http://hard-talker.livejournal.com/ ([identity profile] hard-talker.livejournal.com) wrote in [community profile] paradisalost2011-12-19 09:57 pm

97.5 - chewing gum fraise

[anyone wandering around Montmartre around, oh, let's say TEN PM - will find a teen chilling bundled up with a boombox. no Leonard Cohen this week - instead you get something ridiculously catchy and French bopping out of the speakers.

as Mark chills at a cafe table, nearby, Nora's sitting in the light from said cafe with an easel, a box of pastels, and a fresh supply of paper. a colorful sign propped on the back of the easel says PORTRAITS in big, bold letters, and there's a hat at her feet]


Heeeeeeey, welkommen, bienvenue, welcome, et cetera! It's yours truly, 'Arry le Dur, comin' at you with a big, sloppy wet French broadcast from the art center of Paris! That's right, the show goes on!

I know some of you are going absolutely apeshit about whatever job you rolled outta bed to find yourself stuck with, but think of it this way: at least you didn't wake up with fuckin' homework. Which, uh, yeah, no, I am not doing. What's French for "fuck school"?!

[this elicits a very loud whoop of encouragement from Nora]

So hey, if you've got a job you don't like, you know what I say? SHOVE IT! Throw your bills in the Seine, stick your school books on the subway tracks! This is fucking PARIS! At Christmas!!! I say we earned ourselves a fucking vacation, let's all GO NUTS! Even our poor confused newbies, Love and Remilia. We also have a guy who showed up in the journals TODAY, so ... Serious sympathy cards can be sent along with coping mechanisms of your choice to Legolas.

And hey, just because we're in Paris, don't think I'm gonna get off your asses about keeping the sheep-vibes at bay! We've got an emergency plan in the works, but it still needs floor captains! Go check it out on [page number]. It's filtered, so nobody who shouldn't see it will be able to, just in case any of the First Gens or their traitor buddies are wandering around the city, too.

But hey, if you're anywhere near Montmartre, come say hi. Seriously, this place is the shit. The cafes have great food, the music's badass, and Nora's doing portraits if you want one for whoever's on your Christmas list.

[and the boy speaks the truth. come and hang out with the kids and their artistic rebellious sensibilities! it isn't Paris until you get your bohemian on!]

[identity profile] syntax-error24.livejournal.com 2011-12-21 05:43 am (UTC)(link)
Or use the back of the paper for sketches. [Yup, that's what Dairine did. Wizards aren't supposed to waste things. (And secretly she wanted to do the worksheets later for fun. Because math problems are fun.)

Dairine looks up and grins.
] So I take it that you're one of the multitudes not attending whatever school we’ve been dumped into.

[identity profile] syntax-error24.livejournal.com 2011-12-22 05:09 am (UTC)(link)
A bit. [Her desk back home at the castle had plenty of sketches strewn on top.]

Mm. [Dairine grins, thought her voice has a slight bitter edge to it.] School's overrated. There's nothing you learn there that you can't learn on your own.

[identity profile] syntax-error24.livejournal.com 2011-12-22 06:57 pm (UTC)(link)
[Dairine laughs.] Only the story of my life.

Why? Wanna hear one? [Shall it be storytime with Dari?]

[identity profile] syntax-error24.livejournal.com 2011-12-26 07:52 pm (UTC)(link)
A true story you say? [Yeah, Dairine is grinning now.]

Alright then. Would you rather I tell you about my crazy beach vacation, my Wizard's Ordeal, my experience with an extraterrestrial exchange program, or the time I moved a planet?

[identity profile] syntax-error24.livejournal.com 2012-01-03 02:34 am (UTC)(link)
The beach vacation actually. But the Ordeal was more exciting.