063 Red Letters (backdated to yesterday the 20th

[eat_me_beat_me]

[Mark Hunter's friends]

Hey guys. It's Mark's birthday today. I'm cool if everyone wants a party but I think it would be hilarious if everyone gave him stupid shit - like a box filled with nothing but packing peanuts. Hell, fill our room with balloons I don't give a shit [she cackles with laughter] Get creative

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[everyone ELSE in the castle... except Mark]

It's Mark's birthday today. You know, the guy who does the weekly broadcasts around here. If any of you care and wanna do something do something crazy. Like blow up the microwave or fuck with the elevator. Something that'll shake things up in Castle Wonderfuck. Hallmark Cards are for lazy uncreative people. [she laughs].

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[Mark/room filter]

[with a GRIN] Don't think I forgot what day it is today.

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[eat_me_beat_me]

[Have a mischievous grin, Mark]

Just wait and see if you're still saying that once you see what I have in store for you.

[hard_talker]

Your plans walk a very fine line between worth getting excited about or running from in terror.

[he's sitting up, though. this is a good sign]

[eat_me_beat_me]

Awww, you don't trust me?

[She bats her eyelashes at him as she stands up to give him room to get off the bed]

[hard_talker]

'Course I trust you. [he smirks, glancing around the room as he tries to remember where the hell his t-shirt ended up. yes, he's wearing the same one again today. it's his birthday, he can do whatever the fuck he wants]

You're just fuckin' frightening on occasion.

[eat_me_beat_me]

[She's actually wearing jeans for once. What? And are those little spatters of paint on them? Oh well, not unusual since she's, you know, an ARTIST.

The dragon painting on their wall yawns widely and blinks at them before laying his head down on his paws and going back to sleep.

She gives it a little wave before spinning around and grabbing the door]

And you wouldn't want me any other way.

[hard_talker]

Oh, great, now I got Meredith Brooks stuck in my head. Thanks.

[he pulls on his pants and scoops his shirt up, hopping after her as he attempts to make himself presentable for public]

Whoa, wait up, where's the fuckin' fire?

[eat_me_beat_me]

[Oooooh she's just rushing to lessen the chances of anyone else figuring out what she did before she gets a chance to show Mark.

She sticks her tongue out at him]

Well if you hadn't been trying to make your head disappear into the pillows...

[hard_talker]

It was an experiment, I wanted to see if I could fuse with the pillows.

[he pulls his shirt on, not even bothering to run his fingers through his hair to fix it]

M'I gonna need my shoes?

[eat_me_beat_me]

[She leans on the door. Christ, Mark, and they say GIRLS take forever to get ready.]

Only if you don't want to walk outside barefoot.

[hard_talker]

[like you want everyone else seeing him in his boxers]

Okay, okay, geez.

[sneakers, no socks, and fuck tying them up, if you're going to make him hurry]

What's this big thing, then?

[eat_me_beat_me]

[No that honor is all hers, thankyouverymuch.

Once he's decent she pulls the door open and leads him down the hallway towards the elevators]

If I tell you it won't be much of a surprise now, will it?

[hard_talker]

Well no. I was more sayin' "okay show me".

[he rolls his eyes, exasperated but amused. WOMAN YOU ARE BEING WEIRD AGAIN and he has not had any caffeine yet this had better be freaking awesome]

[eat_me_beat_me]

[She rolls her eyes and drags him into the elevator]

Oh quit your bitching, will you?

[She grins as the door slides closed, moving up on her toes to give him a kiss]

This is gonna be awesome.

[hard_talker]

Did I ever say I doubted that? [he kisses her back, then follows her outside, fairly bouncing]

[eat_me_beat_me]

[You want to see bouncing? Nora IS bouncing up and down as she tugs on his hand, pulling him a little ways from the castle doors. She pulls him to a stop by the road outside the garage.]

Stay here and close your eyes. [She GRINS. You trust her, RIGHT?]

[hard_talker]

[the garage? ... he has an inkling of where this might be going, but he nods, closing his eyes]

Yes ma'am.

[eat_me_beat_me]

[She gives him a quick smooch before running off.

Mark will hear the crunching of her feet on the ground followed by the noise of the garage door sliding open. After a short pause an engine turns over and a vehicle pulls out of the open door and comes to a stop in front of him.]

Open your eyes!

[Idling in front of Mark is Crowley's Bentley. However it looks somewhat different than usual. Today it's been painted to look like a boom box. Big circular speakers cover the doors and the buttons are painted on the hood. Nora grins and leans over to open the door]

Want a ride?

[hard_talker]

[whatever he was expecting, it wasn't that, and he cackles]

Oh, holy shit. He is gonna kill you.

[he's already heading for the passenger seat, regardless]

[eat_me_beat_me]

Yep but it's gonna be worth it!

[She whoops with laughter. As soon as he shuts the door she puts the car in gear and puts the pedal to the metal.]

[hard_talker]

[he jams the power button on the stereo and ... well ... they get Queen. but really, it's better than nothing!]

Where're we headed? Anywhere special, or just around to show it off?

[eat_me_beat_me]

[She cheers along with the music as she takes a corner a liiiiiiiiittle bit faster than they should]

Hey it's your birthday. Any requests?

[hard_talker]

We should at least go get some french fries from some place in town or something. It's as close to a drive-thru as we're gonna fuckin' get, right?

[eat_me_beat_me]

[She grins devilishly]

You got it.

[With that she JAMS on the gas and takes off at full speed, heading for a cafe that should serve fries.]

[hard_talker]

[he lets out a whoop that's a far cry from the girly scream he loosed the first time he ever let her drive]

[eat_me_beat_me]

[Ooooh growing a pair, are we? She takes that as a challenge and picks up speed as they round the next corner]