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The Coach arrived on the landing web with a slight thump. Lucivar frowned a moment and then sighed. "So, I'm not a professional Coachman."
Karla looked up innocently. "I didn't say anything."
"But you were thinking it, witchling. I could tell." He hopped out of the Coach and opened the door for them, helping Karla out first. "Ready for your first view of SaDiablo Hall?" he rumbled at Warren.
From the landing web, only a side of the Hall could be seen, towering over acres of thick, lush lawns, gardens in a riot of colors, and even the hint of some not-so-distant woods.
"Show-off," Karla muttered, though she couldn't deny a bit of pride, either. "Let's go inside. They're probably waiting on us, I'm sure."
[Up late, but for SP goodness! Still for one, and nfb. Karla and Warren will be back on the island tonight.]
Karla looked up innocently. "I didn't say anything."
"But you were thinking it, witchling. I could tell." He hopped out of the Coach and opened the door for them, helping Karla out first. "Ready for your first view of SaDiablo Hall?" he rumbled at Warren.
From the landing web, only a side of the Hall could be seen, towering over acres of thick, lush lawns, gardens in a riot of colors, and even the hint of some not-so-distant woods.
"Show-off," Karla muttered, though she couldn't deny a bit of pride, either. "Let's go inside. They're probably waiting on us, I'm sure."
[Up late, but for SP goodness! Still for one, and nfb. Karla and Warren will be back on the island tonight.]
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Date: 2010-07-12 05:46 pm (UTC)The footmen carrying in trays of food made for a welcome distraction.
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Date: 2010-07-12 05:48 pm (UTC)Deadpool was in a category all his own.
"That sort of thing."
Hey, look! Trays of food!
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Date: 2010-07-12 05:53 pm (UTC)She paused as yet another footman filled the glasses in front of her, one with wine and another with water, then took a sip of the water. "Lucivar had given her the idea, after he'd spent all morning growling about none of his shirts fitting right."
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Date: 2010-07-12 06:38 pm (UTC)It beat cramming himself under that coat and harness, by a long shot.
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Date: 2010-07-12 06:48 pm (UTC)If Warren told him about the harness, Lucivar would probably spend the next three days shuddering.
"Unless you're in Askavi, the Territory where most Eyriens make their homes, finding proper clothing is a right pain in the ass. Aldric might cost me a quart of blood every time I visit his shop, but it's worth it." Helping himself to the bowl of fluffy mashed potatoes that Holt had just set between them, he added, "What did your family do, all this time? At-home alterations?"
That's what Lucivar called his habit of 'cutting long slits in his shirts and calling it good.'
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Date: 2010-07-12 06:56 pm (UTC)"Actually," he hedged, "I'm the only one in my family with wings. So clothing has been kind of hit-and-miss."
My, that corn there looked fascinating. Maybe he'd just make a reach for that. Yes.
"Loose-fitting things and a pair of scissors, for things that I'm not planning on wearing outside, mostly."
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Date: 2010-07-12 07:50 pm (UTC)Lucivar and diplomacy. Not the best of friends.
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Date: 2010-07-12 07:51 pm (UTC)She didn't need the ability to read psychic scents to notice Warren's sudden tensing.
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Date: 2010-07-12 07:56 pm (UTC)Which didn't answer anything at all, no. And so, a moment later, he relented and offered a little more. "Where I'm from, sometimes people are just... different. You're actually the first person I've ever met with a pair of natural wings."
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Date: 2010-07-12 08:18 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2010-07-12 08:23 pm (UTC)Saetan made a noise from his end of the table, a slight growl, but did not speak. "Trick is, don't ever let them make you something less than yourself. That's when the bastards win."
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Date: 2010-07-12 08:33 pm (UTC)Warren's smile was tense, but he didn't let it waver. Now, he decided, would be a bad time to waver.
"I'll be sure to keep that in mind. Thank you."
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Date: 2010-07-12 08:41 pm (UTC)"How very diplomatically said, boyo," Saetan replied. "Much better than the response I get from Lucivar when giving out platitudes."
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Date: 2010-07-12 08:43 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2010-07-12 08:45 pm (UTC)If that didn't work, she'd try drinking a lot of wine very, very quickly.
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Date: 2010-07-12 08:52 pm (UTC)"I shouldn't want to ask, but, help with what?"
Besides the whole awkward dinner, let's grill the new kid... thing.
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Date: 2010-07-12 09:06 pm (UTC)He was so very, very bad at this whole 'aloof, tough guy' thing, he really was.
"Khary and Karla don't always get along--"
"That's because he thinks he's funny!" Karla interrupted.
"--and once she dropped a wall on his head," Morton continued easily. "Having him here would just be that much more fun."
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Date: 2010-07-12 09:10 pm (UTC)She flashed them all a smile and the males shuddered.
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Date: 2010-07-12 09:12 pm (UTC)"... How many walls," he ventured, "would come down if that happened?"
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