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 Posted: Mon Aug 05, 2013 9:53 am
With a happy smile, Victoria floated towards the exit, leading Lou down the path until they reached a park a few minutes away. She pointed at one of the benches, gesturing for him to sit down.
"And you have to close your eyes."
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Posted: Mon Aug 05, 2013 10:03 am
Lou followed the ghoul wordlessly, hands in pockets, until she stopped and pointed to the bench. "Well alright. I suppose I could use a sit after all that walking." But why in the world did he have to close his eyes?
Either way, the boil did sit down, and with a raised eyebrow he closed his eyes. "Now what?"
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Posted: Mon Aug 05, 2013 10:26 am
"Now you wait! Because surprise," Victoria replied; he refused to tell her about his surprise earlier, so it was only fair that he kept her surprise a surprise too. After putting down the dress on Lou's lap, she got to work, picking and plucking black, white, and grey flowers off the bushes and the ground. Every minute or so, she would look towards Lou, exclaiming things like "No peeking!" and "Keep your eyes closed!" just to make sure that he was following instructions.
Weaving the flowers into a flower crown, she reached into a pocket on her dress, pulling out a circular pocket watch with a chain and clasp; there were rose engravings on the cover, and the silver paint had came off in a few places, but it was perfect... Because while the watch wasn't working anymore, the mirror on the inside of the cover was perfect. It was one of the things that she had found in the donation pile while back in the orphanage, and it had instantly became one of her favorite mirrors to bring around.
"For Sir Lou, a crown," She placed the flower crown on his head, and replaced the dress on his lap with the pocket mirror; she was sad to give it to someone else, but he did gift her with a really pretty, really expensive dress... So from her point of view, he deserved a good pocket watch mirror, "And that's yours now too."
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Posted: Mon Aug 05, 2013 11:56 am
"Oh, I see what you're doing. Getting revenge for my surprise, huh?" Lou just grinned and shook his head, wondering what his surprise for being the stinkiest slave driver would be. A dead mouse? Or maybe she would just run off and leave him there. He could see that happening.
But every time she shouted at him to ensure he wasn't peeking,manat seemed to be far from the case. "Does that mean I can open my eyes?" He did anyways, reaching up to touch his new crown before noticing the watch at his lap.
Well, what was this?
The boil began carefully examining the intricate rose engravings before popping it open. "A watch?" Or... Was it the mirror inside that was meant to be his gift.
The vampire realized all too quickly how appropriate such a thing was, because the only thing reflecting back at him was the crown of flowers atop his head. That, however, didn't really matter. Lou couldn't remember ever receiving a gift, much less such a thoughtful one. His brow furrowed as he looked back to Victoria. "Are you sure you want me to have this?"
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Posted: Mon Aug 05, 2013 7:47 pm
"Yes," Victoria nodded, still a little sad to let it go, but Matron did say that material possessions were fleeting things, "Even if you are a smelly, naughty boil who gets thrown out of stores for misbehaving." She was never going to forget that; ghosts had excellent memory.
"You don't have a reflection," She observed, eyes widening slightly as she repeated herself, slightly bewildered this time, "You don't have a reflection!" Is that normal? How can anyone live - or unlive - without a reflection?!
[Phone tag thus there are no fancy color texts. mad ]
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Posted: Tue Aug 06, 2013 4:34 pm
The vampire smiled. Not one of those classic Lou being Lou smiles, but an actual, genuine smile. It was like he might've had a heart or something. "Thanks Pipsqueak." If he weren't dead, the boil might've felt warm.
"Huh?" Lou hadn't heard her the first time, and it took him a moment to process what she was going on about after he did hear. "Oh!" He looked from her to the pocket watch's mirror. "It's one of those quirks about vampirism. We have no reflection." The boil shrugged, adjusting the flower crown to where it appeared to be straight. "I think you had an ulterior motive in giving me a floral crown." Considering he still smelled like garbage.
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Posted: Tue Aug 06, 2013 9:29 pm
"You're welcome," Victoria replied, proud of herself for giving Lou something that he liked, "Oh... That sounds sad..." Then again, being a mirror ghost, not having a reflection sounds like one of the worst things that could happen.
"I didn't think of that," She really didn't. She was more concerned about how to give him something nice but would not cost her seeds that she did not have, "But maybe it is time to go back?" So he could take a shower and stop smelling like garbage... Even if water wasn't going to clean his naughty boil personality.
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Posted: Wed Aug 07, 2013 8:43 am
Lou just patted the ghoul on the head. "Don't worry about it too much. When it's all you've known, it doesn't really effect you at all." You know, except when someone gives you a gift and you can't fully enjoy it. Oh well.
Lou gently placed the watch in his pocket after clipping the chain to the fabric. "Alright. Lets head back Pipsqueak." Lou stood from his seat, proudly wearing his flower crown. He didn't give a s**t who was around him. The boil was confident in his masculinity.
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Posted: Wed Aug 07, 2013 8:51 am
"Alright, Sir Lou," Victoria replied, still a little upset at how the vampire's lack of reflection defeated the purpose of having a pocket mirror. However, since he didn't seem bothered by it... She would try not to be too. Nodding, she hovered by his side, and followed him back to the dorms.
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