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stmargarets birthday?
Oct. 19th, 2008 09:13 pmgirlyswotCharlie proclaimed himself completely stuffed after demolishing most of ![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
dogstar101's delicious dinner.
'Time to go, then.' Girlyswot raised a finger to attract the attention of Winewaiter!Albus. 'Have you got the portkeys ready?'
'They have all been slipped into pockets as you directed earlier.'
'Excellent. Can you activate mine and Charlie's first and then everyone else in ten minutes? We just need a few minutes to...' Albus's eyebrows rose suggestively '...get everything ready. Honestly, what is it with everyone assuming that all Charlie and I do is make out?'
'If the uncomfortable Regency corset fits...'
'It doesn't,' she told him firmly, rearranging her bosom just to make Gay!Albus feel uncomfortable in return.
He averted his gaze. 'Very well. We will join you in a few minutes.'
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Girlyswot landed smoothly, safe in the circle of Charlie's strong, canon arms. She allowed herself a moment just to revel in his comforting presence.
'Here we are, then. Beaufort Castle, home of Clan Fraser. Did you get everything sorted out?'
'Think so. The pipe band are over there, and the Highland dancers are waiting inside to give us a display of sword dancing. There's a range of single malts for TDU to sample and plenty of black pudding ready to fry up for breakfast. I've checked all the charms - all the men will find themselves wearing clan tartan kilts, and the women will have plaids to put over their shoulder. Oh, and everyone will find that any injuries sustained so far will be healed, leaving only the scars.'
Girlyswot looked down. Charlie was indeed wearing a bright red and yellow checked kilt with matching socks that showed off his spectacular calves. She had a matching plaid over her Regency dress. She couldn't wait to start reeling.
dogstar101's delicious dinner. 'Time to go, then.' Girlyswot raised a finger to attract the attention of Winewaiter!Albus. 'Have you got the portkeys ready?'
'They have all been slipped into pockets as you directed earlier.'
'Excellent. Can you activate mine and Charlie's first and then everyone else in ten minutes? We just need a few minutes to...' Albus's eyebrows rose suggestively '...get everything ready. Honestly, what is it with everyone assuming that all Charlie and I do is make out?'
'If the uncomfortable Regency corset fits...'
'It doesn't,' she told him firmly, rearranging her bosom just to make Gay!Albus feel uncomfortable in return.
He averted his gaze. 'Very well. We will join you in a few minutes.'
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Girlyswot landed smoothly, safe in the circle of Charlie's strong, canon arms. She allowed herself a moment just to revel in his comforting presence.
'Here we are, then. Beaufort Castle, home of Clan Fraser. Did you get everything sorted out?'
'Think so. The pipe band are over there, and the Highland dancers are waiting inside to give us a display of sword dancing. There's a range of single malts for TDU to sample and plenty of black pudding ready to fry up for breakfast. I've checked all the charms - all the men will find themselves wearing clan tartan kilts, and the women will have plaids to put over their shoulder. Oh, and everyone will find that any injuries sustained so far will be healed, leaving only the scars.'
Girlyswot looked down. Charlie was indeed wearing a bright red and yellow checked kilt with matching socks that showed off his spectacular calves. She had a matching plaid over her Regency dress. She couldn't wait to start reeling.
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I Come From The Land Down Under Part II
Date: 2008-10-20 10:50 pm (UTC)As well as the key to her future, St. Mags thought, fanning herself with her bingo card and turning the point of view over to Duncan.
Duncan didn’t understand why St. Mags was smiling behind that crumpled fan –but he forgot all about St. Mags when Rolf suddenly said, “Ah, here she is, Beth Crocker, noted entomologist from Austalia.”
She was a redhead – no, that didn’t do justice to the glorious flame and gold of her long hair. It seemed she carried the very light of the sun with her as she stood before his dazzled eyes.
“Beth,” Rolf was saying through the buzzing in Duncan’s ears. “We’ve a spider we want you to look at.”
“We?” She was smiling at Duncan with a glint of mischief in her amazing green eyes. “And who is we?”
“St. Mags from Newfoundland and Duncan Hines from . . .” Rolf faltered.
