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lastof_five

Carnival! (for Will)

Oct 29, 2011 21:03

While the island had changed for some reason or another, Helen wasn't particularly interested in exploring it. The constant din of carnival music made it nearly impossible to work and she was grateful her hut, at least, was some ways away from most of the civilization on the island. She had been trying to type up a state of the island address, or ( Read more... )

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inabmovie October 30 2011, 01:19:12 UTC

Will was ecstatic. Normally he didn't really care for island shenanigans but this was a distraction he couldn't resist--and he wasn't going to let Magnus resist it, either.

He bounced into the hut to find her working. Of course. Well, she could stop for a little while. "Okay, Maggie," he said cheerfully, reverting to his favorite nickname for her (that he didn't quite dare use too often since he'd first started, but he still loved doing it because it aggravated her). "Time to go have some fun." Will put his fingertips on the edge of the laptop, nudging it towards closed but not closing it all the way.

lastof_five October 30 2011, 01:30:38 UTC

"I'm trying to organize my thoughts in case I have to make another Council speech next month," Helen said, exasperated. "Of course, it would be going much faster if Nikola hadn't dribbled wine all down in my keyboard the last time he borrowed my computer. Who needs enemies when you can have friends like Nikola, right?"

inabmovie October 30 2011, 01:43:53 UTC

He pushed the lid of the laptop down just a little more. "All things you can do after we go have some fun," he told her. "Games and rides and prizes and all the fried food you can eat." Will was pretty much dying for a real cheeseburger and fries at this point, and a soda, and maybe a funnel cake and holy crap, he'd even seen a sign for deep-fried cupcakes. Seriously? How could he pass that up?

lastof_five October 30 2011, 01:49:09 UTC

"Ah, so my hips will grow exponentially. Are you trying to fatten me up for the winter, Will? I assure you, it's not necessary. I have enough padding as it is."

Still, she conceded and closed her laptop before standing up and brushing invisible lint off her t-shirt and jeans. "All right, you've convinced me."

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