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english_dignity) wrote2016-05-06 06:49 pm
english_dignity) wrote2016-05-06 06:49 pm
Remnants of Midnight
Continuing Midnight Syndicate threads here, or starting new ones in the world/timeline of!
Open to current and former members of the game only please. General prompts may follow.
Open to current and former members of the game only please. General prompts may follow.
Yu
Yu had been so completely embarrassed to come to the book signing, to the point that he slipped one of Loki's cloaks out of his closet so he could hide himself. He wasn't the only one in a cloak at least, but he was the only one in one that was clearly over sized and with his hood up. Still, he didn't take it off even though it made him stand out, if only because by the time he made it to Alice, his face was a burning shade of red.
"I-I... um... I'm a big fan."
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Arthur absolutely froze at the name, those distinctly green eyes locking on the familiar face under Yu's hood. Oh shit. Trying to recover before he figured out anything was up, the nation cleared her throat.
Don't mind if 'Alice's' face burns as red, her accent slipping back towards British from the careful local one. "Ah, thank you. I'm glad you like them." She ducked her head and quickly flipped to the title page to sign her pseudonym.
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Yu peered over to her at that, confused for a moment. That was an... odd reaction, and he couldn't help but stare at her for a moment. She was really pretty, probably the kind of woman he would escort at some point. Why did she seem kind of familiar, though...?
"Have... we met?"
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"We could have, around town maybe," Arthur said, automatically glancing around to see if Yu was the only familiar face in the line. This had been a bad idea. "Just tell me that bloody Norse isn't here too." She hadn't meant to say the last part out loud of course. Whoops.
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Oh, of course Yu heard that, and his attention snapped on "her", eyeing "Alice" suspiciously. Green eyes, hunh... he knew two people with green eyes, and he was fairly sure Fayt was still passed out at home. Besides, he didn't refer to Loki as a "bloody Norse".
Somehow, Yu's face turned even redder when it all clicked into his head. Was it too late to sink into the ground and disappear from sight?
"...w-why... y-you..." he managed to get out, completely dumbstruck. "How...!?"
Okay, the how of the gender change he could guess. How the hell did a country come up with that much good smut?! What the hell was England even!?
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She was a sixteen hundred year old country who'd probably had more sex than anyone else in the world. And right now she was thinking of joining Yu in that pit.
"It's just- That is- what are you doing here?!"
When the staff member handling the line coughed meaningfully, she was abruptly reminded that they weren't alone. Arthur shoved the signed book back into her friend's hands with perhaps more haste than necessary.
"We'll talk later, alright?" she sputtered. How had someone she actually knew found those things?
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Well, gee; maybe when you publish a book, people will buy it! What a novel concept!
"...r-right..." Yu muttered, grabbing his book back and shuffling off. He was half tempted to just leave; this as too much for his brain to really process at the moment. Still, he found himself lingering, waiting for the book signing to end so they could talk.
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Arthur was just glad not to see anyone else she specifically knew in the line. When it finally ran down and she could get away from the table, she really debated sneaking out the back anyway. But she'd been the one to ask him to stay. Dammit, sometimes she hated good manners.
Of course, that didn't help keep the blush from coming right back as she went to find him. "Yu. I can explain."
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For a moment, it looked like Yu was going to launch into a million questions. After a pause, however, he clicked his mouth closed instead, letting his shoulder fall slightly.
"...no, I don't think you need to," he replied softly, offering Arthur a small smile. "You shouldn't have to feel ashamed for doing what you want to do. I'm sorry I reacted the way I did."
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"Please, you have something to be sorry for. I'd have been rather shocked too," Arthur said, her face still pink. "I wrote a few back in Victoria's day, so I thought I'd give it a shot. Didn't realize they'd sell so well." She chewed her lip. "Don't tell anyone?"
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"Thought... smut fiction and this place seems to be kind of expected, really..."
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"You know, Loki's going to find out either way," he replied. "I'm surprised he doesn't already know."