It's not quite a bejeweled chalice, I'm afraid, but the sparkles are just as pretty, I should think.
[And now it's Rosella's turn to get settled in, once the tray has been securely installed on the floor in front of them and the food appropriately distributed. She retreats to her own pillow, sinking down much in the same way that Claire did, but somehow still retaining the look of someone trying to curl up and hide in its depths as opposed to being supremely comfortable in them. Reaching over to retrieve the remote--since she did learn how to use that, and the buttons are really rather simple if you know the proper way to work them, anyway--she glances over at Claire and then nods her assent.]
All right, then! If we're all set, I'll start things playing.
[Because it'll be fine, really. She has company, and something with which to distract herself, and this is just what she needs at the moment. Or at least, it will be once she leans forward and picks her glass off the tray, holding it securely in her lap with one hand while she presses the play button with the other. And if nothing else, the movie will give her plenty of time to settle down and think, and then perhaps she'll be able to approach the rest of it more calmly afterward.]
pass the parcel, wrap unwrap, and open up the locks
[And now it's Rosella's turn to get settled in, once the tray has been securely installed on the floor in front of them and the food appropriately distributed. She retreats to her own pillow, sinking down much in the same way that Claire did, but somehow still retaining the look of someone trying to curl up and hide in its depths as opposed to being supremely comfortable in them. Reaching over to retrieve the remote--since she did learn how to use that, and the buttons are really rather simple if you know the proper way to work them, anyway--she glances over at Claire and then nods her assent.]
All right, then! If we're all set, I'll start things playing.
[Because it'll be fine, really. She has company, and something with which to distract herself, and this is just what she needs at the moment. Or at least, it will be once she leans forward and picks her glass off the tray, holding it securely in her lap with one hand while she presses the play button with the other. And if nothing else, the movie will give her plenty of time to settle down and think, and then perhaps she'll be able to approach the rest of it more calmly afterward.]