Monthly Archive: April 2023

Observations  Lia commonly turns heads, but more than that, she assesses there’s general interest in anyone sitting at this table.  As such there’s no particular pattern to be gleaned in who is watching, though...

Observations  Lia’s assessment is that she’s unlikely to be dining with Raina, at least for now.  However in the process of checking out the environment she notes that there is casual interest across the...

Her assessment is that Raina and Cinna seem comfortable in each other’s company, enough that the slight dig about Cinna’s drink preference was taken in genuine good humour and delivered without an edge, but...

The wine is, as promised, young and fresh – complexly flavoured for a rosé, very tasty if she’s into that sort of thing; this would be a reasonably expensive wine.   Raina says, “I’d offer...

“It does, doesn’t it.” She gestures to the carafe of wine on the table, “refill, and a toast to our new arrangement?” If Lia accepts the offer Raina will pour Lia’s drink herself into...

Raina seems to be responding positively to Lia’s apparent enthusiasm, however, she gives little away. In response to Lia’s agreement, however, she smiles.    (It occurred to me that cinematically that would be a...

Platters on the Esplanade Raina is silent, allowing Lia’s paraphrasing response to hang there while she studies Lia’s face. “Want to help me achieve an outcome?”     

arcology  (noun): a city intended to be contained in a single structure    Dominion Administrative Regions Administratively, the Dominion is organised into a hierarchy, as follows: The Dominion as a whole could be considered...