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[ofhope]

[Room 705]

[ Having half expected Spike not to show up like Joshua requested, it gives him a good excuse to hound the poor guy without any women around to make things uneasy. They definitely seem to be a weakness for his "friend".

Instead of knocking, Joshua just slips a folded piece of paper under the door with enough force to send it skittering, one word written in big bold letters across it: R U D E

He'll wait. ]

[/Room 705]

[ written; later ]

When will spring get here? Snow may be pretty at first, but it gets boring to look at after months. Do we have to clean it up ourselves like last time?

[ A teeny little meow follows, and Joshua adds, ]

This weather is not very baby animal friendly.

Comments

filtered forever to this dude

[wolfchild]

You wouldn't last in Westeros.

oh yeah well filtered to this boygirl forever plus one

[ofhope]

Westeros?

OH YEAH WELL FILTERED TO YOUR FACE

[wolfchild]

Seasons last years. Your seasons are too short.

FILTERED TO YOUR MOM'S FACE

[ofhope]

[ Turns eleven. ]

That sounds incredible! I bet that makes things incredibly dire, right? Like there must be bunch of ghost stories. Have you ever had a century long winter? Are there frozen mammoths?

TOO FAR MAN /runs off sobbing!!!!

[wolfchild]

[ What. Even. ]

The Long Night lasted a generation…

no just kidding come back your mom's face can't read this

[ofhope]

And? Did anything interesting happen? Or did everything just freeze over like the Ice Age?

nope. Gonna sit in a corner. And cry.

[wolfchild]

[ what's an ice age… ]

The White Walkers came. Monsters of ice and snow that killed anyone they found and would raise the corpses to fight on for them.

don't smudge the ink with your tears k

[ofhope]

Like frozen zombies...

[ That just brings back a bunch of Arthas memories. Of which he actually has very few, but they connect to several other people. ]

A force to be reckoned with, I seem to recall. How were they beaten back?

You can't tell me what to smudge and not smudge!

[wolfchild]

[ A shrug he can't see, but it comes across in her voice. ]

I don't know. It all happened thousands of years ago. There's no one alive that remembers.

[assassino]

[Hey, it's Joshua.]

I am surprised there are any baby animals around, at this time of year. It seems too early.

[ofhope]

[ Hey, it's... who are you? ]

Castle pets don't age any more than humans do, as far as I've noticed.

[assassino]

Is that so? I imagine that could get irritating.

[ofhope]

I haven't had her long enough to be irritated by her, yet. With the other animals it's hard to tell their age, anyway.

[assassino]

Does she hunt, even as a kitten? [Sounds like a kitten, anyway...]

[ofhope]

I think if she met a rat it would probably chase her instead, and I'd find it choking on her fur.

[assassino]

[chuckle]

That would annoy me. What good is a cat who cannot earn its keep?

[ofhope]

I suppose she's good decoration, and a lot of people like to pet her.

Action;

[gottaknockhard]

[Wow it's creepy how Joshua knew he'd be in, when he's only recently started hanging around the castle again. Because it's pretty easy to guess who is behind the note that nearly slips directly under his foot as he crosses the room.

He had a feeling this was coming. With luck like Spike's, what were the odds that he would get distracted and forget his promise? As much as he'd rather pretend not to be there (or dead...), instead he grabs the gun off of his nightstand to conceal in his waistband, heaves a sigh, and opens the door.]

Action;

[ofhope]

[ Standing just outside the door, Joshua waves like oh my gosh they're just the best of friends who haven't seen each other in months! ]

I'm nineteen! Where's my birthday present?

Action;

[gottaknockhard]

[Well, he seems cheerful... That can't be a good sign.

In which Spike lets himself be harassed by nineteen year olds.]

You didn't get it already?

[ofhope]

Nothing from you... I'm offended.

[gottaknockhard]

[He watches him for a moment before responding.]

I thought you might like your privacy.

[ofhope]

Are you sure you weren't just feeling spiteful? Now, I'm not the one that gave you a head injury, am I?

[gottaknockhard]

... [Dammit.]

I guess I forgot to say thank you for that.

[ofhope]

You're forgetting a lot of things suddenly. Maybe I should take another look at your head.