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Post by Alex Regan on May 31, 2014 19:40:42 GMT -5
"Not in a bad way! They're proportional to all of you, I'm sorry, that sounded bad."
Alex clasped his great hand worshipfully.
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Post by Herbert von Krolock on May 31, 2014 20:00:24 GMT -5
He looked at the ring again for a moment.
"He doesn't wear it often, though. He gets such pains in his hands, and then his knuckles go all lumpen. Or is it the other way around?"
Herbert turned it in the pale light a few times.
"Not that it matters, really-"
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Post by Alex Regan on May 31, 2014 20:02:32 GMT -5
"I think it looks nicer on you," he said, quietly.
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Post by Herbert von Krolock on May 31, 2014 20:05:58 GMT -5
"Oh- oh, well, that doesn't matter either," said Herbert. "It's Vati's- and we're both dead, so I don't stand to inherit anything. Not a thing. And even if we weren't, I'm mad, remember?"
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Post by Alex Regan on May 31, 2014 20:20:43 GMT -5
Alex's forehead creased a little bit.
"Bah. If I got you a ring, would you wear it?"
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Post by Herbert von Krolock on May 31, 2014 20:27:22 GMT -5
"You want to get me a ring?"
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Post by Alex Regan on May 31, 2014 20:28:20 GMT -5
"I... would like to get you a ring! If that's okay!"
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Post by Herbert von Krolock on May 31, 2014 20:53:17 GMT -5
"A ring from you would be better than this old thing anyway," Herbert said knowingly. "All you can do with this is- you be me, all right? Here, I'll be Vati-"
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Post by Alex Regan on May 31, 2014 20:56:26 GMT -5
Oh -- well, 'kay--"
This meant straightening up and nervously rubbing at his neck a little, unsure of where Herbert wanted to take this, or how on-point he wanted any familial play-acting to exactly be. The Krolock family did look pretty different from most people.
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Post by Herbert von Krolock on May 31, 2014 20:58:17 GMT -5
"Now, see, all you can do with this ring is, I suppose, what Vati does with it, which is to go 'Oh, Herbert, if you needed help, you should have asked me-'"
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Post by Alex Regan on May 31, 2014 21:02:38 GMT -5
Alex laughed uneasily.
"Yeah, yeah, that's what he's like--"
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Post by Herbert von Krolock on May 31, 2014 21:03:55 GMT -5
"Or 'Herbert, I despair of what you've been doing with your life-'"
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Post by Alex Regan on May 31, 2014 21:43:48 GMT -5
"I'm confused, am I still being you?"
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Post by Herbert von Krolock on Jun 1, 2014 19:43:17 GMT -5
"Yes, dear, of course you are-"
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Post by Alex Regan on Jun 1, 2014 19:45:11 GMT -5
This necessitated standing crotch-first and looking vague and defiant.
"Okay, now go on--"
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