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Jul 11, 2011 20:20

I do not think curses are meant to be enjoyable, but I rather liked the one with all the tea and parties. Not so much because I enjoy such events, but because I spent the entire day among people, some of which were very nice ( Read more... )

♛ cursed, ♛ will herondale on my mind, ♛ does not cry in public, ♛ oh so lonely

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audio. I WILL BE SLOW since lol. car journey. but my being slow won't ever be a surprise 8( bitesvampires July 12 2011, 07:26:51 UTC
[HE'S BEEN AVOIDING YOU.]

I wasn't aware you were in the habit of airing your personal affairs to all and sundry.

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audio | <3 likeboudica July 12 2011, 08:15:27 UTC
[ NO, REALLY? ]

You should know me well enough to know that I do not, usually.

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audio bitesvampires July 12 2011, 18:14:08 UTC
Then why start now?

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audio likeboudica July 12 2011, 20:10:29 UTC
It was not by choice.

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audio bitesvampires July 13 2011, 17:21:34 UTC
[Flatly:] Oh, a curse. How inconvenient for you.

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audio likeboudica July 13 2011, 18:03:41 UTC
[ Tessa manages to keep her breath mostly even. ] Does it amuse you to antagonise me, Mr Herondale?

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audio bitesvampires July 13 2011, 18:05:50 UTC
Would you rather I say nothing at all? I was only responding to the use of my name.

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audio likeboudica July 13 2011, 18:08:26 UTC
I apologise for the mention. [ A beat. ] If all you have to say to me is mockery, then yes, I would prefer silence. [ Lies. Maybe. She is torn on the issue. ]

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audio bitesvampires July 13 2011, 18:10:43 UTC
If you insist.

[He doesn't turn the device off, though -- he's curious as to whether she has any more to say.]

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audio likeboudica July 13 2011, 18:14:47 UTC
[ And for a while, she truly does not say a thing. She even put the device down and took up her book again. But just as soon, she's put it down again. Hope is such a fickle thing. ]

So there truly is nothing but mockery and contempt? [ Said very softly. She doesn't want to believe it. ]

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audio bitesvampires July 13 2011, 18:19:10 UTC
Nothing.

[It's a lie, of course, but he imagines -- or rather, hopes -- that Tessa's not going to be able to guess otherwise, not with everything else that's occurred between them of late.]

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audio likeboudica July 13 2011, 18:21:28 UTC
Because I am a Downworlder.

[ It's both a question and a statement. ]

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audio bitesvampires July 13 2011, 18:22:48 UTC
That's some of it, yes.

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audio likeboudica July 13 2011, 18:25:18 UTC
I do not think I would like to know of the rest of it.

[ She does. And at the same time doesn't. And she has not given up all hope yet. Close, but she remembers what Will looked like, when he thought she was dead. Or perhaps that was merely her imagination. At this point, she isn't so sure anymore, but she is still hoping. Against all reason. ]

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audio bitesvampires July 13 2011, 18:27:01 UTC
That's fortunate, for I had no intention of telling you the rest of it.

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audio likeboudica July 13 2011, 18:28:15 UTC
Is it not enough to think me a monster? Why must there be more?

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