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Post by Loki Odinsson on Dec 28, 2014 2:13:52 GMT -5
"...I'm sorry, Teja," he said, reaching to touch her cheek. "I know I'm not very good at this, but I really do want to be better-"
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Post by Teja on Dec 28, 2014 2:14:58 GMT -5
"You've been wanting to be better the entire time you've known me, but somehow things get worse all the same-"
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Post by Loki Odinsson on Dec 28, 2014 2:17:03 GMT -5
"Because I've been trying to be something I'm not," he said unhappily. "Going to Asgard... that would be more of the same, just in the opposite direction."
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Post by Teja on Dec 28, 2014 2:18:04 GMT -5
"So I leave with you or you leave without me, those are my options?" She was glaring at him now.
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Post by Loki Odinsson on Dec 28, 2014 6:02:42 GMT -5
"I never said that," he retorted. "You're jumping to conclusions now. I only wanted to make things right, and I don't know if I can do that here."
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Post by Teja on Dec 28, 2014 13:23:57 GMT -5
"Here, as in New York? Or Midgard? Or this party?"
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Post by Loki Odinsson on Dec 28, 2014 13:40:49 GMT -5
"Well, I meant New York, but I feel quite the same about the party-"
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Post by Teja on Dec 28, 2014 13:42:22 GMT -5
"Forget it, Loki, I'm not leaving," she whispered at him, almost a hiss. "Either one."
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Post by Loki Odinsson on Dec 28, 2014 13:59:47 GMT -5
He frowned slightly and drew back.
"...all right," he said. "You just seemed a bit tense, and I thought perhaps making the grander gesture might soothe that-"
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Post by Teja on Dec 28, 2014 14:02:39 GMT -5
"Grander gesture?" she repeated, thankful for being in public, and stage whispering, because otherwise she'd have probably shouted it. "You are such a- GOD, you are such a self-centered prick, Loki! You know I don't want to leave New York, but you frame it consistently as a sacrifice for me because you want to look like it's for my benefit when it's actually all about you and your comfort." Mood now firmly befouled, she walked by him - and by Krolock, as well, walking for the sake of walking, stubbornly, away, knowing if she stopped or realized she didn't know where she was going, she would tear up and cry.
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Post by Herbert von Krolock on Dec 28, 2014 14:07:13 GMT -5
"Oh, dear," Herbert said, appearing beside his father with three champagne flutes in his very large hand, "did something happen?"
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Post by Graf von Krolock on Dec 28, 2014 14:09:46 GMT -5
"Herbert," Krolock said lightly, placing a hand on his son's inordinately broad shoulder, "a little tact is to be desired in situations such as these."
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Post by Herbert von Krolock on Dec 28, 2014 14:12:17 GMT -5
"Oh, " Herbert said as he looked between Teja and Loki's equally miserable faces and then smirked at his father.
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Post by Loki Odinsson on Dec 28, 2014 14:13:33 GMT -5
"Teja-"
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Post by Teja on Dec 28, 2014 14:19:28 GMT -5
She picked up her skirt with both hands and hurried off rather quickly.
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