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Tweak says, "You bought this palace."

Celeste, Esme, Mindee and Phoebe Cuckoo (fiveinone) wrote in utr_logs,
@ 2011-08-03 07:30:00

Entry tags:

henry stillman, stepford cuckoos

Who: Henry and the Stepford Cuckoos
Where: Beach
Warnings: Nah

There were few things the Cuckoos enjoyed more than messing with people's minds. One of those things was the beach. The four girls wore matching silver bikinis that had men all over the beach staring. Fortunately, most of them were too intimidated to make a move.

The girls had casually mentioned to Henry where they would be. He was interesting enough, but not the sort of person they would actually invite to anything remotely date-like.

The Cuckoos were spread out on the sand, soaking up some sun. A nearby man who had been contemplating saying Hello suddenly found himself compelled to go buy four daiquiris.

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	fiveinone 2011-08-09 05:34 am UTC (link)
	She paused, her eyes closing at the touch. She just about melted, and when her knees threatened to turn to jelly she reinforced them with diamond. It was probably a strange sight. She gave a little moan. It was definitely working. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	henri_with_a_y 2011-08-09 05:41 am UTC (link)
	Henry couldn't help but smile at that a little, shifting his grasp so that his thumbs were bracketing her neck, just pressing up and in, fingers still curled against her shoulders. The touch was gentle, but it got the job done. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	fiveinone 2011-08-09 05:47 am UTC (link)
	She couldn't articulate anything other than happy-whimper-groany noises. She could feel some confused irritation from her sisters, but she was ignoring it for now. She couldn't even remember having a headache anymore. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	henri_with_a_y 2011-08-09 05:51 am UTC (link)
	"Better?" He asked, rubbing at the back of her neck with one hand before lifting them both away. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	fiveinone 2011-08-09 05:53 am UTC (link)
	Mindee pivoted around to face him, wrapped her arms around his shoulders and began kissing him. She couldn't answer verbally, so this would have to do. Her fingers slipped up into his hair. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	henri_with_a_y 2011-08-09 01:38 pm UTC (link)
	Henry flailed, not entirely sure what to do with his hands at first, finally settling them against her upper arms. After the initial moment of panic he did return the kiss, if tentatively. His hair, of course, curled around her fingers on its own. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

fiveinone
2011-08-09 03:29 pm UTC (link)

If Mindee was bothered by the flailing, it didn't show. Luckily she could read his body language better than she could read his mind. Hands on her waist or back would've meant he wanted her; on her arms probably indicated that he wasn't quite sure. Still, he was kissing her back, so it couldn't have been entirely unwelcome. Maybe he had a girlfriend. Or maybe he was just shy.

After holding the kiss a little longer, she pulled away. Her fingers stayed in his hair, though, so she was still close. "Thanks," she said softly, a smile tugging at the corner of her lips. "That feels better."

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	henri_with_a_y 2011-08-09 03:53 pm UTC (link)
	He laughed softly at that, amused and warm, shaking his head and bumping his forehead against her temple gently, like a cat wanting attention, really. It was something that ran in the family. His hair, however, was unwilling to let go of her fingers just yet, clinging like climbing vines. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	fiveinone 2011-08-09 04:50 pm UTC (link)
	Mindee giggled at the head bump, turning her head toward him to run her lips along his cheekbone, nuzzling a bit. She didn't mind standing here in the middle of the beach with him. Food could wait. She loved his hair. She wiggled her fingers in it playfully. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	henri_with_a_y 2011-08-09 06:10 pm UTC (link)
	It just tugged back, which caused Henry to look just a little sheepish, "Give it a minute, it'll get bored and let go." It was something most of his friends had learned back when they were kids, keep pulling and it would just keep pulling back, like a Chinese finger trap. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	fiveinone 2011-08-09 08:18 pm UTC (link)
	Mindee smiled, amused. "It's all right. We like your hair." It was one thing about Henry the Cuckoos could agree on. His hair was interesting. Mindee found it more intriguing than the rest, and they still thought he could be more kempt, but it was, at the least, interesting. "We're a bit stuck, but that's not so bad," she said with a wry smile. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	henri_with_a_y 2011-08-09 08:21 pm UTC (link)
	"Yeah, that happens." He said, holding still himself and willing it to let go, "It's not so bad on fingers, but it clings to the pillow pretty bad sometimes. And it got ahold of Sor's face once, but that was his own fault." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	fiveinone 2011-08-09 08:28 pm UTC (link)
	She was imagining him sitting up in bed with the pillow still attached to his head. "Trying to tell you that you need more sleep, maybe?" She almost didn't want to pull her fingers away. She did, reluctantly, because he seemed to want her to. "Food, then?" she said, moving away from him. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	henri_with_a_y 2011-08-09 11:18 pm UTC (link)
	"Something like that, yeah." Usually it was after nightmares, but no sense bothering her with that, especially since they'd basically just met, "Yep, food. Crab legs, right?" (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	fiveinone 2011-08-09 11:53 pm UTC (link)
	Mindee nodded. "This way, right?" she asked, heading once again in the direction he'd pointed to earlier. Maybe she could get him to do more rubbing later. They weren't too far from the stand. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	henri_with_a_y 2011-08-10 12:31 am UTC (link)
	"Yep, that's the place." He nodded to the firepit behind the stand, driftwood benches around it, no fire there currently, though there probably would be come evening, "Have a seat, you like spicy or just lemon and butter?" (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	fiveinone 2011-08-10 04:11 am UTC (link)
	"Lemon and butter's good." She sat on one of the benches, perfectly content to have him pay. He did have a few extra hundred dollars lying around, after all. So what if the Cuckoos had said it wasn't a date? That didn't mean he couldn't be polite. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

