Melody No. 7 ~ It's called "The Life Effect"

[thelittlecanary]

[The young queen has been keeping herself extra busy these past few days, possibly because the only other option was losing her mind

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[rulethegame]

[A! Joshua is casually flipping through a paperback romance novel with an oiled up, half-naked muscular man on the cover. Occasionally he raises an eyebrow.]

[thelittlecanary]

[Still engrossed in her search, Garnet totally breaks the silence and concentration of any nearby readers by toppling over a collection of cookbooks, the last one falling from the shelf and to the floor.]

[rulethegame]

[He glances up from his porn completely innocent reading at the fallen cookbook, then at Garnet.]

. . . I realize that '101 Things To Do With Jello' may not be the most scintillating topic, but was it really that bad?

[thelittlecanary]

[Is rushing to straighten up the books, setting them upright and sandwiching them between bookends, wincing slightly when Joshua speaks up.] Oh!! I'm terribly sorry, I didn't mean to drop it.

[rulethegame]

[He's about to go back to his reading - what is helping other people - when he takes a second look at Garnet.]

Ah - you're that girl from our lawn, am I right? I never did manage to catch your name.

[thelittlecanary]

Slips down the ladder and retrieves the book that she dropped, holding it in the crook of her healed arm.] And I never managed to thank you for helping me. [She bows gracefully.] My name is Garnet. Thank you very much for what you did.