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[older_brother]

Hey there! Me 'n Scout've been runnin' out of stories to play, so has anyone got a good one to tell?

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[nott_a_cheese]

*pokes* Y'could play revolution. Me 'n Pepper 'n Alex 'n Adam 'n Brian play that sometimes. 's fun, there's barricades 'n slingshots 'n stuff.

[older_brother]

Okay, *grins* I'm Jem.

[nott_a_cheese]

*waves* I'm Wensleydale. Or Wensley. Nice t' meet you.

[older_brother]

*sticks out his hand* Nice t' meet you, too.

[uhrwerktraum]

Why, I have hundreds. What sort of story would you like to hear?

[older_brother]

What sorts d'you know?

[uhrwerktraum]

*grins oddly* Well, young master Finch, I know true stories, and false stories, and ones that might be either in equal measure. I know the story of the woman who kept her head in a hatbox, and the story of a man who sold his heart to a demon in exchange for a flute of solid gold. I know what happened to every noble's head that Robespierre had removed by Madame Guillotine, and what became of the surgeon who was so clever he could even heal the dead. I know the story of the girl who fell in love with a pack of wolves and the tale of a man who slept for a thousand years without growing old.

And, of course, I know the story I told to my godchild Marie...the story of the princess, the mouse-witch, and the nut that the strongest jaw could not crack. *wistful* Ah, what a foolish story.

[older_brother]

I like true stories, especially. What's that about the surgeon? Or the nut!

[wonderfulboy]

*thinks* Well, what kind of stories do you like playing?

[older_brother]

*excitedly* I like the real dramatic ones, with frightin' and crazy people and Boo Radley...

[wonderfulboy]

*eagerly* Have you ever played my story? It's dramatic and Captain Hook is plenty frightening and crazy!

[older_brother]

Only a couple've times, 'cause it was only Scout an' me, so we didn't have enough people for you an' Hook an' Wendy an' all the pirates an' lost boys.