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Nov. 30th, 2006 10:56 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
shelley_wintersShelley stares at her own front door, key half-raised towards the lock.
She doesn't want to go in.
She's scared to go into her own house. Because he's in there, he can make a space frightning, and she should really just either go in or go somewhere else. Where?
No, no, she has to go in. To her house. Right, right.
She fumbles with the key and turns it in the lock before she can panic again. Step forward, onto the mat, bang the door.
To hard. The windows rattle, a little.
God. She stands still.
She doesn't want to go in.
She's scared to go into her own house. Because he's in there, he can make a space frightning, and she should really just either go in or go somewhere else. Where?
No, no, she has to go in. To her house. Right, right.
She fumbles with the key and turns it in the lock before she can panic again. Step forward, onto the mat, bang the door.
To hard. The windows rattle, a little.
God. She stands still.
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Date: 2006-11-30 11:36 pm (UTC)"Good afternoon, my lady."
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Date: 2006-11-30 11:45 pm (UTC)Of course he can.
-She'd just going to make a cup of tea, that'll work, yes. Tea will help.
Dropping her bag, she walks past the couch in silence, carefully not looking at him, heading for the kitchen. Just... part of the furniture. Right.
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Date: 2006-11-30 11:51 pm (UTC)"We are out of cocoa powder. I drank the last of it at lunch."
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Date: 2006-12-01 12:02 am (UTC)It's her own kitchen. It's her house.
What is she going to do?
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Date: 2006-12-01 12:06 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2006-12-01 12:16 am (UTC)Shelley looks at the door, steaming tea in hand.
And then she sits back down, staring at the surface of the table, blowing softly on the tea to cool it.
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Date: 2006-12-01 12:24 am (UTC)And he let time pass for the moment. No use pushing her when he had little chance of doing anything but damaging his chances.
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Date: 2006-12-01 12:35 am (UTC)Then she sits for a moment, tilting the mug and watching the escaped leaves spread slowly over the bottom. But she can't put it off forever, and eventually rises to wash it up and leave the room again.
She opens the door as quietly as possible, before heading to pick up her bag again.
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Date: 2006-12-01 12:38 am (UTC)"How was your day at work, Lady Shelley?"
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Date: 2006-12-01 12:51 am (UTC)"Fine."
She'd almost been sent home ill, but had managed to imply that ladies troubles were to blame, and the solicitous Mayor had backed off rapidly.
She shoulders the bag, and inwardly wonders where to go. Upstairs?
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Date: 2006-12-01 12:53 am (UTC)"Your tone of voice implies otherwise."
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Date: 2006-12-01 01:01 am (UTC)She doesn't move yet. She can leave whenever she wants, but she has to- Well. They have to communicate sometimes.
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Date: 2006-12-01 01:03 am (UTC)"Do you believe that I am in a more enviable position? Whether we like it or not, we are stuck together here, and it would be in both of our best interests if we were to cooperate as much as possible."
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Date: 2006-12-01 01:08 am (UTC)She never will, ever, even if he takes her back some time, or stays here forever. It isn't okay, and she will not let him think she accepts it. That's it.
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Date: 2006-12-01 01:10 am (UTC)"And do you think I believe this is all right? I was simply wanting some peace between us."
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Date: 2006-12-01 01:13 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2006-12-01 01:15 am (UTC)"What about some garments then?"
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Date: 2006-12-01 01:23 am (UTC)"I don't know. If you can't learn to say please, maybe I'll just leave you like that."
In... is he wearing a skirt?
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Date: 2006-12-01 01:26 am (UTC)"Would you prefer your act of obeisance with or without adulation?"
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Date: 2006-12-01 01:34 am (UTC)"I'll settle for you shutting up. Failing that, human sacrifice would be acceptable."
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Date: 2006-12-01 01:37 am (UTC)"Would you like a virgin or will one of the tramps down at the park work?"
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Date: 2006-12-01 01:42 am (UTC)"No, see, that was me wishing you dead."
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Date: 2006-12-01 01:45 am (UTC)"Then why do you not simply kill me? I do not exist on this world and nobody would miss me."
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Date: 2006-12-01 01:47 am (UTC)"I'd know. F-for some people, killing isn't an option, I know it's hard for you to comprehend."
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Date: 2006-12-01 01:51 am (UTC)"It is hard for most people to comprehend my situation."
Pausing for a moment, he commented calmly.
"Returning to the clothing issue, how might we best resolve this? It is a touch chilly for puttering about without clothing."
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Date: 2006-12-01 01:54 am (UTC)"I'm not working tomorrow. We can go and get some things, get the bus."
Elan on a bus. Such a weird thought, it clashes with reality, it...
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Date: 2006-12-01 01:56 am (UTC)"That will suffice."
A pause, and a softer tone of voice
"Thank you."
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Date: 2006-12-01 02:16 am (UTC)He isn't.
So there's just a beat of silence where a reply should have been, and she turns around and heads for the door to the hall.