Rincewind ([info]failed_wizard) wrote,
@ 2008-03-21 11:14:00
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27. To run out: phrasal verb: To become used up; be exhausted
Oh hah, hah, hah.

Rinse. Wind.

Yes, I get it.

Very funny.

But I'm freezing. Every time the wind dries me off, I get doused again.


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[info]faeriewhocanlie
2008-03-21 06:24 pm UTC (link)
Now that is what we
call irony; you'll need lots
of towels and luck

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[info]failed_wizard
2008-03-21 06:25 pm UTC (link)
I have all the luck I can stand, thank you very much.

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[info]stylish_bastard
2008-03-21 07:32 pm UTC (link)
Pardon me... Do I know you? You look so familiar.

And is this your house...?

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[info]failed_wizard
2008-03-21 07:34 pm UTC (link)
This is my house. I'm not sure I...

Right.

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[info]stylish_bastard
2008-03-21 07:40 pm UTC (link)
Terribly sorry to have intruded, sir. I'm sure you'll receive an official apology from the Assassin's Guild.

I'll be leaving, then.

Now, which one is the front..

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[info]failed_wizard
2008-03-21 07:42 pm UTC (link)
Er... It's not Ankh-Morpork out there.

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[info]stylish_bastard
2008-03-21 07:45 pm UTC (link)
Ah, that's your broom closet, is it?

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[info]failed_wizard
2008-03-21 07:47 pm UTC (link)
What? No. It's the City, it's just not our city. Your city. Er... It's not Ankh-Morpork.

And no, I didn't do it!

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[info]stylish_bastard
2008-03-21 08:00 pm UTC (link)
I'm not entirely sure I understand. I was skulking walking up Market Street... not ten minutes ago.

Although that would account for this very strange feeling I'm having, as though I should be taking you by your collar and demanding you explain yourself.

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[info]failed_wizard
2008-03-21 08:17 pm UTC (link)
[opens his mouth to explain when a deluge of water appears from nowhere and soaks him thoroughly]

Bugger.

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[info]stylish_bastard
2008-03-21 08:30 pm UTC (link)
[leaps back like a cat, and catches himself an inch from knocking over a table--reaches back to right a wobbling vase]

I suppose you didn't do that either?

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[info]failed_wizard
2008-03-21 08:34 pm UTC (link)
Why would I?

[snatches at his hat as a strong gust of wind swirls around him, blowing droplets of water everywhere]

Why?

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[info]stylish_bastard
2008-03-21 08:40 pm UTC (link)
I've no idea, but you strike me as very much less than a sane man. This is magic, isn't it.

[fusses at hair, twitching a little at the unexpected shower]

...You'll ruin that carpet.

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[info]failed_wizard
2008-03-21 08:55 pm UTC (link)
Not my magic.

[still clinging to his hat, his dignity long forgotten]

I might as well tell you that I'm not much of a wizard.

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[info]stylish_bastard
2008-03-21 09:08 pm UTC (link)
[Walks towards him cautiously, and then gives him the benefit of a raised eyebrow, and a slow smile; observes]

I'm not sure why, but I believe you.

Well, so long as we're here, we may as well make the best of it. I'll make a cup of tea and find you some covers for the furniture.

I'm Havelock, by the way.

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[info]failed_wizard
2008-03-21 09:26 pm UTC (link)
[He can't help but feel vaguely insulted that Vetinari believes it so easily. Even if it is true.]

I know.

I'm sure you'll like the tea better if you make it anyway. I should just go outside and spare the furniture.

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[info]stylish_bastard
2008-03-21 10:04 pm UTC (link)
You know?

[pause, having not perfected the ability to mask expressions, looking faintly puzzled]

Might I have your name?

[moves to the doorway, peering in to ascertain the whereabouts of the kitchen]

I wouldn't go outside. Who knows what would happen to you, based on this? You could wake up in Klatch.

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[info]failed_wizard
2008-03-21 11:15 pm UTC (link)
[it would be a lie to say that Rincewind didn't enjoy a bite of satisfaction at Vetinari's surprise, immediately tempered by the knowledge that the man would be back to himself far too soon and would remember]

My name's Rincewind and I'd be happy to wake up in Klatch. At least I can find Klatch on a map.

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[info]stylish_bastard
2008-03-21 11:52 pm UTC (link)
[Looks back at him]

If there's a way in, there has to be a way out as well. Don't tell me you've given up trying?

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