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You’re only as old as you feel (Open RP)

Oct 11, 2008 12:27

( It had occurred to Gustav that it seemed to be autumn again, and he should have had a birthday by now )

james bond, sunflora, sanada yukimura, george weasley, rp, gustav margueriff, soichiro yagami, chairman kaga, tyrion lannister, beowulf, daisy buchanan, sock, chocolate, vesper lynd, zelgadiss graywords, naomi misora, brienne of tarth, maddie magellan, olympia binewski, rika furude

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iam_beowulf October 11 2008, 18:51:59 UTC

Did somebody say Wiglaf? Wiglaf, Wiegraf, same difference. Beowulf came charging in. "I HAVE NOT SEEN WIGLAF! IS HE HERE?" Wiglaf was indispensable as a wingman to Beowulf. It was probably due to Wiglaf's absence that Beowulf hadn't fathered any more dragons since he came to Hogwarts.

There was not Wiglaf, but there was cake. Mmm, cake.

"YOUNG MAN, DID WIGLAF GRANT YOU THIS CAKE?"

margrat October 11 2008, 19:03:05 UTC

"I don't believe so." He blinked. "He's not the sort to have cake. Not the one I know. Actually, I don't know if it's mine. I mean, all of it. I hope a bit of it's mine, seeing as it looks like I've been eating it."

iam_beowulf October 11 2008, 19:50:27 UTC

"WIGLAF LOVES FOOD!" Beowulf objected. "HE WOULD NOT MIND IF I HELP MYSELF."

Beowulf picked up a piece of cake with his hands and took a bite out of it. Forks were not a thing used by the Geats of his day. He didn't mind the frosting smeared on his hands.

For a while, he was quiet, absorbed in his cake-eating.

margrat October 11 2008, 19:56:48 UTC

"Well, he appreciates it all right-" Years into his future, he would revise this assessment.

For now, Gustav stared a moment before returning to his own slice. It was good cake, he thought, and it seemed rather unfair that he couldn't remember taking the first few bites on top of how he couldn't remember how he came to be here at all. But while he was here, he might as well finish it.

iam_beowulf October 11 2008, 20:01:16 UTC

Beowulf moved a vase of flowers, picked up the doily that had lain beneath it, and wiped his mouth on the doily.

"Not a bad excuse for a cake," he squeaked. "Tastes like chicken, ha ha ha!"

margrat October 11 2008, 20:19:26 UTC

"It... does?" Nonplussed both by the claim and the sudden voice change, he looked down at what was left of his slice. "Personally I thought it didn't have to make excuses."

iam_beowulf October 11 2008, 20:20:54 UTC

"Every cake must justify its existence." The voice evoked images of a mouse who'd been forced to suck on a hose full of helium for a while, then taught to speak English.

margrat October 11 2008, 20:52:08 UTC

Another, somewhat cautious bite. Was this what chicken tasted like? He didn't think he had it before. Possibly because in Ivalice they hadn't existed. "Is it... going down all right?" That was the only explanation he could think of off the top of his head.

iam_beowulf October 11 2008, 21:31:59 UTC

A strange look crossed Beowulf's face. "I cannot tell!"

margrat October 11 2008, 23:36:28 UTC

"Only you sound a bit odd," said Gustav, relieved to hear his own voice sounding much the same. It seemed like it wasn't something in the cake, then. If only he knew. "Not, er, choking, are you?"

iam_beowulf October 12 2008, 00:47:33 UTC

Beowulf raised a hand to his throat. "I am not wounded!" he squeaked. "Nor am I choking! Some foul enchantment is afoot, mayhap the work of jealous monsters!"

Hell hath no fury like a monster scorned.

margrat October 12 2008, 01:09:37 UTC

"Oh. Can't help you there, never got past chemistry myself. And," he added reflectively, "never heard of a monster that could do that."

iam_beowulf October 12 2008, 21:50:35 UTC

'Ask Wiglaf when next you see him,' squeaked the Geat. 'He has fought at my side against many a foul foe!'

margrat October 12 2008, 22:20:46 UTC

"Sure." He resolved to get Wiegraf to spill if this was one of those war stories they hadn't already shared. "Who're you again, so I can ask properly?"

((I had to. >_>))

iam_beowulf October 15 2008, 02:09:14 UTC

"i am beowulf"

Every muscle in the man's face contorted as he attempted to roar his identity to the world.

"i. am. beowulf!"

He was turning purple with effort.

margrat October 15 2008, 02:17:05 UTC

"I hear you. Have you got another name, or will he know you just by that?"

Unless, Gustav thought, he was mishearing and it was really Iam Beoulve, in which case he'd better get in some genuflecting quick.

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