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Post by Rebecca on Sept 16, 2008 19:11:47 GMT -5
*Collapses in a bundle of nerves and exhaustion.*
"HOMGAAAAR. EMPRESS. FINALLY."
*Becca finally managed to shoo away the ever-present and longing-to-be-helpful maids, insisting that she had been getting herself ready for bed for over ten years and had yet to encounter calamity in that arena.
Doubly exhausted by those efforts, she pulled on her nightgown and sat on the edge of her bed to brush her hair, yawning.*
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Post by Rudolf on Sept 16, 2008 19:41:17 GMT -5
"You'll do awesome, honey! Everything will be perfect!"
*After some moments, Rudolf drifted into the room, already dressed for the evening. It felt good to be out of that blasted uniform*
"I think it all went well, don't you?"
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Post by Rebecca on Sept 17, 2008 2:02:51 GMT -5
"As much as could be expected," *she said, giving up after getting the brush tangled in her hair for the fifteenth time.* "I managed to not pick my teeth with the bones at supper, and not once did I have occasion to run. Though dancing with the Portuguese ambassador nearly did the trick. Was it a waltz or a polka? He couldn't seem to decide."
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Post by Rudolf on Sept 17, 2008 12:52:39 GMT -5
*He laughed*
"You did wonderfully. And well...the ambassador needs to step it up when it comes to dancing lessons, I think. He was even worse than the daughter of the Grecian aristocrat."
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Post by Rebecca on Sept 17, 2008 12:53:44 GMT -5
"The girl from Athens? Well, she may have been lacking in grace, but I thought she was quite pretty."
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Post by Rudolf on Sept 17, 2008 13:01:22 GMT -5
"Not too ungraceful. Besides, with tutoring I think she'd make a good show of it...but then, I only had eyes for one person in the room."
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Post by Rebecca on Sept 17, 2008 14:29:29 GMT -5
*It dawned on Rebecca only after a moment.*
"Oh! I suppose you mean me," *she said, utterly without guile.* "Forgive me, it's been...well, quite some time since I've been loved like that."
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Post by Rudolf on Sept 18, 2008 12:26:16 GMT -5
*He walked up to where she sat, stopping to kiss the top of her head*
"That would make two of us, actually."
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Post by Rebecca on Sept 19, 2008 13:29:17 GMT -5
*Becca hugged him, grinning.*
"We're going to be so happy...if only just to spite those old cats."
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Post by Rudolf on Sept 19, 2008 15:20:35 GMT -5
*he hugged her back, his grin matching hers*
"They'll never know what hit them."
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Post by Rebecca on Sept 19, 2008 15:36:03 GMT -5
"I'll leave them my calling-card, then," *she said with a smug grin.*
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Post by Rudolf on Sept 19, 2008 17:54:17 GMT -5
*He grinned, pausing to kiss her before speaking*
"And they will find, to their surprise, that you are in fact what's best for them."
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Post by Rebecca on Sept 19, 2008 18:51:35 GMT -5
*Becca laughed.*
"Rather like a physician's prescription, then?"
*She tweaked his chin and kissed him again.*
"Two kisses, to be taken three times daily, your Majesty."
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Post by Rudolf on Sept 19, 2008 18:53:31 GMT -5
*He was grinning rather mischievously...and kissed her again*
"How about three instead of two?"
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Post by Rebecca on Sept 19, 2008 19:07:34 GMT -5
"Well, the effects of an overdose are not well-known," *she said.* "Do you dare risk life and limb in the name of scientific progress and discovery?"
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