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[curseshit]

Rough day, eh? Time to head home to your loving spouse or to the inn to meet with your best mates. Anyway, the day is done. It was a long one too so make you sure you have a good night's rest because tomorrow is not going to be any easier. The duke wants the town to look absolutely perfect for the festival.

If you don't feel like sleeping just yet I hear the inn is running a small darts tournament. The food is bad and the rooms are small, but at least the alcohol is good. Apple cider all around!

[ mission: so about that curse! in order to break out of your curse you'll be needing three triggers or one big one. more information & examples here. hold your horses though, you aren't supposed to break free in just one night. ]

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[overthewall]

[ she could do that for you. ]

Hop to it, then.

[rhymeswithdesign]

[lays palms flat on the table. doesn't stand. looks across the table at peggy.]

Well. What's one more round between embittered exes, eh? What're you having?

[pushes himself to his feet and sort of angles toward the counter because it's not really a question, it's pretty much cider or bust here.]

[overthewall]

[ doesn't. doesn't even answer. because she knows what she's getting.

what she wants. and some cider, of course. ]

Sudden change of heart? Well, I'll be.

[rhymeswithdesign]

You know me, I like to keep the ladies guessing. And the lads.

[that last bit sounds a lot like an afterthought because it is. picks up two more pints of cider from the bar in exchange for their empty glasses. brings them back ad slides one across the table to peggy.]

[overthewall]

[ curls hands around the glass and sits up a little straighter. she's trying to recall something from their defunct relationship in order to make some sort of quip about keeping her guessing but comes up short for some reason-- oh wait that could be a sassy quip. ]

And you and your lad. Trouble in paradise so soon? Better patch that up or you're headed for disaster before you get to say I do.

[rhymeswithdesign]

Oh no, we're lovely. Really. Getting on like a house on fire.

[yeah he probably shouldn't be discussing this but hey, he's had half a bottle of whisky and a pint of cider in the past hour or so. working on his second pint. it's not like the sheriff is going to investigate the validity of their marriage or anything, since she knows it's a sham.

also everyone thinks peggy's a little nuts. which is his fault, and which he will use to the greatest extent of his ability.]

[overthewall]

[ takes a long drink from the glass before she fumbles around in her pockets to find another cigarette, lighting it immediately. ]

Maybe it's just bride jitters. Hopefully they won't last for eternity, since that's what you're going to be attached to for the remainder of it.

[rhymeswithdesign]

[stares into his cider and thinks about eternity. finishes the rest of his (stolen) cigarette and the rest of his cider before he speaks again.]

I've got to go.

[stands up again, a little wobbly, makes his way out of the inn. ]