[video] punch and judy

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[Xerxes Break is combing tangles out of his little doll's hair when the whirr of the PCD alerts him to the fact that it's been turned on. The doll pipes up right away, in her irritating falsetto;]

Ow ow owowowow stop pulling!

I wouldn't have to pull if you hadn't let yourself get this tangled, Miss Emily.

[The ventriloquism is perfect. She continues;]

Help! Please! If someone on the network can hear meeee-

Don't be silly, Miss Emily, you couldn't live with anyone else. None of them would have the patience to put up with your temper or the insults you like to hurl.

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[thelightbringer]

[He considers, which is something.]

Does it talk, too?

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[mister-hatter.livejournal.com]

It doesn't.

[It's an oolong.]

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[thelightbringer]

That's a shame.

I'll be there soon.

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[mister-hatter.livejournal.com]

Having the tea will be conditional on not tormenting my roommates while you're a guest in my home, my lord.

[ooh, deals with the devil.]

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[thelightbringer]

That depends on if they mind themselves, doesn't it?

[He's not going to make a promise he can't keep. He's honorable or...something like that.]

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[mister-hatter.livejournal.com]

But you won't borrow trouble with them?

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[thelightbringer]

Oh, I'll entertain myself without them.

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[mister-hatter.livejournal.com]

Then I'll see you soon.

[He signs off without bothering to give him directions.]

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[thelightbringer]

[He's not sure if that's an insult or not; he doesn't need directions, at any rate, but it almost feels like a test. Which he doesn't like.

He turns up just a few minutes later, and enters without knocking. Manners, what manners?]

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[mister-hatter.livejournal.com]

[Break tsks.]

Through here. Cream, sugar?

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[thelightbringer]

I don't drink tea.

[So however you make it, he'll drink it.]

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[mister-hatter.livejournal.com]

[Two of each, then. He offers it over.]

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[thelightbringer]

[He tastes it; it's something he's sure Gabriel would like. But since the only thing, literally, he has ever had to drink in this vessel is demon blood he doesn't mind.]

I take it this is a daily thing for you?

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[mister-hatter.livejournal.com]

Whenever possible.

[Starting to prepare his own cup.]

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[thelightbringer]

[He takes a seat, but it's in his strange way: at the windowsill instead of at the table.]

And how is your peon?

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[mister-hatter.livejournal.com]

Emily is sulking, poor thing.

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[thelightbringer]

They do that when you pull their hair out.

[He watches him a moment]

Did you get what you were after? Showing that talent of yours on the network?

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[mister-hatter.livejournal.com]

I did.

[Katara laughing till her ribs hurt. Al's bright smile.]

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[thelightbringer]

[There's a certain tension that Lucifer sips away with the tea]

Yes, well you do tend to get what you want.

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[mister-hatter.livejournal.com]

I most certainly do.

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[thelightbringer]

And today you wanted me at tea?

[What are you after, Break?]

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[mister-hatter.livejournal.com]

Not precisely. But since we were chatting, it seemed rude not to invite you.

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[thelightbringer]

[He actually smiles, and slides off the windowsill to sit at the table instead.]

Honesty. It's so refreshing to hear.

[Slow look, because it's not like he considers Break the pinnacle of truth.]

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[mister-hatter.livejournal.com]

I am a puff of cool spring breeze. As it were.

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[thelightbringer]

Only a puff?