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[At first it's hard to tell what's going on-- the screen's filled with a warm darkness, an indistinct shadowy shape moving restlessly in the background. Before a viewer has time to do more than wonder at it, a wide rectangle of bright light spreads over the screen, illuminating raw wood surfaces and piles of hay, and a large gray horse snuffling in the background.

A boy comes in through the now-open door with a bucket, which he hangs in the horse's stall. He absently pats the animal's nose, then turns to look at something off the edge of the screen.

The horse, apparently irked at not being the center of attention anymore, cranes its neck and leans over to bite the boy's shoulder.]

Merde!

[Scowling, he wheels around, and--

the video chooses that point to cut off. Oops.]



[ooc; Tommy is a stableboy and has forgotten he ever wasn't~ and yes, he bit it back.]

Comments

[inmyothertights]

....you're going to get us both dismissed.

[team_sociopath]

For teaching it not to bite?

[inmyothertights]

For teaching it not to bite like...

[Pause. Suffice to say he knows his twin]

[team_sociopath]

Hey, it works. Trust me.

[inmyothertights]

Also it cannot possibly taste good.

[team_sociopath]

That is a problem, yeah.

[inmyothertights]

I refuse to let you ruin this for me, Thomas.

[team_sociopath]

They wouldn't throw you out just because I bit a horse, William.

[inmyothertights]

I'm pretty sure they only hired us because we're a matched set.

[team_sociopath]

Like anyone can tell, me stuck with the livestock all day.

[inmyothertights]

I'm told the livestock likes you.

[team_sociopath]

Who's been spreading rumors?

[deadly_legacy]

[Not cursed, but always a princess. Also, he's lucky it cut off when it did!]

Oh! Are you all right, Tommy?

[team_sociopath]

Ah, sure. He's bigger, but I had the element of surprise.

[deadly_legacy]

...The element of surprise to do what?

[team_sociopath]

Bite him back.

1/2

[deadly_legacy]

2/2

[deadly_legacy]

You didn't.

[team_sociopath]

Not half as hard as he bit me!

[deadly_legacy]

Tommy! You can not bite horses!

[team_sociopath]

How else is it supposed to learn?

[deadly_legacy]

You could have used a stern voice! [Like this one.]

[team_sociopath]

[Laughing would probably get him fired. Or worse. So he doesn't.]

My way works better.

[deadly_legacy]

You bit a horse! [Thus all your arguments are invalid!]

[team_sociopath]

He's fine..

[After a moment, the video flicks on, to show the horse sedately munching some hay. It does, indeed, look fine. No bite-marks or anything.]