Persephone: Oh god, it's an earthquake! ... Oh no, it's not. It's my brothers... I can already tell this is going to be a very long summer.
Victor (to Persephone): RISE AND SHINE! Good god, Seph. Your dad wasn't kidding. You really are still in bed.
Persephone (to Victor): Leave me alone... five more minutes... Ben & Edward were in here tormenting me... I don't feel good... I'm dying... Too weak... just leave me here to languish.
Victor (to Persephone): How is this possible? Your whole family is full of early risers. You're SURE you weren't adopted? Or a changeling, maybe?
Persephone (to Victor): Dear God... You're still talking... You are seriously not going to let me stay in bed, are you? Fine... I'm getting up.
Victor (to Persephone): Fine. I'll go. If you'd rather stay here with your brothers than learn to fly an airship, it's none of my business.
Persephone (to Victor): I'm up, I'm up... I want to learn to fly an airship... This better not be a trick.
Victor (to Persephone): I know better than to mess with you first thing in the morning, cousin dearest. My dad is picking up some supplies for your dad, and we're allowed to tag along. Dad said he'd teach you to fly. If you're interested, that is. And provided I wear the Dread Inhibitor. AND provided we "behave."
Persephone (to Victor): Oh, so many conditions... Do you think I can get some coffee before we start? I will try my best to behave... I REALLY want to learn how to fly the airship.
Victor (to Persephone): Hee hee. Your mom's making coffee downstairs. Get a move on lazy britches!
Persephone (to Victor): I'm moving, bossy... You're enjoying this, aren't you?
Victor (to Persephone): Hee. Maybe just a little.
Persephone (to Victor): Well, I've got my coffee, so let's go see what we can see.
A short time later:
Victor (to Persephone): Don't TOUCH THAT! Oh my god, Seph! What is your problem with just looking at things? Why must you touch? With your fingers?
Persephone (to Victor): What!?! I was just trying to read what it said... Is that a mini portal stabilizer?
Victor (to Persephone): It's a portal generator. But a mini one. If there's a portal or jump nearby, it opens it up so we can get the ship through.
Persephone (to Victor): Oh? I didn't know airships could do that... Or is the Falcon one of the few that can?
Victor (to Persephone): Not very many that I'm aware of. The Empire doesn't like people being able to jump around places or between worlds. It's one of the reasons our folks get so angry when we do it. We could get arrested. Or worse.
Persephone (to Victor): Oh... So, does that mean, we're never, ever going to get to do it again?
Victor (to Persephone): Pffft! No way. My parents do it ALL THE TIME. They're mostly mad because I'm not supposed to be doing it at all. They're worried if anyone finds out about me, I'm going to get dissected or something. Grunt, grunt, grunt.
Persephone (to Victor): That would be terribly grunt...
Victor (to Persephone): Yeah, but it's not like the same thing couldn't happen to them, either. Anyway... Don't mess with the portal generator. My mom says that if it fires up while I'm on the ship, things could get weird.
Persephone (to Victor): Is that one of the reasons why you have to wear the inhibitor? I mean, besides the fact so we don't get in trouble.
Victor (to Persephone): Yeah. One of the LONG list of reasons. Stupid thing gives me a headache.
Persephone (to Victor): Awww, poor cousin...
Victor (to Persephone): And again with the touching. Don't mess with the inhibitor too much it's finicky and if you fiddle with it too much...OUCH! It shocks me.
Persephone (to Victor): Oops... Sorry.
Victor (to Persephone): Heh. It's alright. I'm not all that surprised. It's like you can't help yourself. It's your curse. :-P
A little while later:
Victor (to Persephone): How did you like flying the ship?
Persephone (to Victor): Oh my god, it was so much fun! Your Dad said I did really well for a first time, though he was probably just being nice.
Victor (to Persephone): No, you DID do really well. Dad said I almost crashed us the first time I flew the ship. In my defense, I WAS like five.
Persephone (to Victor): Heehee, how many books did you have to sit on to see?
Victor (to Persephone): Probably not too many. I mean, how short are my folks? I think I was taller than dad by the time I was 13.
Persephone (to Victor): Heehee, His height certainly hasn't hurt him in the 'charming the ladies' department. Did you see the way that clerk flirted with him? I mean, she couldn't be more than a few years older than us...
Victor (to Persephone): Yeah. Welcome to going anywhere with "the Dandy." God, it's so embarrassing...
Persephone (to Victor): Heehee, I thought it was funny... I totally see where you get it.
Victor (to Persephone): Yeah, you wouldn't think it was so funny if it was your dad. :-P
Persephone (to Victor): HAHA! I can't even imagine my Da flirting with anyone.
Victor (to Persephone): I can't either. I always assumed Aunt Molly had to smash a beer bottle over his head to let him know she was interested.
Persephone (to Victor): Heh, All mom ever said was that Da kept coming into the inn to see her for like a month & then he finally got up the nerve to say something to her and it was to ask for salt. She said the stew didn't need it... and, voila!
Victor (to Persephone): I have no idea how my parents met. They never would tell me.
Persephone (to Victor): I wonder why not… Ooooh, maybe it's so scandalous that they knew you'd make that face. You know, the one you make whenever they're being affectionate with each other.
Victor (to Persephone): You mean the "ewww gross" face? I wouldn't make that face if they weren't being gross. I'm sure it wasn't "scandalous." You've been reading too many romance novels.
Persephone (to Victor): Heehee, maybe… I did find these old romance novels in a box in the back of my closet starring some pirate named Sebastian Dearheart.
