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Post by Tag Along on Aug 4, 2011 11:58:27 GMT -5
As usual, Tag was lying on her bunk, reading her latest treasure from the library. It was titled A Lover's Secret, a rather shocking novel about a Duke who was secretly in love with his mistress. She couldn't read two pages without her cheeks turning bright red. Which is why she was constantly eyeing the door, so as to quickly stow the book under her pillow should anyone enter the bunkroom.
"The Duke of Southerton lay in bed, unable to think of anything or anyone than Arabella. How could he be so infatuated with and consumed by his mistress? It was simply unheard of in his circle of society. Dukes did not fall in love with their mistresses. And that was that." Tag whispered to herself, her eyes getting bigger as the Duke proceeded to sneak into Arabella's room in the middle of the night and... Well, you can let your imagination write the rest of the scene.
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Post by Wraith on Aug 4, 2011 12:23:51 GMT -5
Wraith entered the bunkroom in her customary manner--that is, moving so quickly and silently, and sticking so close to the shadows, that it was almost impossible to see or hear her. She caught the tail end of Tag's whispering and froze, not sure what she had just walked in on.
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Post by Zippy on Aug 4, 2011 12:31:11 GMT -5
"Taggy, are you reading that dirty novel again?" Zippy teased, coming in from the bunkroom window and noticing Tag's blushing cheeks as she read a book. She took a seat on Tag's bed.
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Post by Tag Along on Aug 4, 2011 12:40:01 GMT -5
Tag quickly and clumsily put her book under her pillow, coughing and sitting up so fast she hit her head on the beams of the bunk on top. "Ouch." She rubbed her now aching head with her hand and wondered how she could have been so lacking in vigilance as to let TWO people into the bunkroom whilst reading her shocking novel.
"Wraith, Zippy... Hey." She chuckled nervously, smoothing her pillow. "I don't know what you're talking about." Feign innocence. That always worked. Didn't it?
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Post by Wraith on Aug 4, 2011 12:42:56 GMT -5
Wraith blinked in alarm. There were two other girls in the room. She didn't even remember their names. And she was wet, very wet, from a walk in the rain. She was dripping on the floor. That wasn't very stealthy.
Without a word, she darted across the room and into the washroom, snagging a spare set of clothes from her bottom bunk on the way, and let the door bang mysteriously behind her.
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Post by Zippy on Aug 4, 2011 12:51:14 GMT -5
((OTHER GIRLS ARE FREE TO JOIN  )) Zippy frowned, turning to Tag. "What's with her? Anyway, are you going to let me borrow your book or not? I'm not judging you Tag, I'm just as curious as you...!" |
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Post by Tag Along on Aug 4, 2011 12:54:17 GMT -5
((YES PLEASE JOIN!))
"Hmm. Dunno." She had never actually talked to the girl, but knew her name was Wraith. Tag was very good with names.
Tag sighed and reached back under her pillow. "I'm only halfway through the book and already the Duke has basically discovered he's in love with the mistress. What can happen for 150 more pages?!" She pleaded to her best friend, Zippy, in her lilting London accent.
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Post by Zippy on Aug 4, 2011 12:56:47 GMT -5
Zippy giggled, skimming through the pages of the book, shrugging. "Scandal? Sex? Other things that start with a 's' ?"
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Post by Wraith on Aug 4, 2011 12:58:55 GMT -5
Wraith stripped off her clothes, toweled herself off, and threw on her dry clothes--all very rapidly, because the last thing she wanted was some stranger walking in while she was stark naked. She hung the wet clothes up to dry, wincing at the talk of sex and scandal that reached her ears. Damn Sebastian for coming here. If she could've had a place to herself...
She leaned against the wall and wondered how long she could hide in here. Maybe they would forget about her.
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Post by Tag Along on Aug 4, 2011 13:04:41 GMT -5
"Swearing, suicide, slovenly worn clothing?" Tag suggested, a crooked smile coming across her face. If she had known there was another presence in the room, none of this would have escaped her mouth. Only with Zippy could she be this open.
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Post by Goblin on Aug 4, 2011 13:14:18 GMT -5
Goblin knew that he was not supposed to be up here, but this was getting ridiculous. He'd spent the whole day looking for her--searching the lodging house, scouring the neighborhood. Of course she'd vanished, that was what she did, but it didn't stop him from getting concerned.
He knocked on the door of the bunkroom, ignoring a calico cat that had followed him up the stairs and was now meowing at his heels. "Is my sister in there, by any chance?"
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Post by Tag Along on Aug 4, 2011 13:20:33 GMT -5
Tag blushed furiously, her mouth snapping shut. She averted her eyes to her blanket and said nothing.
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Post by Goblin on Aug 4, 2011 13:26:20 GMT -5
Not hearing an answer, Goblin eased the door open. The cat ran right in. He poked his head in after it and saw two girls sitting on a bed with a book, looking vaguely guilty. How intriguing. "Hi there. Have you ladies seen my sister, Clara? Skinny, pale, white-blond, gorgeous grey eyes like mine? You can't miss her, she's a real party animal. Loves to be the center of attention."
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Post by Zippy on Aug 4, 2011 13:30:19 GMT -5
"Is he talking about Wraith?" Zippy mumbled to Tag, although it was obviously loud enough for the boy to hear. True to her name, Zippy wasn't very good at keeping quiet.
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Post by Tag Along on Aug 4, 2011 13:31:32 GMT -5
Tag just nodded.
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