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WhimsicalCow Vice Captain
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 Posted: Mon Nov 07, 2005 5:23 pm
*Maggie goes still at the sound of her name, then turns, apprehensive* Ye're awake . ... forgive me, I didna mean te disturb yer rest.
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Posted: Mon Nov 07, 2005 5:48 pm
You didn't *Van der Mullen sits up and peels the blanket off his shoulders* I am a notoriously light sleeper. I woke when you approached me. I was dreaming and... *he glances over at the table* you were kind enough to bring me tea...
I admit I have not done or said much to merit such kindness.
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WhimsicalCow Vice Captain
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Posted: Mon Nov 07, 2005 5:59 pm
*Maggie clasps her hands in front of her, feeling a bit awkward* We have not, perhaps, gotten on so well, but . .. e'eryone deserves kindness.
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Posted: Mon Nov 07, 2005 6:07 pm
Kindness... is a rare gift...
*he motions awkwardly to a chair*
Won't you sit down? Join me?
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WhimsicalCow Vice Captain
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Posted: Mon Nov 07, 2005 6:13 pm
*Maggie twists her hands together a bit, but she nods* Aye . . . alright. *she walks back over to take the seat he pointed to*
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Posted: Mon Nov 07, 2005 6:23 pm
Miss Dowling... *Van der Mullen stares at his shoes* I have been rude to you since we first met, and for no fault of your own. I... I apologize....
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WhimsicalCow Vice Captain
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Posted: Mon Nov 07, 2005 6:33 pm
*Maggie blinks, a little surprised, but grateful, especially since it obviously cost him a bit to say* 'Tis alright, Dr. Van der Mullen . . . 'tis a difficult thing te adjust te, coming te this place. *she offers a smile* I am glad that perhaps we might make a better start now than our earlier one.
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Posted: Mon Nov 07, 2005 6:43 pm
*he looks around at the Brink as if taking it in for the first time* You... really do believe that this is some place outside of time, don't you?
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WhimsicalCow Vice Captain
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Posted: Mon Nov 07, 2005 6:48 pm
Aye, *she nods again* For a long while I thought it might be only a dream, or . . . I didna know what. But . . . 'tis coming on two years now since I first appeared here. So much has happened, I am certain now that it must be real.
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Posted: Mon Nov 07, 2005 6:58 pm
... And of course... I might be a madman still and merely imagining this place and you along with it.
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WhimsicalCow Vice Captain
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Posted: Mon Nov 07, 2005 7:11 pm
Truly, I think this place, all the different people here, the worlds and times they come from . . . it seems te me te be too much for any one person te imagine on their own ...
*she thinks for a moment* I have had proof though, *She says, motioning to the door* The door wasna always there, but now, we are able te visit each other's worlds through it. I believed it before, but after I first brought Bard te my time, and my son was able te see him, too . . . I could have no more doubt of it.
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Posted: Mon Nov 07, 2005 7:29 pm
*Van der Mullen stares at the door, considering* In Mathematics, the simplest answer is generally the correct one, but there are greater orders complexity that sometimes obscure what is obvious to even a smallest child. You can use the most complex formulae to prove that one plus one is equal to two, and yet... *he holds up his two index fingers and brings them together* I bet your son knows it just as well as any scholar.
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WhimsicalCow Vice Captain
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Posted: Mon Nov 07, 2005 7:36 pm
*Maggie looks slightly intimidated when he starts talking about advanced mathematics and formulae, but she nods at his demonstration* Aye, that he does..
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Posted: Mon Nov 07, 2005 7:49 pm
**Enter Bard**
*Bard fades in seated in a chair, working on a crossword puzzle*
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Posted: Mon Nov 07, 2005 8:00 pm
*Van der Mullen nods* And so while my brain tells me this is ludicrous. I shall, like my senses at face value. What else can I ... *he fades before he finishes what he meant to say*
**Exit Van der Mullen**
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