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High-functioning Marshmallow
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 Posted: Fri Feb 04, 2011 11:15 pm
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----------------------------------✪★✩Ⓚade✩★✪  ☆═━┈---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------┈━═☆ The man had spent the day as he usually did – alone. He hadn't seen much of Fleurette or that new boy, but, then, Kade was pretty pushy towards them both. Every time they walked in through the doors, he spent the whole time watching them for a mistake, eager to jump into an argument to get rid of all of this.. baggage. Somehow. Well, at least, for a brief time during a fight, he felt somewhat better. It helped take his mind off of things. Staying with Avien was much more draining than he had thought – every second he had was spent keeping up a face and avoiding every topic that could link back to those annoying.. Ugh, he didn't even know what to call it. It was like talking to Theresa or his mother or anyone that was supposed to care and he just knew-.. He could find solace in work, at least. So, when no one was around on a slow day, he would be leaning back at the front desk, openly frowning at the ceiling in a thoughtful manner.
..Buuut, then a door would open and someone would walk in to break it. Like just then. He looked over at the pair that came in, plastering a quick smile across his features as he stood up from his chair, lacking the usual bounce. Eye-patches? Weird. “Hii! Welcome to Sugar Salon.” He looked between them – a couple? ..Oh, yes, of course, it had to be a couple. He withheld a grimace and nodded slowly at them both. A trim? He looked at the empty chairs, “We don't look busy, do we?” He pointed out, but it was hard to tell whether he was being playful or just blunt about it. He had a smile on, if anything.
“I'll be happy to fit you in, honey! Just need your name and – isn't he getting something done?” He asked as he rounded the front desk, plopping back into his chair to get his ledger out. “We do pedicures too and, um, if you don't want a cut, I'm sure I can fix that braid up. It's, like, what? English? French? Do you even know, sweetie? It's so loose, I can hardly tell!” He shook his head – oh, amateurs~ Yes, there was a damned art to hair-braiding! “You could try a Swiss~! Those are really in fashion now.” On runway models, but, well, Kade didn't pay attention to the gender much when it came to hair. It ascended that~!☆═━┈-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------┈━═☆
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Posted: Sat Feb 05, 2011 7:19 am
"Oui.. eet.." Pip started before he brought his braid around and looked at it. Oh dear God. Maybe the boy was right. It was hard to do the braid on his own, usually Walter or Integra helped him. And Integra wasnt as skilled at it as Walter was. So of course it had fallen apart.
"Oui.. eet could use a redoing." Pip said with a light embaressed laugh. He took out the braid's holder and let it unravel, ir was practically there anyways. Now his long copper locks hung free. He ran his hand through the long tresses before looking back to the hairdresser.
"Just a regular French braid no? Je m'appelle Pip and t'is is Mademoiselle Alice. You can start wit' 'er first.. Mademoiselle's before men." Pip said with a smile as he turned to Alice and presented the way to her. "After you."
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Posted: Sat Feb 05, 2011 11:18 am
 __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ - Alice 'Madame Mia' Ladd - __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ It was amusing really, to see a man be so enthusiastic about hair... and fashion from what she gathered. Well he worked in a salon, so it was to be expected. His tone was a little off though, one moment positive, the next doubtful... but it wasn't really her business now, was it? Her thoughts drifted over to Pip, being roped into getting something done. Something simple though. She smiled slightly, watching once more those long locks now free. It made the Frenchman look that much more stunning. Though when he spoke she nodded, having stared long enough. "Thank you." This should be quick enough. Alice moved over to the chairs first, with Pip right behind her and hopefully the blue smurf too. As soon as they were to begin, Alice would remind him it was only a trim.
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Posted: Sat Feb 05, 2011 3:22 pm
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----------------------------------✪★✩Ⓚade✩★✪ ☆═━┈---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------┈━═☆ Kade's heart skipped a beat – yes, it did. There had been one too many comments on how some people (Tess.) thought it wasn't working much anymore, so much so that the man had started to agree with her, both verbally and silently. Buut, there it was – working up a storm in excitement as he raised his eyes to watch Pip let his hair down – it was.. magnificent~!! He hadn't seen such long hair in.. in forever! Before he could think much of it, he had stood up and rounded the table to get behind the Frenchman, kneeling to stare at his hair in wonder.
“O-M-G~! It's, like, like – really – you take care of it!! You know every girl and guy I see with hair this long always just lets it go to the dogs?! It must take you hours of just brushing and brushing~!!” He squealed genuinely, holding his cheeks with both hands as Kade seemed to come back to his hyper, happy senses. He wanted to brush it~!! He bet it was soft – or it would be after he got his chance!! ..It was Alice first, right? He stood up in a hurry and went to lean over the desk, flipping the ledger towards him to jot down Pip and Alice during what he was guessing was their date. In the second that he finished, he took Alice by the arm and started to lead and/or drag her towards the chairs to push her into it – gently, of course, she was still a customer. “A trim? How much do you want off, sweetie?” He questioned while he opened one drawer and scooped out a pair of scissors, giving the air a few snips in his impatience.☆═━┈-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------┈━═☆
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High-functioning Marshmallow
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Posted: Sat Feb 05, 2011 3:46 pm
Pip's eyes went wide at how excited the smurf-hairdresser got over his hair. Well yeah of course he took care of it. But.. he always had since he was little. I mean, so what he combed it alot. Didnt take away from any of his manliness of course you really couldnt when you had a grenade in one hand, a AK 47 in the other, and a cigarette between his lips. Ah the smell of blood and fire in the morning.
