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[tragic_mask]

Melpomene slept deeply without dreaming, and only woke up when the light between the curtains fell across her eyes.

It was a nice way to wake up. So now, as she opens her eyes, she stirs only slightly, and then settles back into a comfortable position.

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[mechanicalswans]

"I'm sure you'll be a fair and just master," he says with a smile.

[tragic_mask]

"I'd like to think so, at least."

[mechanicalswans]

"I'd never have cause to protest my treatment," he says, "and if I did, who would I protest it to? So far, I could not be happier."

[tragic_mask]

"I can be perfectly cruel," she says, with a serious face. "I've just decided to treat you nicely thus far. For giving me the mask."

[mechanicalswans]

"I sealed my own fate with that, it seems," he murmurs. "But I'll take whatever consequences may come from it."

[ooc: May be almost time to start a new post; my computer's having issues with the length of this one. Pesky computer.]

[tragic_mask]

[Pas de problème. We can start it at the touristy stuff, if you like.]

"I'll remember this verbal contract," she says.

[mechanicalswans]

[Works for me.]

"I am a man of my word," he says. "Always have been. Lucky for you, eh?"

[tragic_mask]

"Quite," she says.

And they proceed along the sidewalk.