Thirteenth Wind [Phone/Action] 75% Droned

[bantorain]

[a. Phone]
-A call is sent out-

Gosh, this is certainly embarassing, but I really am flabbergasted on this. Maybe you all can help me out on this, but...

... Can someone tell me why I thought it was a good idea to buy a horse? And have the husband convert the garage into a stable? I don't even know how to ride one!

[b. Action - 847 Goldberg]

-Virginia is standing in her yard, in her Mayfield clothes, trying to solve the mystery of Quicksilver existing in her life. Her memories are conflicting. Part of her feels he's always been there, but that can't be right. And what sense is there in a lady like her owning a horse? There are no ranches in Mayfield, and the husband has a perfectly good car! This just isn't adding up at all... Why was she getting a headache?-

Comments

[bridesearching.livejournal.com]

You have a horse, Misses Malfoy? Really?

[rapier-ex.livejournal.com]

I'm as surprised as you are, really.

[bridesearching.livejournal.com]

What are you going to do with it...? You're not going to keep it, are you?

[rapier-ex.livejournal.com]

Well I wouldn't just want to send the poor thing away. If she's here, she's obviously my responsibility, but still...

[bridesearching.livejournal.com]

Hee hee, your husband must love you very much, Misses Malfoy. Men love their garages, don't they?

Aaahhh- by the waaay, Misses Malfoy?

[commentboxtroll]

Mom? [And guess who's looking through the house for her! Though he inevitably does check outside.] Hey! Where'd you... go... oh. Hey, mom, do you know where the car keys went? I think dad hid...

[He trails off once he reaches where Virginia is standing and gets a good look at the stable with Quicksilver in it.]

...when did we get a horse?

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[a-gentle-boy.livejournal.com]

Miss Virginia? You've had Quicksilver since you got him back in a... got it... a few years... When you rescued it from the animal shelter?

[Lucas sounds terribly confused.]

And I've seen you riding it... Um. Feeding it... No, no, you've definitely ridden him before.

[rapier-ex.livejournal.com]

Normally, but Lucius is an intellectual. I'd be in serious trouble if I built a stable in his study.

What's on your mind, Millie?

[rapier-ex.livejournal.com]

I... can't remember for the life of me, Caesar. Did your dad say anything about it?

[bridesearching.livejournal.com]

Do you and your family want to come to the park for a picnic with mine? My mother's inviting everyone, but I'd really like it if you and everyone else could be there with us!

[rapier-ex.livejournal.com]

Lucas, they don't keep horses at animal shelters.

...

...

Do they?

This is weird.

[rapier-ex.livejournal.com]

I'd love to, personally. But Caesar was looking for the car keys earlier, so I think he may have his own plans.

[bridesearching.livejournal.com]

Ah, he does? Is he going somewhere? [ Disappointment! ]

[rapier-ex.livejournal.com]

I'm not sure. I'd better ask him.

[bridesearching.livejournal.com]

Okay, Misses Malfoy!

[commentboxtroll]

I think he would have mentioned a horse. It sort of looks like the one Albert had...

[a-gentle-boy.livejournal.com]

N-No... No, I guess not. Um. B-But...

[Lucas concentrates quite hard for a moment or two before blurting out.]

You got him back in a regain! And you asked me for help when you built the stable...!

[Phone]

[wasthemaster.livejournal.com]

...it really wasn't a good idea, I'm afraid. What is a horse going to do in Mayfield? [Though he's a bit curious. He's used to cats and dogs and other domestic animals around the town, but a horse? Mayfield's much too small for that.]

[rapier-ex.livejournal.com]

And I'll make sure you're the first to know, honey.

[rapier-ex.livejournal.com]

But why... did your brother send us his horse? -And why did that somehow make any sense?-

[rapier-ex.livejournal.com]

You really think so? It just seems so strange...

[rapier-ex.livejournal.com]

Well, no matter how she got here, she's my responsibility now.

[bridesearching.livejournal.com]

Thank you! I hope we can see you all there.

[commentboxtroll]

Brother? [Okay, staring at Virginia now instead of the horse.] Since when do I have a brother?

[rapier-ex.livejournal.com]

... That's right. I'm not sure what I was thinking.

[commentboxtroll]

[That moment felt weird. He doesn't like that feeling, so he returns to the problem of, well, the horse.]

Man, when I said getting a pet would be a cool birthday present, I meant a puppy. What are we going to do with a horse? Don't we need hay for it?

[a-gentle-boy.livejournal.com]

Yes... I'm sure of it. Mayfield's doing something funny again. Some of my memories keep flickering back and forth, too, but I'm sure it's because of the town.

[wasthemaster.livejournal.com]

Any idea what you're going to do at least? Horses are kind of difficult. [He has hazy memories of a large animal...it looked like a horse, kind of. It may have been a dream he had but still.]

[Phone]

[flamesofkaraya.livejournal.com]

You have a horse now?

[rapier-ex.livejournal.com]

Well this is more manly than a puppy, right?

[rapier-ex.livejournal.com]

See, that... just sounds weird to me.

[rapier-ex.livejournal.com]

Can't be too hard, right? I mean, the stable's already built.

[rapier-ex.livejournal.com]

Apparently.

[a-gentle-boy.livejournal.com]

I'm feeling it, too. But not that strongly... Not as much as some of the other people I've talked to.

[commentboxtroll]

...mom, owning a horse in a town that doesn't use horses isn't manly. It's stupid.

[flamesofkaraya.livejournal.com]

Maybe you just thought it'd be fun to try out. Caesar knows how to ride one at least.

[wasthemaster.livejournal.com]

...would you mind if I came to look?

[rapier-ex.livejournal.com]

Come on~! You could be like the Marlboro Man!

[rapier-ex.livejournal.com]

I think I need something to drink...

[rapier-ex.livejournal.com]

Can't see why I would.

[rapier-ex.livejournal.com]

He does? I never taught him!

[a-gentle-boy.livejournal.com]

Aha... Well, it is a part of the holiday, after all.

...I'm not sure how I knew that.

[wasthemaster.livejournal.com]

Over on Goldberg, aren't you? I'll be there shortly. [It's not like he has anything better to do anyway. He knows his way around the neighborhood well enough to be over there shortly.]

[rapier-ex.livejournal.com]

Eh, nothing like a cold beer and some fireworks to take my mind off things.

[rapier-ex.livejournal.com]

See you then!

[a-gentle-boy.livejournal.com]

Uh-huh. ...Do what you need to to feel more comfortable. But I'm sure what I said was the truth...

[wasthemaster.livejournal.com]

[And in fact it's a bit later by the time he gets over there, arriving at the Malfoy home and he's sneaking over to the garage to get a closer look. If Virginia is still there, she might notice that he's being a bit cautious about approaching an area with such a large animal.]

[flamesofkaraya.livejournal.com]

He rode one before where we're from. [Not that he was particularly good at it, but he rode one.]