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[labyrinthking]

Jareth fretted, he paced, he scried, and fretted still more. Even kicking goblins into the chandelier couldn't rouse his spirits. All of this "being patient" business was going to drive him to distraction. When would she come to him again? She slipped away to visit her family easily enough. Had she forgotten him? Would he need to remind her? His

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[vicioussweetie]

Jareth, of all people, should be careful with his wishes.

Ali had been intending to visit him this very day, though she had been delayed and almost dissuaded thanks to a certain unfortunate encounter. Her good mood had been quite covered over afterward, and it took her some little while to try and uncover it again. She wasn't entirely successful, but something (she hoped) was better than nothing.

Once she was as ready as she'd ever be, it wasn't long until she stepped once again into the Labyrinth.

[labyrinthking]

Jareth had taken care, today, to keep the Labyrinth's door to the Nexus well away from those halls frequented by his guest and rival, so that if she should visit, he would not need to share her with the upstart.

When he felt her arrive, he schooled himself carefully to avoid showing too much eagerness before shifting, flexing the Labyrinth around himself to appear near her, lounging against a pillar that seemed perfectly proportioned to flatter him (would he do that?). "Welcome back, my dear," he purrs, letting her see and appreciate him in all his glory. "You've been away far too long."

[vicioussweetie]

He would do that, and she knows it. And, much as she admires the view, being greeted with a complaint doesn't really help her mood. "I've been busy," she reminds him in a mostly-neutral tone. She sure as hell isn't going to apologize.

[labyrinthking]

"Of course, and burdened by too many troubles," he sympathizes, gliding toward her. "Have you come to let me ease them?"