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hisapprentice) wrote2014-01-13 10:48 am
hisapprentice) wrote2014-01-13 10:48 am
[Puzzle 016]
[Fifteen.
Contrary to his nature, Luke rises early, gets himself ready, even tidies up his room - which is hardly messy to begin with. The last thing he does is place his stuffed penguin at the head of the bed, against his pillows, and hold down a sigh.
Hearing no other noise in the house, he puts on his hat and coat and heads for the stables. Best to use this early start to do something, and the horses are good company all around. He notices with some surprise that certain things, hanging on the stable walls, are easier for him to reach now than the last time he remembers struggling for them.
Once that's done, Luke considers and discards several now-too-lonely places: the bakery, the library, even the school. He spends a while in the tea shop, reading but not puzzling, and frowning at his tea. When that is too much of a strain he ambles to the bakery anyway, for a cupcake. Just one cupcake.
Which he promptly leaves in its bakery box on the edge of the fountain while he spends the afternoon trying to build a snow fort. There are already some odd half-finished sculptures around that he thinks he can use. Beside the box is his open journal; he stands over it for a while thinking about a message, before writing one (messy, because he wears mittens and the ink in the pen is cold too):]
Come play in the snow by the fountain. I'm making a fortress.
[[ooc: Pretend this is dated the 12th ok yes. Luke's arbitrary canonless birthday! /throws confetti. This is the part where I have no idea how to play a growing-up young man, but I promise to do my best.]]
Contrary to his nature, Luke rises early, gets himself ready, even tidies up his room - which is hardly messy to begin with. The last thing he does is place his stuffed penguin at the head of the bed, against his pillows, and hold down a sigh.
Hearing no other noise in the house, he puts on his hat and coat and heads for the stables. Best to use this early start to do something, and the horses are good company all around. He notices with some surprise that certain things, hanging on the stable walls, are easier for him to reach now than the last time he remembers struggling for them.
Once that's done, Luke considers and discards several now-too-lonely places: the bakery, the library, even the school. He spends a while in the tea shop, reading but not puzzling, and frowning at his tea. When that is too much of a strain he ambles to the bakery anyway, for a cupcake. Just one cupcake.
Which he promptly leaves in its bakery box on the edge of the fountain while he spends the afternoon trying to build a snow fort. There are already some odd half-finished sculptures around that he thinks he can use. Beside the box is his open journal; he stands over it for a while thinking about a message, before writing one (messy, because he wears mittens and the ink in the pen is cold too):]
Come play in the snow by the fountain. I'm making a fortress.
[[ooc: Pretend this is dated the 12th ok yes. Luke's arbitrary canonless birthday! /throws confetti. This is the part where I have no idea how to play a growing-up young man, but I promise to do my best.]]
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[He squats down to the ground, picking up some snow and piling it up.]
So what kind of fortress are you planning to make?
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[Luke can't hold it against anyone if they don't have snow where they come from, of course.]
Even if nobody wants to have one, I'm still building a snow fort. [It is fun and exciting all by itself and no one will tell him otherwise.]
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You know, even if it's just the two of us, I wouldn't mind having a snowball fight. They're pretty fun.
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Well, if you really want to. I'll help you build one of these on the other side of the plaza.
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I'd be happy to. I haven't had a snowball fight in a pretty long time. So as long as you're fine with it, we could do that. It shouldn't take us long to build two forts, anyway.
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My name's Luke.
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Well it's nice to meet you, Luke. I'm Jude.
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It's a pleasure. [Luke flashes his best gentlemanly smile.] If other people show up for the snowball fight, will you be on my team?
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Yeah, sure. And if that's the case, I'm sure we'd definitely beat them.
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What makes you so sure? [He says it sly, like he wants in on Jude's masterful secret.]
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..Er... Well, there's no special thing I'm thinking of or anything. I'm just saying as much out of determination.
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[After the building is done, of course. Luke works for a few minutes more in silence before looking up, a snowball half-rounded between his gloves.]
Do you like puzzles?
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It's not like I do puzzles randomly in my down time, but I guess they could be fun. Brain teasers are always interesting to work through, anyway. Why do you ask?
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Well, because I know two or three and if you liked them I'd share.
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You can share them. Hopefully I can figure them out though.