004 - Accidental Video (mid-afternoon)

[capuletnomore]

[Juliet has a tattered basket at her side, and she sits at the edge of the river, leaning over the bank. There is fabric in her hands, which she dunks up and down in the water repeatedly, then scrubs against itself. It's laundry day in the Capulet household, and she's doing the best she can without much soap.]Only three more to go. When I get

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[reflectivedawn]

[He's just barely restraining a chuckle. But he manages, if for no other reason than she's a girl and that demands he be nice to her.]

That's one way to do it.

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[capuletnomore]

[She's squeezing water out of her hair as she speaks to the stranger.]

As I have no washboard, I make do. Were I stronger, I would bring enough water back to the house to launder there.

[And she sighs.]

I shall have to be more careful in the future. I am still unused to such things.

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[reflectivedawn]

Or you could ask someone to do it for you.

[Is that him volunteering? It just might be.]

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[capuletnomore]

[She blinks at him, not quite sure she's understood him properly. It would be rude to presume something of a stranger.]

In our household, I am the only one suited to such a task. Tybalt cannot wash clothing, and Bubbles is only a child.

[She offers a kind, if bedraggled smile and bob of her head.]

I am Juliet.

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[buntails]

[Have a sympathetic, if somewhat put-upon, sigh.]

Need dry clothes? Take a bath, too, you'll feel better.

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[capuletnomore]

[She offers a smile to the other young lady, even while squeezing water from her skirts.]

Thank you for your kind offer, miss. I should be all right to return home. It isn't far, and I have one change of clothing that did not need washing today.

The river is fond of people, it seems.

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[buntails]

Oh. That's good! Make sure not to catch cold or anything.

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[capuletnomore]

I will try not to. I think I would frighten my cousin were I to become ill. I don't think I shall stay out for much longer. The rest of the laundry can wait for another day.

[capuletguarddog]

[Insert epic, probably out of proportion alarm]

Juliet! You should be more careful!

[You could have drowned! Or got eaten by an alligator! Or... Something!]

[capuletnomore]

[Of course Tybalt would see this. How could the situation have been any worse? She hates looking incompetent in front of her cousin. She's been trying so hard to run a household!]

I am fine, Tybalt. Soaked to the bone, but unharmed. I will be home shortly, if you could perhaps find me something to use to dry off before I change.

[capuletguarddog]

Of course. Do you need me to come help you carry anything?

[Hope you're prepared to be totally smothered in towels and blankets, dear cos]

[capuletnomore]

[She glances down at the basket full of wet clothing that still needs to be hung on the makeshift line they've strung up at home.]

Wet cloth is always heavier than dry cloth, and I fear trying to make my way home in this condition whilst carrying such a burden. If you would be so kind, cos, as to come and escort me?

[Because she knows the best way to keep him from fretting too much is to give him things to do and let him indulge in some of his worry.]

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[population_ctrl]

Difficult to be elegant about it, at least.

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[capuletnomore]

[And another she considers a gentleman seeing her in this state. Lovely.]

Quite difficult, sir. But one must have clean clothing.

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[population_ctrl]

You are doing a good job, Mademoiselle. All things considered.

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[capuletnomore]

You are most kind to say so.

You have been well, I trust?

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[capuletnomore]

[She blinks at the young boy. There is an arrow on his forehead.]

I would not call it 'fun', per se. I do not find clambering through the mud and grass to free myself from the river fun. And getting mud and grass stains on the dress defeats the purpose of washing it.

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[capuletnomore]

Were there a ladder, perhaps it would be easier. Alas, the riverbank has not seen fit to grow one.

[The cheerfulness is infectious.]