Nina Paem
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Post by Nina Paem on Jun 21, 2010 3:59:31 GMT -5
Nina took her grape and tossed it at Julien. She wasn't aiming for his mouth-- instead it bounced off of his chin and fell. She immediately threw another, this one bouncing rather forcefully off of his chest and flying back at her. She caught it and threw it again, this time actually landing it in Julien's mouth.
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Julien
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Post by Julien on Jun 21, 2010 4:08:27 GMT -5
Julien fell back in faked shock. He chewed the grape. "What was that for?" he asked . . . but then again he didn't need answers.
"Two can play at that game," he mused as he proceded to toss hand fulls of grapes at Nina, cackling happily.
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Nina Paem
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Post by Nina Paem on Jun 21, 2010 4:12:37 GMT -5
Nina squealed and held her arms in front of her face. She cackled and brushed one of them from where it had landed in her hair. Another had gone down her shirt, and she turned momentarily away from Julien to retrieve that one and throw it back at him.
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Julien
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Post by Julien on Jun 21, 2010 4:15:19 GMT -5
Julien caught the grape perfectly between his lips. "Do you want this one or should I eat it," he said as well as one can smirking with a large grape between their lips.
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Nina Paem
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Post by Nina Paem on Jun 21, 2010 4:24:12 GMT -5
Nina cackled and bit the knuckles of one hand. "You can have it," she said, her voice colored by laughter. Then she yawned-- it was a squeaky sound.
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Julien
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Post by Julien on Jun 21, 2010 4:40:47 GMT -5
Julien nearly choked on the grape, again!! "That was adorable," Julien commented when he was done coughing. He took a slice of mango from a bowl and nibbled it happily. He held out a piece to Nina, "You want some?"
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Nina Paem
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Post by Nina Paem on Jun 21, 2010 4:49:29 GMT -5
Nina tipped her head to the left.
"I've... never had mango before."
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Julien
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Post by Julien on Jun 21, 2010 5:04:41 GMT -5
Julien's eyes widened and his mouth dropped slightly. "You have got to try one," he held out the mango again and proded, "Come on, Nooooonaaaa." Then he chuckled, "please? Just one bite."
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Nina Paem
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Post by Nina Paem on Jun 21, 2010 5:10:14 GMT -5
Nina lifted her eyebrows, shrugged, and took the bit of mango from him. She nibbled tentatively on it. The flavor was a little bit like a peach, and a little bit like a pineapple, and a little bit like a carrot. The texture was odd-- somewhere between soft and firm, very smooth in texture.
Nina smiled.
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Julien
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Post by Julien on Jun 21, 2010 5:13:59 GMT -5
Julien inspected Nina's reaction. "Do you like it?" he asked leaning forward with interest.
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Nina Paem
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Post by Nina Paem on Jun 21, 2010 5:15:46 GMT -5
Nina nodded, opened her mouth to remark, and was interrupted by another yawn. She rubbed her eyes and took another piece of mango nibbling on it.
She should be going to bed soon. She felt like a zombie. A happy zombie, but a zombie nonetheless.
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Post by Julien on Jun 21, 2010 5:21:52 GMT -5
Julien noted the yawn. Yep it was Noona bed time. Julien began to gather up their make shift pick nick. . . only after he finished off a few more mango pieces of course.
He placed the rest of the fruit back in the basket and left the pants folded on the foot of Nina's bed. He then turned to her and held out a hand to help her up. "Come along, Noona," he said softly, "It's sleep time."
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Nina Paem
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Post by Nina Paem on Jun 21, 2010 5:25:36 GMT -5
Nina was not able to stop yet another yawn from escaping her-- it started off as a high-pitched chirp, then the sound cut out and she was left with a whispery inhale. She let Julien help her up, then stretched and ran both hands through her hair.
"Night, Jules," she rasped, giving the boy a hug.
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Julien
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Post by Julien on Jun 22, 2010 20:52:20 GMT -5
Julien hugged Nina back and whispered, "Goodnight, Noona." He carefully lead Nina to her bed and tucked her in. Julien picked up his basket of goodies and headed towards the door.
"I'll see you in the morning, Noona," he whispered as he closed the door behind him.
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Stephen Shorne
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Post by Stephen Shorne on Aug 20, 2010 10:56:29 GMT -5
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Stephen knocked nervously on Dubhiarr's door, hoping she was inside, and preferably alone. This was going to be hard enough to say without an audience, even if it was Du's roommate; he'd forced himself to wait until Du got back from the fieldtrip. As much as he liked Nina, it would be better not to drag her into this. Though he had a nagging feeling that Nina would be the first to hear about this when all was said and done.
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Post by Meriel "Dubhiarr" MacNamara on Aug 20, 2010 10:59:37 GMT -5
Dubhiarr looked up at the knock on her door, getting up quickly to let the person in. Seeing that it was Stephen, she smiled; then her smile faltered a little when she saw how uneasy he looked.
