[Only if they want to spend an hour cleaning the one counter top again.]
You always were, even if I never said it. [He reaches out a hand, palm up and open in invitation.] Why bother? He'll take them right back off again. Indecent exposure was always one of his favorite pastimes.
Astre doesn't hesitate to put his hand in Undertaker's, smiling up at the reaper.]
We'll have to be careful then. He may bring some trouble down on us like that. We're very respectable, after all. [He can't quite finish that without another soft laugh. Respectable indeed.]
[He has to. There's no other reason for them to ever bake. At all. Just cleaning.]
Indeed. Living with skeletons, here and not. Baking half of the kitchen for a plate of biscuits or a cake. The smells of tea everywhere. Feels like home. [It really does, in a way.]
[He hums in agreement in return and settles hands about those shoulders, keeping him there without restraining him.]
It would help if I knew who lived here before I did. At least in England, your manor was your family's. I wouldn't have liked to live there, but you were raised in it.
We did but we can build it up again. Maybe we could try our hands at writing and make some of our own. I'm sure you have plenty of stories you could tell, being a reaper.
[He smiles up at him and then just relaxes against him, closing his eyes.]
Oh, milord wants to see my brand of penmanship, does he? You might spend the rest of your days trying to decipher it. Sometimes I can hardly read it myself. [He really is joking, but he can make it a Halloween prop if he wants.]
[He's just still relaxed against him but he opens his eye to watch for a moment.]
I'm sure I've read worse. After all, it can't be so bad when you've worked with people so long. [He won't push too hard though. Except maybe to hear some stories. His twin may appreciate that as well.]
[Well, Astre certainly wouldn't mind the stories.]
What would I-? [Hm...] I don't know, actually. Adventures maybe? Fiction of some sort, probably. I have plenty of inspiration since most people don't believe demons or grin reapers are real. I could bother you for all sorts of inspiration.
I don't know about demons, but you may be right about grim reapers. We tend to lay low and not make a fuss. You'll find demon mythology in just about every culture and religion. I suppose this would make quite an adventure story, wouldn't it?
I'm sure it would. I don't think I'd be best for writing it though, I never even tried writing anything but letters and filling out paperwork. [They've definitely had some adventures though so far.]
It's a start. Half the fun is figuring out how to say what once you have the story itself planned out. Then there are the details to the plot as it goes, but good penmanship speaks for itself.
I wouldn't even know where to go with the story. If I ever do though, at least I know I can bother you a bit to help fill it all in. A story from us both, how fun would that be?
[Now that he thinks about it, he has to agree. And nods after a moment.] We could all do with a few more laughs. Shame we don't have our comedy movies from Riverview anymore, we could have a night of it.
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You always were, even if I never said it. [He reaches out a hand, palm up and open in invitation.] Why bother? He'll take them right back off again. Indecent exposure was always one of his favorite pastimes.
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Astre doesn't hesitate to put his hand in Undertaker's, smiling up at the reaper.]
We'll have to be careful then. He may bring some trouble down on us like that. We're very respectable, after all. [He can't quite finish that without another soft laugh. Respectable indeed.]
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Indeed. Living with skeletons, here and not. Baking half of the kitchen for a plate of biscuits or a cake. The smells of tea everywhere. Feels like home. [It really does, in a way.]
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It... it really does. [It might have felt odd saying that in their first few months living together in Riverview but not anymore.]
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Too bad it wasn't in a manor made far too large to hold the people who live there.
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I like it better here. At least, I like our little cozy houses. They feel more like home once we settle properly.
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Let's not do this again, shall we? I'm no stranger to uprooting, but I like the stress of it less than I should.
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Agreed. Feels like it takes too long for us to make it our own each time.
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It would help if I knew who lived here before I did. At least in England, your manor was your family's. I wouldn't have liked to live there, but you were raised in it.
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It would but at least we're together. And it's warm, with room to expand. We could have a room added so we have a library again.
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I thought about that. We had quite a developing library back in Riverview and now we've next to nothing. It's awful.
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[He smiles up at him and then just relaxes against him, closing his eyes.]
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Oh, milord wants to see my brand of penmanship, does he? You might spend the rest of your days trying to decipher it. Sometimes I can hardly read it myself. [He really is joking, but he can make it a Halloween prop if he wants.]
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I'm sure I've read worse. After all, it can't be so bad when you've worked with people so long. [He won't push too hard though. Except maybe to hear some stories. His twin may appreciate that as well.]
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Well, what of you? What stories would you write? You're young yet, but that's still enough time to come up with something worth reading.
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What would I-? [Hm...] I don't know, actually. Adventures maybe? Fiction of some sort, probably. I have plenty of inspiration since most people don't believe demons or grin reapers are real. I could bother you for all sorts of inspiration.
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I don't know about demons, but you may be right about grim reapers. We tend to lay low and not make a fuss. You'll find demon mythology in just about every culture and religion. I suppose this would make quite an adventure story, wouldn't it?
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It's a start. Half the fun is figuring out how to say what once you have the story itself planned out. Then there are the details to the plot as it goes, but good penmanship speaks for itself.
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Probably not a first rate laugh but still fun.
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You'll know more than you do, I think. Give it time. Speaking of that though, we haven't had enough of it around the house. Not from everyone.
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[Now that he thinks about it, he has to agree. And nods after a moment.] We could all do with a few more laughs. Shame we don't have our comedy movies from Riverview anymore, we could have a night of it.
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You say that as if we couldn't still have a night of it. [That grin says there are ways. Oh, there are ways.]
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He follows after a moment and settles beside him, curling against him.] What do you think?