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bythatmuch October 19 2008, 02:12:39 UTC
The sound of someone falling over is unmistakable, to Max, so he turns around, half-full smoothie in hand, and blinks at the (presumably) new guy.

Sip.

Sipsipsip.

"You okay?"

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justaplumber October 19 2008, 02:17:11 UTC
Great. This is not (probably not, maybe not, but could be, as Luigi's an odd duck) Luigi's house, and everyone speaks English here. Not on.

Mario rises to his feet, brushing off the (real or imagined) dirt off his pants and replying, nervously, "Ah -- ah, sì." Beat. "Yes. Yes, I am okay."

:D?

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bythatmuch October 19 2008, 02:26:03 UTC
:D!

"Good!"

Sipsipsiiiiiiiiip.

Max is kind of distracted. Smoothies and engagements will do that to you.

He is, however, not too distracted to notice that this guy is Italian! Which is, of course, one of Max's favorite languages.

His second favorite, in fact, next to - well, no. French and Italian are sort of tied for first place. Italian might have the upper hand, but only because you don't need a cold in order to properly pronounce things.

Italy would be a nice place for a honeymoon, but Max has his heart set on somewhere tropical, though he's not so sure Ben will be too keen on that idea.

Did we mention that he's distracted?

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justaplumber October 19 2008, 02:29:09 UTC
Um.

This is kind of inconvenient for Mario -- though he doesn't see it that way. He sees it as being awkward.

Um.

"Scus -- Excuse me," he says, trying to get the man's attention. "Do you know Luigi?"

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trindle October 19 2008, 02:50:59 UTC
Oh, someone has fallen!

With suitcases.

Trindle is quick to bustle over and offer him a hand up.

The problem, you see, is that it's attached to a very green hand. Dark, dark eyes peer down at him curiously from an equally pine-ish face. Since she hasn't spent much time speaking even after getting her voice ... well. She doesn't actually say anything.

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justaplumber October 19 2008, 02:56:22 UTC
Doesn't talk much? She and his virtual self would get along just fine!

His flesh-and-blood self, however, has seen the very green hand, and the dark eyes, and his eyes have grown wide, and he -- well, he's scuttling back on the floor.

If she had approached him much later in life, he wouldn't have seen anything odd about a green-skinned woman.

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trindle October 19 2008, 02:57:52 UTC
"I'm not going to hurt you," she murmurs evenly, opting to perch herself on the floor with a blink rather than pursuing the man who seems to be skittering away from her.

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justaplumber October 19 2008, 03:04:31 UTC
Mario stops when he believes he's at a comfortable distance away from her. Which is not as far as normal folk would go. He stops just in time to (barely) hear her murmur.

She's not moving, not trying to attack him, she seems nice...

He stays where he is.

(Where did Luigi find a green woman? If this is indeed Luigi's...overpopulated...house.)

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