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Post by Señor Sunday Friday on Jan 28, 2009 20:27:18 GMT -5
Efram's hand didn't meet Maddie's, hey- things couldn't always turn out perfectly adorable. Instead he placed a hand on his chest and with a serious expression he pointed back to the rest of the library, and then he tried to imitate the motion of putting books away. The mute young man nodded then, a very serious expression on his face- he had just been away from work for who knows how long and he really had to catch up with everything. He took a step away from the book and Maddie to test if his point made it across, a little unsure with everything at the current moment.
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Post by Arual on Jan 28, 2009 20:34:47 GMT -5
Maddie looked behind her. 'You have to finish helping put the books away......I'll be here I guess.' she wrote down, feeling a lot calmer knowing that it wasn't like she thought it was going to be.....something that was the worst nightmare of all.
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Post by Señor Sunday Friday on Jan 28, 2009 21:05:16 GMT -5
Efram looked at the note and nodded, giving Maddie a kiss on the cheek before he went off to go do whatever work it was that he had to do, it must have been hard for Harriet to keep everything under control for the entire time he was gone, especially since that meant there was nobody here to keep her from getting well, too wild. There was actually even the problem of Harriet's tendency to throw things as projectile weapons whenever the chance was had, obviously around here those projectiles were normally books and Efram swore he died a little each time Hatty threw one of the books, how did someone like that even become a librarian anyways?
"Well, you see Efram, there was this girl and she liked books and I just found myself here, the relationship didn't work out though- little bitch." Harriet took a sip of lemonade, propping her feet up on the table, a book or two underneath her shoes and Efram winced as he looked at them. "Oh! Sorry, sometimes I forget they're there- you know, since they're just books." Efram looked towards the woman with an expression of pained disbelief. He looked like he was going to cry, "Oh, it's okay! Look! They're fine! Don't cry, sugar-britches!"
Oh yeah, now he remembered.
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Post by Arual on Jan 28, 2009 21:11:14 GMT -5
It was a even stronger reassurance when he kissed her, and she went to do the same as best she could until he was gone and her eyes fell back onto the book to decode the two messages she had. Maddie let the photographic memory kick in and do its thing as she flew over pages and pages of symbols and their definitions.
About an hour or so later......
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Post by Señor Sunday Friday on Jan 28, 2009 21:42:00 GMT -5
Efram walked over, moving quietly and he placed a hand on Maddie's shoulder with a little smile on his face, me motioned for her to get up and follow, moving down through the library and towards the exit, though it was also considered the entrance- it all depended on which side of the door you were on, actually. He wanted to lead Maddie out because it was around dinnertime and he was going to take her out to get something.
"Lovekins! Why aren't you this smooth when I send you a girl?" Harriet asked as Efram was leading Maddie to the door, obviously understanding perfectly well what was going on.
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Post by Arual on Jan 28, 2009 21:58:58 GMT -5
Maddie nodded, a small jolt as his hand went on her should; but in surprise, and she smiled as he ushered her away. The young woman's footsteps were soft against the rug beneath them, but her face turned twenty shades of red when Harriet's voice came out in an echoing sound.
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Post by Señor Sunday Friday on Jan 28, 2009 22:21:57 GMT -5
Efram lead Maddie into the street and he walked over to the other side and onto the sidewalk, moving happily and looking back at Maddie with a big smile on his face. He walked into a shop but it wasn't one that served food, he paused stepping back from Maddie and he looked her over before shaking his head with a slightly derisive look on his face and he took her into the store, it was a dress shop. He looked over the different designs, there were some dresses that looked like they were for around the house things and some of the dresses looked like they were for grand occasions and one could only guess the range of prices for such things. Efram walked up to the desk, smiling to the woman who stood there and he motioned to Maddie and placed a large sum of money on the table.
The woman nodded, a bit confused with the silence but she started walking out from behind the counter, looking over Maddie with a trained eye, trying to best figure out what Maddie should be clothed in, "Well, miss... I was definately thinking a dark green, and maybe some cream." she nodded, reassuring herself, "And a nice collar for you as well, I can guarantee you're going to look positively radiant!" She smiled, one would wonder just how much money Efram had given the woman.
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Post by Arual on Jan 28, 2009 22:29:35 GMT -5
Maddie looked over to Efram in that 'what?' kind of way that said they were shocked, confused, happy and surprised all at once. The money- the money was lot it seemed. She knew what she was supposed to do when the woman's voice came to speak to her. Why would he waste his money on her like this? She couldn't give him anything back in return!
'Whichever one looks best, I suppose, Ma'm.' she wrote and handed the woman.
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Post by Señor Sunday Friday on Jan 29, 2009 13:45:52 GMT -5
"Well...such quiet customers!" She said with a little laugh, "and don't worry, darling- I'd only give you what I think would be best, nothing less." She smiled, dashing off through the massive collection of dresses and looking through them before pulling one out, it wasn't too ornate like the others and it didn't look rediculous it actually just looked... fashionable. She held it out for Maddie, "The dressing room is right over here." she moved in a rush, obviously quite happy to help Maddie find a dress. The actual dress looked like it would perhaps be a bit too big for her but that's why the woman was here, she'd be able to fix up any little problems with it before whatever event it was that Maddie had to go to.
Efram had a little smile on his face as he watched the shopkeeper run about in a rush, he didn't make any movement to slow her down, probably because Efram's little charade sessions would take more time than the shopkeeper would be willing to sacrifice to any single customer and distract from another.
"Darlene!" the shopkeeper shouted, "Take care of this young gentleman!" she shouted, glancing over towards Efram before getting back to work with getting Maddie prepared.
