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Robbery! [voice]
[The following is preceded by an inordinate amount of emotional huffing and puffing. Samuel's voice in uncharacteristically tense.]
I have been slighted. I have been fooled. I have been wronged. Terribly, in fact. And that wrong I demand to be righted ( Read more... ) -
Matchmaker Matchmaker (or Brides for Barter)
There are three constants to be expected when walking on a brisk Corsican afternoon: a warm breeze at your tail, an impassioned support (or contentious rebuttal) of the radical new chestnut-tree tax, and an unprovoked invitation to wed a charming if not slightly bemused local girl ( Read more... ) -
Belt from the belly
[Samuel's voice sings clearly and proudly, if not aimlessly. The tune comes out as the bastard child of 'Happy Birthday,' the 'Waltzing Matilda,' and various Russian folk songs.]
Merry boat-day to me,
I've been sailing a year!
Merry boat-day to me,
I hold you all dear!
Now if it will please you,
And if you would like to,
Sing for me to hear!
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Yuletide Yearning
Lo, ears of my dears, you know me as a man of distinctive taste and dedicated responsibility upon these dashing decks. I am particularly proud of my patented strolls; Witnessing just one of my "bountiful bounders" is certain to inject into you an overwhelming sense of well-being, as if the angels themselves suddenly chose to stroke your hair, call ( Read more... ) -
Helter Kelter
My stairway luge race has led me to a fair amount of dizziness and head trauma- a great refreshment it is, bringing my mind back to days in St. Corbin's. One can measure the quality of their childhood next to the quantity of concussions. I highly recommend it to any man that in an hour of striking lonesomeness he find a way to bash his head. In ( Read more... ) -
A Palpitating Plummet of Perilous Proportions
I have been scouting our slope, Mikaela, and it seems that I am alone at the summit. Come, bring your courage and your carpet, and let us ride!
Oh, and if any of you boat-dwellers would like to see some real sport, come watch a woman race a dandy down a staircase at tracheal-shattering velocities! Meet at the foothills of the Deck one-to-two ( Read more... ) -
The Best of the Rest (at my stern behest)
In my recent wanderings and listen-ins I've stumbled across persons of every form and function. It's quite educational, you must agree, to see how the other four-fifths scrapes by. Why, I remember one time in Hampshire when I spent nearly four hours watching an old washer woman slapping an old fleece over a portion of unkempt partisan. "How's the ( Read more... ) -
Postulate then celebrate (and possibly innebriate)
Merciful mavens, is it Saint Guffen's day already? My word... though I could hardly say time flies, I do concede that it floats along like a bloated hen, three or four feet at a time ( Read more... ) -
Three Walls Left!
Guardian Angel! I have realized my folly. I don't need to change. The world does. -
Oh So Charming [voice]
[A clear, high voice like a bubbling stream that would be very alluring, had it refrained from spouting lunacy, fills the air.]
And once again I am graced with an opportunity at a new life. This suits me much better than my last form. It's me! Haha!
...I should work on that laugh. Perhaps try something dignified, like doves and silver bells and the ( Read more... )