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Post by Señor Sunday Friday on May 23, 2009 20:26:41 GMT -5
Efram looked towards Maddie with a rather worried expression before his expression looked decided and he stood up and held a hand out to Maddie with a bit of a sheepish smile on his face, his free hand moving slightly to the slight lull of music that wasn't even in the air but it seemed to be falling to the steady, smooth motion of a waltz or something of that sort and he was looking to be quite much thinking of a way to help keep Maddie from falling into boredom, hoping he wasn't so dull as he felt he was being for his guest. His brown eyes looked hopefully towards Maddie as he mustered up false assuredness in himself, quite thinking what he was doing was five million different kinds of absurd.
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Post by Arual on May 23, 2009 20:55:06 GMT -5
Maddie went and did just that, seeing that it was dancing by the universal motion of the hand...etc. She had nodded with a grin and stood up to meet him, happy- and not bored. Actually, she just felt terrible that she was so close- and yet so far from being able to speak to him correctly.
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Post by Señor Sunday Friday on May 23, 2009 21:45:27 GMT -5
Efram placed a hand on Maddie's and then another tentatively on her waist as the silent couple danced to silent music, moving in between table and chairs quietly as Efram attempted to lead the dance but the lack of space made dancing rather difficult, expecially thanks to the astute presence of the lovely invention of ruffles, and hoopskirts that seemed to be rather much in fashion among the ladyfolk though quite honestly he didn't understand it the slightest.
He bumped into as lightly as possible against the chairs of those upperclassmen and women enjoying thier supps and desserts, he seemed rather unaware of the fact that there was a young lady there that night, dining alone and looking on with the most critical of gazes, her red painted lips turned into a turse expression of dislike for a few moments till she became aware that there were people watching and craftily it managed to weave back into a believable smile. Her gown was of light blue silk and her soft blonde hair was pulled up elegantly away from her face so that her high cheekbones and artfully formed features were clearly visible and she looked very much like a young princess or something of an auspicious sort as she sat there at her small table, completely and utterly without accompanyment. Dark brown eyes glittering like unknown gemstones watched the couple with genuine amusement.
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Post by Arual on May 24, 2009 9:53:31 GMT -5
Maddie enjoyed their dancing, even though it was a bit difficult. She was a bold person, even though she could be shy sometimes, and she didn't care if everyone was looking at her funny. That was THEIR problem, not hers. She made a scarlet blush as she felt a bump against a chair or two- but she couldn't apologize, obviously, being deaf and all.
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Post by Señor Sunday Friday on May 24, 2009 11:34:16 GMT -5
Efram didn't seem to believe that apologies were even in order, this place was for people to have a pleasant evening and really, they weren't bothering many people other than the occasional bump and it wasn't as if two mute people could bother much concerning the lacking ability of speech. A deaf person was someone who could not hear and despite Li-Wa's many times reminding Laura of this, she still finds her nerves duly grated by the misuse of words here and the belief that if a character was to have a disability, the roleplayer should atleast know what it is properly called.
The young woman stood up in a graceful gesture, looking towards the dancing couple with her polite smile still grafted to her features as she walked over, her footsteps silent as Maddie's vocal chords and she curtsied to the couple as Efram tensed up and pulled the dance to a stop. "Mind if I have a chance with the gentleman?" She asked, looking towards Maddie with a well performed expression of apology. Efram released a silent, uncomfortable sigh.
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Post by Arual on May 24, 2009 11:42:04 GMT -5
(Sorry, i screw up sometimes. --)
Maddie looked to Efram with a smile before the girl showed, but when she had, the redhead took a glance from her dance partner to the girl and back, tilting her head as if saying 'Do you want to?' She was hesitant, and usually she'd have stepped back already, but a whether it was jealousy or possibly unfair judgement to character...something made her question the girl's intentions. Something didn't seem right with her.
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Post by Señor Sunday Friday on May 24, 2009 19:50:39 GMT -5
(Five or six times or so...)
Efram shrugged, finding it difficult to say exactly what was right in a way that was also easily translated into text for Li-Wa's own personal efforts and he gave an unsure shrug before he placed a light kiss on Maddie's cheek and with a smile he looked at her with a great fondness before taking the hand of the woman in blue and he danced with the odd brown eyed woman whom had seemingly come from nowhere.
"Your starting this rather late in the game, you know." She said in a voice like warm milk, it was smooth and comforting and it made one wish to relax and fall into slumber. "And she's already quite behind, I wouldn't think Harriet quite appreciates this." she noted with a slight nod, she would have asked when Efram intended to inform the girl with the red hair in what was actually going on here but she was already fully aware that the girl likely had no clue how to even understand the poor lad, which would mean that she wouldn't be able to read even her own mail! Let alone anything important, "And what if she wants to go home once you leave her?" She whispered, her voice in a presuming voice that read that she was quite aware that the only reason the girl was here was for Efram, "You are a manipulative person, aren't you!" she marveled with a smile on her face, the dancing was too far from Maddie for her to hear and the dull roar of the voices speaking in the resturant kept thier voices from reaching Maddie's position and unfortunately, losing one's voice did not increase someone's other senses- that only works with loss of sight, or hearing, or something like that, not speech.
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Post by Arual on May 24, 2009 19:59:09 GMT -5
Maddie nodded and let go, stepping back for the other girl to take her place. She waited for them to come back, and had watched them spin and dance about as the song played....or somewhat close to spins and such.
