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"Hey, Hinata." Dinah grinned as she walked in, and held out a bag of chocolate hearts. "Thank you so much for the nice flowers on Valentine's Day!"

"I h-hoped it wasn't being presumptuous." She flushed a bit, with a grin, and went to take the bag. "Thank you, and I am g-glad you seem to have enjoyed them."

"Totally nor presumptuous! I wished I'd thought of it, I only gave flowers to my guy friends, since guys never get any." She handed over the little net bag with a flourish. "To my friend for late Valentine's! Dark and milk. How was the rest of your weekend?"

"Quiet enough," she said, grinning fingering the bag. "Y-Yei remains convinced that the flowers Hoshi-san got f-for me are for her, and tries to eat them."

Or knock them over. It was a bit of both.

"Camille was trying to hide in them, or something. I had to put mine up on the tallest dresser so she couldn't get to them," Dinah said, grinning. "Cats are so weird. I did get a chance to practice with Cal last week, and a little this weekend. So, what part do you want to be practicing?"

"Cats enjoy b-being weird," she opined. "And I t-think we'll be covering the second Act today, if you w-wanted to go over that. Both of us h-have speaking to do in t-that."

"That would be great!" Dinah pulled open her copy, and flipped to the act in question. "You want to start? I think I know the lines...."

"I hope I d-do," she said, laughing. "Though if we don't, it's e-early enough that we're alright. From the chorus?"

[Sorry for the slow! Work is eviiiil today!]

[np! stop-and-slow here too] *facepalm*

"From the chorus," Dinah said with determination. "Now all the youth of England are on fire, And silken dalliance in the wardrobe lies...."

Which always sounded to her like a rock concert.

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It sounded more to her that the youth of England needed to do their laundry more often. Ew.

She waited until Dinah was about halfway through the chorus, raising her hand a line before to signal that she'd take over then--it wasn't fair, after all, that Dinah do all the work, and took up the recitation: "Confirm'd c-conspiracy with fearful France; And by their hands this grace of kings must die, If hell and t-treason hold their promises...

They got through the prologue and scene i like that, getting into a rhythm, then actually got to scene ii, with their lines. Eeeeeep.

"I doubt not that, since we are well-persuaded
We carry not a heart with us from hence
That grows not in a fair consent with ours,
Nor leave not one behind that doth not wish
Success and conquest to attend on us!" Dinah grinned and got up on her chair to call the words out more loudly.

She fought the urge to applaud as, for a bookstore rehearsal, it was quite fun, and continued on with the next lines, though they weren't hers quite yet.

Which, alright, was fun. She didn't get up on a chair though, feeling that as Dinah was the King, it was her right to be higher. She did, however, bow slightly.

"Never was monarch better fear'd and loved
Than is y-your majesty: there's not, I think, a subject
That sits in heart-grief and uneasiness
Under the sweet shade of your g-government.
"

Dinah made a regal little wave with her wrist, and said,

"We therefore have great cause of thankfulness
And shall forget the office of our hand
Sooner than quittance of desert and merit
According to the weight and worthiness....

And how I'm going to do that part without sounding totally sarcastic, I don't know." She grimaced at the page. "Since the king is setting you up, right there."

She waved one hand dismissively. "I am Exmoor, f-for the play," she reminded Dinah. "So I t-think I'm the one helping you set up?"

A pause.

"Unless I c-completely misread the script..." Now Hinata was going to frown at her script a bit.

"You are! That was the bad guys' line, I got messed up," Dinah said, whapping herself with the script. "Oh god, I'm never going to get this." Not Hinata's problem, though. "You go, your turn."

"There's plenty of time," she said soothingly. "And G-Geoffrey-san is not here."

Hinata took a deep breath, a glance at her script, and went: "I arrest thee o-of high treason, by the name of
Richard Earl of Cambridge.
I arrest t-thee of high treason, by the name of
Henry Lord Scroop of Masham.
I arrest thee of high treason, by t-the name of
Thomas Grey, knight, of Northumberland."

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Dinah jumped off her chair and said her next lines, walking around Hinata, pointing at the imaginary conspirators, and ending on:

"...Poor miserable wretches, to your death,
The taste whereof God of His mercy give
You patience to endure, and true repentance
Of all your dear offences.—Bear them hence."

"And Amber and the others get dragged away to their doom." Dinah sighed at Hinata. "Okay. Okay. There's still months, right?"

"I s-suppose we'll have to look righteously indignant as they go," she said, nodding her head. "And it's n-not for months, we've more than enough time to get better--I d-do not think we're doing so bad for the lines now."

"You're not. I'm... well. I'm glad the script is here." Dinah sat down, letting out a huff, then looking around a little. "This is a nice shop, really. And good that nobody came in and needed to be waited on."

She had to grin a bit at that. "We've g-got to have good memories at home," Hinata explained, setting her script to the side. "It's an a-asset in the field. And quiet, I c-confess, it's why I decided to work here."

After all, she did not need the money.

"Did you want some tea, and cookies? W-We keep some in the store for visitors."

"That would be great," Dinah responded, getting up to wander around a little, checking out book titles, flipping to the inside covers for summaries. "Do you go out in the field a lot, from here? Like Triela does?" She frowned. "If you know Triela." She put a book back, and wandered back to the front counter. "I'm going home tonight. Hopefully back on Thursday night."

"Mainly weekends and b-breaks, for the most," she said, going and getting two plates for cookies, and taking the lid off the cookie plate, before checking that the tea was still hot, and pouring two cups. "My f-father is probably pulling s-strings to keep me here as much as p-possible. He'd rather I improve my... deficiencies in my social s-skills, than my fighting for the moment."

