The Creepy, Once-More-Unduly-Filled-With-Children Mansion in the Woods, Saturday

[deathsmajesty]

Liliana had spent the night in Innistrad; the geistmage she'd borrowed from Olivia had wanted to get some preliminary readings and measurements from the Chain Veil. While the night had been long and tedious, the following morning (late morning, to be sure) saw her Planeswalking home again, full of smiles and empty of stomach. Her staff at the estate had offered to make her breakfast before she'd left, but she'd waved them off. After all, she was certain to return home to a paramour cooking up brunch in the kitchen, and why ruin her appetite for that?

Her blithe assurance of how her day was going to go crashed around her ears when she swept into the (oddly quiet and scentless) kitchen, with a cheerful "My darling, what culinary delights have you prepared for my delectation this morning, I'm positively starved!" only to find a child sitting in her breakfast nook.

Specifically, the child her paramour had once been, and had returned to for the weekend.

"Bloody hell," she said, looking at the sandy-haired young boy with undisguised dismay. "This island's timing and humor are atrocious."

[For the gentleman, of course, but also open for any wandering adults and children because a Liliana-run daycare sounds hilarious.]

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[chef_chocobro]

Ignis had been about to abscond himself to the library when all the commotion in the garden caught his attention. He peeked out from the door at the girl who was scrounging around with a frown of disapproval, although it seemed that Lady Vess knew her, so at least it wasn't all that alarming, perhaps.

He was disappointed, though, that it was someone he didn't know. A part of him had been hoping maybe Liliana the Younger was able to make the visit after all, but, alas.

[mylandmyrules]

Nell quietly stepped back in close to one of the overgrown bushes. Men, even as boys, were scary and you had to do what they said and Nell didn't like that.

And he was making an unhappy face at her.