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Post by Arual on Jan 29, 2009 16:32:07 GMT -5
The young woman was careful when she had stood up in her big, heavy dress and had gotten her hair finished up and the woman put the hat on her head. 'Thank you so much!' she wrote and looked up with a charming little smile pulling her lips. 'Can I go out now? And- a bag for my other clothes, please? Or something to carry them?'
She was really excited to see Efram- to see his reaction to the change- or just temporary. She wanted to make him happy.
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Post by Señor Sunday Friday on Jan 29, 2009 16:56:21 GMT -5
Maddie smiled, "A few more things and then you'll be the perfect image of a lady." She said, gently slipping some gloves over her client's hands and handing her a fan, "You'll need the fan on the streets, it gets really hot out sometimes." She noted, a smile on her face, "Just thinking about you." she smiled, "And your friend should be done soon." She put a little bit of powder on Maddie's face, just a little bit. "You look radiant, darling."
Efram turned the corner, a nervous look on his face, he was dressed up like a fine gentleman in a nice dark suit with a black pinstriped vest underneath, the slightest hint of a watch chain could be noticed and he looked mighty fine, a bowler atop his head and a cane being held in his white gloved hands. He looked towards Maddie with a slight blush on his face, ducking his head a bit as if to hide or something of the sort, adjusting his glasses slightly before a sheepish wave to the finely dressed young lady.
"Well he certainly fixed up well." The woman nodded with a smile on her face, "Looks like both of you are done." She smiled. Whatever kind of shop this place was seemed to go unmentioned but it was certainly a pleasant place.
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Post by Arual on Jan 29, 2009 17:05:10 GMT -5
Maddie looked at Efram, but it was surprising to see the curls gone. They were cute! She walked up to her handsome fellow and love, and looked over in that same way with a red face.....but her eyes asked where they were headed. She wrote down 'I don't look that bad, do I?' and showed Efram, both serious and joking.
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Post by Señor Sunday Friday on Jan 29, 2009 17:18:00 GMT -5
Efram shook his head, worried that Maddie could possibly be serious with her question. He picked up the bags carrying thier previous clothes and he started heading towards the stairs, giving an appreciative nod to the kind people whom had helped them and he hurried out the building and into the street, bringing Maddie with him the entire time, he obviously knew where he was headed but of course due to muteness Maddie would have to be left in the dark till they got there which was an odd choice of words since there was the fact that well, it seemed like dusk all the time around here, the world illuminated with street lamps leading someone to wonder who's brilliant idea it was to build a roof over the entire city, sure it got rid of the problem of rain but it made it almost unbearably humid and hot, almost sticky actually and the lack of sunlight was depressing.
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Post by Arual on Jan 29, 2009 17:24:13 GMT -5
Maddie followed him in anticipation as to why he wanted her to get all dressed up and ready to go somewhere.....and her smile widened with a warm brillance to it that was a smile all her own...not one other person could match. She held a bag to ease Efram's load- and so they both had a free hand with all the things they now had on them.
Well, the textbooks were right; these dresses were terribly hot and heavy....but to think she'd be wearing one! It was wonderful! A dream!
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Post by Señor Sunday Friday on Jan 29, 2009 17:34:15 GMT -5
Efram rushed over to some of those elevators, there was a short line of people but he looked at Maddie with a proud expression on his face as he pulled out a pair of tickets that were actually rather finely decorated with words delicately written into them, "Upper High Level" They said and Efram held onto them tightly, protecting them religiously as they got closer and closer as the line moved, obviously there was some kind of significance to the tickets, and Efram seemed wonderfully proud to show Maddie the tickets, a huge smile on his face as he repocketed them.
There were exposed gears that could be seen of the elevator, the doors of large curved glass panes that slid aside when the doors opened- it was really quite mechanically beautiful if someone stepped back to look at it. Apparently wherever Efram was taking Maddie it would be found on a different level somewhere, it was almost like the city was more than just a city now, it was like some large building with who knows how many levels, there must have been so much to explore.
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Post by Arual on Jan 29, 2009 17:39:32 GMT -5
Maddie was in awe at this place. It was wonderful, and her face lit up as she saw the tickets, even if she was having high hopes at the moment. She was with Efram, and would enjoy it as much as she could, not a picky person on food- and was open to new things- so surprises were just grand to her. The young woman kissed his cheek and looked back above their heads to see their surroundings.
