Chateau Grief 20

Narration(Kore): He walks with his head held high. But I think it's because he's afraid to look at me.

Grant: Go on, join a guild. It's like the fraternity system. Everyone has to have an affiliation. Keeps the peace.

Grant: plus they'll give you a uniform so you don't have to walk around in rags.

Kore: Fraternity? Why do I get the feeling that you know I have a killer hangover?

Grant: No idea.

Kore: If it's a fraternity...there should be some hair-of-the-dog in my near future, right?

Grant: I doubt there will be a shortage of that.

Esme: Come on, noob.

Thought(Grant): I sat through three rounds of court hearings on her preschool age proposal last year.

Esme: I've done this before. Do you want to end up in a trapeze artist guild?

Thought(Grant): I've seen her around town. She's a first-class idiot professional provocateur.

Esme: No? I didn't think so. Come on. Come on.

Thought(Grant): But I know I've seen that arm-grabbing stunt before.

Esme: Well?

Thought(Kore): Professional hoodlum, eh? I can work with that.

Author Notes:

I really had fun playing with backgrounds this week. You can see these islands off of the coast from San Francisco bay if it's not too foggy. I tried to capture some of that dichotomy of dazzling light and brown scrub that line these coastal cliffs and throw everything into this patchwork of false shadow and sparkle. Enjoy!

Episode Recap:

So everybody’s walking down to the renaissance faire on the beach, down a really awful attempted painting of some cliffs. I’m still fighting hard the 2d 3d thing in this episode, sorry. Will fix, it’s at the top of the list. Grant tries to explain why Xander forces everyone to join a gang as soon as they get here. It keeps the peace. So it’s basically like Los Angeles in this respect. Kore just wants to get to the nearest hangover cure she can find. And then Jones walks up and seizes Kore by the elbow in a way that makes Grant’s blood run cold. Yeah, that same grab happened last night. Now Grant’s second guessing who/what Esme is, because just look at those jeepers creepers she flashed at him. Kore’s super confused, she’s hearing Grant think, Esme is badgering her, it’s all mushing together into this irresistible current of noise and pressure, but Kore gives Esme an evil smile. If there’s manipulation and skullduggery to be had, she’s cool, no probs.