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 Posted: Mon Sep 19, 2005 9:08 pm
** Enter Melliandra from Main Room 695 **
*Melliandra wanders into the library. She passes down the aisles, here browsing the titles of the books, there pulling on down that interests her. She hears the shuffling of someone else a few aisles down. Quietly she makes her way toward the noises to investigate*
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Posted: Mon Sep 19, 2005 9:13 pm
*Maggie tries to will the blush away from her face, scolding herself* 'Tis only a book. *she mutters, as though she might be able to talk herself out of being so flustered* Only a book. Just open it . . . *she lifts the cover to hesitantly turn through the first few pages this time*
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WhimsicalCow Vice Captain
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Posted: Mon Sep 19, 2005 9:25 pm
*Melliandra peeks around the corner. Seeing Maggie with a book in her hands, looking very serious, she arches an eyebrow. A small smirk plays on her lips as she approaches her*
Looking for a book on swordplay?
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Posted: Mon Sep 19, 2005 9:30 pm
*Maggie gives a start, nearly dropping the book* Melliandra! I . . I . . . nay . .. I . .. *she clutches the book to her almost protectively, but then goes bright red, and tries to quickly shove it back in it's place on the shelf, extremely flustered* I . . was only . . . just . . . looking for something te practice reading . . *she lies, and terribly*
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WhimsicalCow Vice Captain
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Posted: Mon Sep 19, 2005 9:41 pm
Oh? *Melliandra walks slowly down the aisle toward Maggie* Do the upper classes allow the lower classes to read in your time? That's awfully generous of them. Do they let you borrow their books too?
*she stops a foot away from Maggie, and the bells in her hair and on her mask jingle as she tilts her head, appraising her thoughtfully* No, I suspect you're receiving lessons from Bard, aren't you?
*She runs her finger along the spine of the books on the shelf, stopping at the one Maggie hastily reshelved. She plucks it from the shelf* Let's see what we have here....
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Posted: Mon Sep 19, 2005 9:45 pm
Aye, he's been . . . *Maggie begins to reply, but then blanches as she sees Mell reach for the book she was looking at* Nay, wait, please . . !
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WhimsicalCow Vice Captain
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Posted: Mon Sep 19, 2005 9:51 pm
*Melliandra does no such thing of course. She begins to page through the book*
My, my... I suppose you were studying swordplay of a sort.... *she chuckles* I'd have thought Bard would be more than eager to help you with this sort of education...
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Posted: Mon Sep 19, 2005 9:57 pm
*Mortified, Maggie drops her gaze to her feet, her face burning* I . . . he . . . that is . . . . we . . . *but she clams up before she can even form a coherent sentence, too embarrassed to continue*
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WhimsicalCow Vice Captain
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Posted: Mon Sep 19, 2005 10:07 pm
*Melliandra cradles the book in one hand* Well, the last time I saw the two of you together, he looked about ready to burn your clothes off with his eyes. *she taps the book with her fan* If nothing's happened between you two since then, I'd worry less about this sort of thing, and more about having a mending kit handy.
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Posted: Mon Sep 19, 2005 10:14 pm
*Maggie twists her hands together, terribly self-conscious. She'd thought trying the library might spare her the embarassment of trying to talk to anybody about this at all . . . let alone somebody like Melliandra.*
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WhimsicalCow Vice Captain
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Posted: Mon Sep 19, 2005 10:24 pm
*Melliandra frowns at her rather impatiently* Oh come now! You're what? Twenty-two? Twenty-three? Don't act so virginal with me, dear. *she levels her fan at Maggie's pelvis* If you haven't caught a man or two between those legs, I'll eat my fan!
*she peels off her mask, fixing Maggie with a pointed stare* Well?
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Posted: Mon Sep 19, 2005 10:31 pm
*Maggie gapes at her for a split second, stunned by her bluntness. Why is it that the Brink seems determined to set women like this after her to humiliate her? It's enough to start to get her angry as well. She reaches out to push the offending fan away, and stammers out* Stop that . . ! . . . Please. I'm not such a fool. I . . . I've been married. I just . . . canna ye see I'm embarrassed??
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Posted: Mon Sep 19, 2005 10:41 pm
*A small smile returns to Melliandra's lips, satisfied by Maggie's reaction* You are a modest little mouse, aren't you? But you know how to bite when it suits you.
*She holds the book out to Maggie, as if offering it to her*
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Posted: Mon Sep 19, 2005 10:46 pm
*Maggie looks at her warily, not quite sure whether to read that as a compliment or an insult. Likely a little of both. She reaches out to take hold of the book again with a cautious 'thank ye.' Even aggravated, she's still conscious of her manners.*
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WhimsicalCow Vice Captain
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Posted: Mon Sep 19, 2005 10:50 pm
*Melliandra keeps a firm grip on her end of the book. She steps forward, so that she and Maggie are uncomfortably close*
Tell me why you want this book.
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