > boardwalk up and down the beach. Later, you can sample food at any of
> > > several restaurants, dance in various clubs, and even try your hand at
> > > gambling in the casinos.
> >
> > Lysia is true to her nature and shops like there is no tomorrow, a half
> > dozen pairs of shoes, three very expensive silk suits and dresses later.
> > She heads into a classic jewelry store called the "Blue Waters" and buys
a
> > hand full of deco style necklaces, bracelets and broaches.
>
> April seems to really enjoy the little shopping excursion, laughing and
joking
> as they go along.
>
> > She pays particular attention to the buying styles of her guests and
> > purchases each of them something that she feels has caught their eyes at
one
> > time or another during the evening.
>
> April is quite surprised and touched by Lysia's gesture.  She gives her a
very
> warm embrace and says, "Thank you very much, this is very kind of you.
It's
> absolutely lovely. I adore dragonflys, actually."  Lysia's gift to her is
a
> small silver and cloisonne dragonfly pin.  April had admired it and spend
some
> time mentally debating over purchasing it but had not trying to save her
> credits.  The others would notice as they shopped she spent some time on
animal
> prints, one of her favorites.

"Very very deco, if I didn't already have a dragonfly somewhere in my
vintage collection I'd have chosen something like it myself.  You just can
not beat the classics, there are certian things that never go out of style."

"I picked up on that whole deco, neuvo thing from my mother.  She was
absolutely mad about the stuff.  She had this summer house up in the
mountians, I'm certian that Morgana held on to it inspite of the fact that
she hated the place.  It was brilliant, deco geometry done like an aztec or
mayan temple and windows like you would not believe, two porches that looked
out over a crystal lake and up at this massive snow covered mountian
beyond."

Lysia grins, "Morg always thought she was going to be sacrificed to the gods
or something up there, I guess that's why she would never go up there after
she turned fifteen.  We were coming back from there when my parents were
killed."

Lysia stops talking for a moment, "It was a lovely trip, the snow was like
powdered sugar and is sparkled like cut diamonds."

> > When it's all over with she seems to be a bit more like her self and
> > considerably happier.

"I always loved that house, Doctor Shadbolts place, it's a heritage place."
Lysia chuckles, "Morg, can't even repaint the interior without government
permission."

Lysia David