[31] You are the dancing queen~
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[Much impish giggling can be heard between words.]
Those were the best cupcakes. Ever.
((ooc: Could not resist. Fault of the Ouran twins! Also, comment-spam for Sarah. Coffee shop.))
[Much impish giggling can be heard between words.]
Those were the best cupcakes. Ever.
((ooc: Could not resist. Fault of the Ouran twins! Also, comment-spam for Sarah. Coffee shop.))
The pranked cupcakes that made her strangely giggly might have roused her suspicion, but they made her feel so light-headed and silly that she didn't really think about it. So for the time-being she was just making silly posts on the Network and drinking her coffee. There were a few cupcakes still left on her table.
When Sarah arrived Kaye couldn't help but wave exaggeratedly, grinning goofily. Her glamour was off as it tended to be in the City, so Sarah would see a very green, winged pixie who seemed a tad drunk, maybe. But she only had coffee. And the cupcakes.]
Just coffee. And the cupcakes, but they were free, I think.
[There was clearly something odd about her; she could barely say a few words without giggling or grinning.]
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That's...that's all you've had?
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Kaye holds up her coffee cup, still laughing as she speaks.]
Of course! They're delicious~
[This was almost as bad as getting drunk on faerie wine. Pretty similar, actually, as the cupcakes were magically-altered.]
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You know, accepting presents from strangers isn't a very good idea. Especially food.
[And she would know all about that, though she refrains from divulging any more. Still, she feels awfully bad for Kaye, while simultaneously finding the entire situation rather funny.]
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But I thought they were-- Oh.
[Immediately she's back to giggling. Again. Everything seems to funny. During all that laughter, she rambles.]
Maybe it's a curse. I should have known that. It's a good thing they're not any other faeries here. Or that they were poisonous apples or.. seductive incubi. I mean, incubi instead of faeries, not poisonous apples instead of cupcakes.. Oh, but both would be funny. I mean the incubi and poisonous apples, not the-- oh, that would be awesome.
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Poisonous apples aren't that much fun. Really. You wake up and have no idea where you are, or what you were doing - it's probably something like the ultimate hangover, but worse.
[Her own cappuccino finally arrives, and Sarah starts stirring it absently, her mind not really on the coffee.]
Did you find the cupcakes here, in the cafe? Or at home?
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Are poisonous peaches better are worse? I mean, they're probably more.. peachy.
[That didn't come out how she meant it, but she was distracted by the question anyway. Cue more giggling even as she speaks.]
In the cafe. They were in a little basket with a ribbon. I thought they were free. I guess you can't even trust the cafes.
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Worse.
[Her voice is too soft, almost hoarse. She swallows and tries again.]
They're much worse.
[Another pause, during which she wonders if it's an innocent question, a very great coincidence...before finally telling herself that's far too optimistic a thought, even for her.]
But peaches don't usually appear in the stories. Usually it's an apple, or a pomegranate.
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But a lot of faerie fruit doesn't look.. [Giggle.] look like any kind of fruit I know of. There was a peach in one story, though..
[What was that story again? Damn. Why did Sarah look so familiar? She tilted her head.]
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You...you know that story?
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Yes.. The Labyrinth? It was a movie. It's funny, you look like--
[Oh.]
..oh.. never mind.
[She giggles kind of nervously this time, and distract herself with the remains of her coffee.]
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[Sarah finally comes out of hiding, so to speak, almost too intent on gaining Kaye's attention again once she starts picking up her coffee cup.]
That's what you were going to say, wasn't it?
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Yeah...
[Her long, spindly fingers cover her lips almost comically but she lets her answer slip out. She can't think of anything comforting to say, but she does her best.]
You were.. very pretty?
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Thank you.
[Oh, God, to try to have this conversation over cupcakes...though she realizes, distantly, that had it not been for the cupcakes, none of this may have happened.
Sarah found herself having a hard time thinking of what to say when people mentioned the movie to her. She wanted to cringe, to withdraw, especially since she didn't know what they thought of her or how they felt about the entire thing. And even if they had discussed it with her, would it have helped? They didn't know. They weren't there.
Her heart, which has begun to beat slightly more rapidly, calms somewhat. She does know, now. Kaye just told her. She thought she was very pretty. Of all the things she might have said...she chose that.
Sarah was grateful for small miracles.]
That's a really sweet thing to say. Thanks.
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She tried to summon a bit of soberness and finally trusted herself to uncover her mouth. She idly wondered if there was ever a book or movie about her, how she would have felt.. Kaye knew already that she wouldn't have liked it. She would have been curious, but she wouldn't have liked it.]
No problem. It was.. a very nice movie.
Uhm.. Do you want a cupcake?
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Really? You liked it? I mean, you're a faerie, I would have thought...
[But her voice trails off, as she realizes she doesn't know how to finish that. She doesn't think it's the best idea to point out that she assumed faeries would sympathize with other faeries, not the mortal outsider. She outright laughs at Kaye's question, even though the sound of her laughter feels a little strange at the moment.]
That's okay, I'll pass! I think you've been cupcaked enough for both of us.
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