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Post by Marissa O'Neal on Dec 2, 2013 21:35:54 GMT -5
She clapped her hands together and almost squealed with glee as she twirled around in Tohrment's office. She made sure Autumn was keeping him occupied. Which usually, for his shellan wasn't too hard.
Standing staring at the ugly green chair she sighed and put her hands on her hips. She didn't understand why he liked the chair but Autumn made her promise not to remove it. She called out to Butch, "Nallum, just put the box of garland here on the chair!!
*Turning quickly she ran smack into Butch's back* Oh! There you are, I didn't realize... *stood on her toes and kissed his cheek.* Thank you, Nallum.
*Looking out the door she saw Xhex and smiled.* Is Fritz coming?
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Post by Butch O'Neal on Dec 2, 2013 21:43:17 GMT -5
He smiled down at her, unable to deny her when she'd asked him to help even though he had a pretty good idea what Tohr's reaction would be. Shaking his head, he set the box down on Tohr's favorite chair and turned to grab another box of decorations from the hall. Man he hoped Tohr had a good sense of holiday spirit and didn't freak out too badly. He didn't want Marissa to feel bad about trying to do something nice for their friend. "Where do you want the lights, babe?"
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Post by Xhex Tehrror on Dec 2, 2013 21:50:33 GMT -5
She grinned as Marissa flitted around Tohr's office, decorating for the holidays. Tohrment was going to have a shit fit and she couldn't wait to see it. Photographing his reaction was going to be payback for all the PDA he lavished on Autumn when he knew she was around and that it completely grossed her out. She was way past the age that she should be forced to see her parents doing anything remotely sexual. She knew he did it to get on her nerves, so she was just going to encourage Marissa to decorate and wait with camera ready until Tohr saw his "surprise."
"I saw Fritz up at the house, he said he was on his way. He was gathering up all kinds of things. You know how he is about decorating. Where are you hanging the garland? I'm thinking you should wrap some of the silver around his chair, try to hide that awful green."
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Post by Fritz Perlmutter on Dec 2, 2013 22:14:29 GMT -5
-He did not think this was wise. But when two of the shellan's and Brother Butch had told him to help, he had to comply. But he was not sure if this was a good idea- This is not wise. No no, not wise at all.-He was carrying a box of human holiday decorations for their holiday of Christmas. He thought they were quite pretty. The Queen and Mistress Mary had started decorating the manse when the King had moved here.
But he was not sure that Lord Tohrment would appreciate the loveliness of the decorations. Not one small bit. Muttering under his breath- Please Scribe Virgin, touch Lord Tohrment's heart not to harm this loyal servant.
-Walking into the office, he put his most wonderful head doggen smile on and bowed at the waist holding out the box- I brought them. May I go now? -Before he was in the fray- Please?
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Post by Marissa O'Neal on Dec 2, 2013 22:20:01 GMT -5
"Maybe we'll wrap it in the tinsel, Xhex. You think he'll notice?" She laughed and turned to smile at Fritz when he walked in. "Oh thank you!" Her face fell when he asked to leave. "Please stay Fritz, we need your trained eye for proper placement, no one else could help me as well as you." She gave him a wink and turned to the box with the small tree to place on Tohr's desk.
She pulled out a small ornament with berries on it and started singing, "Deck the room with nuts and berries, trala lala lala lala." Looked at Xhex, "I love all the Christmas carols."
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Post by Butch O'Neal on Dec 2, 2013 22:24:17 GMT -5
He stared at her for a minute before grinning, a chuckle escaping. "Sweetheart, that's not the way it goes. 'Deck the halls with bows of holly, fa la la la la, la la la la." He wrapped an arm around her shoulders and kissed the top of her head. "Its okay, I'll teach you. No one does Christmas as well as the Irish."
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Post by Xhex Tehrror on Dec 2, 2013 22:29:29 GMT -5
Raising a brow, she nodded to Marissa, not really sure what any of the Christmas carols were. Cheesy holiday songs had never been anything she'd paid attention to, but she could deal with it since most of the household was human or raised in the human world. Thank God it only last a month or so. Turning her attention to Fritz, she was amused at his obvious hesitation. "Yeah, Fritz. Butch and I know nothing about decorating and you're the pro. Rissa needs your help, you can't leave yet." She smiled at him, not bothering to hide the mischievous light in her eyes.
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Post by Fritz Perlmutter on Dec 2, 2013 22:34:00 GMT -5
-His whole life he had been trained to obey and serve. It was not that he had no spine, but he was very true to his calling. And his duties. His smile wavered before it went wider though the trepidation in his eyes surely must have shown- Why of course. As you ask.
