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Post by Aziraphale on May 22, 2008 19:52:59 GMT -5
*He nodded quietly, his thoughts clearly somewhere else.*
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Post by Herbert von Krolock on May 22, 2008 20:00:21 GMT -5
"Did you see the state of her hair? I say, some people really don't go about the gift properly. They go about biting willy-nilly, turning girls like her just because they like their breasts or something, and then... then you just end up with more of her. Peasant girls in sloppy nightdresses who can't hide their fangs. No class, no preparation, no appreci- Zira? Zira, are you listening to me?"
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Post by Aziraphale on May 22, 2008 20:04:06 GMT -5
"Hm? Oh- yes. Yes, of course."
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Post by Herbert von Krolock on May 22, 2008 20:07:15 GMT -5
Herbert brushed a few cake crumbs off of himself.
"She is pretty, I'll give her that. If you like that sort of thing. Her and her sire took up residence in the castle once. Repulsive thing, he was."
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Post by Aziraphale on May 22, 2008 20:10:52 GMT -5
"Is that so?" *he said, forcing a look of interest.*
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Post by Herbert von Krolock on May 22, 2008 20:13:40 GMT -5
"Poor little Magdalena. She was a friend of the girl Vati was after at the time- they lived in the same inn, you know. I don't know why Vati didn't choose her instead. Instead I find her wandering around the crypt looking absolutely dreadful and barely dressed and her hair looking like birds could nest in it..."
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Post by Aziraphale on May 22, 2008 20:20:23 GMT -5
"She seems to have improved herself, though," *he said."
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Post by Herbert von Krolock on May 22, 2008 20:21:54 GMT -5
"Her taste hasn't," Herbert retorted. "You should see the man she's with. She's slumming, that's what."
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Post by Aziraphale on May 22, 2008 20:24:24 GMT -5
"If she loves him, though, he can't be all that terrible..."
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Post by Herbert von Krolock on May 22, 2008 20:25:51 GMT -5
"But did you see him?" Herbert objected, as though this were the most important part.
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Post by Aziraphale on May 22, 2008 20:27:29 GMT -5
"Well, no, but that hardly matters-"
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Post by Herbert von Krolock on May 22, 2008 20:29:07 GMT -5
"Not as bad as the first one, I'll admit, but still really awful," Herbert said with some relish. "If I didn't know better, I'd've assumed he was one of our sort. The can't-be-bothered-to-leave-my-coffin sort of our sort."
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Post by Aziraphale on May 22, 2008 20:33:18 GMT -5
"Well, looks aren't everything, dear."
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Post by Herbert von Krolock on May 22, 2008 20:35:48 GMT -5
"If someone could get her to dress properly and comb her hair, she'd be a far sight more presentable..."
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Post by Aziraphale on May 22, 2008 20:39:21 GMT -5
"Her dress was a bit... immodest," *he admitted.*
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