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Post by ◊◊BLOODBEASTER◊◊ on Mar 11, 2014 4:02:34 GMT -8
Billy-Quin wavered a bit, but shuffled forward and wrapped rough burlap limbs around her. It smelled like straw and mothballs. While not as tall as the man himself, it was quite taller than her."Dummy...! Do you hear me?" Billy-Quin rustled, and 'looked' down the hall. A great stretching shadow loomed from downstairs.
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Post by DKender on Mar 11, 2014 4:17:49 GMT -8
" Oh, are you his thralls?" Her brain suspected that the mannequin was just chicken bones, or some other illusion-based thingamabob. But her heart insisted that Aubrey had used arcane vampire magic to trap a sensitive Prince's soul in the burlap-enshrouded body. That was so it.
She put a finger against her lip.
"Shhhh."
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Post by ◊◊BLOODBEASTER◊◊ on Mar 11, 2014 4:50:04 GMT -8
Aubrey bent down at the top of the stairs, and plucked up a tooth from the stone floor. Aubrey- "Babette no! What's--"
Aubrey- "Oh, it is only mine own, long extracted. Ha! Ha!"
He noticed Babette and Billy-Quin. Aubrey- "Oh wonderful, Dummy! You've kept her safe. I hope you have not fallen yet in love, though how could one be blamed for such an easy act? Babette my darling, you've found trinkets to play with? So clever you are! They can be polished into the most lovely baubles, the cheapest ivory. You can create them yourself, a mouth's worth a night and you will have the most beautiful necklace. I can show you, it hardly hurts a jot...!"
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Post by DKender on Mar 11, 2014 5:04:02 GMT -8
"Yours ... oh!" "Heehee! They're your teeth, Aubrey? Of course! No wonder they're similar. Teeth are basically everlasting fingerprints. A lonely skeleton can be identified by dental rec ..." Wait, what did he mean by 'create them yourself'?
She clutched Billy-quin close and acted like Stimpy in this video (once again)!
"C-can we knit a blanket from my hair instead?"
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Post by ◊◊BLOODBEASTER◊◊ on Mar 11, 2014 5:29:41 GMT -8
Aubrey- "Your hair? Sadly it will not grow any longer, now that you are reformed into eternal purity. Yet... We could try, certainly we could try...!"
Aubrey- "--Oh, forgive me! You tremble! Do you request a blanket for the cold? I have delightful furs, you could wrap yourself in any number of pelts. What is your favorite beast?"
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Post by Trinity on Mar 11, 2014 11:45:54 GMT -8
Leo stepped in the room shortly after, keeping one hand on the head piece to keep it from falling off. Slung over her arm were her other clothes.
As soon as she saw Billy-quin, she squinted and waved with her other hand. That was.. kinda cool, she could give Aubrey that. She was suddenly interested in learning the illusions again, this time with the idea of raising a mannequin army to seize Harlan. It was then that she decided to make it her ultimate goal to become the master of puppets. Or at least until she got bored and moved on. Muhahaha!
That's it! Kneel before Trileon the Awesome! Her gaze wondered from the teeth, which made her scrunch her nose in disgust, to Billy, then Aubrey, and finally to Babette. "There you are!" She exclaimed, running over to her, "Man, you scared me. We could totally be in a fashion show, eh?" There was an undertone of terror to her voice, just barely making itself evident at the end of her sentence. Her voice cracked. She was determined to help get Babette away from Aubrey, but at the expense of her own courage. She seemed to keep it decently hidden, for whatever that was worth."You're cold? I er, don't think fur is necessary.. Try this instead, Babsy." It took her a moment to separate it from the other clothes, but Leo offered her hoodie to Babette.
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Post by DKender on Mar 11, 2014 21:05:21 GMT -8
"Leo? Is it really ... are you real?" She hesitantly left Billy-quin, took the hoodie, and draped it around her shoulders. Then, Babette clutched Leo's arm, as if afraid to let go.
"Thank you, Darling. This takes away the chill. And now there's no need to hide my dress under heavy pelts." She looked up at her friend's face and stared shamelessly, as if morbidly captivated (or say whut now). "What a remarkable outfit. It has Lord Greyburn's inspired touch, I see. You're gorgeous."
