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Oct 26, 2010 14:00

Who: Cinderella (Lili) and her fairy Gottmother (Gilbert) 
When: Tuesday October 26th mid-afternoon
Where: Theatricality, Gilbert's shoppe
What: Lili needs a Halloween costume and Gilbert is ready to get her all dolled up~

Put'em together and what have you got? )

no wire hangers ever!, status: complete, my job rocks, this thread just got awesome, liechtenstein, bringin' sexy back, bonding tiemz, surprise moe attack!, cinderelly cinderelly~, prussia, make it work

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hergelaufene October 27 2010, 00:30:11 UTC
No way was Gilbert going to let an employee of his buy some costume off some rack of some internet website. No way in hell. He'd spent exactly one night looking up old Prussian princesses and dresses before coming up with the perfect design. Lili was going to look like a princess. An awesome, tiny, adorable, princess.

He heard the small peeps of Gilbird and removed himself from the depths of the rows of fabrics, rushing towards her, arms filled with the soft and light rolls of delicate fabrics. In his hair was perched a very lovely headband. "Lili, it's awesome you're here, I need to measure you right away."

He placed the fabrics on the counter, smiling at her, taking off the headband and putting it in her hair instead. "Sie sind eine ehrfürchtige Prinzessin~" He said, ruffling her hair as Gilbird fluttered to land in his hair, "Now go on, take off that heavy coat."

[translation: you will be an awesome princess]

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purple_ribbon4 October 27 2010, 02:16:19 UTC
A princess? Of course! A princess! How did she not think of this? Gilbert was a savior. Her large eyes were drawn to the sparkling headband as it moved from Gilbert's pale head to her own. She began taking off her coat, undoing the buttons with one hand while the other traced along the jewels of the headband. The coat was lightly tossed on top of her bag as she finally looked back at the bustling Prussian.

"Danke Gilbert. A princess is absolutely perfect! And this headband...it's just so pretty!" Her small hands clapped together in front of her as a wide smile grew across her face. Princesses were always so pretty! Maybe she could be pretty like them for Halloween!

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hergelaufene October 28 2010, 19:25:20 UTC
God she was way too cute sometimes. Taking her hand and leading her to a small stool he had set up with three mismatched mirrors surrounding it. While Gilbird twittered overhead, occasionally landing in Lili's hair, staring at the shiny band greedily before Gilbert would wave him away with a sharp German word.

"Lili," he said, pulling the measuring tape along her thin limbs idly, humming a bit to himself, "Do you have a favourite princess?" He was of course referencing the own noble lineage of the Prussian house, however he wasn't about to give the girl a long rant about Princess Charlotte if she answered with something a little more mainstream, like Snow White or Cinderella.

He'd save the long rants about Prussian history for quiet days at the shop.

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purple_ribbon4 October 29 2010, 00:12:15 UTC
Her eyes drifted along with Gilbert as he measured her here and there, glancing up at Gilbird as he flew between them both. She tried to keep her body as still as she could as she thought about princesses.

"Well, if you mean real princesses, I do think that Princess Sophie of Liechtenstein is quite lovely. B-but the romance and fantasy of those fairy tale stories always interested me more as a child. I guess, Aschenputtel, or Cinderella here in America, is my favorite." She smiled and laughed a bit remembering hearing the story read to her so many times by her bruder. A part of her almost missed the good old days. Some things never changed.

"How about you Mr. Gilbert? Do you have a favorite princess?"

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hergelaufene October 31 2010, 18:16:41 UTC
Gilbert nodded once he was finished measuring her, draping the measuring tape one his shoulders. "I spent a lot of my childhood at the Charlottenburg Palace, it was built by a Prussian Queen but that's close enough to a princess." He waved his hand, starting towards the back of the shop.

"I already started the base of the dress," he said, waiting for his assistant to follow as he entered the small backroom, pulling a garment bag from one of the shelves, "I bet you'll like it a lot, since I made it and stuff. You'll be really pretty in it and definitely won't be walking around in a short skirt, not on my watch."

Herding her back to the front of the front (Gilbert did get most of his exercise just from walking all over the shop) and placing the bag on the counter, he started to unzip it. "And what happened to that... fifty-year-old guy you went on that date with?"

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purple_ribbon4 October 31 2010, 19:29:58 UTC
Lili followed close to her boss wondering about how cool it would be to live in a palace. She had never really experienced such with her own parents being poor. Her brother had lived in nice houses and in turn she got to tag along, but never something as magical sounding as a palace.

A warm smile grew across her face as they made their way back to the front of the store. "Thank you very much Mr. Gilbert. I do feel a bit uncomfortable at the notion of having to wear short skirts. Not without stockings or something under at least." She laughed a bit at his seemingly protective nature.

As she watched Gilbert begin to unzip the bag, her happy face fell a little upon the mention of Sadiq and their date. "Oh. Yes that. Well..." Oh, how to go about the ways she was let down? "H-he just doesn't exactly like me in that way. I guess. Or something." Assuming and hoping that sentence had turned into a complete thought, she gave Gilbert a half-hearted smile.

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hergelaufene November 1 2010, 19:12:56 UTC
"Whatever," Gilbert said, tugging out the dress laying it out on the counter, brushing his hands over her, "He was probably a paedo. And I'd have to kick his ass. Which I could totally do, I just don't want to embarrass him."

He winked at her, taking the dress around the counter to hold it out in front of her. "Satin, some nice laces and it should look nice with your hair and I hope it looks nice since you're tiny so I had to figure out what would suit you. Not that it was hard."