"Are you okay?" she asked, stepping back to let him in. "You don't look too good."
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Stephen Shorne
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Post by Stephen Shorne on Aug 20, 2010 11:01:21 GMT -5
Stephen shrugged, moving into the room and standing next to her bed. "We need to talk. Do you have a few minutes?"
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Post by Meriel "Dubhiarr" MacNamara on Aug 20, 2010 11:12:49 GMT -5
"Sure...?" Dubhiarr sat down on the edge of her bed and gestured for Stephen to sit beside her. "What's up?"
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Stephen Shorne
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Post by Stephen Shorne on Aug 20, 2010 11:21:29 GMT -5
Stephen took a deep breath, releasing it slowly. Here was the hard part.
"I don't think we should be together anymore," he said slowly, not looking at her. "I'm not sure it would work out in the long term without other things having to happen. I mean, I'm a vampire, you're a human... and how many of those relationships work out outside of fiction, when the human half of the couple stays human, you know what I mean? Never mind the fact that the human in question would eventually grow old and die, while the vampire would stay eternally young."
This was a lot harder than he'd anticipated. He carried on, "Let's hypothesize for a minute. Let's say we stayed together and eventually got married, and you conceived my child. That baby would be a vampire. I don't know how or if a human woman would be able to carry a vampire baby to term without consequences. Like... like Bella. Renesmee used up her blood and stuff, started killing her from the inside. Bella had to become a vampire just so she wouldn't otherwise die during the delivery. I don't want anything like that to happen to us, you know?"
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Post by Meriel "Dubhiarr" MacNamara on Aug 20, 2010 11:29:16 GMT -5
Dubhiarr stared at Stephen in increasing incredulity as he gave his explanation. How much thought had he put into this, really? It made sense in a way, but at the same time it was ridiculous. And being compared to Bella Swan didn't make her feel any better.
"I see," she said softly. "So you're breaking up with me because you don't want us to end up like a work of fiction? You have no way of knowing that that's what's even going to happen if we do marry and have kids. How often do humans and vampires mate, anyway? And besides which--" her voice rose and sharpened dramatically "--do you realize how much of a blatant hypocrite you're being? You yourself are the son of a vampire and a human! So don't give me any bullshite about it not working out!"
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Stephen Shorne
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Post by Stephen Shorne on Aug 20, 2010 11:34:24 GMT -5
"You're right, I don't know what would really happen," Stephen answered calmly. "But I don't want to take the risk of hurting you. Besides, it's different with my parents. My mother is the vampire, my father is the human. There was no danger of my mother dying in childbirth. My mother hasn't seen fit to turn my father yet, but that doesn't mean she won't. I don't imagine she'd want to outlive him by centuries and watch him grow old and die."
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Post by Meriel "Dubhiarr" MacNamara on Aug 20, 2010 11:42:05 GMT -5
Dubhiarr made an odd noise in her throat somewhere between a laugh and a snarl; she got to her feet and stood facing him, staring him down.
"You hypocritical bastard!" she shrieked. "You're basing your theory on the worst book series ever written, you admitted to not knowing if anything bad would happen, and you still have the gall to say it won't work between us? Aren't you taking Vampire Studies classes? Don't they teach you stuff like this? If your mother hasn't turned your father yet, what's the big deal about whether I live or die?"
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Stephen Shorne
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Post by Stephen Shorne on Aug 20, 2010 11:49:55 GMT -5
"I told you," Stephen countered, standing up and looking up at her with his good eye, "my parents are a unique case among rarities! As much as the Twilight series sucked, I think Stephenie Meyers had a good idea about how a vampire fetus would affect a human mother. I can't see it being much different in real life. How else would the baby get blood?"
The "bastard" comment jabbed at him like a thorn, bringing up a conversation he'd had with his parents not too long ago: he had not, in fact, been conceived legitimately. His parents had only married after finding out his mother was pregnant. Stephen's mouth twisted into a grimace, and he stood on his toes to be on eye level with Dubhiarr.
"Do not, ever, use that word to me again."
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Post by Meriel "Dubhiarr" MacNamara on Aug 20, 2010 11:56:05 GMT -5
Dubhiarr started to laugh; it wasn't a pleasant sound. "I don't believe this! You're still sticking to your guns, huh? And do you know what's ironic? You're actually playing out New Moon by breaking up with me, did you realize that? Only problem is I don't have a sexy werewolf guy to take comfort in. So, sorry, Renesmee..." she loaded the name with venom, "you're screwed if you do, screwed if you don't."
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Stephen Shorne
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Post by Stephen Shorne on Aug 20, 2010 12:15:22 GMT -5
Stephen felt the blood rising hot in him, and his hands clenched into fists. "I hear Elan Choi's still single, and he's a lycanthrope. Why don't you try him? I've seen the way you flirt with him. Maybe someone will finally catch his interest."
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