16th Contract - [video]

[conesoldstober]

[Hey look, it's Howl. He looks none too pleased with today's turn of events.]

Now look here, you kidnappers society masquerading as a city. I enjoy a few sweets now and again as much as the next man, but this time it's gone too far.

[He swings the camera around to show a shelves cupboard, stacked with row upon row of... cakes. They are all of various colours and decoration, but roughly all the same size...]

Those were my SHOES.

Comments

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[mrsnose]

Oh, they look delicious...

Are those cream cakes?

[conesoldstober]

No! You stay away from them! They might turn back and the end of the day.

[mrsnose]

But looking at them makes me really, truly want to eat cake...

[conesoldstober]

I am locking myself in here, just watch me.

[mrsnose]

Howl Jenkins, you better not slime the cakes.

[conesoldstober]

I will if I want to.

[mrsnose]

Waste of cake and waste of cursed shoes.

[conesoldstober]

It's a waste as long as they stay like this.

[mrsnose]

Or we could eat them.

[conesoldstober]

Do you really want it to turn back into a shoe at midnight again once you have eaten it?

[mrsnose]

[PAUSE.]

It'd be really difficult to realize which cake is real and which one is not today, wouldn't it?

[conesoldstober]

I'd avoid them all together personally.

[mrsnose]

You have something against sweets, as well?

[conesoldstober]

Only when they're made of household objects.

[mrsnose]

I do hope this curse ends soon, I'm craving some sort of cake from seeing so many of them in the house.

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[universaltranslator]

At least it's not your shampoo.

[She's laughing at you. On the inside.]

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[conesoldstober]

You know, I would take the shampoo instead. At least I would be able to leave the house in something other than my stocking feet today.

[wow worst roomie ever]

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[universaltranslator]

[No, that would be you.]

Could you borrow a pair of Sophie's?

[It's funny not because Sophie has women's shoes, but because her style is so much different than Howl's.]

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[conesoldstober]

And if I had size 5 feet that might be a viable option. Besides, hers are all brown. The important part is that I shouldn't have to.

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[mrsnose]

I have a black pair...

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[conesoldstober]

Even worse.

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[mrsnose]

For the love of all that's sacred - I would not let you use them either way.

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[conesoldstober]

Good. We're in agreement.

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[universaltranslator]

There's a lot of things we shouldn't have to do, but we still have to.

[like put up with you]

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[conesoldstober]

And it has been my goal in life for many years to avoid such things if I can.

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[candothat]

[thoughtfully] Even if they were to turn back into shoes at midnight, they should be digested enough to not cause harm if they're eaten early. Not that I am advocating this... I would no sooner eat your shoes than I would eat my telescope, even though it is made of chocolate.

Have you tried wearing them? Your shoes? I would be interested in knowing if they work at all as shoes today.

[Chekov may or may not be going around the house and testing cursed items to see if they carry out their uncursed functions. This may or may not be having mildly destructive results.]

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[conesoldstober]

I'm not sticking my feet in a pair of cakes.

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[candothat]

May I?

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[conesoldstober]

NO.

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[candothat]

[SIGH. Pout.]

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[conesoldstober]

[why do you want to eat his shoes anyway you strange boy]

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[candothat]

[For... experimental reasons. That have nothing to do with the fact that he likes cake.]

[mechanicalmouse]

Oopsie...!

[conesoldstober]

That's all you can manage? Oopsie?

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[theassassin]

Not your shoes~

[There is a little touch of good humored mocking there. She's amused that... he has that many shoes.

Okay, after their last conversation she's not really that surprised.]

That's just... wrong.

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[conesoldstober]

Thank you! At last someone understands the perils of this situation.

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[theassassin]

People just don't seem to understand how important a good pair of shoes is. They can make or break an entire ensemble.

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[conesoldstober]

The voice of reason at last.

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[theassassin]

I have my moments.

[A little smile.]

Just try not to eat them, and if this is like most of the others then they should be fine by tomorrow.

[fe_male]

What a waste. You think they'll change back when the curse fades? Or do you just now own a bunch of cakes you used to stick your feet into?

[conesoldstober]

If they don't turn back there will be WORDS. I can't even use my magic on them today.

[fe_male]

What sort of magic?

[conesoldstober]

How many kinds are there?

[fe_male]

At some point that was my opinion but apparently the stream is neverendless.

[conesoldstober]

In which case the answer to your question is my kind of magic.

[fe_male]

Not ominous at all.