-He looked into the box and then looked around. Saw as Master Butch hung some shiny ball on the tree and cleared his throat- Master Butch? May I? - Stepped around him and straightened it to be even with the one on a bough above- There. That's -saw the Brother's look and stepped back- Your positioning was very nice too.
-He pulled out a small sleigh with a red dressed character in it led by several deer looking creatures. Moved Master Tohr's stapler and placed the sleigh- My doesn't that look lovely!
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Post by Marissa O'Neal on Dec 2, 2013 22:42:33 GMT -5
She listened to the way Butch sang the song and frowned, "Where did I get nuts and berries from?" Shook her head and shrugged, continuing to hum the tune.
Picked up a long strand of beaded garland and started to hang it in swags around Tohrment's desk. On each drop she hung a large golden sphere ornaments, with glitter. "Oh my goodness. They are so pretty." She looked down at her hands and saw some of the glitter had rubbed off, she wiped it on her pants. "Whoops. I wonder how hard this glitter is to get out of things?"
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Post by Butch O'Neal on Dec 2, 2013 22:53:04 GMT -5
He raised a brow at Fritz, but then re-evaluated the placement of the ornament and realized that Fritz was right. It looked more pleasing to the eye that way. Shrugging, he walked away from the tree and slapped a hand on Fritz's shoulder, feeling his pain. Stuck between making sweet Marissa happy and pissing off the boss man. Leaning close to the doggen, he frowned. "I'm good with both of us throwing Marissa under the bus this time. Remember: deny, deny, deny."
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Post by Xhex Tehrror on Dec 2, 2013 23:02:06 GMT -5
Rolling her eyes at Butch,she watched as the room started to turn into a postcard for Christmas. She had the random thought that it looked like National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation had thrown up on Tohrment's sad green chair. "Looks good, Rissa. Tohrment will probably be headed down here soon. I don't know much about carols, sing another while you finish up." She pulled her phone out and prepared to hit record, hoping to get Tohrment walking in while Rissa was singing some goofy Christmas song.
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Post by Fritz Perlmutter on Dec 2, 2013 23:07:35 GMT -5
-He nodded to Master Butch but then sputtered- Oh no no. I do not believe we even own a bus. Do we? And why would you want Mistress Marissa thrown under it? That would stain her garments. I do have club soda however. It takes out most stains.
-He blinked at Xhex and frowned- It is another of those strange human sayings isn't it.
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Post by Marissa O'Neal on Dec 2, 2013 23:14:01 GMT -5
She continued with what she was doing without looking up, "I heard that Nallum, I'm sure the Chaise lounge would be extremely comfortable tonight. I'll even give you a blanket."
Stopped and tilted her head as she looked at the figure Fritz put out with the sleigh. "What was that one song, about the poor reindeer with the unfortunate looking nose?" Started humming the tune, due to forgetting the words.
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Post by Butch O'Neal on Dec 2, 2013 23:29:18 GMT -5
He just gave his wife a sheepish grin and went back to gathering empty boxes to stack in the hall. "I think you mean Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer, baby." Now that she'd started humming it, it was stuck in his head and he knew he'd never get it out. He sighed and then froze when he heard the distinct sound of Tohrment's stride, echoing down the hall loudly as his shit-kickers hit the cement floor. Damn. He was hoping to be gone by the time T-pain got there, but it didn't appear he was going to be so lucky. "Heads up. Jolly Ole Saint Tohr is on his way."
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Post by Xhex Tehrror on Dec 2, 2013 23:34:38 GMT -5
She smiled at Fritz and nodded. "Yes, it means you can blame it all on Marissa and let her take the blame if Tohr gets pissed. There's not actually a bus." Trying to hide her smirk for Marissa's benefit, she slipped into the office and pulled up her phone to casually record Tohrment seeing his freshly decorated office.
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Post by Fritz Perlmutter on Dec 2, 2013 23:37:37 GMT -5
-He paled and sputtered more. But Master Butch was between him and the door out. He walked around the desk to the closet door and tugged on it. And tugged again. Eyes went to the new security code pad and he tried to remember the code- Now was that 3547? -Tried it and it didn't work. He tried to keep his smile as he punched in another code- 6589? Oh goodness. -Started patting down his vest and pulled out pieces of paper from his pockets- No. Thats the grocery list. -Pulled out another one- That's the doggen schedule. -Became flustered and pulled out more frantically-
I have it somewhere. I know that I do.
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Post by Tohrment, Son of Hharm on Dec 2, 2013 23:39:09 GMT -5
He was smiling at the text Autumn had sent him. It was amusing and sweet considering he had just left her arms. And their bed. And her fangs. Not looking up as he texted back, he stopped at his office door to see a pair of shit-kickers standing there.
