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hh_mirrorStarting at five o’clock, Slartibartfast ambled around to each of the common rooms, pasting instructions for the tour onto each board. He’d realized he’d neglected to specify a meeting place, so, in addition to strongly advising good coats and sturdy shoes, he let everyone know that they were to meet in the Great Hall at six.
He killed the remaining hour by hunting for lint and examining the stones that made up the school building--whoever had been making granite in this area had done a bang-up job of it. He might not know a great deal about Earthman society, but he did know good craftsmanship, and whoever had been in charge of this part of the world had clearly known what they were doing.
Come six o’clock he wandered down to the Great Hall, a small red square on a gold chain dangling from his fingers.
“All, all, all right, if everyone, ah, could kindly hop into the car--” he indicated an aircar that looked suspiciously like a minibus, hovering several feet above the floor “--and, and, and buckle up, we can, ah, we can be, well, we can be off.”
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He killed the remaining hour by hunting for lint and examining the stones that made up the school building--whoever had been making granite in this area had done a bang-up job of it. He might not know a great deal about Earthman society, but he did know good craftsmanship, and whoever had been in charge of this part of the world had clearly known what they were doing.
Come six o’clock he wandered down to the Great Hall, a small red square on a gold chain dangling from his fingers.
“All, all, all right, if everyone, ah, could kindly hop into the car--” he indicated an aircar that looked suspiciously like a minibus, hovering several feet above the floor “--and, and, and buckle up, we can, ah, we can be, well, we can be off.”
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Date: 2006-10-04 02:37 am (UTC)"Well, I, I, I really don't know," he said. "I mean, I've got no, you know, idea if I could do it without sounding like rubbish."
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Date: 2006-10-04 11:00 am (UTC)On the very rare occasion that Christine had wanted to do something enough to go after it, she'd found this move to be very effective. She had no idea why, but it did
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Date: 2006-10-04 04:37 pm (UTC)"Well, ah, well, if it will, you know, make you happy, I'll certainly give it a go," he said, wondering just what he was getting himself into. "Though I, I warn you now, I'll probably make a perfect fool out of myself."
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Date: 2006-10-04 07:08 pm (UTC)Christine spun around in a pirouette to express her delight. "Oh, I'm sure you won't! And it would make me so wonderfully happy!" She flung her arms around his shoulders in a rather surprising and spontaneous embrace and beamed up at him. "You won't be rubbish at all! I'm sure everything will turn out perfectly, and it won't be at all foolish, and everything will turn out to be splendid fun!"
She tended to get rather exuberant when it came to singing, and, as always, she was delighted to have someone so sing with. Solos were lovely, and all, but there was just something about duets that thrilled her.
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Date: 2006-10-04 07:37 pm (UTC)Slartibartfast was quite startled--he couldn't remember anybody hugging him; planet building was not a profession in which people were prone to hug. Once he got over his surprise, however, he found he didn't mind--she was such an enthusiastic young lady, and reminded him of some of the younger engineers who were so keen about their work--she was as excited about her music as they were about their various tasks.
"I, well, I do hope I can live up to your expectations," he said, finding himself smiling at her. He certainly couldn't promise her he wouldn't look a complete twit, but he could try. "Though I, I'm afraid I don't know, you know, don't know many songs. I shall have to research Earthman music."
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Date: 2006-10-05 12:50 am (UTC)