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Re: "What if Christmas," he thought,"doesn't come from a sto
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Fri Feb 16, 2018 4:56 am
by Basil Benson
Basil's eyebrows arched up amused. "Mmmmmm no. I mean yes but that isn't what I was thinking of right now.
I was thinking of Tinker Bell. Feeling feelings far too big for her to contain."
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Fri Feb 16, 2018 11:56 pm
by Colette Rosenhof
Colette snorted softly. "Yes, zat sounds about right. Zat and how she could not fit zrough ze keyhole because of... reasons."
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Sat Feb 17, 2018 12:03 am
by Basil Benson
Basil smirked and cocked an eyebrow.
"It's interesting how you find those... 'reasons' to be a problem.
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Sat Feb 17, 2018 2:18 am
by Colette Rosenhof
"Oh not at all. At least, I have no trouble fitting zrough a keyhole... yet."
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Sat Feb 17, 2018 3:42 am
by Basil Benson
"I wouldn't have a problem if you had a problem fitting through a keyhole."
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Sat Feb 17, 2018 7:19 pm
by Colette Rosenhof
"And what about ze doorways zemselves?" Colette was teasing of course. Right?
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Sun Feb 18, 2018 3:31 am
by Basil Benson
" If that's what makes you happy, Love." He responded vaguely and casually, then started nibbling on his snacks again.
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Sun Feb 18, 2018 3:22 pm
by Colette Rosenhof
Colette snuggled up to Basil's side, apparently his plan to distract her had worked and she had managed to calm down.
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Sun Feb 18, 2018 4:02 pm
by Basil Benson
Basil put his arm around her waist, his favourite spot for it.
"Now what, Christmas Veteran?"
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Sun Feb 18, 2018 11:33 pm
by Colette Rosenhof
"Well, it is not time for Christmas dinner yet, so I suppose zat leaves us time to play wiz our toys and call our friends and family to wish zem a happy holiday.
"But cuddling by ze fire is a Christmas tradition as well."
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Mon Feb 19, 2018 4:36 am
by Basil Benson
"So you call your parents and about twenty other people, and I call Chase.
And then we have sex. Got it."
He joked.
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Tue Feb 20, 2018 1:09 am
by Colette Rosenhof
"Well you can be part of my calls too." Colette offered. "I am certain zat my mozer and fazer would like to meet you, even if it is not in person."
She neither confirmed or denied the last part of Basil's statement.
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Tue Feb 20, 2018 1:27 am
by Basil Benson
"Only if you want me to." Basil replied, falling invisible for reasons unknown.
"I wouldn't want to impose on your family time."
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Wed Feb 21, 2018 3:17 am
by Colette Rosenhof
"Do not be silly Basil, it is not as zough I never speak wiz zem. But if you would razer not make an appearance, I will understand."
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Wed Feb 21, 2018 3:29 am
by Basil Benson
"I don't make appearances to technology, if we were talking about a video call.
But I can chat, if they want.
My French isn't great though. Remember?"
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Thu Feb 22, 2018 2:56 am
by Colette Rosenhof
"Well, neizer is zeir English, but I can act as ze translator if I need to.
"But zat would require me getting up from zis couch. So I do not zink zat will happen for quite some time."
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Thu Feb 22, 2018 3:18 am
by Basil Benson
"We just going to go back to sleep right here then?"
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Fri Feb 23, 2018 2:20 am
by Colette Rosenhof
"Oooooooor you can go get my tablet for me so zat I do not have to get up. Because you love me soooooooo much."
It was obvious that Colette was being a little shit on purpose.
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Fri Feb 23, 2018 3:36 am
by Basil Benson
Basil let out a single chuckle and got up to do as he was told without questioning her about it.
He made sure it was charged up and good to go before he returned with it, holding it out to her. Unseen again, it was hard to tell what kind of an expression he was wearing currently.
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Sat Feb 24, 2018 2:13 am
by Colette Rosenhof
"Zaaaaank youuuuu." Colette took the tablet with an outstretched hand. She knew she was being a lazy spoiled rotten brat right then but she would pamper Basil later to make up for it. She propped her head up with a pillow and tapped at the device until it made the sort of noise Basil would recognize as a video chat call being sent.
"Allo maman!" The voice on the other end was a little garbled as Basil was a little distance, but it sounded French and matronly. And for a good five minutes there was a conversation spoken in very quick, very thick French. While Basil would be able to pick out a lot of it, because it was more informal there was a bit more slurring and shortcuts that he would have covered in his lessons growing up.
