Hello, July.

New month. New chances. I visited the Hall today. He's in there. I don't know if that makes me happy or not. Shouldn't I be happy? He's gone. But I still miss him. It's not fair. And now I'm home. I wanted to say goodbye to the Lady Death.

I think I should paint my house. Does anyone want to help?

Maybe I should get a roommate, too. I'll have to think about that for a long time, though.

So the question here is always if it's selfish to wish that someone was here. Your favorite person from whatever world. Or maybe a sibling. Because this place can be kind of hellish - I mean the flea epidemic and curses and mystery illnesses. But are any of our own worlds more perfect than this? Less prone to death or disease or strange occurrences?

I don't know if there is such a thing.

I hate the question what is your world like because so few people have anything to compare it to. Because there are terrible places and amazing places in every world. Like the beach here, for example, is lovely almost all the time. Or the Square. There's a lot of pretty things here. Just like there are horrible things here, too.

I suppose it's just something to think about. Opinions?

Okay first item of business:

Thank you to everyone who came on Friday! I hope you had a great time, I know I did. Maybe soon I can host another one! In the meantime I hope you're all willing to come in and have a drink and sit a spell, or even dance a little. If you think there's anything I could do to make it more enjoyable, just let me know!

And to those who went to see the play, I hope you enjoyed it too. I don't think I destroyed too many lines. Neil was definitely the star of the show.

Second item of business:

Is everyone okay from yesterday's curse? I hope that no one is too distressed? Cindy?

I know it's hard to see your parents, especially since it sounded like so many people didn't have very good ones. But at least it was only a curse? I guess I don't know what it's like, because I don't have a father, but I know that they can have a lot of influence.

I hope that everyone managed to come out of that all right. I'd hate to think that anyone is still really distressed.

[Private to Blue Light Employees || unhackable]

As for you: you all did such a tremendous job! There's bonus tips for everyone who worked on Friday, don't forget to remind me if you did! Thank you so much for being there. It really made the night go as well as it did.

On that note...I hired a manager. Please welcome Promise Nottinger, she'll be running the management part of the bar.

If you have any questions about what that might change, please don't hesitate to ask me.


[ooc: If you were in the cast, you got a small bag of candies from a certain young Fable]

This place is fair wonderous. Is this where all new recruits train? I have never seen buildings so tall or streets so clean. Is this what all cities are like?

Oh, excuse me! Could you please show me the way to where Commander Bearskin's free company is recruiting?

I heard that they needed young backs to help join in the war!

But this place doesn't look at all touched by war. I heard the Adversary was taller than the tallest houses, but these buildings, it is difficult to imagine such a thing....

Do you know if a sword is difficult to wield?

[ooc: aged down to....sixteen.]

So okay. First thing:

The swing competition!

I will be holding it on Friday, June 19th! It'll start at 6pm at the Blue Light and go until whenever we decide we want to stop dancing! Only a very small portion of the night will be the actual competition, everything else will be dancing and party and good music. Soft drinks and snacks will be free, and all liquor will be half off! Right now it looks like Rue and I will be judging. It's free to enter and there'll be a prize for the winners, and free drink coupons for anyone who enters.

If you're shy or afraid, don't worry! Swing is about having fun, not looking good. I realize a competition isn't the most ideal way of getting involved, but I really want it to be low pressure. So just come out and try and if you don't want to dance in the competition you can at least have a really nice night at the Blue Light.

Second thing:

I don't know how many people around here play music anymore. I'll admit I've fallen way behind on keeping track. If you play any instruments or even if you sing, could you let me know? I think I want to start up my audio library project again. I have some old recordings from some people but not many and I would really appreciate some help, if you're willing to give it!

No more embarrassing secrets, please

Private to Fly || viewable to Adrian Veidt || unhackable

Hey Fly, I don't know if you saw, but a Mr. Veidt is interested in the Palace. I was going to give him a tour tomorrow, and you can meet him maybe? At least he might be able to get it up and running into something instead of you know, a huge useless thing.

