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Post by Shadi on Oct 26, 2007 20:10:17 GMT -5
*Shadi giggled. That had been... interesting. Watching them. So naive, that girl; even now, she failed to understand what had happened.
What always happened.*
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Post by Rochester on Oct 26, 2007 21:58:44 GMT -5
*Rochester felt groggy. It had been so wonderful. No...sublime. Everything that he had hoped for. No. More. She was...perfect. He was really in love. How strange...and wonderful. He smiled languidly into the pillow as he rolled over to snuggle with her. That's when he heard the shouting. Shadi was saying horrible things. He sat bolt-upright. Just in time to see her leaving. He sprang up from the bed and chased after her, until he ran face first into a barrier. Only then did the impossible nature of the thing start to sink in.*
"Shadi...no! Please...it's not me! Stay please...I...I love you."
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Post by Shadi on Oct 26, 2007 22:02:45 GMT -5
"Aww, and I love you too, Rochester," *Shadi said beside him with a mocking pout.*
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Post by Rochester on Oct 26, 2007 22:05:38 GMT -5
*Rochester spun quickly at the voice behind him. He looked even more confused if such a thing was possible. It was Shadi, but..."
"You...but...you left. I mean..."
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Post by Shadi on Oct 26, 2007 22:08:04 GMT -5
*Shadi's mouth curved into a knowing smile.*
"Hurt your feelings, did she? Shame, shame. But then, what can you expect from me? You should have known better, Rochester, than to tell anyone such things. You never know who might use it against you."
*Still nude--for that was how she'd been painted--Shadi sidled up to him.*
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Post by Rochester on Oct 26, 2007 22:11:03 GMT -5
*Rochester backed away instinctively. Something was very wrong. Ok, several things.*
"What...what are you doing? This isn't...you're not Shadi."
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Post by Shadi on Oct 26, 2007 22:19:12 GMT -5
*She pouted.*
"Who's to say? You didn't seem to mind me much before. I've seen you watching me."
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Post by Rochester on Oct 26, 2007 22:28:12 GMT -5
*His eyes narrowed, reaching for understanding. It was a lot to take in.*
"You...those things...that was you? Not..."
*He looked back to the door Shadi had fled through.*
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Post by Shadi on Oct 26, 2007 22:37:14 GMT -5
*She laughed, a tinkling, merry thing wholly unlike Shadi's.*
"Oh, she did them all right. It's all true. It just matters how you look at it."
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Post by Rochester on Oct 26, 2007 22:50:03 GMT -5
*The color fled Rochester's face as he staggered to the bed, overwhelmed.*
"And...what is this? Hell? Or just some terrible purgatory?"
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Post by Shadi on Oct 26, 2007 22:57:24 GMT -5
*Shadi giggled.*
"No, silly. You should know--you paid for it. My, it didn't take any persuading to have her pose like this."
*She gestured to herself.*
"I thought you liked it."
*Her green eyes glittered.*
"You looked long enough."
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Post by Rochester on Oct 26, 2007 23:07:15 GMT -5
*Rochester felt nauseous. Her words made him feel cheap. He wanted to be anywhere else. He couldn't look at her.*
"Please...just let me go. Let me make things right with her. With you...whatever."
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Post by Shadi on Oct 26, 2007 23:11:50 GMT -5
*She frowned at him.*
"I expected better of you, Rochester. How many woman have you had? How many men? Can you even count them all? Is it worth getting worked up over such a slip of a girl? You weren't even her first."
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Post by Rochester on Oct 26, 2007 23:17:37 GMT -5
"But she's..."
*Rochester looked wounded. He was lacking confident without someone looking like his love saying such things.*
"...different. I don't expect you to understand. Whatever you are."
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Post by Shadi on Oct 26, 2007 23:27:17 GMT -5
*She made a pity-face at him.*
"Poor Rochester! She's got you good, hasn't she? She's no different from the rest; they all want the same thing. You. On a plate. And she's got you now. Honestly, Rochester, it's not like you. So very disappointing. It's a good thing you're here and not out there. She'd have torn your heart right out, before she left."
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