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Post by The Mad Hatter on Feb 7, 2007 20:14:11 GMT
Still feeling very much on edge, Zeque had taken his time with opening the door, checking over his shoulder about 4 times whilst unlocking it. It had been all great when Hansel had shown up, he had been all ready to get the boy to come back with him, would have been fantastic. But someone else had come along not long after. OK so it was only a cat but even a talking animal was enough to get Zeque all paranoid. So he had headed home as quickly as he could.
Now he could only hope that Hansel would follow after him looking for Gretal. He had made it fairly obvious that he had her, so he was pretty sure that he would. But he was kind of worried that the talking cat might be trouble, he wasn't sure what it had heard him say. What if it told town people?
He shuddered a little at the idea of people in town coming up here, then pushed the whole thing out of his mind. He had screwed up and said to much infront of something he hadn't known was there. Now he just wouldn't think about it. It would be OK.
As soon as he was inside, the Witch locked the door behind him quickly. Despite the fact that he was home now where he thought it was safe, he felt the need to talk in a whisper, as if something might be listening. "Gretal?" He called out quietly, then tried again a little louder, "Kitten, I'm back... guess who i ran into..."
He didn't know where she was and right now didn't really want to go looking around for her, he would just wait about down here in the living room and hope that she would answer.
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Post by Sleeping Beauty on Feb 7, 2007 20:28:27 GMT
Gretal hadn't really moved from where she had been sitting since he had left. She was just taking the time that she was alone to really think. She was good at thinking with distractions but with him there she had always felt nervous, and that was to big of a distraction for her to block out. Trying to break out wasn't an option, since he had locked everything really good. She needed a different plan of attack to get out. A lot of ideas came to mind but most of them she knew she didn't have the guts to do.
Her head looked up when she heard the door open, that had been quicker than she had thought it would be. Standing up she walked the rest of the way down the stairs. "Who?" she asked when she reached the bottom of the stairs.
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Post by The Mad Hatter on Feb 7, 2007 20:38:47 GMT
Oh good, she had apparently turned into a good girl int he time he had been away. Before she had taken her time before answering him, if she did at all. That time he didn't even have to wait. Good little pretty Kitten. "Hansel" He told her, sitting down on the door with his back up against the front door. He really was trying not to think about how bad what just happened out there could be for him, but it was so hard, all the 'what if' questions kept jumping to mind.
At least he had her, she would hopefully keep his mind off it.
"Yeah he was looking for you" Just then he remembered that he had promised not to go after Hansel. The only reason he remembered it at all was because he had actually kind of stuck to it, he hadn't brought her brother back with him. "He asked about you, i told him not to worry.... then i left" He left out why he had left. He didn't want to worry her. OK really she would probably be glad not worried to hear that someone else might know she was here but still, in his little deluded world he liked to think Gretal actually cared about him as much as he cared about her.
Still even though he didn't tell her, it was starting to show that he was nervous. He was playing with his sleeves absent mindedly the way he usually did when on edge, even his hands were shaking slightly.
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Post by Sleeping Beauty on Feb 7, 2007 20:51:24 GMT
She didn't know if she was really happy or really nervous about the fact that Hansel knew where she was. If he came alone then they would both be stuck there, but it would be a little relief to have him there, by now he probably would have had some kind of plan thought up.
She had decided to go with the being nice thing, if she stopped acting like she hated him maybe she could catch him off guard or something. Also if he trusted her it would only make things easier for her to escape.
Gretal walked over to where he was sitting and sat down across from him "What's wrong?" he seemed really nervous and she was genuinely curious to why.
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Post by The Mad Hatter on Feb 7, 2007 21:03:43 GMT
After telling her about Hansel, Zeque zoned out. His paranoia really getting at him now. If he had not noticed a cat listening in on them until it spoke up, just think how many other times someone or something could have been there without him knowing. They could know everything and he could have been totally oblivious to it. Until now he had never really thought about other people following and eves dropping on him, since he was so very good at it himself he just always assumed that he would know....
He didn't notice her walk over, but he heard her voice. She sounded distant to him. He answered her in a sort of dreamy voice, not really thinking properly about what he was saying. "You're not a stupid girl kitten... you know just as well as i do what they would do to me if they found out..."
He shook his head a little. Back in reality again, the witch looked a little surprised to see her sitting so close. He was kind of glad she was though, it made it easier to give pushing away depressing thoughts another try. "Never mind.... I'm ok.... I'm sure Hansel will come find us when he wants to" He told her, seeming to cheer up quite a bit.
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Post by Sleeping Beauty on Feb 7, 2007 21:17:33 GMT
"Why do you do things like this, if your so worried about other people finding out. If you did nothing wrong than they wouldn't go after you.
She said figuring he was talking about the town's people.
He looked a little surprised that she was sitting so close and she couldn't blame him. The entire time before he had left she had been trying to stay as far as possible from him.
When he mentioned that Hansel would come sooner or later, she had to dig her nails into her palms to stop herself from saying what was on her mind. Instead she just smiled brightly and said "Good."
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Post by The Mad Hatter on Feb 7, 2007 21:36:25 GMT
He didn't bother with the first question because he didn't really know and he had a pretty good idea that thinking about it to much would be depressing. Besides, it was a little late to be going back now. Even if he did let her out, he doubted very much that she would keep her mouth shut.