"I've m-met Triela once, she seemed nice enough. Is t-there anything w-wrong at home?" She pushed one cup towards Dinah, along with a plate. "Did you n-need any sugar? We've got it, and little creamers too."

"Um." Way to be, Hinata's Dad, if he'd said it like that. "So he wanted you to get along with others, and all?" Dinah offered. She sat down, and smiled, kinda thrilled with all the little details, like she was when Alfred did all this. "Sugar would be nice, yeah. And no, there's nothing wrong at home. I just-- I haven't been back in a while, and I miss them, and I'm going to ask if I can stay a whole year." Dinah sighed. "Which means I'll probably blurt out what this place is really like, and then who knows what happens."

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"Shyness is u-unbefitting for the Hyuuga Clan's heir," she said, with the ease of someone who was so used to hearing it that they half believed it, while setting the sugar by her. "He w-wishes for me to be more c-confident and in c-control." And, yes, he'd said it just about that way.

"They d-don't know?" Her lips twisted. "That w-will be some conversation, I guess."

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Dinah could think of about ten things to say to Hyuuga Clan's head about that, starting with "Not helpful" and ending with "Grrrr." What came out was, "Is it working?" kind of hopefully, on Hinata's behalf.

"And no. They don't. Alfred does, and he's on my side, but my sisters... no." She sighed. "Should be very, very interesting." Dinah took a sip of the tea, and nibbled on a cookie, trying to still her nerves.

"Not as fast as he'd care for," she said, sipping her own tea. "But well e-enough. He was pleased with my progress enough that, on p-parent's weekend that he allowed me to remain."

"Do y-you think they'll have problems with it?" she worried. "It i-isn't like m-most of it is harmful."

"That's good," Dinah said, a little calmer. "I mean, as long as you do well at what he wants you to accomplish-- well, that's the important thing, right?"

Hinata's question made her actually think, and weigh the pros and cons. "They'll like that I can study with Miss Atreides. The magic, that might be a big problem." She bit her lip, sighing. "We don't have much of that back home. Like, at all. The invasions... I don't know. Those might be the sticking point." She took another cookie. "Part of it is going to depend on stuff I can't know 'til I get home. There was this whole legal mess and tangle that had nothing to do with me? But meant it was safer and easier for me to be at a boarding school. If that's still up in the air, they might let me stay because there's no better options."

"Something like that," she said, smiling a little.

"As for m-magic...," Hinata snapped one of her cookies in half, "why d-don't you not say it's magic? D-Don't lie, but say it's... like your abilities. Would that be less of a p-problem?" She didn't know enough to tell herself, and the invasions, well, Hinata couldn't say anything about that. They could be a sticking point. "And even if t-there's 'no better options', at least you w-would have longer here?"

"Hmmm. Maybe?" Dinah considered the idea, turning it around in her head. "I'd never be able to explain it, but... maybe Alfred could. If he technobabbles at her?" Maaaaybe this would work. "Advanced enough science looks like magic, and all that. It might work." Dinah felt a little more hopeful, and took a sip of tea. "Or, if she doesn't like it now, maybe take the Spring Break week to do research. This might be better timing than I thought." She looked glum. "Although it might mean no trip to Mexico."

"Borrow a c-computer from someone?" she suggested. "And d-do research while you're taking a break?"

Dinah nodded, looking thoughtful. "Maybe. Maybe that'll work." She grinned. "Thanks for letting me bibble about this." She looked around, still nibbling. "Any ideas of books for the plane? Either to New Gotham or Mexico?"

She tapped her fingers thoughtfully against the counter. "Was t-there a specific genre you prefer?"

"Something with true love would be nice," Dinah said, "and maybe some high-stakes capers? Or just adventure?"

"How about s-something like...," she absently trailed off, disappearing further into the bookstore for a minute before coming back with a book in hand. "Perhaps like this one (http://www.amazon.ca/Thief-Hearts-Victoria-Taylor-Murray/dp/1588515591/ref=pd_bxgy_b_text_b?ie=UTF8&qid=1234928913&sr=1-1)?"

"Oooo. That looks good," Dinah said, reading the back, brightening. "And there's more than one?"

"There's f-four in total," she said, having quickly checked. "Forbidden is the next one."

"Can I have that one too?" Dinah asked hopefully. "Too many flights in the next week. Or being grounded in my room. Tough call."

She grinned a bit. "Just that the second, or w-would you rather the others too?"

Hinata had no idea how fast Dinah read, and well, it did sound like a lot of time would be spent with nothing to do but read.

Dinah thought about it, then sighed. "Yeah. Better give me all four. I can always read them on ship-board if I get to go on Spring Break after all. And better to be prepared, right?"

"P-Preparation is half the battle," she teased lightly, slipping back into the store before coming out, from around a shelf with three (http://www.amazon.ca/Forbidden-Lambert-Victoria-Taylor-Murray/dp/158851594X/ref=pd_bxgy_b_text_b?ie=UTF8&qid=1234928913&sr=1-1) other (http://www.amazon.ca/Friendly-Enemies-Victoria-Taylor-Murray/dp/1591298733/ref=pd_sim_b?ie=UTF8&qid=1234928913&sr=1-1) books (http://www.amazon.ca/Fin-Victoria-Taylor-Murray/dp/1591298741/ref=pd_sim_b?ie=UTF8&qid=1234928913&sr=1-1).

"They're i-in order," she said, hefting them. "And m-marked on the covers besides."

"Thanks, Hinata. I'll call you or e-mail you on Thursday, let you know if I'm coming back," Dinah promised. "Hopefully I'll be reading these in Mexico."

"I'll h-hope for you too," she said, smiling. "And wait for your call."

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I need more sleep, seriously. *yawn*

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