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Post by Silaluk on Jul 10, 2015 13:53:16 GMT
Victoria sighs. "That's why we have to try and help it!" she replies insistently. At the shop again, she reaches into the bag of seeds and scatters them on the snow-covered windowsill. Hoping to catch a glimpse of the canary, she looks around, but reaches for the door when her search proves to be in vain.
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Post by Copper on Jul 10, 2015 14:04:48 GMT
The canary hopped towards the sill, suspicious for a moment before beginning to snack on the birdseed.
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Post by Silaluk on Jul 10, 2015 14:28:57 GMT
Victoria smiles. "There you are." She holds out a gentle finger, setting the basket down on the front steps. "Hello, little thing."
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Post by Copper on Jul 10, 2015 14:35:05 GMT
The canary chirped loudly, hopping onto her finger. Judas, who was moving boxes around, noticed the canary. He snorted, but said nothing. She looks like some princess from a children's fairytale.
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Post by Silaluk on Jul 10, 2015 14:46:26 GMT
"You look so cold..." Victoria murmurs. Turning to the door, and without taking her eyes from the bird, she picks up the basket and hurries inside.
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Post by Copper on Jul 10, 2015 14:58:49 GMT
"Your little friend arrived?" Judas asked, cutting open a box with an angular, long knife.
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Post by Silaluk on Jul 10, 2015 15:03:51 GMT
Victoria gives him a look, but sets the canary down on the table and puts out some seeds for it. "Is there a problem with bringing it inside?" she asks defensively.
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Post by Copper on Jul 10, 2015 15:07:00 GMT
"Don't let it get too attached to you is all I'm saying," Judas shrugged. "It might start to like you better than it's caster. Or, worse, start thinking you're the caster."
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Post by Silaluk on Jul 10, 2015 15:09:51 GMT
"Don't worry so much," she says with a wave of her hand. "All I'm doing is giving it a meal and a warm place to stay. The poor creature might freeze to death otherwise."
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Post by Copper on Jul 10, 2015 15:12:51 GMT
"Well, when you're done being a fairytale character, there's work to do," Judas responded, leaving the lab and entering the front of the shop. He had deliberately not used the word princess. Don't want to give anyone the wrong idea here. Jacob wouldn't let me hear the end of it.
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Post by Silaluk on Jul 10, 2015 15:20:02 GMT
"A fairly tale character?" Victoria echoes, vaguely annoyed. "You know, maybe you could try to be a little more compassionate. You said it yourself. This could be some kid's familiar. What good would it do to have it lying frozen on the side of the street?"
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Post by Copper on Jul 10, 2015 15:23:33 GMT
"Fine, take care of the thing if you want to so badly. But messing with other people's familiars isn't usually a good idea. It could be different for you because you aren't magic, but for us..." He walked inside the lab again, putting down a large human automaton. "It's kind of a taboo."
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Post by Silaluk on Jul 10, 2015 15:27:30 GMT
"It's not like you have to touch it or anything," she snorts. "Once this storm comes and goes, I'll let it out again, Mister Worrywort."
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Post by Copper on Jul 10, 2015 15:29:52 GMT
"Yeah, well. If it spews out some random prophecy or something, just... toss it out the window, please. I do not need any more of that in my life."
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Post by Silaluk on Jul 10, 2015 15:34:29 GMT
"Fine, fine. But for now, it stays." Victoria pats the canary's head with a fingertip, hanging her coat on the rack by the door and busying herself with putting away the groceries. "You're lucky I'm here to shop for you."
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Post by Copper on Jul 10, 2015 16:30:38 GMT
"Don't act too smug. Meat and bread is not a bad diet."
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Post by Silaluk on Jul 10, 2015 16:45:05 GMT
"Someday, I won't be your apprentice anymore and you'll have to fend for yourself. So far, I've had to fight off all the scary chicken-people at the market and herd you at the same time," Victoria points out, setting the basket in the corner once she was finished.
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Post by Copper on Jul 10, 2015 17:17:18 GMT
"I can very easily survive without you herding me around the market," Judas scoffed. "I had a life before you, after all."
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Post by Silaluk on Jul 10, 2015 18:39:15 GMT
"Come on, admit it. You enjoy having me around," she says smugly, hands on her hips. "Besides, this place was a pigpen when I first got here. And now it actually looks liveable."
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Post by Copper on Jul 11, 2015 19:46:59 GMT
"Yeah, yeah. What do you want me to do, buy you flowers? Bow at your feet?" Judas stuck his head inside the hatch of the machine, waving his hand behind him. "Screwdriver, please."
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