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[majorum_pride]

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I didn't check the network sooner, but I can confirm retaliation against the infestation [He completely agrees with Beatty on that] will be met with undesirable consequences.

...I do admit, though, it could have been worse. [After seeing Blonsky and Riddick.]

[Open Spam]

[He didn't show himself on his broadcast, but he was

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[mrs_persson]

[Every now and then, a fairy pops out of the air and messes with Una's hair. It's been doing this for hours now, and her normally sleek hair is a mess. She's bearing the indignity with a resigned expression, swatting at the fairy when it pops up, but never quite managing to hit it.

It's in this state that she passes Rhade on her way out from the kitchen after lunch and she almost doesn't recognise him. Then she stops short with a double-take.]

-Gaheris?

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[majorum_pride]

[He's been so wrapped up in this terrible that he didn't even notice Una. But perhaps her hair rendered her unrecognizable. Still, though, he pauses and looks quite possibly as sheepish as a Nietzschean can ever muster.

He clears his throat and gives her an almost apologetic look.]

I volunteered myself for a fashion redesign. I suspect it will last until the flood ends.

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[mrs_persson]

...It's a very nice tweed, but I'm not entirely sure it suits you.

[A little smile; she's resorting to humour to cope.]

I appear to be in for periodic rearrangement of my coiffure. Not a very good one, either.

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[majorum_pride]

It could have been worse. These lips wouldn't look particularly good in lipstick. [That poor big boa wearing bastard.]

It's ah... You're hair ah... [No, it's not nice.] If they attempt to nest I'll risk my own integrity to preserve yours.

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[mrs_persson]

[Chuckle.] But maybe a little kohl around the eyes-?

[Just then the fairy reappears and gives her hair a pull. Una winces and waves her hand at the thing, which giggles, diving out of reach, and then disappears again. Una sighs.]

I don't think it's nesting. Just being irritating, really. Every now and then it lets me brush it out, possibly because it's more fun to mess with it after. It's terribly annoying, but as long as I don't end up having to cut my hair off again as a result, I suppose I can deal with it.

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[majorum_pride]

I've been told I could stand to bring them out a little more.

[He fans at the thing, before edging closer.] Have you been able to put it up, or does that only encourage them more. Beka used to-

[And then he decides he doesn't want to talk about Beka.] Anyway, it might be more difficult for them if it was in a braid.

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[mrs_persson]

[Inquisitive eyebrow at the name, but she also notices how quickly he drops it, and so doesn't pursue.]

I should try that. I tried a hat and a scarf, but now I can't find the hat and I'm short a scarf. At least a braid or something like that might slow it down a little.

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[majorum_pride]

Can you braid it yourself? [He assumes she can. But some people can't.]

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[mrs_persson]

Oh, yes. Hopefully the little sods will leave me alone long enough to finish.

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[majorum_pride]

Good. Because honestly that was one talent I was never able to perfect, no matter how often my daughters asked for help.

[Which is a strange mental image. Moving on.] Have they been into anything in the kitchens? [And he's futiley trying to brush his fingers through her hair and tame it a bit.]

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[mrs_persson]

The salt vanished for a bit this afternoon. And I couldn't find a single paring knife for a while there-and then they all turned up stuck into the butter. Ridiculous things like that.

[His attentions to her hair are not unwelcome, even if it only seems to be helping a little.]

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[majorum_pride]

I'll keep an eye on cutting into the butter for the next week. [Amused. But it's true, the fairies have him beat. So he just kisses her temple.] If you end up looking like Charlie Chaplin I'm going to call shenanigans.

[Did not know what Kool-Aid was. Does know Charlie Chaplin. Good job, Rhade.]

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[mrs_persson]

[She laughs.] And you try to avoid any more drastic sartorial changes.