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Post by Lady Norrington on Oct 3, 2007 17:32:07 GMT -5
"Hold still, darling, or I won't be able to get the ribbon tied nicely enough."
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Post by Pina on Oct 3, 2007 17:41:57 GMT -5
*She fidgeted, bored.*
"Mama, it doesn't matter! I want to play!"
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Post by Lady Norrington on Oct 3, 2007 17:45:47 GMT -5
"You can when I'm done."
She smoothed back her daughter's thick dark ringlets and tied a small violet ribbon to hold them in place.
"There. All finished."
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Post by Erik on Oct 3, 2007 17:47:44 GMT -5
*Erik heard a voice he didn't recognize. Who was it now? He sighed, tired of the train platform his home suddenly seemed to have become.
He blinked, when he came through the door, at the young girl who stood with Megan.*
"Megan? What's the meaning of this?"
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Post by Lady Norrington on Oct 3, 2007 17:51:38 GMT -5
"Um, YOUR DAUGHTER," Megan said angrily.
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Post by Erik on Oct 3, 2007 17:53:14 GMT -5
((WIN))
*Erik blinked again.*
"She used to be much smaller," *he observed.* "Oh well."
*It wasn't as if anything made sense here anymore, anyway.*
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Post by Lady Norrington on Oct 3, 2007 18:05:20 GMT -5
"She grew. Children do that."
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Post by Erik on Oct 3, 2007 18:07:08 GMT -5
"Yes, of course," *he said hastily. He just hadn't thought it would be that quickly. He understood, now, her concerns about his being a father.*
"Tell me... Have I been a father to you, child?"
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Post by Pina on Oct 3, 2007 18:16:17 GMT -5
*She smiled and scampered off, her curls bouncing prettily.*
"Mama, Mirabelle wants her hair done too," *She said, holding up a pretty china doll.* "She's prettiest, so she should.*
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Post by Lady Norrington on Oct 3, 2007 18:17:43 GMT -5
"Well, Mirabelle's hair is a bit harder to do..."
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Post by Erik on Oct 3, 2007 18:20:35 GMT -5
*Erik blanched at the doll. He had a child who played with dolls? He'd never played with dolls. Not once. He blanched again when she turned towards him, but tried not to show it.
She was ugly.
The hair made it even more disturbing. In all other respects, she seemed attractive enough, for a child. Requisite parts, nice hair. The face... Reminded him too much of himself.
His old self.*
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Post by Pina on Oct 3, 2007 18:22:17 GMT -5
*She frowned at Erik, her distorted features more prominent that way. She wasn't sure what he meant.*
"You're my papa," *she said, confused.*
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Post by Lady Norrington on Oct 3, 2007 18:23:32 GMT -5
"Would you mind being a little less obtuse around the girl?" Megan muttered at Erik, sotto voce.
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Post by Pina on Oct 3, 2007 18:30:12 GMT -5
*Pina looked between her parents, still confused. She hated it when they were cross with each other. It made her feel small, and uglier than she was.*
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Post by Lady Norrington on Oct 3, 2007 18:32:54 GMT -5
"Come with me, darling. We'll let Daddy be stupid on his own."
Megan stood and took Pina's hand and lead her into the next room, where she sat down and put her on her own lap.
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