It's not that I mind that I'm dead.

It's not even that I minded being invisible.

But I think I'm in the minority, and I kind of did mind that. I don't think yesterday's curse was particularly pleasant for anyone.

Anyway.

I think I'm going to take a couple of days off. If you have plans with me, don't worry, I'm not canceling. I just need a couple of days to myself.

The hair is cleaned out of the Blue Light thank god so we're officially open for business - not like we closed but I thought I might share the good news! And my situation was handled so I'll be back to playing at my usual schedule, four times a week or whenever I feel like it. I'll take and play requests and my discretion.

Okay that said, I have sort of an announcement/question for the City in general. I know that most of you are familiar with the Palace. Well recently it's caretaker left the City and the person running it is Ambrose. He's pretty much just cleaning it up, though, so he and I were wondering if people were interested in holding events in there, since it's huge and has great potential for a lot of different things. Either way, if you have ideas, let me or Ambrose know.

Finally okay - swing competition. Are people in or out?

Private to Kay || unhackable || visible to Cindy + Fly

Have you found a bodyguard yet?

Is anyone else noticing that this weekend of random curses is becoming a pattern?

At least it gives us something to anticipate. Although that said, it probably won't be a pattern anymore.

Private to Fabletown || unhackable

I know where she is.

You know this curse isn't a problem if you normally tell the truth.

But I guess people like to hide things, too. There's a lot of stuff to hide. I try not to hide things either.

Except that I have been hiding things becaus------

Rain. Way better than snow. By a huge longshot.

Okay, first order of business:

Can I speak to Miss Miranda Lotto? I got your CV today, and I was hoping that you could come in for an interview. I need another waitress, if you're interested.

Now, that said:

Until I can get a little matter resolved, I won't be playing at the Blue Light. The usual band will still be there and it'll still be open, though.

Private to friends of Kay || unhackable || viewable by the Fables

I don't think you're aware; due to a curse day Kay's now in the custody of the Snow Queen. We're working on a plan to get him back and free. If you know anything - if Kay's contacted you, please let me know right away. Thank you.

Fabletown Filter || unhackable

So. What should we do?

Another world to conquer? I know Lumi her most August Majesty presented a suggestion, but I did not think it would happen so quickly, and this does not appear to be like the Mundy. Well, it doesn't matter. There hasn't been a world that has not surrendered to me, and this one will be no different.

I seek my beloved her imperial loveliness the Snow Queen. If you do not surrender this information, you'll face my blade.

[ooc: Lumi's wish came true, sort of]

The last time I saw a hippie it was in 1969, in Central Park. They were very open people. Very. Very open. I kind of let them be; they didn't hurt anyone. In either case, I spent a majority of the sixties not straying too far from home. I didn't want to get underfood, in the protests, and the war, and it was all a big mess.

So I hope everyone's all right?

Okay, moving on, I have two points of interest. First off, would anyone be willing to help me move a baby grand piano? I finally found a tuner for it, but I need some help getting it to my house. There would be a free lunch involved! Anywhere you like, I'll splurge, I know moving a piano isn't exactly light work.

Secondly, is anyone interested in a swing night at the Blue Light? I was thinking that I could probably clear a dance space, and maybe have a dance-off. I don't know what the prizes would be but I bet that the staff and I can think of something. If anyone is interested, just drop me a line and let me know. I think it would be a lot of fun.

Oh, so, I guess we were supposed to make a pumpkin pie with Blair? Are you still up for that?

Filtered against the Snow Queen and Jadis || unhackable

This is Lumi. She's dangerous; please be careful around her. She's from my world; she's not a nice woman, or a kind one, and I advise you to be cautious if she approaches you.

Just...

Don't let this get out of hand, please?

I mean it already kind of did with Kay. Be polite.

[ooc: Go for it!]

Finals are over.