She wondered if God would bless her with some sort of miracle to communicate fully with Efram, and him to her......though it was selfish. She found him- and he loved her. That was enough of a blessing. But still, she felt helpless......
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Post by Señor Sunday Friday on May 24, 2009 20:17:26 GMT -5
Efram looked towards Maddie for a few seconds, then looking back towards the woman he was dancing with, his expression seemed confident enough. The woman remained with a pleased look on her face, "Just make sure you kill her fast though, she really is a sweet girl and I'd hate to see her suffer, so don't be so shy with it that you make a mess." She shook her head with a passing expression of pity before smiling, "Now then, I should really let you get back to your... date is it? Now, now, you should know that such a thing is very much against the rules, shame on you." she tapped Efram on the nose with a smirk on her face before releasing her hand from his and pulling the other from his shoulder and she headed towards the exit, passing by Maddie on her way, "Congratulations, Efram really is a sweet young man." she said warmly with a well executed smile.
Efram looked to the ground for a moment before looking accross the room towards Maddie, summing up a weak smile that didn't look too convincing at all and he tried to exude confidence as he walked accross the room, towards his date, looking as apologetic as possible for 'abandoning' her for the brief dance with the strange beauty that had swept through for a few moments.
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Post by Arual on May 24, 2009 20:20:43 GMT -5
She managed to write something on a napkin for him to read. "Are you okay?" the redhead wrote. "You don't look to well....." Her royal blue eyes were soft but concerned. His attitude had changed totally since they were dancing. What did that girl do to him?
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Post by Señor Sunday Friday on May 24, 2009 20:44:51 GMT -5
Efram shook his head and gave a thumbs up, placing a couple paper bills on the table, they were odd in texture as if plastic and they had a faint opalescence to them and Efram held an arm out for Maddie to take so he may escort her from the resturant, his eyelids looking tired at the current moment, as if he had just ran a mile dragging a whale in tow, up a cliff in a snow storm, barefoot, blindfolded, and otherwise naked. He had been catapulted towards a state of mental exhaustion though he seemed to be in the mood to not tell Maddie what had happened, it would probably be best to inform Harriet of this later. He gave a supporting smile as he looked around the room quietly, people enjoying their meals and chit chatting and the various little things that people do in nice restaurants.
Though Harriet was nowhere to be seen back at the library which had closed earlier than usual that evening. She was out and about, dressed in her finest dress with a smile on her face as she walked, linking arms with someone who couldn't have possibly been a man, despite the wearing of gentlemen's clothing. Harriet, and the person escorting her were both undeniably women. "Efram's gone out with a woman, can you believe that? he found her himself, quiet just like him!" She exclaimed with a smile on her face as her eyes looked out from under her large straw hat topped with flowers and while it was her nicest hat and dress, they were still soiled with stains she could not remove.
"You talk about him as if you'd found fancy in him." The woman in trousers laughed. Her eyes were like dazzling chips of garnet and her shortly cropped hair was in little curls of dark blue, nearly black. The fact that her pupils were horizontal slats gave hint that the coloring was something she was indeed born with, and not something she had changed on a whim. "Should I find myself jealous?" She inquired with a slight smile on her face to show that she was indeed just making fun.
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Post by Arual on Jul 28, 2009 20:58:37 GMT -5
Maddie took her arm and place it through Efram's, not understanding what just happened and a little worried about his sudden exhaustion. She'd danced a lot before, a ballerina in the old days....and you don't get that tired from one dance.....
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Post by Señor Sunday Friday on Jul 28, 2009 22:44:51 GMT -5
Efram looked towards Maddie with a slight smile, though the sadness in his eyes was like a dying flowerbud, dead and easily crushed. Destroyed. He held open the door as they exited the building and entered into the torrent that battered the outside world with droplets of rain. He looked towards the darkness of where the street was too distanced from one of the sheltered lamps that rose up like sentries on the sidewalk. Lightning crashed down from the heavens, casting light on massive forms that stood among the clouds. Efram paid no mind to them but to someone whom had never been here before, they could likely appear to be quite the sight, appearing to be much too heavy for thier high perches in the heavens and yet they stayed there like balloons of helium being drawn up towards the skies.
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Post by Arual on Jul 28, 2009 22:49:18 GMT -5
"What are those?" she wrote down as her eyes caught the lights and instantly put themselves back to them in the sky, her blue irises sparkling as the beams of light and the rain clashed together in the relfection of what she saw.
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Post by Señor Sunday Friday on Jul 28, 2009 23:12:59 GMT -5
Efram looked at the note with the question inscribed on it's surface, suffering at the task until they passed by a light and in the amber glow of the flame he could make out the words, only to instill a small grown on his face- how was he to tell Maddie anything? This fact only caused a feeling of helplessness to form inside his brain and heart, he wouldn't be able to inform Maddie about how the world here worked and what was going on, if anyone would it had to be Harriet. Few people outside a select few were even aware of the truths of the world here and what god it was that ran it, what singular being had crafted the world and trapped so many people here so that it would constitute itself to be a fully inhabited world. Here there were people and creatures and cultures just like in the outside world, the world that he had seen with his own eyes, the world that held so many beautiful things and where he found Maddie and now he-
Efram faltered slightly in his gait, missing a step as a thought entered his mind that was too terrible to sustain and he clenched his fist that fell to the opposite side of where Maddie walked along with him. Damn it all.
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