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Post by Victor von Doom on Nov 19, 2011 19:00:30 GMT -5
Doom muttered something about that being a likely story, though it was mostly just inconvenient.
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Post by Tybalt on Nov 19, 2011 19:07:11 GMT -5
Tybalt looked aghast and cowed.
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Post by Victor von Doom on Nov 19, 2011 19:09:01 GMT -5
"Are you accustomed to taking anything for them?"
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Post by Tybalt on Nov 19, 2011 19:11:47 GMT -5
"Sedatives-"
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Post by Victor von Doom on Nov 19, 2011 19:43:55 GMT -5
"Have they been of any help?"
Not that he was about to give him anything he might kill himself with.
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Post by Tybalt on Nov 19, 2011 19:47:23 GMT -5
He shrugged. "Well, I was drugged yesterday and I did not seize, did I?" he said morosely.
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Post by Victor von Doom on Nov 19, 2011 19:58:47 GMT -5
"You were also beaten."
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Post by Tybalt on Nov 19, 2011 20:00:32 GMT -5
He grimaced.
"It helps sometimes," though it was no guarantee.
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Post by Victor von Doom on Nov 19, 2011 20:09:08 GMT -5
"Your host takes this into account. This renders you unfit for service at Latveria's borders." Which were only a few hours from Doomstadt by car anyway.
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Post by Tybalt on Nov 19, 2011 20:11:24 GMT -5
Tybalt lowered his eyes.
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Post by Victor von Doom on Nov 19, 2011 21:35:03 GMT -5
"You will not find much of a welcome in the capital, either, after yesterday's events. But here in the castle..."
Hostility would be much easier to avoid. It was an honor to serve Doom, and his guards' demeanor usually showed it; it was only with the introduction of a foreign intruder that everyone was understandably on edge.
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Post by Tybalt on Nov 19, 2011 21:42:23 GMT -5
"What will you have me do, my lord?" he asked, lifting his eyes but not his head.
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Post by Victor von Doom on Nov 19, 2011 21:47:11 GMT -5
"Assist as necessary. You have not had an extensive education, I take it? In the sciences or anything else?"
His tone was not so consciously cruel as before; it dropped into sounding just curious.
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Post by Tybalt on Nov 19, 2011 21:49:42 GMT -5
"...no, my lord, I've not been trained in much else." Tybalt's voice had become self-consciously soft.
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Post by Victor von Doom on Nov 19, 2011 21:53:23 GMT -5
"That will be remedied," he said, gravely.
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