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Post by Megan on Dec 24, 2008 21:32:32 GMT -5
"I pushed as much as I could back into the bottle. Honestly, though, you should be careful," she added. "It can't be good for your hair to color it all the time. My uncle's second wife did that, and now hers is falling out."
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Post by Howl on Dec 25, 2008 19:48:16 GMT -5
"Oh, but these are magical, special-made hair dyes," Howl rebutted, putting a finger to Megan's lips. Despite his confident words, he ran a reassuring hand through his flaxen hair. Twice.
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Post by Megan on Dec 25, 2008 23:30:57 GMT -5
"I know, but... look, just be careful, okay? I didn't mean to cause so much trouble..."
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Post by Howl on Dec 26, 2008 2:24:07 GMT -5
Howl shook his head vehemently, demanding that Megan say not another word.
"What's in the past is in the past," he shrugged, his glassy blue eyes glazing over. "Couldn't possibly change that, even with the most powerful of spells..."
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Post by Megan on Dec 26, 2008 5:19:08 GMT -5
"That aside," Megan added, "why exactly did you bring me here? I mean, I'm grateful to have a place to stay, but, I mean..."
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Post by Howl on Dec 26, 2008 18:36:14 GMT -5
"Oh, I simply couldn't have you ruining the reputation upon which I've built myself and this castle. I am a terribly wicked wizard who pursues beautiful girls in order to devour their hearts. What would happen if the townspeople and villagers discovered I was nothing more than a fraud--nothing more than an ordinary wizard?" Howl sighed.
Calcifer merely snorted in his place on the hearth. Howl ignored him, continuing, "It's all a matter of respect, you see. Nothing personal at all."
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Post by Megan on Dec 27, 2008 1:24:56 GMT -5
"What, you think I'm going to go around in a town where nobody knows me and be all 'Oh, I met Wizard Howl today, he's really a nice guy, I don't know where the stories come from'?" Megan said somewhat incredulously. "And besides," she added darkly, " you'll probably have hurt your reputation on your own the moment anyone finds out you've kidnapped a girl who looks like me. They'll think you've lowered your wicked standards."
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Post by Howl on Dec 27, 2008 17:02:38 GMT -5
Howl blinked in surprise.
"You're really too harsh on yourself, Megan," he commented, completely ignoring the other half of her statements that applied to his reputation. "Inner beauty is worth so much more than exterior appearances."
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Post by Megan on Dec 27, 2008 21:54:53 GMT -5
"Unless it's you we're talking about, am I right?" she asked, jerking her head back in the direction of the bathroom. "In that case, it's bring on the makeup and the glamour spells, isn't it? Getting told about inner beauty doesn't mean much coming from you, uh-" She paused, trying to remember his real name to freak him out- "Howell Jenkins!"
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Post by Howl on Dec 30, 2008 18:58:35 GMT -5
Howl clutched at his chest in shock. Oh, at the rate this day was going, he was positive that he would be dead by nightfall.
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Post by Megan on Dec 30, 2008 18:59:56 GMT -5
"That's it, right?" she asked, momentarily dropping her accusatory tone. "Yay! I remembered!"
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Post by Howl on Dec 30, 2008 19:02:21 GMT -5
Howl narrowed his eyes in unmasked suspicion.
"And just who are you, Megan? If that is indeed your name?"
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Post by Megan on Dec 30, 2008 19:07:11 GMT -5
"I..."
She tried to think of how to phrase this.
"I'm from the next world over, I think."
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Post by Howl on Dec 30, 2008 19:12:19 GMT -5
"An alien?" he asked in confusion, taking her statement much too literally.
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Post by Megan on Dec 30, 2008 19:14:20 GMT -5
"No, like- like-"
She paused.
"From America- I think we're from the same universe- you're not from around here either."
She paced back and forth a few steps.
"No, we can't be, though- you're fictional in mine..."
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