Pip shook his head and just blushed lightly. "Oui.. eet does.. but eets not like i 'ave much else to do lately." Pip said honestly as he joined Alice and Kade. He sat down in the chair besides Alice, just to stay with her. And this way it would make it easier for the hairdresser to move from Alice to him.
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Posted: Sat Feb 05, 2011 4:01 pm
__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ - Alice 'Madame Mia' Ladd - __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Enthusiasm was one thing... Alice idly wondered if the smurf would attempt to marry Pip from what she saw. Which was possible in her mind. No straight man would do that... there was no way. "Really?" asked the brunette tilting her head in Pip's direction. Then again, she often drank when she was bored, not much better than brushing your hair repeatedly. And now she was in the smurf's grip. Good? They would see. "Just a bit below the jaw" answered Alice raising her hand to the place to emphasize. Her eye was wary of the scissor... it was... worrisome.
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Posted: Sat Feb 05, 2011 4:35 pm
"Oui." Pip said as he slipped his dog tags out from underneath his shirt. He started twirling them around idly as he watched Alice get her hair cut. "Not much else to do, lately, or when we were waiting for t'e enemy to break t'e stalemate." Pip said as he shrugged lightly. "I dont 'ave much else in life. And what, a man cant take care of 'is 'air?" Pip asked with a raise of his eyebrow. He shrugged either way and reached into his back pocket, all the while still twirling his dog tags around in the air. He pulled out a pack of cigarettes and pulled one out. He put it between his lips, took out his lighter and put away the rest of the pack. "T'is 'abit i also picked up, out of stress mostly t'ough." Pip said as he tilted his head back and closed his eye. He hadnt lit the cigarette yet, just waiting, leaving it between his lips for now.
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Posted: Sat Feb 05, 2011 5:03 pm
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----------------------------------✪★✩Ⓚade✩★✪ ☆═━┈---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------┈━═☆ He gave a quick nod and immediately set to work, trusting his eyes on keeping the measurement exact. Hey, he had done this for a few years now – he trusted his own abilities! Plus, his mind was on hyper drive at the aspect of working with so much hair~! It was almost odd how excited he could get over it.. But, well, everyone had something off about them! Or that was what he told himself whenever someone gave him an odd look for his hair obsession. He hummed a quick tune, letting Pip talk until he pulled out a cigarette. He looked at it with a frown – ew. “You know, those are so bad for you. Your teeth and nails.. Ick.” He shook his head in disapproval – not to mention the cancer he read about and all that other horrible stuff that cigarettes got pegged with. The smoke smelled horrible and.. yep, it was just an all around bad thing. “I don't get why anyone would still do it, you know. It's been kinda, um, out for awhile now.” He stated with another nod, keeping his eyes on his scissors and Alice's hair. Yes, there always had to be one killjoy when it came to smokers – but, Kade wasn't the sort to care about that anymore. Hyped up over lengthy hair or not, Kade was still not Kadey anymore. Yes, it was an adjective now. Kade had made it so in his last few years!☆═━┈-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------┈━═☆
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High-functioning Marshmallow
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Posted: Sat Feb 05, 2011 5:18 pm
__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ - Alice 'Madame Mia' Ladd - __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ "There's nothing wrong with it Pip" answered Alice, contemplating it in her mind. Now that she thought on it, it was kinda sad they only had their jobs to keep them busy. When had she turned into such a dull woman? Well she could pinpoint it was probably when she opened the House. Back at the city she always had something to do, but here in the island there wasn't much to do... Unless you were with someone or the like. Meanwhile Kade worked on her hair, and it was nice to feel that shagginess fall to the salon floor. Alice Ladd was picky about three things, her eye patch, her hair length, and her cigars. The smurf was taking care of one of them, but Alice had to frown a bit at the smoking comment. "Same reason why someone would dye their hair. It turns into a habit" said Alice, a bit defensive about her little habit. Sure it had been directed at Pip, but she was a smoker too.
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Posted: Sat Feb 05, 2011 5:28 pm
"Oui. And no offense Monsuier.. but t'is wont be t'e death of me." Pip said as he took the cigarette out of his mouth. "Only two t'ings will ever kill me in zt'is life." Pip said as he held up two fingers, his eye on the boy. "'eartbreak and my enemies finding out where i disappeared to." Pip said honestly. Ex- Mercenary didnt mean he had retired nicely like most others did with a job. He and Walter were more hiding from having to kill again for their own personal reasons. Pip.. his boys getting killed had been the last mission he had been on. It would be a long time before he was able, or ready to take on another mission. But he did admit he missed the money.. the action.. the thrill of it all. But.. it was too dangerous for him to go it alone. Unlike Walter, Pip didnt like working alone. "I dont suppose you will let me smoke in 'ere t'en, no?" Pip asked lightly.