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Sat Feb 24, 2018 3:53 am
by Basil Benson
Basil remained out of sight, listening intently to try and catch as much as he could. He wouldn't interfere unless he was asked to jump in.
While he waited, he twisted the twigs out of his hair.
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Mon Feb 26, 2018 1:17 am
by Colette Rosenhof
The conversation, from Basil could gleam, was the general sort of stuff between parent and child; how much they missed each other and wish they could be together for the holidays, how she was doing at school, how things were at home. The conversation began to shift to Christmas and presents, Colette being chastised for buying her parents something online and having it sent to them and her saying the same regarding some gift certificates or something, that part was a little muddled. She began to move the tablet around, the light on it showing that she'd switched to the other camera to show off the tree and such, which prompted questions about where she was. From the sound of things her mother was becoming more and more curious about this very generous boyfriend of hers.
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Mon Feb 26, 2018 1:50 am
by Basil Benson
As Basil listened he realized he hadn't really cleaned himself up. Like at all. This was technically their first meeting and while the camera wouldn't see him, it *would* see his clothes and how disheveled he was. He could just throw on his jeans and a tee, but his Shaun of the Dead 'I Got Wood' tee shirt he often slept in probably wasn't going to go over well. Or the distinct lack of trousers he was currently experiencing.
While mother was making inquiries, Basil was scrambling to find a dress shirt and his pyjama pants to throw his dressing gown over (so he didn't outdress his girlfriend) and even trying to make sense of his own hair in the event for some reason the camera did catch him. Weird things like that had been happening lately.
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Mon Feb 26, 2018 4:35 am
by Colette Rosenhof
Colette saw Basil scramble to get himself cleaned up and let out a giggle, something her mother inquired about.
"Oh, the invisible man is off combing his hair, because he wants to look his best for you even if you can not see him. This amuses me."
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Mon Feb 26, 2018 1:37 pm
by Basil Benson
"Woooooow, what a Narc you are." Basil replied cynically from the background under the assumption Colette's mother wouldn't know the word.
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Tue Feb 27, 2018 4:11 pm
by Colette Rosenhof
There's was a titter of excitement on the other end of the pad as Colette's mother heard Basil's voice, and Colette bore a little snarky grin from having teased Basil a bit.
"Oh Basil, it looks like there is no avoiding it, mother simply has to meet you when you are ready. Oh, un moment maman." She set down the tablet so that it had a view of the tree, getting up from the couch and joining Basil in the bedroom. There she gently rubbed his shoulders from behind as he put the finishing touches in getting himself cleaned up.
"I am sorry to present you with this so suddenly Basil, but do not worry, zey will adore you." She hugged him gently from behind before she spoke again. "Mother'zs understanding of English is better zan her speaking, so if you are not comfortable speaking in French do not worry, she will understand. And of course I am zere to translate for ze boz of you."
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Wed Feb 28, 2018 1:01 am
by Basil Benson
Basil was more than a little nervous. It wasn't like he hadn't met a girl's mother before, but generally speaking he already knew the mothers in question either at the same time as the girl, or before, due to his age. He made a shuddering sort of sigh and moved back out to the couch so Colette.
When he knew the camera was on them he greeted her with- "Bonjour Madame Rosenhof, Joyeux Noel."
Colette's mother would see nothing but a disembodied robe covering a dress shirt and stylish pyjama pants the entire conversation, irregardless of what Colette saw on her end.
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Wed Feb 28, 2018 2:14 am
by Colette Rosenhof
If Colette's mother was surprised she did a good job of hiding it, though perhaps she had been well-prepared for it by her conversations with her daughter. The woman on the other end was beautiful in a way that some claim only French women can be, her skin was somewhat pale and framed by long dark brown hair with a slight waviness to it. It might have struck Basil just how much she looked like her daughter, the lines under her eyes and around her mouth showing her to be in her early forties perhaps. But in a way it made sense, if Colette was going to craft a look for herself, she would have few women whom she could spend time observing and practice mimicking than her own mother. In a way it offered him a glimpse into what she would have looked like had the X-gene not manifested the way it did.
"Well, Merry Christmas Mister Benson. You were right dear, his French is very good. But I'm forgetting myself! It is a pleasure to finally s... meet you, Basil is it?" How strange for someone he's never met to look so familiar, and stranger still to see that familiar smile but with actual white teeth instead of pink jelly masses.