He quickly forgot that she had even asked, letting his thoughts go back to nice things like Hansel coming to find them and just the fact that Gretal was here.
"Mmhmm" He nodded in agreement. It was good. He felt better now too, not quite so on edge and shaking much less then he had been. Still he stayed sitting where he was by the door, not really feeling like moving at the moment. Besides, Gretal was sitting close by and he liked it. "Sorry... y'know, about you're phone" He told her, glancing down at the floor for a moment.
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Post by Sleeping Beauty on Feb 7, 2007 21:46:40 GMT
He ignored her first question and she wasn't surprised. Anything that she asked that might disrupt his thinking, he seemed to just ignore it. It was a little annoying but she could feel herself getting used to it.
She shrugged as if she didn't care even though she was a little mad about the fact that her phone was now ruined. "It's fine" she said trying to sound cheerful, but it came out a little forced.
Wanting to really seem like she was through with trying to escape, she took the little shard of glass out of her pocket and layed it down on the floor. "This is the missing piece from the mirror" she said quietly.
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Post by The Mad Hatter on Feb 7, 2007 21:59:59 GMT
He didn't even notice how fake that sounded. Well a lot of his cheery talk sounded forced too. The fact that she was ok with her phone being thrown in a river made him feel a little worse about doing it. He made a mental note (though no doubt he would forget about it soon) to get her another one at some point.
At first he just looked at the glass. He wasn't really sure what to think. Just assume that she found it wile he was gone? That would be easier and would make him much happier then to believe that she had purposely hidden it when she broke the mirror. There was only one thing he could really think of that anyone would want to use a chunk of glass like that for and the idea was just a little to upsetting for him.
Well she had given it to him now so he decided to just give it the benefit of the doubt. "Thanks" He said with a smile, before pulling himself up and heading for the stairs to fix the mirror.
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Post by Sleeping Beauty on Feb 7, 2007 22:09:06 GMT
She gave him a forced smile, when he took the shard and went up the stairs, where she figured that he was going to fix the mirror the rest of the way.
She got carefully to her feet, and didn't really know what else to do. At least when she had been running around doing random things trying to escape, it had been something to do. Acting like everything was ok was really difficult even thoug she had only been doing it for a little while. He hadn't done anything so far to hurt her so far, but her mind wouldn't let her forget about the previous time and it was hard being nice to someone who did so many bad things.
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Post by The Mad Hatter on Feb 7, 2007 22:18:58 GMT
Whilst fixing the bathroom mirror, Zeque started to wonder if he could teach Gretal any spells. Simple ones obviously, she wasn't a witch, he was just wondering if she actually could learn any magic.
He was still thinking about it when he walked back out onto the landing, then something else came into his mind as he walked by his room...
He was back downstairs after about 5 minuets, smiling brightly as ever. His mood had definitely changed back to a much better one then eh had been in when he first got back from the woods. He walked towards Gretal, pausing a few feet away from her and held out one hand. He was holding that hairbrush again. "Gonna brush you're hair now?"
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Post by Sleeping Beauty on Feb 7, 2007 22:28:08 GMT
She turned around when she heard him walking down the stairs. Taking a calming breath, she tried to keep in mind that she was being nice, and would just do what she was told, as much as it killed her to do so.
She sighed when she saw he had the brush again. Having somebody watching as you brushed your hair was a little awkward, but she would just have to deal. Gretal took the brush from him, and started to comb through her hair. She felt really dumb for doing it and it took a lot of will power to not throw it at him.
((Sorry its short, I've got to go for a little while))
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Post by The Mad Hatter on Feb 7, 2007 22:37:19 GMT
She brushed her hair, he just stood there and watched. But it wasn't only the fact that he liked her hair so much that fascinated him. He was watching a normal person doing a normal every day thing. This was something she no doubt did every day before going out without even thinking about it. To him it seemed almost surreal. He had to resist the urge to ask her to put makeup on or do something else along those lines. Maybe some other time, like tomorrow, he would just not speak to her or bother her, leave her alone and just watch what she did.
He smiled again after a few moments, obviously very happy now that she had done what he asked. "Good girl. You want anything now?" She hadn't eaten or drank anything since she got here. She had said she didn't want anything but he didn't want her going without, it would make her ill.
((its ok =D))
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Post by Sleeping Beauty on Feb 8, 2007 0:10:06 GMT
She didn't do it for very long, since she was really uncomfortable. Well at least she had just go it over with, hopefully that would be the last of the weird requests. She held the brush back out to him "I'm done."
She really hated it that he said 'good girl', it made her feel like she was a dog, but instead of saying anything she just ignored it. She shook her head, "No I'm fine, thanks anyways" she said with another fake smile. Gretal was feeling a little shaky from not eating but she just pushed it to the back of her mind and ignored it.
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Post by The Mad Hatter on Feb 8, 2007 0:24:40 GMT
He took the brush from her and just set it down on a small table close by. He could put it away properly later. She was being really good now. He guessed that wile he had been away she had either done a lot of calming down or she had done what he had said and taken a nap.
He was getting a little worried about her not eating or drinking anything but he just left it, he knew she wasn't stupid, she would let him know or just get something if she wanted it. "Well ok... just don't make yourself sick or anything" He told her, sitting down on the floor against the front door again.
((goin' bed now, ill be on tomorrow))
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