“Scotland,” Duncan murmured, taking Beth’s outstretched hand. It indeed felt as if he had been born anew on this very spot – this moment when his flesh first touched hers. A spark of vitality shot through him, turning him three-dimensional. Now that he had met his match, his personality could be shown rather than told like all good character development. He would laugh and spar and love this feisty woman from Down Under. Soon everyone would forget that his mother, Sarah Lee, didn’t love him, that his unfortunately-named children had been eliminated in a Time-Travel accident, and that he had started out as phase two of a cake-baking experiment. They would only remember this moment, this beginning when Beth brought her booted foot down on top of his and stomped the poisonous spider before it killed him.
“Sorry,” Beth cried as he hopped up and down on one foot. “But I couldn’t let it bite you.”
“Isn’t that a rare spider?” St. Mags gasped as she saw what a huge ugly black thing it was.
“Nah,” Beth said with a wide grin as she picked up the carcass by one hairy leg. “Australia’s crawling with these things.”
Duncan was looking too shook up to continue his point of view, so St. Mags carried on for him. “Thank you,” he said giving her a dark navy glance of gratitude. “You saved my life.”
“So I did,” Beth replied, throwing the spider in the rushing stream that had almost claimed the life of Hazel/Heather. “And because I saved you, your life is mine.”
“What?” St. Mags cried. She hadn’t expected Beth to have megalomaniac tendencies.
“I want ‘em,” Beth declared. “He’s handsome, he has blue eyes, he’s thoughtful and loyal –“
“I know,” St. Mags gritted. “There’s an entire lj entry on his attributes.”
“My heart is already in your hands,” Duncan said on cue, stepping closer to her.
Beth held up her hand. “But you have to take my last name.”
Duncan faltered. This was some sort of test, wasn’t it? Give up his very identity for the woman he loved? He was a fine dessert brand.
“It’s a tradition in my family,” Beth explained. “My ancestor, Betty Crocker, went to Australia to seek her fortune. She fell in love with an Irish convict named Paddy O’Furniture. She refused to live her life with a walking pun, so he changed his last name to Crocker.”
“Duncan Crocker,” he murmured. “It doesn’t sound too bad.”
Since Beth was totally hawt and Duncan hadn’t been able to use all of his attributes (thanks, Rolf!), St. Mags knew he would gladly give up his name. Maybe now his mother would love him since he would no longer be a competing dessert.
After this interior monologue – voiced by someone, the happy couple drifted off towards fade to black.
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Date: 2008-10-20 11:08 pm (UTC)I should have known better than to worry a little bit.
Still...I'm keeping my eye out for Megan's shennanigans. Moonette seemed to have lost interest in Duncan from the time he was baked, it's all her new characters we have to watch out for.
I wonder if Byron's offspring is coming for you now?
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Date: 2008-10-20 11:27 pm (UTC)*curses*
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Date: 2008-10-21 12:02 am (UTC)(For the Brits, he's the bloke that used to sing the Neighbours theme tune - I don't suppose that ever made it to the US. He is generally considered as daggy a singer as you can get.)
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Date: 2008-10-21 02:16 pm (UTC)I knew I didn't have the right terminology for one who studies spiders, but I didn't have to time to look it up. What is the right title?
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Date: 2008-10-21 12:18 am (UTC)"She refused to live her life with a walking pun," indeed.
AND you made Elizabeth II a strong female who stomps on (already Vanished by Albus) spiders! I don't even mind marking this your win. But I'd like to say that you might have misunderstood how the 5 kids came alive. Since Betty Crocker really had nothing to do with them, they are still very much around, I'm afraid. One or more of them might acquire a personality - who knows? *grins*
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Date: 2008-10-21 02:20 pm (UTC)If you insist on dragging five children to the next party, you'll have to be responsible for them. *nods*
Yes, puns are the lowest form of humor, but I can never seem to resist . . :)
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Date: 2008-10-21 03:34 pm (UTC)I think that the person who insisted that there should be more little Hineses in the world is the obvious choice to babysit them.
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Date: 2008-10-21 07:24 am (UTC)I must confess that try as I might, I didn't finish the mysterious Scotsman part. Having the kids home all day and Gianna's volleyball game tonight and various work responsibilities killed me. And I have to work at the school in the morning for two hours. And that darned auction fic is supposed to be due tomorrow and I haven't near finished it. And the kids get out of school at noon tomorrow. Wait - have I always had that eyelid twitch?
Is the party still going on Tuesday your time? LOL, I want to finish this!
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Date: 2008-10-21 02:26 pm (UTC)No, I have that in hand for my wrap-up post due later today.
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