Office Hours

[romanywitch]

Jenny. Office hours. It traditionally meant coffee, a laptop, and research. This time, it also meant 80's rock music blasting, possibly at a volume that was a little too high. The door was closed, but not locked, and if you knew Jenny at all, you knew that you could open it right up and walk in.

OOC: Open for interaction. Thread with Su Pevensie is locked to her.

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[susanofnarnia.livejournal.com]

"Lorelai was trying for while before the baby came, but then she had other things to do, obviously." Susan shrugged slightly, still smiling, then asked, "And how has your week been?" The question did you find out anything? was sternly suppressed, despite how much she wanted to ask it.

[romanywitch]

"Oh, you know, a little of this, a little of that," said Jenny. "Lots of stuff to do for class prep."

[susanofnarnia.livejournal.com]

Susan smiled, and tilted her head. "Any of them showing promise? Aside from Willow, I assume."

[romanywitch]

"Willow?" Jenny frowned. "Oh, she's not in my class. Some of them are a bit goofy, but really, they're great kids."

[susanofnarnia.livejournal.com]

"Good to know." Hesitantly, because she had to ask, "Did you find out anything? In your computer research?"

[romanywitch]

"Oooh, yeah," said Jenny, sitting up abruptly. She reached for a disk and slipped it into her laptop. "Lemme load this one up."

[susanofnarnia.livejournal.com]

Susan twisted her fingers together nervously. "How did you find this information? Do you still have the rings safe?"

[romanywitch]

"Relax, I've got them in a warded box," said Jenny, opening up the files on the CD. "And locked up in my desk. It's been kind of hard to track info on them, but I've got some stuff for you. Your Uncle Diggory's stuff? Well, it all went to you. Did you even know that, Su?"

[susanofnarnia.livejournal.com]

"No," Susan said, sitting back, and thinking. "Although I shouldn't be surprised. He had no family of his own, after all. And he was old even when we first met him-- he must have been almost sixty when he died. What happened to it?"

[romanywitch]

"Well, you weren't in such good shape around then," said Jenny, her voice sympathetic. "Your aunt and uncle put it in storage. Maybe they were going to tell you about it, but they forgot? Anyway, I grabbed a list of what effects were there from--" She paused. "Well, I had a source, let's just say?"

[susanofnarnia.livejournal.com]

Susan smothered a smile, and said, "Your source, yes. And -- well. I can see them putting it aside, and simply refusing to deal with it. That wouldn't be unlike them either."

[romanywitch]

"Family," said Jenny, knowingly. "I'm sure they meant well. Thing is? The storage room was sold off when they died."

[susanofnarnia.livejournal.com]

"Ohhh," Susan sighed, disappointed. "I don't suppose you know who bought most of it? But it's been almost sixty years..."

[romanywitch]

"That? Is a bit more complicated," said Jenny. "I'm working on that. As far as I can tell, the buyer was an American. There was some big furniture in there, so I got a shipping bill, but I lost the trail when it hit the ports in New York." She paused. "I lost the trail temporarily."

[susanofnarnia.livejournal.com]

"Still. If it's in America, and it's intact still-- we could possibly find it. His books, perhaps he wrote something down about Narnia. Or the wardrobe." Susan looked down at her hands. "He said he didn't think we could get back in that way, but still, it's like the rings. And perhaps it would give us *some* clue how they works."

[romanywitch]

"Wardrobe?" Jenny frowned and flipped through the papers, holding out half the list to Susan. "I think that might've been one of the big pieces of furniture I was talking about. Help me check?"

[susanofnarnia.livejournal.com]

Susan took the list, eyes widening, then quickly went down to find-- Applewood, 8'x 6'x 6' deep, with furs. "Oh, heavens. It *is* the right oone."

[romanywitch]

"I think there was a notation somewhere else," said Jenny. "You know your uncle had provenances on just about everything he owned. So there was something connecting this wardrobe to Narnia?"

[susanofnarnia.livejournal.com]

"He told us a story-- it was right after we got back, but it stuck with me." She put a hand to her temple, trying to remember. "He brought back an apple from Narnia when he was a boy. And the seeds from that apple were grown inside a garden in London. When the tree fell down in a storm, they turned the wood into a wardrobe." She stared at the list again, and said softly, "And we stepped into it, and walked out into Narnia."

[romanywitch]

Jenny blinked. "Wow."

OOC: I have to sleep now! Wrap up tomorrow?

[susanofnarnia.livejournal.com]

Susan smiled ruefully. "You can see why I never talked about it, can't you."

[np! See you then!]

[romanywitch]

"Su, honey, I was dead for eight years," said Jenny. "Not much is too weird for me."

[susanofnarnia.livejournal.com]

Laughing, Susan said, "Good point. Then yes. That's what we need to find."