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In fairness, Candice thinks, neither of them are very good at divulging relevant information promptly. She's been busy. He's been busy. It wasn't a big deal. She forgot. -- no, actually, none of those things are an excuse. Part of it was that she wasn't sure how to explain the hotel room, but honesty is the best policy, to a certain extent ( Read more... )
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For going on the past few months now, Martel has been working on something of a vanity project - a useful vanity project, but nevertheless. It started as something to occupy himself with, then he simply wanted to see if he could.
Simply put: electric lights are useful. Martel has been trying to recreate that usefulness ... with magic. It's simple enough, to start with - but then the sheer scale of the castle itself and the addition of a trigger method that anyone could use... (Of course, he himself has more direct and wider control, but for the day to day.)
When Candice finds him, he's fresh out of a bath and looks somewhere between exhausted and elated. He did it.
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"Hey, you," she says, greeting him with a smile while she notes the look on his face. That's telling. Candice steps closer to kiss him hello, because it's not a proper greeting with these two unless there's a physical element, apparently.
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Martel could get used to being greeted this way. He'll...linger at that a while, and he is unmistakably pleased with himself when he does draw back. "Hello, there."
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"You look like you've had a good day," she notes, tapping his chest with her fingertips, "care to tell me what you've been up to?"
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