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Xerxes Break ([personal profile] maddeninghatter) wrote in [community profile] exsilium2013-08-18 02:26 am

02 | Video

[ Baaa Baa-aa-aaaaaa Baaaaaaaaaaa! ]

I say, hello, hel-looooo! I have a question for you all--

[ The grime-smeared face of Xerxes Break appears onscreen. His white hair is discolored with dust and stuck together. There's a semicircular wound under his right cheekbone, and the shoulder of his jacket looks chewed. Despite all of this, he seems terribly pleased with himself. ]

Does anyone here have qualifications in animal husbandry?

[ More angry bleating and a yelp! Break turns. Visible in the background is another (also dirty and disheveled) man, desperately fending off a sheep. It’s not going at all according to plan; with a single headbutt he’s out of the camera’s line of sight, followed by a thud and worrisome tinkling noises. ]

Why, Gilbert. I think she likes you! ♥

[ Moving right along... ]

Anyway - yes. I'm looking specifically for people with experience or interest in shepherding, as well as shearing, spinning, knitting, cheese-making--

[ Another CRASH! and a voice yelling, “Break, look out!" ]

--and hand-to-hand combat! Kindly respond to this post, or apply in person to the botanical gar--

[ Break’s face suddenly disappears. The last image visible onscreen is… this. ]
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[personal profile] timehalt 2013-08-31 05:43 am (UTC)(link)
No, I'm sorry! He never introduced himself--I don't think I ever asked, either, which was quite rude of me, but I never knew his name before now.
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[personal profile] retraced 2013-09-02 05:28 pm (UTC)(link)
[Of course he didn't. Break is an idiot.]

No, it's not rude of you at all. He's the only rude one. I apologize if he's been a bother to you.
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[personal profile] timehalt 2013-09-02 10:31 pm (UTC)(link)
I-it's fine. Really...[No, not really, but he was surprisingly helpful.] He was kind enough to help me while at the beach a few weeks ago. I'm glad to know his name so I can properly thank him now.
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[personal profile] retraced 2013-09-03 03:15 am (UTC)(link)
The beach?

[Wait a second. The beach...it had been filled with all manner of half-naked woman. Could Break have been hitting on her...?!]

U-um...may I ask...how did he 'help you' at the beach...?
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[personal profile] timehalt 2013-09-03 03:51 am (UTC)(link)
Oh! Ah, well, what I was wearing was a little too hot for the beach, and he insisted that I get some help for it.

[After trying to undress her, making her walk on her own to prove she couldn't, and spent the whole time working her blood pressure into a frenzy...you know, a Tuesday.]
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[personal profile] retraced 2013-09-06 05:35 pm (UTC)(link)
[OUT OF CONTEXT THIS DOESN'T SOUND AS HE'D HOPED.]

S-so...he got you something cold to drink or an umbrella or...something, right?
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[personal profile] timehalt 2013-09-07 05:23 am (UTC)(link)
Oh, no, I think he tried to undress me, but when I refused he helped me to the medical tent instead.
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[personal profile] retraced 2013-09-08 03:20 am (UTC)(link)
[Absolute silence oh this end. Sorry, he's just in a bit of shock at those particular words, pls hold.]
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[personal profile] timehalt 2013-09-08 03:30 am (UTC)(link)
Ah...

...hello? [Did it disconnect?]
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[personal profile] retraced 2013-09-11 04:20 pm (UTC)(link)
[Meekly:]

He's an idiot...he's such an idiot...!
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[personal profile] timehalt 2013-09-12 11:11 pm (UTC)(link)
Why do you say that?
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[personal profile] retraced 2013-09-15 05:21 pm (UTC)(link)
[Because Break is a fool who always makes him believe the worst in him just before revealing that parts of him that he's always been able to respect and it drives him crazy to have to admit it.

Not that he's about to say that out loud.]


N-no. No reason. Sorry. I should...get back to the sheep. Please, excuse me.
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[personal profile] timehalt 2013-09-16 02:41 am (UTC)(link)
Oh! Yes, of course! I'm sorry to keep you!
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[personal profile] retraced 2013-09-16 02:43 am (UTC)(link)
[He feels bad cutting her off like this, but he's trapped in a perpetual 'I hate Break more than any other person in the world' and 'Why does he have to be a good guy sometimes when I want more reasons to assure myself that I hate him more than any other person in the world' spiral of angst.]

Thank you again for your concern.

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