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[wandbreaker]

So, I heard something about a ball - and of course, I'm rather unprepared for this event. To begin with, I don't have a wig, so I suppose I'll have to go without-

[There's a muttering, here]

What do you mean, it's not for a gentleman to say? Honestly, I'm not saying this to broadcast that I'm poor. I just mean I'm absolutely uninterested. It's not as if I'm French, after all [the word French is said with just the slightest hint of English disdain] and we're not exactly here to be party to the King have you ever seen him, by chance - no? Oh - as I was saying.

I fully intend on going. I have a very nice suit. The wigs itch, in any case.



[ooc: Ed is a very English lord. If you would like to say you know him (say you're English as well) go ahead!]

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[waitedforyears.livejournal.com]

[Does she care? It's not like she'll... do anything. She's happily married, after all.]

Ah, but you're not the first to do that.

[wandbreaker]

I doubt I'm the first man to wear a woman's wig, too.

[waitedforyears.livejournal.com]

[Pause. She hadn't thought about that.] That might be so.

[wandbreaker]

[A laugh]

I'm Edmund.

[waitedforyears.livejournal.com]

Amélie. [And, as an afterthought.] Marquesse de Lendemain.

[wandbreaker]

French nobility. I suppose this is the part where I say that Versailles is lovely.

[waitedforyears.livejournal.com]

[She's not too excited about that.] If you'd like.

[wandbreaker]

Are you actually interested in what I like?

[waitedforyears.livejournal.com]

Do you actually think Versailles is lovely?

[wandbreaker]

Not particularly, no. Pretty enough, though.

[waitedforyears.livejournal.com]

That, I'll admit to.

[wandbreaker]

It's difficult to deny.

[waitedforyears.livejournal.com]

So you're English, then?

[wandbreaker]

As it were.

[waitedforyears.livejournal.com]

Is England as pretty?

[wandbreaker]

It's different.

[waitedforyears.livejournal.com]

How so?

[wandbreaker]

I think you'd have to visit to see for yourself.

[waitedforyears.livejournal.com]

That is intriguing, though not very helpful.

[wandbreaker]

Well, perhaps that's what I prefer.

[waitedforyears.livejournal.com]

So what brings you to Versailles?

[wandbreaker]

My brother.

[waitedforyears.livejournal.com]

And again, an answer that only raises more questions.

[wandbreaker]

You can always meditate on those questions, you know.

[waitedforyears.livejournal.com]

Meditate. [She doesn't approve of this suggestion.]