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Wed Feb 28, 2018 2:52 am
by Basil Benson
"Yes, Basil. I don't think Colette has told me your name. She just calls you 'mother'." Basil's pronunciation was superb, and he could be understood. The problem was things like slang vocabulary and more advanced words tended to be lost on him, and as such, he spoke as a child might in terms of choice of words. Where he might be overly chatty in English, in French his speech patterns were more reserved and to the point, lacking in the sort of flowery language one might associate to the language of love.
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Thu Mar 01, 2018 3:26 am
by Colette Rosenhof
Colette's mother gave a smile that suggested that she was impressed with Basil's ability, with a touch of amusement showing from the corners of her lips. "No, I suppose I should not be surprised. We seldom refer to our parents by their names, do we? But to answer your question, it is Paulette Sabine, though Sabine is preferred." If she saw the irony or humour in the name, she didn't show it, the choice more out of a tradition common in many parts of France and other French-speaking countries to use one's middle name as their given name.
"It is nice to finally meet the young man who has been spoiling my daughter rotten." Now that was definitely said as a joke.
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Thu Mar 01, 2018 3:46 am
by Basil Benson
"Yes ma'am." He replied to Sabine, banking away her preferred name in his memory.
"I don't know about rotten... it definitely could be worse.
I could have rented the £8,500 a night room I saw online with a full dining room and a piano but I thought she would kill me in my sleep. Murder could make for a tricky passport renewal."
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Fri Mar 02, 2018 12:05 am
by Colette Rosenhof
Colette hid her face, still not used to the idea of spending so much money in such fancies. Her mother took it surprisingly well, though she did look a touch surprised at Basil's nonchalant attitude when it came to spending large sums.
"No, I think you made the right decision. You have already impressed my daughter after all, you need to save that trick for impressing her parents." The older woman felt no need to comment on body disposal, even if that would have been rather easy for the girl - if a bit macabre.
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Fri Mar 02, 2018 12:35 am
by Basil Benson
"We could come and visit in the spring, if that is impressive enough." He offered.
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Fri Mar 02, 2018 1:23 am
by Colette Rosenhof
"Perhaps, though we will have to wait and see how Colette's grades are first." There was some dull thudding and other noises happening somewhere off-screen.
"Michael! Leave the dishes for now. Colette is calling, and her boyfriend is with her."
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Fri Mar 02, 2018 1:46 am
by Basil Benson
While Sabine called for her husband, Basil leant into Colette.
To Sabine, Basil knew it would look like some form lightweight PDA as his torso turned to Colette and his hand near to her opposite shoulder, but what he was actually doing was whispering in her ear in English.
"Do you have poor marks?" He asked, using a Britishism he hoped Sabine wouldn't understand if the mic was good enough to catch his voice.
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Fri Mar 02, 2018 2:43 am
by Colette Rosenhof
Colette shook her head and whispered. "No, she is teasing."
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Fri Mar 02, 2018 2:53 am
by Basil Benson
Basil fell silent again, waiting for this other person to arrive.
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Sun Mar 04, 2018 1:33 am
by Colette Rosenhof
The view from the tablet shook a bit as Colette's mother adjusted it to give a wider shot, having been more of a close-up of her before. Now it was broadcasting from its side and showed most of the couch. As Basil and Colette had their little aside she was joined by her husband, the devil.
Okay so he wasn't the devil, but he looked like a demon. But not in the twisted horror film sense, more in the lighthearted comedy way. Dressed in a blue plaid shirt and some khakis he looked like any other working class stiff, it just so happened that his skin was red and he had a pair of small horns near his temples that looked as though they'd been filed and rounded down, showing more prominently thanks to his slightly receding hairline. His ears were also longer and more elf-like, and the sclera of his eyes were black instead of white with red irises... but otherwise he looked like any other dad. Perhaps it was the fact that he was clean shaven that helped make him look a little less demonic, though whether or not he had a tail had been missed during the tablet adjustment.
"Ah there is my little himbeer." Despite having lived in France for a couple of decades, Colette's father still had a German accent which made his French... interesting.
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Sun Mar 04, 2018 1:47 am
by Basil Benson
Basil probably shouldn't have been surprised his girlfriend's dad, the mutant of the pair, looked almost just as cartoonish as his girlfriend in terms of the genetic lotto they won. But thankfully his complete amusement was hidden.
Since Colette was the one addressed he kept his mouth shut for the moment.
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Sun Mar 04, 2018 6:15 am
by Colette Rosenhof
"Allo papa. Merry Christmas!" Colette gave Basil a little side hug, as if to show that he wasn't just some kind of filter.
"Papa, this is Basil, the boy I told you about. Basil, zis is my fazer."
"You can tell which one of us she gets her good looks from."