Quest 231

[primrosella]

[Accidental Video Post]

[The device opens on a shot of the interior of the Library, with Rosella sitting at a table reading a book in the foreground and a glimpse of tall shelves loaded with books in the background. Her blonde hair is pinned back off her face, as it usually is when she is at work, and there is a stack of books on either side of

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NGL, I seriously lol'd |D

[misterblackbird]

Are you all right, Rosella?

I couldn't resist. :D

[primrosella]

Oh, I'm just fine, yes. It's only a papercut, despite what all this music might have you believe. Ugh.

[misterblackbird]

Yes, but papercuts are quite unpleasant, all the same.

[primrosella]

It's certainly going to make reading difficult, anyway. It's right in the middle of my finger! But it's only a nuisance, really, and certainly not important enough to be worth all this fuss.

action; PLACEHOLDER

[habitformed]

[ Okay, so this is what happens when you're sixteen years old and don't have a fulltime job and have the attention span of a fruitfly. You see your friend get a papercut over the Network and -- since you don't have anything better to do -- hoof your butt over to the Library for one very important reason.

It takes a while for Mouse to get there and then, once there, actually find Rosella. But when he finally does, he's a little winded and flushed but smiling. Cheerfully, he digs around in his pocket and produces what he'd come all this way to deliver:

A Band-aid. ]

action; <3

[primrosella]

[The look on her face at the sight of Mouse's sudden arrival--quite happy to see him, with a merry smile to match--abruptly shifts into an almost sheepish grin and a quick flush of her cheeks at the offer of the band-aid. She's had a few timely rescues in her life before, but never one quite like this.]

Oh, hello, Mouse! Thank you so very much, really, that's so wonderfully kind of you.

[And she reaches gratefully for the bandage, being careful to avoid brushing against him by mistake.]

action; HERE I COME TO SAVE THE DAAAAAAAY

[habitformed]

[ You'd think, by now, Mouse would get the point and simply invest in a very stylish set of gloves or something. But that practicality borders on weird, so when he offers the band-aid to her, it's with his hand once again pulled dutifully into his sleeve to form a make-shift mitten. Then he gives an exaggerated sort of bow -- the kind he'd seen a guy do in a movie once. He's sort of joking but also sort of serious.

She was a princess, after all, and that was the sort of thing Mouse (having been reared on children's books full of pirates and princesses and adventure) got dopishly overeager about. ]

action; and here I come to...uh...shenanigans

[primrosella]

[She gives her fingertip one last lick, just to get off the last bit of blood, and then runs her thumbnail between the two halves of paper and begins to open the bandage, separating them almost painstakingly slowly--]

♪ MMMM, WHATCHA SAAAAAAAY?
MMM, THAT YOU ONLY MEANT WELL?
WELL, OF COURSE YOU DID... ♫

[--and quite dramatically, actually, as her soundtrack cues up again.]

[wandbreaker]

[This is not Edmund laughing]

[primrosella]

[This is not Rosella rolling her eyes.]

[wandbreaker]

I hope you don't bite your lip, next.

[primrosella]

Well, now that you've said that, it's almost certain to happen, isn't it?

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[elegantcontract]

Clearly any loss of blood is taken very seriously here.

( Said with a straight face, though you may notice she's trying hard not to laugh. )

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[primrosella]

[Oh, feel free to giggle, Sharon. Though Rosella does appreciate your restraint in not laughing outright.]

It is today, at least. Hello, Sharon. How are you today?

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[elegantcontract]

( She may be now. Just a little. )

Considering I have yet to be assaulted by music, I'm doing rather well.

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[primrosella]

Oh, good, then you're likely not cursed today. That's a fortunate thing; this one is really quite annoying, when one has to endure it all day. Though it is rather harmless, at least, and that's always something to be thankful for.

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[treadingdawn]

Rosella? What happened?

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[primrosella]

Oh, I cut my finger on the page, Caspian. It does sting a bit, but it's really nothing to worry about, fortunately.

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[treadingdawn]

But what are you singing?

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[primrosella]

[Pause. Sigh.]

That's not me, I'm afraid. That's--er, some sort of music that's been following me around all day today. It's very dramatic, don't you think?