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 Posted: Mon Aug 23, 2004 4:21 pm
"Bah!" Mauli's heart fell into her stomach as he pulled away, and for a moment she was glad... It felt as if it had been stuck in her throat for the whole kiss. She swiped the hankerchief off her head, rolling over and wringing it out over Isto's stomach. Then, she pulled it apart, surveying the 'damage' the water had done. "Aww, you ruined it... Look!" She held it up to Isto's face, waving it around so he wouldn't concentrate on it and actually see something.
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Posted: Mon Aug 23, 2004 4:33 pm
"Gah!" Isto rolled onto his side, wiping the water off his stomach before once again flopping down on his back. His eyes follow the hankerchief back and forth...back and forth.... back and forth.... enough. He snatched it away and rolled back onto his side, curling up with the hankerchief under his head for a pillow. Not a very effective pillow, but that wasn't the point. "I'll keep it, then."
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Posted: Mon Aug 23, 2004 4:40 pm
"Fine! You do that! I'll expect five dollars to be on my desk by tomorrow, to pay for the damages. And twenty cents for interest." Mauli laughed, poking Isto in the forehead. "And if you muss it up any more, i'll have you keelhauled and strung from the mast! If I ever get another, that is..."
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Posted: Mon Aug 23, 2004 4:47 pm
Raising a brow, he mock-scowled up at Mauli, tossing the hankerchief back at her face. "Five dollars and twenty cents for a ragged ol' piece of cloth? You know what, you keep it. I'll get my own." He fell silent and sat up, looking out across the lake. "I bet we could fix your ship, if we could find it."
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Posted: Mon Aug 23, 2004 4:55 pm
"Naw, t'doesn't deserve to be fixed. The thing was a home to mutineers and scoundrels. If anything, i'll just buy a small dory, and take 'er out every once in a while." Mauli heaved a sigh, staring up dolefully at the sky. "I suppose i'll never be a true pirate... I just don't have it in me to kill, maim, steal from or rob bare anything that has a face and can contort it into a pout. But that's okay! I mean, I never had to be a pirate, it just looked cool. Now that... Well, I suppose I don't have to try to be one anymore." She fingered the hankerchief, a small smile creeping onto her face. "Maybe i'll take up weaving."
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Posted: Mon Aug 23, 2004 5:02 pm
"It wasn't your fault..." He trailed off, then chuckled softly. "Mmhmm, pirates kill, maim, steal from and rob bare the innocent...and each other. I'm glad you're not a pirate." Again Isto paused, shrugging before continuing. "You kinda still are, though. I mean, you're just a different kind of pirate. A noble pirate." He blinked, turning questioningly towards her. "Weaving?"
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Posted: Mon Aug 23, 2004 5:04 pm
"A noble pirate?" Mauli blinked, then burst into giggles as Isto questioned her 'new hobby'. "Yes, weaving! Then sewing. And I could make ten new hankerchiefs for each you mess up!" She dropped it back onto his face, staring back up into the sky. "Hmmm... Maybe I could be a commodore... And get a gigantic pompous hat."
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Posted: Mon Aug 23, 2004 5:09 pm
"Aye, a noble pirate." He winked, then laughed. "Tell you what, I'll buy you a giant pompous hat to celebrate your 100th hankerchief." Isto grinned, then flopped back onto his back, pulling the hankerchief over his face. "Get to work, pirate. The sooner you're done, the sooner you get your own fleet."
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Posted: Mon Aug 23, 2004 5:15 pm
"I'm not going now." She pouted, sticking out her lower lip. "If I do, Lenta'll yell at me more! And lord KNOWS no one wants that." Then, scowling, she scooped a rock up off the ground and tossed it upwards as hard as she could. Mauli smiled as she heard it land a few feet away, then tucked her hands behind her head, closing her eyes and preparing herself for a short nap. Ahhh, life was good. whee
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Posted: Mon Aug 23, 2004 5:43 pm
Isto grimaced beneath the cloth, then pulled it off his face, vaguely tossing it to the ground. "Ahh, I'd forgotten.... Moo's gonna kill me when I get home, just watch. 'Course... Maybe Seth'll be there. Moo's usually in a good mood when he's around." Chuckling dryly, he rolled onto his side, back to Mauli. "I think he's supposed to be moving into the Jivvin House with us."
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Posted: Mon Aug 23, 2004 6:10 pm
"Moving in? That's a bit fast." Mauli laughed, then sat up, kicking idly at a rock near her foot. She mused over the thought for a moment, then blinked, her brow furrowing. "I need to get a house... Maybe I could live on a boat." Then, she laughed. "I'd either always be seasick or homesick!"
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Posted: Mon Aug 23, 2004 6:15 pm
"They've been dating for a while now..." He shrugged, glancing over to her. "Longer than I've been alive, anyway." He fell silent, eyes turning to gaze thoughtfully up at the sky. A short while later he again shrugged, fingers playing through the grass beneath his head. "I was going to move out, but... the Jivvin House is so huge, I have a whole wing to myself as it is. There's really no point in moving."
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Posted: Mon Aug 23, 2004 6:38 pm
"I've got a room... That's being shared with every other pet Lenta owns." Mauli sighed, pressing her forefingers together, just so she'd have something to concentrate on. "Lenta's never had time to find another house, so we're all squished together. Ry said she'd let us move into her new house... It's gigantic. Not as big as the farmhouse, but pretty big all the same. But then we'd be taking up her space, and she's got her own pets to worry about..."
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Posted: Mon Aug 23, 2004 7:03 pm
"The farmhouse got too crowded..." Isto grimaced and sit up, scooping up a handful of pebbles. "Our family was staying there with Wegs' family, you know, so we ran outta room really quick... Wegs' family's smaller, so they kept the farmhouse, and we all moved... It's alright. Feels a lot emptier than it actually is... It's made to accomodate a lot more people." He paused, then blinked, grinning faintly and glancing to Mauli. "Y' know, I bet Moo'd let your family move in with us. There's plenty of room!"
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Posted: Mon Aug 23, 2004 7:17 pm
"Yeah, but you know Mom... The only way she could be persuaded to impude on y'alls space would be if Fenwrit blew the apartment up or... something... Fenwrit! That's it!" Mauli smacked her forehead, then laughed aloud. "We could convince her that he'd grow up faster if he stayed with other Jivvins! And she won't leave him alone there, so she'd move in too, and we'd follow! Isto, you're a genius, an absolute genius!" She hugged him fiercely, then abruptly let him go and began spinning in her seat.
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