Tilting his head and holding it down, close to her, Gilbert gave one nod. The fabric definitely suited her. Not that he cared about matching fabrics. "Hmm... I think it'll be nice."

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purple_ribbon4 November 1 2010, 22:32:32 UTC
"It's alright. He seems like a nice guy and all. Just not the guy for me I guess. No one was too happy about it either so-" Lili watched as Gilbert unzipped the rest of the bag revealing the beautiful fabric. Her thoughts were interrupted. The dress looked just like the ones in the fairy-tales.

"Oh, Gilbert. It's more than nice! It's wonderful!" Her eyes sparkled imagining herself as a princess. She placed one hand on her mouth while the other touched the fabric just slightly, afraid she may mess it up.

"Y-you're amazing! Really, this is just...w-well awesome!" Little Lili was quite excited.

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hergelaufene November 3 2010, 08:52:14 UTC
Ha. She said awesome. He was so going to have a little female version of himself in no time. Placing it on the counter again, Gilbert ruffled her hair. "I knew you'd like it. Everyone's gonna be lookin' at you on Halloween and think 'Damn what a nice costume, I wonder what awesome designer made that.' You better tell them it was me, ja?"

He took the dress, offering it to her. "Go try it on, I'll have to make the adjustments on you."

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purple_ribbon4 November 3 2010, 18:06:38 UTC
Lili excitedly took the dress from Gilbert and scurried off into the back room. "Oh don't worry Gilbert! I'll let everyone know! Even if they don't ask I'll make sure to tell them!" She slipped off her casual dress and swiftly put the princess outfit on, admiring all the details as she each piece was set.

Once she deemed herself ready, the girl opened the door up slowly and made her way back up towards the front. She lifted up the bottom of the dress making sure not to get it dirtied in any way. "So, how does it look?" Her face was beaming with excitement.

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hergelaufene November 11 2010, 10:57:18 UTC
"You look like a Prussian Princess." Which was basically the highest praise Gilbert could give someone besides 'You're almost as awesome as me.' He circled around her, occasionally bending down or kneeling to adjust something or mumble to himself. Oh yes. This dress was awesome but, MAYBE, JUST MAYBE, not all of it's awesome could be attributed to himself.

Lili's brilliant smile probably made the dress a million times more brilliant. "Okay... We need some finishing touches. What does every princess need?"

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purple_ribbon4 November 11 2010, 22:43:26 UTC
Lili's smile was even brighter than before after receiving the compliment from her boss. Sure, she didn't know much about Prussian princesses, but she knew Gilbert did. So if he thought she looked adequate enough to be called such, she was happy.

"Danke Gilbert." The girl blushed slightly. She was definitely starting to feel like a princess now. But besides a dress what did a princess usually have?

She guessed,"A tiara maybe? Or nice shoes? Or-" A prince? No, not every princess had a prince. This one certainly did not. She laughed a bit to cover up her thoughts,"G-guess you can tell I'm not really used to this whole princess thing."

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hergelaufene November 15 2010, 20:21:31 UTC
"Well you better get used to it, since I'm not gonna let you be an un-princess after this." Gilbert took her hand, leading her down the many alleys of the shop, picking things up at random; shoes, a box containing a small necklace and whatever else he could pick up (though most of it seemed to be him judging from the fancy hat).

Returning to the front of the store, he offered the shoes. "They'll be a bit big, but whatever, you can learn to walk in them." Popping open the box and pulling out the necklace and sliding it around her neck. "It's not real diamonds, but it sparkles and that's alllllll that matters." Finally, he swept the hat onto his head. "And there, a princess. That took me, like, five minutes. I need my own makeover show."

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purple_ribbon4 November 16 2010, 18:59:26 UTC
Lili could deal with being a princess forever. Especially if people had treated her as nicely as Gilbert was treating her. The girls eyes were glued to the necklace as it rested on her neck. Then to the shoes as they made her just a bit taller. That was it. She was a princess. And Gilbert was the most amazing fairy gottmother she could have asked for.

"Gilbert! Thank you! You are amazing! You really should have your own show!" Her arms swung around him in a short hug before she stepped back, making sure she didn't ruin anything. "I can't wait to show bruder!" Her face was bright and cheerful, feeling very excited for the upcoming hallows eve.

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I WILL KEEP ON TOP OF THIS THREAD IF IT KILLS ME |D hergelaufene November 18 2010, 16:46:57 UTC
A hug- Oh man she'd hugged him. That was so cute. How did she do that? Slowly, Gilbert was realising he wanted Elizaveta to hug him and let him dress her up in nice dresses and call him amazing and do everything that Lili was doing. Did that make him a paedo?

He shook the thought from his head.

"Your brother?" Gilbert asked curiously, tilting his head. No way she had a brother... She was too cute and innocent to have some older male figure in her life (besides Gilbert of course). "I didn't know you had one? And why are you dressing up for him?"

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:.D purple_ribbon4 November 18 2010, 20:56:39 UTC
Lili had been staring in a nearby mirror admiring the dress and the accessories and all the little details that made shine with felicity. Giving a little spin, she realized that with all this excitement, she had forgotten to tell her boss about her brother.

"Oh yes, mein bruder. I forgot you didn't know. W-well he's always gone, and busy, and hardly ever talks to me much anymore. But, maybe if I show him my dress he will talk to me! Th-that would be kinda neat." The tiniest hint of sadness was written on the little princess's face as she spoke, but a spark of hope appeared towards the end.

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