Lifted his head and met the amused eyes of Cop. "Is there a problem?" Raised a brow and leaned to the side when he saw twinkling lights. "What the fu...."
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Post by Marissa O'Neal on Dec 2, 2013 23:43:33 GMT -5
She had just thrown a Red and Green quilt across the back of his chair when Tohrment walked in. She Stepped in front of everyone and held out her arms. "SURPRISE!"
She kept her smiled plastered on her face and kept moving in front of Tohrment as he walked around the room, the look on his face was....inconclusive. "Autumn said we could."
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Post by Butch O'Neal on Dec 2, 2013 23:51:35 GMT -5
Butch just gave Tohr a hesitant smile. The look on his face made him nervous and he thought he could maybe steer Tohr in the right reaction direction that wouldn't devastate Marissa. "Didn't Marissa and Fritz do a great job decorating your office. I agree it could have used some holiday cheer." He forced a grin and tried to convey with his eyes for T-pain to just go with it.
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Post by Xhex Tehrror on Dec 2, 2013 23:59:39 GMT -5
For now Tohrment was too shocked to notice her against the wall and as he walked past her, she slipped quietly toward the door, keeping her phone recording on him the entire time. She was sure everyone, including Autumn, was going to want to see this. She barely kept her snicker to herself as she watched him wander around the office, obviously not pleased but too nice to hurt Rissa's feelings, though he was having a hard time keeping it in. This was the most fun she'd had in weeks.
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Post by Fritz Perlmutter on Dec 3, 2013 0:05:23 GMT -5
-He stood in the corner and tugged his vest down tight, to smooth it out. Clasped his hands in front of him and plastered on his best smile- It's for the holiday's Master Tohrment. The Queen's own decorations.
-Looked nervously around the room- Merry Human Holiday I can't recall? -Because he was having a hard time thinking. Could a doggen survive a vortex? By the Scribe Virgin it would take more than club soda to clean that up- Oh yes, I remember now. Chrisymust. Yes. That's it. No?
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Post by Tohrment, Son of Hharm on Dec 3, 2013 0:09:23 GMT -5
He was paused in behind his desk with his eyes narrowed. They have moved his things. They had come into the one room that was his domain and touched this things. Not only that, they had replaced some of his things with garish and bright and, lifting his hand to find it coated in.." Glitter. I have glitter. On my hand."
Pinned Butch with a death glare. "Did you assist in this?" Glanced at Fritz and pointed to the doggen to make the male shrink beneath the power of his stare. Blowing out a breath, wiped the glitter on his pants before he looked up, lips a firm line. He saw the smirk on Xhex's face and was about to rip both her and Cop a new one until he saw Marissa's face. It reminded him so much of the time that Wellsie had surprised him by putting up a Christmas tree at their home. So happy to share the experience but so frightened he might explode.
He closed his eyes and looked at Marissa, a smile teasing his lips. "It's Christmas Fritz. And it's lovely. Thank you."
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Post by Marissa O'Neal on Dec 3, 2013 0:21:16 GMT -5
She let out the breath she'd been holding and smacked the back of her hand against Butch's stomach, "See I told you. He loves it."
Turning down the main lights just letting the Christmas lights glow around the room, bouncing off the glitter and sparkle. She smiled at him again and shrugged, "It's a little romantic as well, Autumn might like to come down here and check it out too."
She grinned and linked her arm into Butch's and laid her head on his shoulder.
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Post by Butch O'Neal on Dec 3, 2013 0:26:25 GMT -5
He smiled in thanks to Tohr, knowing he was going to pay for this later as he rubbed the spot on his stomach Marissa had smacked. "Yeah, guess I was wrong." Chuckling, he wrapped an arm around Marissa and held her close, surprised that he had missed the lights and glitter of the Christmas season.
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Post by Xhex Tehrror on Dec 3, 2013 0:32:38 GMT -5
She saw he was about to explode and though he glared right at her, she raised the camera higher. Then he surprised her by smiling and saying he liked it. She smiled as the lights went down and everything in the office glowed with bright colors. Not the reaction she expected, but she found she wasn't disappointed. Marissa was happy and Tohrment would find some way to get her back. It kept life interesting. Turning off the camera, she put it away and stepped out of the office, heading to the Manse to share her story with John Matthew.
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Post by Fritz Perlmutter on Dec 3, 2013 0:43:02 GMT -5
-He let out a huge sigh of relief- Oh yes. It is quite lovely. -He gave a slight bow and paused was he stopped by Butch and Marissa. Pressed a sprig of mistletoe into Master Butch's hand- I was told this is for love. It is a brave thing you have done Sire. -He bowed once more and left, but sang in a rich baritone-
Silver Bells, Silver Bells, its not the sound that I listen to. Silver Bells, something something something. Silver bells!
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