Tell me yet another Christmas Story by EmmyScarlet, literature
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Tell me yet another Christmas Story
"Daddy, tell us a story."
He didn't even try to dissuade her this time. It occurred to him that his daughter was at an age where there probably wouldn't be too many more years of her wanting a bedtime story at all, so he should cherish these times while he could. Besides, while it was Christmas Eve again, Joy was a clever little elf and had asked for her story before bedtime rolled around, while they were still all gathered around the tree, enjoying the evening after watching her favorite Christmas film (A Muppet Christmas Carol). Admittedly, it may have been his favorite as well.
The "us" she referred to may have been in regards to her
Beyond the Laughing Sky part 10 by EmmyScarlet, literature
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Beyond the Laughing Sky part 10
Professor Porter stayed in the galley long enough to make tea and set out some ginger biscuits, but while he was endeavoring to be a good host, they both knew his mind was still on the race. That was why Reginald thanked him, but assured the Professor they would be just fine on their own. After all, if it were him, he knew he'd want to be in the thick of things.
That they would also prefer privacy in case either of them broke down in hysterics was left unsaid, but the Professor was a smart man, even if he was eccentric and absentminded, and he knew what they weren't saying. He magnanimously gave them full run
Tell me another Christmas Story by EmmyScarlet, literature
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Tell me another Christmas Story
"Daddy, tell me a story."
There were a lot of things he could have said, mostly along the lines of it already being past her bedtime, and that the sooner she fell asleep the sooner she would wake up and it would be Christmas. But if there was one thing he had learned as a father, it was that excuses like that never worked, and that his daughter could be remarkably stubborn when she wanted to be. His wife claimed that that was all his doing. He had also learned a few things as a husband, and therefore he didn't contradict her.
"Of course, sugar plum," he told her, adjusting her quilt and smoothing down her hair. "What sort of story would
BtLS: A Halloween Love Story by EmmyScarlet, literature
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BtLS: A Halloween Love Story
After all the chills and thrills of Halloween, All Saint's Day was very quiet by comparison. But neither Reginald nor Alice were complaining. After deciding that he didn't feel like opening the hat shop that day, Reginald declared that they should simply rest and enjoy the peace, and maybe have a soothing cup of tea or two to settle their stomachs after having a few too many sweets.
Alice had no objections to the plan, and they whiled away the hours sitting at the kitchen table, drinking tea and exchanging stories about various Halloween's they had experienced. There was a pause in the storytelling when Reginald went to retrieve the mail.
Beyond the Laughing Sky part 9 by EmmyScarlet, literature
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Beyond the Laughing Sky part 9
When Alice was younger she spent a lot of time at her uncle's home out in the country. She'd enjoyed her visits very much. Her father's older brother had no children of his own (his wife had died some years ago, and he'd never remarried) and so bestowed all his paternal affection onto his nieces. He and Alice had always been "thick as thieves" as her mother put it, with equal parts exasperation and affection for both parties, as she herself was fond of her brother-in-law, even if she did find he'd become a tad eccentric as her got older.
She'd spent a lot of time there when her older sister was being courted by her future husband. Curiou
Beyond the Laughing Sky part 8 by EmmyScarlet, literature
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Beyond the Laughing Sky part 8
"Welcome ladies and gentlemen to the annual chance to see great victories and even greater defeats! A time for a brave few to risk their reputations for a chance to pioneer the next wave of airship technology!"
"More like risk their necks, you mean. I haven't seen a bunch so eager to make fools of themselves since we last saw that bear attempting to tell jokes."
"Look on the bright side; at least we're out of the theater."
"Even better, the bear isn't!"
"Doh ho ho ho ho!"
No one was quite sure how the two old gentlemen had gotten the job of being the radio announcers for the airship rally. They had been doing it since the first rally,
Beyond the Laughing Sky part 7 by EmmyScarlet, literature
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Beyond the Laughing Sky part 7
It was Gaston who first set things in motion. That should have been her first clue that nothing good could come of it. After all, how could anything even remotely connected to the hunter ever turn out well?
She knew about the airship rally, of course. Who hadn't? It was one of the biggest events of the year. It allowed professional inventors and amateur tinkerers alike to show off their latest creations and modifications, in hope of catching the eye of the people at large, and creating interest in their product. And hopefully making them a great deal of money.
And naturally, there was also the rivalries, both new and old, who took out
Tell me a Christmas story by EmmyScarlet, literature
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Tell me a Christmas story
"Daddy, tell me a story."
"You know, I have strangest feeling that we've been here before."
"Come on, Daddy. Please? Tell me a Christmas story."
Honestly, there should be a law against having such eyes, and being able to use them in such a manner. He pitied the lads who would be coming round when his daughter was older; she would break all their hearts. That was, presuming, he let any lads get close enough to be in heartbreak range, which he had no intention of allowing to happen. Really, it was a service, and not just him being a stereotypical overprotective father, as his loving wife often told him.
Still, he had to make at least o
"There, I think that's the last of them. Good thing, too. We're completely out of candy."
"We wouldn't be, if you hadn't helped yourself to every other piece. How you're not completely ill now is a mystery I dare not even try to contemplate. More tea, Hare?"
"Please."
It was rather cozy, all of them sitting around the table, bathed in the soft glow of candlelight. Even the jack-o-lantern, which Reginald had brought in with him along with the empty candy bowl, looked cheerful and content.
Hare had wandered over some hours earlier to spend the evening, as he often did. Tonight being Halloween, one might have thought he would stay home
Beyond the Laughing Sky part 6 by EmmyScarlet, literature
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Beyond the Laughing Sky part 6
To say that Alice was a little suspicious would have been a vast understatement. To say she was a lot- suspicious still may not quite have covered it. She wasn't certain there was a measurement of suspicion large enough to covey just how convinced she was that Reginald was Up To No Good.
Not that this was really anything new. As a supposed evil scientist cum inventor for the city's underworld, he was quite often up to no good. But that was the usual sort, not the kind that needed the Capital Letters of Importance. And oh dear, she was starting to use some of his phrases.