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Post by ◊◊BLOODBEASTER◊◊ on Mar 11, 2014 22:43:30 GMT -8
BAM-BA-BAM BAM
Aubrey- "What pray tell..."
?- "Dad, Babette needs to go to the film set. Brother Marchese needs her. Remember?"
Aubrey- "Ohhhh... Babette, precious, do you really need to participate in this outrageous production? Brother Domenico is dear to me but I am certain he could find another shining beauty for his art. What say you?"
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Post by DKender on Mar 12, 2014 6:06:32 GMT -8
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Post by Trinity on Mar 12, 2014 10:56:48 GMT -8
Real? "Ha.. I could say the same about you. You look um, mesmerizing..? Yeah mesmerizing.." Leo perked up a bit and placed an arm around Babette's shoulders at the mention of Marchese's movie. Hello ticket out of here! "I'll go along to keep Babette out of harms way, Aubrey." Her grip was perhaps a bit too tight. "..Not to mention I'm sure they will need my makeup expertise. Are we leaving now?" The only thing she wasn't too thrilled about was seeing Wilhelm again. She had no ill will towards Marchese, at least not particularly, but Leo and Wilhelm were supposed to be (im)mortal enemies in her head. For the sake of the movie and some actual social interaction, she could swallow her grudge against the guy.. For now.
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Post by Thy Dungyeon Maestyr on Mar 13, 2014 7:46:43 GMT -8
It was hard to tell if he was responding to them or the nuisance outside. Aubrey- "Damn it all, why?"
That must have been Ellen, but the boundary of the illusion - whatever that meant - was more of an obstruction to sound than the average wall in this old abbey. Her words were clear, but the particulars of her voice were not.Ellen- "It's important, dad. For Dominic."
Aubrey- "Yes, priestess... You may leave. Begone from me, but lest I be destroyed, soon return!"
He seemed to have made a vague gesture to a nearby hall, as if that was the way out. They still couldn't see Ellen.
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Post by Trinity on Mar 13, 2014 17:17:31 GMT -8
"Kaaay.. I'm sure we'll be back as soon as possible." She let her arm drop from Babette's shoulders and began nervously shuffling in the direction Aubrey had gestured, though she was unsure if that was even the way out. For all she knew it could lead to another room filled with.. who knows what sort of creepy crawlies! Then, she stopped and turned to look back at Babette, offering her arm with a smile like a proper gentle-lady. "Shall we Ms. Valentine? I'm dying to do your makeup."
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Post by DKender on Mar 13, 2014 17:48:25 GMT -8
Babette waved goodbye to sweet Billy. O, sorrow! Farewell, manne-friend. Then, she scurried after Leo (before Aubrey could change his mind). With a relieved smile, Babette linked arms with her friend.
"And I'm dying to let you do my makeup." She remembered that Aubrey could hear a pin drop in Antearctos and added, "With enough practice, maybe you'll approach Lord Greyburn's skill." She winked mightily.
"I wonder who will be there. August, certainly. That poor man. Thank goodness Lychgate is, hm, not going to make us famous. Or we'd be recognized after death. Well. I would. And Chloe and Ru ... oh, Ru! Is he all right? I do worry."
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Post by Trinity on Mar 13, 2014 18:09:15 GMT -8
Leo totes got what she meant, and winked back. "I doubt it. I'll never get that good." For a minute there, she actually looked relaxed. It lasted only a few seconds, almost unnoticeable, and she soon had her chest out and shoulders back, hiding the fact with her usual tough guy demeanor. Maybe seeing the guys would bring back her fun side."I'm sure Ru is doin' good, but if you aren't sure you could always ask Ellen to call him again. Do you think Quinn will be there? I hope so. Been thinking about that tiny man all night.."
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Post by DKender on Mar 13, 2014 18:33:01 GMT -8
"Wilhelm needs Quinn. Absolutely. Even silent films, which lacked color, had music." She looked up and tried to make "this is serious so pay attention" eye contact with Leo, though it was difficult, considering their height difference.
"Promise you won't tape Wilhelm to the wall?"
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