12 - He worked hard on that ugly

Nov 28, 2011 07:20

[What can fairies do? Glamour. For the next hour, we've replaced your usual Chief Stildyne with Folgers Crystals a handsome, healthy young man with no scars to speak of and a voice that doesn't sound like rubble being stirred. He does, however, sound annoyed.]

A wild Ryan Gosling appears below cut )

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buywithme November 29 2011, 00:50:04 UTC
I ducked some, Comrade.

[Video clicks on, and Prefect... appears to be looking down at the communicator, while hanging upside down in mid air. He's got one arm locked around a table leg, and is keeping himself moderately close to the floor with it. Two fairies are hovvering just beneath him, yanking on his hair.]

I'm not certain that it made any difference to them.

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Spam buywithme November 30 2011, 03:16:51 UTC
[Well, attacking them didn't deter the faeries, ignoring them didn't deter the faeries, ducking them didn't deter the faeries, and, as it turned out? Catching them didn't deter the faeries either.

The tiny creature gives Stildyne a scathing hiss and bites down hard on his forefinger, with teeth... far sharper than you would expect a faerie to posses.

On the upside, receiving direct orders appears to have had a calming effect on Prefect, and his panicked flapping becomes notably subdued.]

Okay. Just don't let go, Comrade; I'm really not good at climbing down things.

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Spam der_umgekehrte November 30 2011, 03:25:24 UTC
[there's an embarrassed pause as the faerie savages his hand--adding a fresh layer of interest to flesh already scarred and calloused. Stildyne squeezes lightly in threat, which really just makes him bleed a little more.

Well. That was a nice piece of useless temper. And shame on him, too.]

I've got you, comrade. Sorry about the startle. I don't mean it about the laps, obviously.

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Spam buywithme November 30 2011, 03:41:16 UTC
That's all right. My room isn't very big, so laps probably wouldn't be so bad.

[Prefect watched the faerie abruptly lose interest in biting Stildyne in favor of trying to worm itself free of his slightly tightened grasp. He didn't see what the problem was, personally. Stildyne's hand was quite comfortable, in a... calloused, unfamiliar way.]

This is a little strange, isn't it?

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Spam der_umgekehrte November 30 2011, 03:48:07 UTC
Yes. I - all right you little bastard, go, but you're the one who started it. [Stildyne releases the faerie. It hisses. And then moons him.]

I have had the oddest damn days of my life aboard this hulk. Why should today be any different. How are you feeling, there? Any sensation of pain or nausea?

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Spam buywithme November 30 2011, 03:59:58 UTC
[Prefect shakes his head, but that feels weird, so he stops.] I'm all right, Comrade. I feel... my face feels strange. My eyes and my ears feel like they're heavier than normal, and I feel a little bit dizzy? But It doesn't hurt at all.

[Prefect peers down at Stildyne, a little thoughtfully.] Do you like it here, Comrade? So far, I mean. With all the oddness?

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Spam der_umgekehrte November 30 2011, 04:22:59 UTC
The least the little miscreants could have done was give your blood the same direction as your.

[He considers options: he's turning up zeroes, so to fill the silence he answers.]

I've met good people here. The accommodations are comfortable, familiar. ...the political structure is frustrating. And some times this type of nonsense happens and I take it hard.

No. I don't like it here, but I don't hate it.

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Spam buywithme November 30 2011, 04:49:23 UTC
Comrade, maybe you could crouch down, and I could grab your ankles. [Prefect suggests helpfully.] Then you could stand back up, and grab my ankles, and then crouch down again, and I could let go of your ankles, and be the right way up again?

[That might not have been a sound suggestion, but what was he supposed to do? There was a lot of blood rushing to his head right now. He glanced to Stildyne a little thoughtfully, after his response.]

You should try not to worry about things like this, Comrade. They never last long, and usually people don't get seriously hurt. [Yes, because it is far more sensible to worry about things coming too near to your face. far more sensible.]

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Re: Spam der_umgekehrte November 30 2011, 05:08:21 UTC
If you don't mind a certain amount of rough handling- [Stildyne having extrapolated 'no face' to 'no touch'] There's a much easier way to do this.

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Spam buywithme November 30 2011, 05:21:52 UTC
[Prefect shot Stildyne a cautious glance.] How rough would the handling be? [That was a pretty accurate extrapolation of how Prefect felt about touching, but... his plan didn't seem like it would be very effective, and he wasn't really enjoying being upside down.]

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Spam der_umgekehrte November 30 2011, 05:30:52 UTC
Ever been thrown out of a bar-? No, listen, just shut your eyes and it'll be over in a moment.

[Which actually sounds gentle and reassuring, through the glamour; a small blessing. It never sounds reassuring when Stildyne says these things normally.]

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Spam buywithme November 30 2011, 05:40:16 UTC
Not that I recall...

[Which didn't necessarily mean it hadn't happened, it just meant that it had only happened after he was good and passed out. Still... Stildyne seems to know what he's talking about, so Prefect shuts his eyes and waits.]

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Spam der_umgekehrte November 30 2011, 05:52:36 UTC
[It's not pretty. It's very awkward. Stildyne hauls him down, reaching up to take his upper arm and pull that down to shoulder level, and once that's secure, reaching up to grab a firm handful of shirt and trousers, swinging him down and under Stildyne's arm like a duffel.

It's almost exactly like hoisting a man over his head, except backwards. Stildyne scowls and keeps one arm locked around the man's hips as he levers his shoulders up, until he's roughly pointed the right direction. ]

So how do you like the barge. Comrade.

[He's breathing a little harder but otherwise seems fairly unfazed by the exertion.]

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Spam buywithme November 30 2011, 06:11:32 UTC
[Prefect... wasn't great with being manhandled quite this much, but he dealt with it with a lot more decorum and restraint than he would have shown a few years prior. He didn't flail madly to get away, he didn't try to his Stildyne, and he didn't do anything that even resembled beginning to cry. What he did do was scrunch his face into a grimace and keep his eyes squeezed shut tightly, until he could feel himself being turned... more or less the right way up.

Only then did Prefect deign to crack open his eyes and squint at the awkward position which they were presently trapped in.]

I... normally I quite like it. Not all of the things that happen in it, Comrade, but I like most of it.

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Spam der_umgekehrte November 30 2011, 06:15:13 UTC
You look at the -- uff -- bright side, don't you. [He's keeping his voice soothing,because that's the face of a man who is not happy bein g this close to a wild Stildyne.]

Now, let's get you free-standing-ish. Want to try getting your leg around the table again?

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Re: Spam buywithme November 30 2011, 06:27:34 UTC
I sort of have too, Comrade. I've been trying to cut back on my drinking, and looking on the dark side doesn't really discourage me...

[He casts a glance back towards the table again, then nods carefully.]

All right, Comrade. I can try that.

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