A Week in Rural Scotland

[rainne]

Thank you for joining us here in picturesque Glen Macalie, on the shore of Loch Leven in the Grampian Mountains of Scotland. We welcome you to the campus of the Glen Macalie School for Girls and hope that you will enjoy your stay.


This week will largely be unstructured; you are welcome to investigate the castle (which dates back to 1237 CE) and the nearby village of Glen Macalie. Some resources which will be available to you include:

In the castle:
Comprehensive Library
Modern Kitchens
State of the art Training/Exercise Room
Extensively landscaped grounds and gardens
Horseback Riding
Fishing
Hiking

In the village:
Shopping
Pubs and restaurants
Museum
Historical buildings
Golf

We ask only that you take care to observe the following rules:

1) Please do not leave campus near or after dark.
2) Venturing too far outside after dark, even on campus, is not guaranteed to be safe. You do so at your own risk.
3) There will be occasional evening events. Participation in these events should be considered of minor risk; however, anyone taking part should endeavor to follow all directions to ensure his or her safety.

If you have any questions, please feel free to see Mr. Giles or Ms. Summers.

Comments

[csichick-2.livejournal.com]

I was hoping that was going to be your answer.

~Nick

[queer-theory.livejournal.com]

*walks into the room, holding the door open for him*

Really? *studies him* Okay... what's wrong with you? There must be something wrong with you because handsome men don't normally date me unless they're evil or crazy or something.

- Molly

[csichick-2.livejournal.com]

I promise I'm not evil, but after fifteen years of working the graveyard shift, I might be a little crazy.

~Nick

[queer-theory.livejournal.com]

*laughs* I know that feeling. I work the late shifts too, Someone has to.

- Molly

[csichick-2.livejournal.com]

I've had plenty of opportunities to transfer to days, but I just feel like I can do the most good working nights.

~Nick

[queer-theory.livejournal.com]

I sort of work whenever I'm needed. Particularly at night, because that's when Sherlock used to be around most often, working on experiments. *takes a deep breath*

If I mention him too often, let me know? I need to stop.

- Molly

[csichick-2.livejournal.com]

I will, though sometimes it does just help to get it all out of your system.

~Nick

[queer-theory.livejournal.com]

I suppose. *looks at him for a moment*

No one will let me talk about... Jim.

- Molly

[csichick-2.livejournal.com]

If you want to talk about him, I'm willing to listen.

~Nick

[queer-theory.livejournal.com]

*puts her electric kettle on*

Jim Moriarty... *takes a deep breath* He pretended to work in the IT department. And he asked me out very shyly one day after a few weeks of us seeing each other in passing. He seemed really sweet, adorable... I thought maybe he was the first good guy I'd ever been interested in.

*pulls out a tin that she keeps various teas in when she travels and hands it to Nick to look through*

He took me out on dates, came over at night and watched telly with me. It was like a real relationship, except that all of that was just a way to get me to introduce him to Sherlock Holmes.

- Molly

[csichick-2.livejournal.com]

*looks at the teas and realizes he's in over his head*

I wouldn't know the difference between any of these, so I'll let you pick.

I'm sorry he played you like that. That's just wrong on so many levels.

~Nick

[queer-theory.livejournal.com]

*grins and picks darjeeling for them both*

I think... I'd be lying if I said I thought everything was great with him at the time. He was odd. In bed. *bites her lip* And sometimes he had these outbursts that... I couldn't have guessed who he really was, but I should have realized there was something off about him.

- Molly

[csichick-2.livejournal.com]

It's always easier to pick up on the little things that are off once things have already gone tits up. *thinks back to all the things he should have noticed with Warrick*

~Nick

[queer-theory.livejournal.com]

*nods, laughing* I suppose that's true.

*is suddenly really uncomfortable talking about this, maybe because she's to the part about sex and... it's not that he's someone she wants to have sex with, but Jim was really weird in that way*

Sugar and milk in your tea?

- Molly

[csichick-2.livejournal.com]

Milk, no sugar.

If you're uncomfortable, we can talk about something else.

~Nick

[queer-theory.livejournal.com]

*nods, pouring milk into his tea*

I've just realized that you might not be interested in hearing the rest of it, and it's difficult to talk about anyway.

*hands him his mug*

- Molly

[csichick-2.livejournal.com]

*takes a sip of his tea*

If you need to talk about it, I'm here, but if you'd rather not, that's okay too.

~Nick