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rani_ushas in dizzy_land

Housekeeping (Open RP)

Feb 18, 2008 09:47

( She'd have to clean the thing out by hand. The old-fashioned way. )

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ms_weatherwax February 18 2008, 22:15:27 UTC

It just so happens that there is a perfectly serviceable broom resting against a little cottage in New Orleans Square...

ms_weatherwax February 18 2008, 23:21:43 UTC

Granny snatched the broom from the Rani, but made no motion to use the broom. "I don't put on shows."

rani_ushas February 18 2008, 23:22:53 UTC

"Afraid you'll be caught out?" the Rani snapped, her irritation getting the better of her.

ms_weatherwax February 18 2008, 23:24:42 UTC

"Oh, yes." Granny said, witheringly. "I'm absolutely terrified that you'll think I'm nothing but a mad old baggage."

rani_ushas February 18 2008, 23:29:13 UTC

Well, the Rani's thoughts were heading that way.

She snorted. "The opinions of others mean a lot to you, I see." Yes, the Rani was capable of sarcasm and even something almost like humour. "This 'magic' of yours. What else does it do?"

ms_weatherwax February 18 2008, 23:38:19 UTC

"Oh, this and that," Granny said.

rani_ushas February 19 2008, 03:37:29 UTC

The obtuseness was only to be expected. "Naturally," the Rani said. "Magic. Flying brooms. How quaint."

And clearly she wasn't about to get that broom.

ms_weatherwax February 19 2008, 03:42:59 UTC

"Far sight better than that 'science' mess. All fooling about with strings and butterflies."

rani_ushas February 19 2008, 03:48:50 UTC

It took the Rani about 1.5 seconds to understand what Granny meant about strings and butterflies (which was about 1 second longer than she would have liked); when the penny dropped, she couldn't help it. She laughed.

"I'm sure you think so," she said. "Societies do cling to their primitive beliefs."

ms_weatherwax February 19 2008, 03:55:00 UTC

"They do, at that," Granny said. "Don't make those beliefs any less right, though."

rani_ushas February 19 2008, 04:00:12 UTC

The Rani had to admit a grudging admiration for the old woman. She wouldn't be baited, clearly.

"That depends on how you define 'right'," she said. "But I'd rather not bandy words, as I've got work to do." She glared at the broom in Granny's hands. "If I cannot use that thing for the task I had in mind, I expect to see it for its ostensible use one of these days."

ms_weatherwax February 19 2008, 04:10:00 UTC

"Right's the other side of wrong."

She looked at the broom in her hands. "Don't use it much here. No point, really. It's not so big as to not be walkable. No point bein' lazy and using it to go down the street, is there."

rani_ushas February 19 2008, 13:28:32 UTC

-bloody old fraud and nuisance-

"Convenient, I suppose," the Rani said. Certain that she would get no further change out of the woman, she turned and stalked off without another word.

It wasn't that she was giving up. She was already trying to figure out how she'd steal the broom for analysis later.

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