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High-functioning Marshmallow
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Posted: Sat Feb 05, 2011 5:48 pm
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----------------------------------✪★✩Ⓚade✩★✪ ☆═━┈---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------┈━═☆ Kade had his hands held up in defense as Alice pointed out his hair dying habits – true, but Kade didn't think hair dye had ever been said to give cancer! ..Or maybe it had.. He wasn't entirely up to date on what was supposed to give what anymore.. But, any admittance was stomped out of mind as Pip had to open his trap. He dropped his placid expression into something harsher, as though he had just taken a bite of squash – which he really thought was disgusting. “Heartbreak? Please, darling, don't be melodramatic.” He rolled his eyes and giggled to mask the contempt in his voice, though a forced laugh of that nature only proved to enhance it. He shook his head and went back to trimming Alice's hair, giving a moment to consider the cigarette question. Secondhand smoke wasn't his favorite thing, but.. well, since when did he care much about his health. He shrugged, “Go ahead, I won't stop you. If it disturbs someone else, though, I'll have to ask you to put it out and don't get any ash on the floor. Sweeping up hair is enough.” He stated firmly before turning Alice's chair to get to the left of her head now, keeping quiet in his work at this point.☆═━┈-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------┈━═☆
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Posted: Sat Feb 05, 2011 6:01 pm
__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ - Alice 'Madame Mia' Ladd - __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Alice's one eye glanced at Pip, as she could without moving when he spoke. That little comment gathering interest. Two things that...? Ah... She could understand the enemies, from what he said as a mercenary. Which must've been hell... however the first... "You get over heartbreak Pip. Trust me. You do" replied the woman, letting her gaze move to the mirror. He sounded like a man that never fell for someone, or at least never was truly affected by rejection. The heart was a fickle thing, and even Alice didn't dare venture into it. She had gotten over her last flame. It was hell to do, but she did. Of course, she wasn't probably the best example for it.
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Posted: Sat Feb 05, 2011 6:16 pm
"Oui." Pip chuckled lightly. "Eet does 'urt t'ough. But i couldnt just say my enemies would kill me. Eet sounds too depressing." Pip smiled gently. "And you.. both of you. Eet would 'ave been funny if you 'adnt been 'urt by someone in your past." Pip said gently before he let the subject drop.
"I wont. Id rat'er not if eet will bot'er you Monsieur." Pip said to Kade as he held up the cigarette. He put it away, along with his lighter and sighed. Putting his arms behind his head he tilted his head back over the head of the chair and stared at the ceiling.
Pip started off whistling lowly.. but it soon turned into soft singing. It wasnt long before Pip had his eyes closed, and was singing some goofy a** song in French. It at least sounded very nice and hopefully it would lighten the mood, least thats what the French man was going for.
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Posted: Sat Feb 05, 2011 7:05 pm
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----------------------------------✪★✩Ⓚade✩★✪ ☆═━┈---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------┈━═☆ Kade's eyebrow twitched in annoyance at the man's words, but he wasn't going to bring it up. He had spent the whole week trying to avoid topics of that nature, he didn't feel like fighting over it anymore. It was wearisome. Instead, he simply listened to Pip sing his little song with something close to amusement. It was kinda annoying since he couldn't understand it, but Yoakim had spoken in French on occasion and Kade had, at some point, had the want to learn it if only because Yoakim did. But, he never got around to it. The reminiscences weren't helping his mood much either. That eagerness that had poked it's hesitant head out earlier was already nestled back in Kade's mind. He could at least be happy knowing he was going to play with Pip's hair soon. He did the last few snips to Alice's bangs before he slid the scissors back into their drawer and brushing the girl's shoulders off. “Done.” He stated with a small pat to Alice's shoulder and then moved to Pip, turning his chair a bit too suddenly so he could start braiding. There was a lot of hair, but, well, Kade was going pretty fast – it shouldn't take that long.☆═━┈-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------┈━═☆
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Posted: Sat Feb 05, 2011 7:16 pm
__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ - Alice 'Madame Mia' Ladd - __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Alice blinked at that. She couldn't help but frown at what Pip said. It would've been funny... Dear, she wasn't only turning dull, she was serious... This was ridiculous, she was always serious... More now than ever but... Maybe she should work on that. Or just-Hm? A hum distracted Alice from her distressed thoughts, and she looked over to Pip as soon as Kade was done with her hair. A glance was taken to the mirror, an instant smile spreading at the look. Smurf knew what he was doing. "Thank you." Now back to Pip... She didn't understand a word he said, but her eyes had turned much softer as she listened to him. He had a nice voice... and it made her smile lightly. "What's that?" she asked idly, wondering what the song was.
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