henri_with_a_y
2011-08-10 04:25 am UTC (link)

That he did, or at least a couple hundred, the rest had been turned into matching spa baskets and gift certificates that would be delivered to the Cuckoos' ~~palace~~ abode by overnight delivery sometime that weekend, as a thank-you.

He settled beside her not long after, with a stack of cushy paper towels and a basket of assorted crab legs for each of them, "Your luncheon madame." He said, handing hers over.

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fiveinone
2011-08-10 03:40 pm UTC (link)

If the other girls were jealous, they only had themselves to blame. They would never admit such a thing, of course. Mindee smiled to Henry when he came back. "Thank you." She was a happy Cuckoo. Crab legs were messy, but less so when you could have diamond fingernails.

"Our eyes don't freak you out, do they?" Most people found the white glow a little creepy, but Henry hadn't given any sign of being disturbed.

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henri_with_a_y
2011-08-10 03:55 pm UTC (link)

He arched a brow at her, tilting his head down so that he could look at her over his sunglasses, just a reminder that his own eyes weren't all that normal either, "They don't bother me at all." He said before nudging his sunglasses back up his nose with the back of his hand.

There was a crooked little smile then, picking up one of the claws and digging around for the fan of tendon, making it pinch at her, "Rawr."

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	fiveinone 2011-08-10 04:06 pm UTC (link)
	"But yours do," she pointed out, reaching a finger to stop his sunglasses from being pushed back into place. "We like your eyes. Lots of girls probably do." The look had worked for Remy, after all. She sat back, smiling at the claw trick. "Do you always play with your food?" it wasn't nearly as condescending as it would have been if Esme had asked. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

henri_with_a_y
2011-08-10 06:10 pm UTC (link)

"Maybe. Boys too, if Sor and Cass are to be belived, and sometimes they're not total liars. I don't like 'em though." But he still kept them, even when he knew people who could change them. Though that was more due to the fact that they were something of a family legacy and he wasn't just going to throw that away since there were other family legacies that he had.

The question, however, gave him pause, head tilting as he thought it over, having to calculate, "More often than not." He said with a nod, "You're lucky we didn't go for sushi." He had a tendency to play with the tentacles too.

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fiveinone
2011-08-10 10:32 pm UTC (link)

Mindee's brows furrowed a bit, but she was still smiling. It was a little sad that he didn't like his eyes. Mutants should be proud of themselves. "But you like your hair, right? Even if it tries to embarrass you sometimes?"

She wrinkled her nose, imagining the mess he would make with sushi. At least the shells were relatively in tact when he played with them. "Or ice cream." Though, funnel cakes had powdered sugar, and that could get pretty messy, too.

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henri_with_a_y
2011-08-11 12:37 am UTC (link)

He shook his head, "Ice cream's not for playing with. Well, not unless it's the stackable kind, or like, making one of Gir's ice cream burritos. He invented those not too long ago, they're pretty awesome."

A shrug then, "And I don't mind the hair, it's kind of like a pet I'll never lose." There was an indignant-sounding chirp from somewhere in the vacinity of his head, and Sparky, his Shadow, climbed into view atop his head, feelers waving.

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fiveinone
2011-08-11 06:54 pm UTC (link)

Mindee wrinkled her nose at the mention of the ice cream burrito. "That sounds awful." The Cuckoos weren't especially adventurous when it came to food, unless it was some new gourmet French creation. They were snobs when it came to just about every area.

She blinked then at the creature that appeared, wondering where it came from. Had it been in his hair when she was playing with it? Did it bite? "What is that?" she asked. If one of the other Cuckoos had been asking, there would have been more contempt and disgust in the question. As it was, Mindee hoped she didn't sound too rude, and that she hadn't offended... whatever it was.