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Post by Valerie on Feb 13, 2008 10:47:27 GMT -5
"My interest is in a book, and not in you," *she said crisply.* "If you'll excuse me--you're ruining my appetite." *Shutting her book in one hand with a snap, she picked up her coffee and sandwich and moved to a table near the window and farther from him.*
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Post by Valmont on Feb 13, 2008 10:57:46 GMT -5
*Valmont shrugged. He'd take what he could get at this point.*
"Suit yourself," *he called over.* "But I think you protest too much."
*He smiled to himself and sipped his coffee. Then he frowned. Imagine, finding a book more interesting than sex. Sex with him. He wondered when he'd last picked up a book. That wasn't full of etchings, that is. They couldn't possibly be that interesting.*
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Post by Valerie on Feb 13, 2008 11:01:30 GMT -5
((He needs to get his hands on something really racy. Like...the Song of Solomon or something.))
*Valerie glanced at the clock, and saw she was late getting back to work.*
"Damn," *she muttered, gulping the last of her coffee and grabbing the other half of her sandwich off her plate to take with her as she left the coffee shop and bolted back towards the library.*
((Eerily, I must get to work. Toodles!))
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Post by abberline on Feb 17, 2008 16:22:37 GMT -5
**NEW DAY**
*Having had no success in contacting her fellow Olympians (who she knew were somewhere in Paris), Aurora was feeling rather down and decided to try and cheer herself up by indulging in one of her favorite pastimes--watching mortals.
She sat, sipping coffee that she'd paid for with money that had just happened to be in her purse, and quietly observed the other cafe patrons*
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Post by Aphrodite on Feb 17, 2008 16:44:06 GMT -5
*Aphrodite strode in in all of her glory, dressed today in period appropriate clothing with Kostos on her heels.*
"But MOOOOOOOOOOOOOM the cravat ITCHEZZZZ." *He complained.*
"Kostos, you'll put up with it because it's what a proper young man wears." *She admonished him. She ordered them both coffees and sat down.*
*Kostos was buzzed, shirtless, and zooming around the Cafe within seconds.* "WHOOOOO I'M A PLAAAANE!"
*Aphrodite rolled her eyes and sipped her coffee delicately.*
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Post by abberline on Feb 17, 2008 16:46:24 GMT -5
*Aurora blinked at the boy's antics, but his mother immediately caught her attention.*
"Aphrodite!" She exclaimed, slowly standing while balancing her coffee cup in her hand.
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Post by Aphrodite on Feb 17, 2008 16:48:15 GMT -5
*Aphrodite blinked, then beamed in recognition.*
"Aurora! Sit down, sit down! I haven't seen you in AGES!"
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Post by Valmont on Apr 11, 2008 10:37:38 GMT -5
**NEW NIGHT**
*Here it was. Warm, light, familiar, the site of less contentious battles between them. She should be nostalgic, Valmont figured. He led Valerie in, and quietly ordered chocolate for her (with something "extra") and something stronger for himself. It arrived almost before they'd sat down.*
"Now drink that up," *he said.*
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Post by Valerie on Apr 11, 2008 14:53:55 GMT -5
*Valerie picked it up mechanically and drank much of it in one gulp, coughing a little as she set down the glass.*
"...that's not like any chocolate I've ever tasted."
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Post by Valmont on Apr 11, 2008 15:00:44 GMT -5
"It's medicinal," *he said.* "You need it after that."
*Whatever that had been.*
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Post by Valerie on Apr 11, 2008 15:21:05 GMT -5
"I'm a fast healer," *she said.* "I'll be fine." *Nonetheless, she finished the drink.* "How else do you think I was able to go back to normal life two days after giving birth?"
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Post by Valmont on Apr 12, 2008 19:32:20 GMT -5
"Yes, well, you seemed more shaken by tonight. And I recall you eating quite a lot after the other, anyway."
*He sipped his drink, feeling unaccustomed tremors of adrenaline as he processed what had happened.*
"I'm reading Tom Jones," *he offered.*
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Post by Valerie on Apr 14, 2008 16:59:29 GMT -5
"How nice," *she said faintly, suddenly fascinated by how she could feel each and every goosebump rising on her skin like a point of ice or fire...*
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Post by Valmont on Apr 14, 2008 17:04:11 GMT -5
*Valmont was silent for a few moments, not knowing what else to say. If he was too much himself, she'd run away. If he was too nice, she'd know something was going on. She had him addled, and he hated it.*
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Post by Valerie on Apr 14, 2008 17:06:25 GMT -5
*Valerie ran a hand through her hair distractedly.*
"Do you have any family?" *she asked bluntly.*
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