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Post by Señor Sunday Friday on Jan 29, 2009 17:46:48 GMT -5
Finally they reached the elevator and Efram actually looked really excited as he handed over the tickets, the operator looked at them, turning them over a bit before nodding, deciding that they were legit. The operator stepped into the lift and Efram followed, offering Maddie a hand to help her in, a smile on his face and he pointed up, he looked genuinely excited.
"An expensive trip for a date, don't you think? Or are you perhaps taking your honeymoon?" the operator asked, a smile on his face, the tickets must have been worth alot if simply going up to the next level was something comparable to a honeymoon. Efram blushed a little when it was suggested that he was married to Maddie though.
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Post by Arual on Jan 29, 2009 17:59:46 GMT -5
Her face turned bright red too, and she shook it in a 'no' way- but careful not to mess everything up. This was wonderful, even though she didn't know what awaited her up above- she was excited as he was- maybe more, though that was hard since he knew what this was and she didn't.
She'd thank him later- after finding out what was going to happen tonight.
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Post by Señor Sunday Friday on Jan 29, 2009 20:05:26 GMT -5
Through the glass walls you could see brickwork that was thankfully illuminated by a lantern inside the elevator, different colored fungi grew on the walls and as they continued further up you could see a light through the roof and Efram grabbed hold of Maddie's hand, anticipation on his face as he looked up, he was practically acting like an excited child and he looked towards Maddie with an excited smile. The contraption sped up, bringing them closer and closer to the source of the light and Efram's excitement grew with every inch and he didn't seem to mind the honeymoon comment anymore, something must have been extremely significant about where they were headed and then they reached it and the source of the light was merely a lantern and you could plainly see that it was dark with evening and that from the sky overhead came a steady downpour of rain, but Efram's smile never faded from his face as he looked at the rain.
"Well, welcome to the Upper High Level." The man nodded, opening the door, "It's a bad night to be out though." He nodded, "There's a forecast for more rain this week as well." he didn't sound surprised, leading one to believe that it rained a lot.
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Post by Arual on Jan 29, 2009 20:16:40 GMT -5
Maddie followed Efram's lead, and looked as if she were laughing, even though there was no sound. Her curls bounced as she took each step, and her royal blue hued eyes shimmered even in the rain above....She could feel the cooling difference between the two places.
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Post by Señor Sunday Friday on Jan 29, 2009 21:18:08 GMT -5
The rain wasn't the normal icy cold that normal rain was, it was lukewarm but Efram didn't seem to mind it, he looked up at the dark sky with a smile on his face, getting thoroughly soaked before he remembered his manners and he waved for Maddy to follow as he headed towards a building with an awning. He forgot about the fact the common knowledge of a woman's dress getting considerably heavier when it gets wet. He paused to see if Maddie was all right, and now of course they were soaked so they were going to stick out where they were headed anyways which only deepened his expression of concern, he should have tried to get Maddie a jacket or something. He felt really stupid and inconsiderate now and that was easily apparent from his expression.
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Post by Arual on Jan 29, 2009 21:31:50 GMT -5
Maddie didn't care, and she trudged on to Efram's side, and kissed his lips lightly. Even in the rain taking some of her curls out of their springy tight form, they were just longer than before; you really couldn't tell a difference. It was a scene from The Notebook all over again, okay, SIMILAR to it.
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Post by Señor Sunday Friday on Jan 30, 2009 15:40:28 GMT -5
Efram looked out at the rain before he nudged Maddie with a smile, pointing up at the dark night sky. That was when someone had to think about it, this was the top level and one could only imagine how many other levels there were underneath where people were living, people who might have never seen the sky but the way Efram treated this place there must have been something else special about it. Efram started walking, looking back momentarily at Maddie to see if she was following before he reached into his pocket and pulled out, of all things- a map. Efram didn't know this place as well as he knew the lower level, it must have been one of few times he'd ever been up here, meaning that going to TMA and seeing the sky that entire time must have been wonderful to him. Something so many people just thought of as being there but to Efram it must have been wonderful but he was never able to tell anyone just what he thought of everything, it must have been terrible.
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Post by Arual on Jan 30, 2009 15:50:28 GMT -5
Maddie did indeed follow, and she looked at the map with him.
((THANK YOU for the brainfart))
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