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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. ]
retraced: (and my head splits)

[personal profile] retraced 2013-09-06 05:32 pm (UTC)(link)
[He's quiet for a second.]

How long have you been here?
payback: (open; I'll still be running.)

[personal profile] payback 2013-09-07 02:56 pm (UTC)(link)
Over a year... why?
retraced: (he's there in case I wandered off)

[personal profile] retraced 2013-09-11 04:24 pm (UTC)(link)
Ah, no reason.

[But being here that long, he can only imagine how many different types of people she's had to meet, to watch what they were all capable of.]

I was only curious.
payback: (sidelong)

[personal profile] payback 2013-09-12 03:27 am (UTC)(link)
... Yeah. So, I know that the people who wind up here can do things that are crazy.
retraced: (and my head splits)

[personal profile] retraced 2013-09-15 05:31 pm (UTC)(link)
No, right. Sorry. I appreciate the information.

[He sighs.]

As for the sheep, I think Break and I are capable of making sure they stay safe. And...everyone is safe from them. If it ends up being a problem, I can take them back to the Outlands myself. I'm sorry for the trouble.
payback: (da fuq)

[personal profile] payback 2013-10-04 07:12 am (UTC)(link)
You didn't cause me any trouble.

... You mostly caused yourself trouble, from the looks of it.
retraced: (and store it deep inside of me)

[personal profile] retraced 2013-10-06 05:05 pm (UTC)(link)
I've been causing myself trouble since the first day I met him. I'm used to that.

[She knows Xerxes Break. She'll understand.]
payback: (wat)

1/2

[personal profile] payback 2013-10-06 08:01 pm (UTC)(link)
Huh? The first day you met - ohhhhhhhhh.
payback: (smile | plz tell me you aren't serious.)

[personal profile] payback 2013-10-06 08:02 pm (UTC)(link)
My condolences.
retraced: any icon marked "please do not take" was given as a gift from my RP partners; please don't repost/use on tumblr (the sun will never visit my sky)

[personal profile] retraced 2013-10-07 03:22 am (UTC)(link)
Ten years of this sort of treatment...

[His voice is a black hole of doom. It's been a bad day.]
payback: (wat)

1/2

[personal profile] payback 2013-10-07 03:23 am (UTC)(link)
... Are you serious?
payback: (o fuk adorability)

[personal profile] payback 2013-10-07 03:24 am (UTC)(link)
You poor, poor man.
retraced: (what is this I don't even)

[personal profile] retraced 2013-10-07 03:55 am (UTC)(link)
At least...ah, this is the first time it's involved sheep?

[If that's any consolation for her pity.]
payback: Rin looking a tad embarrassed touching her face. (caught; gosh golly gee señor.)

[personal profile] payback 2013-10-07 04:24 am (UTC)(link)
... You poor, poor man.

[The tiniest hint of amusement is audible...]
retraced: (waiting on the rain)

[personal profile] retraced 2013-10-08 04:10 pm (UTC)(link)
[Sob.]

It's fine, though...I'm used to it. Really.
payback: (smile | plz tell me you aren't serious.)

[personal profile] payback 2013-10-18 08:45 am (UTC)(link)
Tell him to cram it sometime!
retraced: (stfu Vincent)

[personal profile] retraced 2013-10-18 02:44 pm (UTC)(link)
Telling Break something like that is pointless. It's like he doesn't even hear it.
payback: (distant; they follow us like fools.)

[personal profile] payback 2013-10-18 07:06 pm (UTC)(link)
But maybe it'll make you feel better.
retraced: (there's too many egos left to bruise)

[personal profile] retraced 2013-10-19 03:36 pm (UTC)(link)
At this point, it'll probably only make me feel even more depressed.
payback: (da fuq)

[personal profile] payback 2013-11-13 05:01 am (UTC)(link)
You need a vacation.
retraced: (waiting on the rain)

[personal profile] retraced 2013-11-15 01:11 am (UTC)(link)
That wouldn't be possible.

[Even a 'day off' would include chasing Oz every which way.]
payback: (annoyed; no you are not allowed to laugh)

[personal profile] payback 2013-11-23 12:29 am (UTC)(link)
Well, figure it out!