Thankfully. I probably failed all of them, thanks mom, but that's okay. And a dance tonight! Maybe there will be good music. But at least I don't have to think about how lost I am at school all the time.

Blues band, here I come!

Anyone here play an instrument? We should play a set at the dance. I know it's sort of last minute, though...

Hello.

Hi.

I'm back.

Okay.

So yes. There is a "monster" in the lake. His name is Ellington, he's about the size of a large house, he has tentacles, and he's bright blue. He'll be a year old this April, and he's still mostly a baby.

But he doesn't hurt people; he just sings and he keeps people company and he swims around. He gets scared if you make loud noises.

So I would really appreciate it if people left him alone if they don't want to be nice to him, and if you do, you can always say hello. He likes music. He'll always come up if you sing him a song or play an instrument.

Now.

Pinocchio, where are my sheets.

( Private || unhackable )

Yesterday's curse was pretty...I don't know. Silly. Hurtful? It would have been nice to have a little warning but I guess maybe I just need to anticipate more. Pick up lines never really work, but my experience isn't very wide. I used to watch the men in jazz clubs flirt with women. They would always buy a drink and laugh with them, and talk about the music that they were listening to. Once, I saw Cab Calloway live, and that's the first time I saw someone kiss in public. It was in the middle of Honey Dripper, which is a great song, and this man, he kissed her, and it seemed really scandalous. The only reason I didn't get kicked out early that night was because everyone was too busy talking about it.

She had slapped him, to add injury to insult. I guess it wasn't that rare, at that point, but it seemed rare to me. I hadn't even thought of ever kissing anyone in...a long time. There wasn't a lot of kissing going on in the office back then, either. Prince Charming was still wandering through Europe...and Snow and I were alone most of the time.

I guess I won't be kissing anyone now, for a long time.

I've lived in this house for a year. This time, last year, Cain Hargreaves paid off a debt to a nightmare and I moved in here. It smells...really nice. I cleaned things. I put a lot of the instruments away. I can't play most of them anymore, anyway. I don't know what to do with an industrial stove. I don't know how to use the thing.

And I'm running out of sour cherry comfit.

Does anyone want to buy a standing piano? It's used but it's in tune. You have to move it yourself, though. I don't have the Witching Cloak anymore.

I've been here for a year and three months, something like that. Not as long as some, not as little time as others. A good number. That doesn't count the eight months I spent at home. I've met a lot of people. I've made a lot of friends. I've lost a lot of friends, too

Maybe people get complacent, when they come here. They forget that things that happen happen. Because time stops at home, or because we dismiss curses as just curses. Curses that show who we could have been.

I miss Rex.

Private to Doctor House || unhackable || visible to Pinocchio

Can I make an appointment for someone as soon as possible? Should I go through your secretary?

/private

[ooc: Action for Cindy~he's outside your door]

Rex? Rex! Where did that dog go?

I swear, Rex, if you haven't found that flock....I already had to deal with a naked person and a house that I had no place in being in I'm so grateful that the owner wasn't about, I left him a coin but....REX!

Excuse me excuse me, have you seen a flock of...well, led by a big white dog, maybe? Or maybe just the dog? And the fastest...oh I see....sorry, I didn't mean to bother...well...I mean, a big white....

Okay. Okay I'm sorry.

I didn't mean to be rude...gosh, I hope he wasn't part of the Emperor's army...

Rex!

[ooc: Action and voice both a-okay! Cursed Road Not Taken; if Blue had stayed a shepherd in the Homelands]

I need a manager and a bartender for the Blue Light. If you think you can do the job, could you please let me know? As soon as possible, would be best.

I'm glad that my clothes haven't changed today. At least now I match my mood.

And everyone? This is Pinocchio. He's not a killer, not dangerous, and not evil. All that said, he is my best friend, so be nice to him.

Private to Pinocchio || unhackable

There's money on the table. You can go out and buy whatever you think you need for the week.