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Post by Herbert von Krolock on Aug 10, 2008 4:50:30 GMT -5
Herbert's smile had become rather fixed, but he was determined not to let it falter as he pulled the trunk in through the door of the bookshop.
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Post by Aziraphale on Aug 10, 2008 4:55:17 GMT -5
*Aziraphale watched him carefully, worry clear on his face.*
"Do you want to take your things upstairs?" *he asked, at a loss for what to do.*
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Post by Herbert von Krolock on Aug 10, 2008 4:57:58 GMT -5
"I think I have it under control, dearest," Herbert said brightly, picking up the trunk himself and starting up on his own.
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Post by Aziraphale on Aug 10, 2008 5:02:57 GMT -5
"Ah, yes, of course..."
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Post by Herbert von Krolock on Aug 10, 2008 5:05:04 GMT -5
He disappeared upstairs for a moment, and then there was a loud slam from the bathroom door, followed by an enraged kind of sob.
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Post by Aziraphale on Aug 10, 2008 5:07:43 GMT -5
*Aziraphale flinched at the sound, and started slowly up the stairs.*
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Post by Herbert von Krolock on Aug 10, 2008 5:13:06 GMT -5
The sound continued from behind the door for a while longer, and then finally subsided. From outside, it was possible to still hear Herbert moving around inside the room for a while longer, though without the crashes that would have heralded one of his fits.
After another minute or so, there was a muffled "Ach, schiesse!"
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Post by Aziraphale on Aug 10, 2008 5:15:30 GMT -5
*Aziraphale opened the door hesitantly and stepped into the small room.*
"Herbert?"
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Post by Herbert von Krolock on Aug 10, 2008 5:18:19 GMT -5
"I should not be left to my own devices," Herbert sighed bitterly, turning his head and making an exasperated hand gesture to illustrate that he had finally made good on his usual threat and cut an eight-inch chunk out of his hair on one side. "Bloody compulsions..."
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Post by Aziraphale on Aug 10, 2008 5:24:47 GMT -5
*He sighed, exasperated, though he was very glad that he hadn't gone and done anything more extreme.*
"It could be worse..."
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Post by Herbert von Krolock on Aug 10, 2008 5:25:41 GMT -5
"Oh, it has been worse,"Herbert sighed wearily. "The first thirty years or so-"
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Post by Aziraphale on Aug 10, 2008 13:36:42 GMT -5
"Ah- it would have grown back?"
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Post by Herbert von Krolock on Aug 10, 2008 14:18:11 GMT -5
"Yes, exactly. Hacked it off- what, three, four times a year? I wish I had control..."
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Post by Aziraphale on Aug 10, 2008 14:28:23 GMT -5
"It's all right. It should look fine evened out."
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Post by Herbert von Krolock on Aug 10, 2008 14:41:53 GMT -5
"I don't even care anymore,"Herbert sighed. "And I'm not even just saying that-"
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