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Post by Adrian Veidt on Dec 18, 2010 3:23:22 GMT -5
The alarm only had to emit one harsh tone before Adrian's half-inhuman hand shot out to press the button that turned it off.
He sat up in the darkness.
Adrien was still asleep beside him. Adrian looked at him for a long moment and pressed his lips together.
If Adrien could stay with him even after he'd admitted to nearly poisoning him... well. Adrian could at least hope he'd understand this.
He left Adrien to sleep a little longer and went through his ordinary morning toilette.
Brush teeth, shower, shave, dress. Warm clothes, for the short but brutal distance between the landing strip and the airlock. He combed his hair quickly and took one last look at his reflection.
There remained a slight chance that within as little as a few weeks, his face would become shorthand in the public consciousness for utter, unrepentant evil. He was ready for that. If he had to make himself the great enemy of mankind everyone united and rallied against, that still gave them something to unite against.
He turned off the bathroom light and went out into the bedroom again. Bubastis stirred in her bed and approached him; he gave her a cursory scratch behind one ear before approaching the sleeping boy in the bed.
He put a hand on Adrien's shoulder.
"Adrien. Adrien, it's time to go. Please wake up; you can sleep some more on the flight..."
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Post by Adrien Baillon on Dec 18, 2010 4:17:14 GMT -5
Adrian's little bride rolled over in bed, blinking sleepily, eyelids heavy and absolutely a pain to open. Then he folded up in his silk nightgown, a little curled up caterpillar rolling into a ball to escape the cold and the pain of waking up.
It wasn't willfulness. He was barely conscious at the time.
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Post by Adrian Veidt on Dec 18, 2010 4:18:05 GMT -5
"Adrien, please. We don't have much time."
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Post by Adrien Baillon on Dec 18, 2010 4:23:49 GMT -5
"Nn? Hmm nnhm." Adrien squeezed his eyes tightly, trying to wake up. "Wuh?"
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Post by Adrian Veidt on Dec 18, 2010 4:26:06 GMT -5
"We have to leave for Antarctica."
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Post by Adrien Baillon on Dec 18, 2010 4:43:54 GMT -5
"WannastaynNewYork -" came a distressed moan from the pile of tightly-bound silk-wearing bunny.
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Post by Adrian Veidt on Dec 18, 2010 4:48:00 GMT -5
He sighed.
"Darling..."
He reached into the bundle to pick Adrien up and cradled him close.
"Why don't you pick out a nice winter dress and one of your new wigs, and make yourself up..."
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Post by Adrien Baillon on Dec 18, 2010 4:49:59 GMT -5
Somewhere inside his drowsy little mind he picked up on the use of a female pronoun, and his whole being lit up.
He sleepily butchered a phrase something like "eef you eenseest" and rubbed his face on Adrian's chest, trying desperately to wake up, and doing a not-so-good job of it.
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Post by Adrian Veidt on Dec 18, 2010 4:50:56 GMT -5
"But you have to be fast- I won't have time to help you put your hair up under the wig this time-"
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Post by Adrien Baillon on Dec 18, 2010 4:59:10 GMT -5
Adrien slipped out of his arms and moved in a way that looked slightly painful, and put on a pair of leggings and then some boots, and then finally pulling on a fluffy tunic with a cowl neck and teetering into the bathroom to get ready.
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Post by Adrian Veidt on Dec 18, 2010 5:02:42 GMT -5
Adrian watched her go and checked his watch.
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Post by Adrien Baillon on Dec 18, 2010 5:09:33 GMT -5
FUCK IT I AM CALLING HIM "SHE"
After washing her face and brushing her teeth, Adrien came out and put on mascara and blush, put these things and two lipsticks she might have liked to wear but not knowing which one into a small clutch, then started to do her hair.
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Post by Adrian Veidt on Dec 18, 2010 5:13:02 GMT -5
Adrian gave her a weak smile from the hall.
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Post by Adrien Baillon on Dec 18, 2010 5:14:52 GMT -5
She came out looking half-asleep and drugged but at least the drugs made her happy, for she wilted against his arm with a bright smile and said something to the tune of "I cherish you my sweet".
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Post by Adrian Veidt on Dec 18, 2010 5:18:38 GMT -5
"...I love you too," he said uncomfortably. "Come along..."
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