Efram's smile dropped and he tried to discreetely motion out the words 'no' to the shopkeeper, obviously not intending to have himself given a new outfit but it was no use, he was whisked off to another part of the store entirely only it looked like it was filled with men's clothes which was a relief, it would be disasterous if Efram was going to end up in a dress.
((Efram's just been kidnapped by crazy rushing storekeepers of doom! D: They're gonna make him wear fancy clothes! OH NOEZ! Whatever will we do?!? But yeah, there's a reason for this in all honesty. I swear.))
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Post by Arual on Jan 29, 2009 15:09:57 GMT -5
Maddie was pulled from Efram's sight, so she couldn't see the innocent abduction take place; however, she did slip into the dress after changing out of her own clothes. She loved her own century, but she was always in love with this era in itself. That's why her style is more conservative and yet looks very nice on her. Maddie knows how to dress herself well. (^^)
The young red head came out in the dress, a little worried something may have been wrong with it or her.
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Post by Señor Sunday Friday on Jan 29, 2009 15:16:43 GMT -5
The woman looked critically at the outfit that Maddie was trying on currently, a thoughtful expression on her face, "No... not quite." she shook her head as she went through the clothes one more time and drew out a different dress with a smile on her face, a rather triumphant look in all actuality. "This one will be perfect." She nodded as she handed the dress over to Maddie, it was a slightly lighter green but with dark green accents instead of cream. She looked proud of her choice, positive that this was the perfect one.
Meanwhile Efram stood nervously in the other section of the store, getting other people pampered was completely different from letting yourself be cared for and it wasn't at all something that he was used to. He has handed suits to put on and he nervously looked at them, not wanting at all to change his clothes really but he was forced off to go try something on and eventually the borderline sadistic (atleast that's what Efram thought) shopkeeper looked satisfied, "Now time for that unruly hair." She said, dragging Efram off to the stairs so they could head up the stairs to the upper level of the shop. Efram didn't think his hair looked too unruly, it was just curly- that was all.
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Post by Arual on Jan 29, 2009 15:23:43 GMT -5
Maddie slid back into the room, hanging the other dress up again before trying the other one on. She couldn't say whether she liked that on her....she loved the color blue - and lavander, but those colors weren't some of the big fashionable colors of the time- which made her dismiss the possbility of asking for one of the colors.
The eighteen/nineteen year old put the new dress on and came back outside.
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Post by Señor Sunday Friday on Jan 29, 2009 15:50:22 GMT -5
The woman nodded, a satisfied expression on her face as she looked over Maddie in the new outfit. She was pleased. Her hand grasped Maddies, "Well then, Miss.... time for your hair, then?" she asked, motioning upstairs where the hair was to be done. Efram was dragged up there not long previous but the room was divided so there was no chance that Maddie would see him before they were both done.
Efram sat in the chair, staring at his reflection in the mirror with a bit of disdain in his expression as his curls were cut away, "Sir, it's like you haven't even looked at your hair for months!" The woman scolded, brushing his hair a bit, it was true that the curls were heavily tangled but Efram truly didn't look at his hair for months, tidying up just never was on his mind at all and back at Twilight Moon his hair was normal length, instead of rediculously long as it was here, it was strange how much a point of view could change so easily and so quickly. Efram wasn't at all used to pampering and he was only expecting them to be working with Maddie, poor guy had no clue how untidy he looked, apparently.
"Nobody seems to want the full package these days, your good friend paid for both you and himself though, which is odd, he didn't seem to willing for his own but that's none of my business." She shrugged, a motherly expression on her face as she sat Maddie down in the chair looking at the mirror and she ran her fingers through her hair, imagining the possibilities. "We're probably not taking any length off but a little trim never hurt anyone and then we can put it up for you." she nodded, "What do you think?" she waited for Maddie to write something down on the notepad, "Wish I had hair like yours, such a pretty color." She complimented, thinking aloud as she looked at Maddie's reflection in the mirror.
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Post by Arual on Jan 29, 2009 15:58:07 GMT -5
Maddie was surprised, knowing that probably was not his original intent. 'I don't think he knew he had enough for the two of us. He was only paying for me......' she wrote with a flushed face. 'You could just start pulling it up, if you would please. I had my hair trimmed a few days ago, but thank you for the offer, Ma'm. And the complement.'
There wasn't a lot to work with since she had her new hairstyle, but there was more than a bob- so putting it up would be alright. Doing anything too extravagant wouldn't work....sadly.
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Post by Señor Sunday Friday on Jan 29, 2009 16:22:18 GMT -5
The woman looked at the short bob, trying to reason something to do with it and she decided to just get to work, she brushed it out smooth before making sweet little individual curls in Maddie's short hair, working on each individual one so that they would stay and then she pinned a large portion of it back from her face, "I've got a secret for you." She whispered, going over to the little closet and she opened a cabinet inside of the closet, looking through it, "This looks close enough." She smiled, withdrawing what looked like barrettes but on them was weell... hair, actually. A tad darker from Maddie's but not so different that it would show obviously and she clipped it into Maddie's hair, nobody would be the wiser. She moved back with a flourish and she opened the door, pulling out a hat with green feathers adorning it, "This one." she said confidantly, it wasn't an overbearingly large hat, it was actually nice and on the more smallish side.
Efram's hair was cut short and Efram just stared at his reflection, not really believing that he looked so different now, it was like being shot back into things, and he could have gone a while without that experience. Life, it was nice to get away from for a while and it was terrible when you had to go back.
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