Victor (to Persephone): RISE AND SHINE! Good god, Seph. Your dad wasn't kidding. You really are still in bed.
Persephone (to Victor): Leave me alone... five more minutes... Ben & Edward were in here tormenting me... I don't feel good... I'm dying... Too weak... just leave me here to languish.
Victor (to Persephone): How is this possible? Your whole family is full of early risers. You're SURE you weren't adopted? Or a changeling, maybe?
Persephone (to Victor): Dear God... You're still talking... You are seriously not going to let me stay in bed, are you? Fine... I'm getting up.
Victor (to Persephone): Fine. I'll go. If you'd rather stay here with your brothers than learn to fly an airship, it's none of my business.
Persephone (to Victor): I'm up, I'm up... I want to learn to fly an airship... This better not be a trick.
Victor (to Persephone): I know better than to mess with you first thing in the morning, cousin dearest. My dad is picking up some supplies for your dad, and we're allowed to tag along. Dad said he'd teach you to fly. If you're interested, that is. And provided I wear the Dread Inhibitor. AND provided we "behave."
Persephone (to Victor): Oh, so many conditions... Do you think I can get some coffee before we start? I will try my best to behave... I REALLY want to learn how to fly the airship.
Victor (to Persephone): Hee hee. Your mom's making coffee downstairs. Get a move on lazy britches!
Persephone (to Victor): I'm moving, bossy... You're enjoying this, aren't you?
Victor (to Persephone): Hee. Maybe just a little.
Persephone (to Victor): Well, I've got my coffee, so let's go see what we can see.
A short time later:
Victor (to Persephone): Don't TOUCH THAT! Oh my god, Seph! What is your problem with just looking at things? Why must you touch? With your fingers?
Persephone (to Victor): What!?! I was just trying to read what it said... Is that a mini portal stabilizer?
Victor (to Persephone): It's a portal generator. But a mini one. If there's a portal or jump nearby, it opens it up so we can get the ship through.
Persephone (to Victor): Oh? I didn't know airships could do that... Or is the Falcon one of the few that can?
Victor (to Persephone): Not very many that I'm aware of. The Empire doesn't like people being able to jump around places or between worlds. It's one of the reasons our folks get so angry when we do it. We could get arrested. Or worse.
Persephone (to Victor): Oh... So, does that mean, we're never, ever going to get to do it again?
Victor (to Persephone): Pffft! No way. My parents do it ALL THE TIME. They're mostly mad because I'm not supposed to be doing it at all. They're worried if anyone finds out about me, I'm going to get dissected or something. Grunt, grunt, grunt.
Persephone (to Victor): That would be terribly grunt...
Victor (to Persephone): Yeah, but it's not like the same thing couldn't happen to them, either. Anyway... Don't mess with the portal generator. My mom says that if it fires up while I'm on the ship, things could get weird.
Persephone (to Victor): Is that one of the reasons why you have to wear the inhibitor? I mean, besides the fact so we don't get in trouble.
Victor (to Persephone): Yeah. One of the LONG list of reasons. Stupid thing gives me a headache.
Persephone (to Victor): Awww, poor cousin...
Victor (to Persephone): And again with the touching. Don't mess with the inhibitor too much it's finicky and if you fiddle with it too much...OUCH! It shocks me.
Persephone (to Victor): Oops... Sorry.
Victor (to Persephone): Heh. It's alright. I'm not all that surprised. It's like you can't help yourself. It's your curse. :-P
A little while later:
Victor (to Persephone): How did you like flying the ship?
Persephone (to Victor): Oh my god, it was so much fun! Your Dad said I did really well for a first time, though he was probably just being nice.
Victor (to Persephone): No, you DID do really well. Dad said I almost crashed us the first time I flew the ship. In my defense, I WAS like five.
Persephone (to Victor): Heehee, how many books did you have to sit on to see?
Victor (to Persephone): Probably not too many. I mean, how short are my folks? I think I was taller than dad by the time I was 13.
Persephone (to Victor): Heehee, His height certainly hasn't hurt him in the 'charming the ladies' department. Did you see the way that clerk flirted with him? I mean, she couldn't be more than a few years older than us...
Victor (to Persephone): Yeah. Welcome to going anywhere with "the Dandy." God, it's so embarrassing...
Persephone (to Victor): Heehee, I thought it was funny... I totally see where you get it.
Victor (to Persephone): Yeah, you wouldn't think it was so funny if it was your dad. :-P
Persephone (to Victor): HAHA! I can't even imagine my Da flirting with anyone.
Victor (to Persephone): I can't either. I always assumed Aunt Molly had to smash a beer bottle over his head to let him know she was interested.
Persephone (to Victor): Heh, All mom ever said was that Da kept coming into the inn to see her for like a month & then he finally got up the nerve to say something to her and it was to ask for salt. She said the stew didn't need it... and, voila!
Victor (to Persephone): I have no idea how my parents met. They never would tell me.
Persephone (to Victor): I wonder why not… Ooooh, maybe it's so scandalous that they knew you'd make that face. You know, the one you make whenever they're being affectionate with each other.
Victor (to Persephone): You mean the "ewww gross" face? I wouldn't make that face if they weren't being gross. I'm sure it wasn't "scandalous." You've been reading too many romance novels.
Persephone (to Victor): Heehee, maybe… I did find these old romance novels in a box in the back of my closet starring some pirate named Sebastian Dearheart.
