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𝔉𝔯𝔢𝑦𝔞 𝔐𝔦𝑘𝔞𝔢𝔩𝔰𝔬𝔫. ([personal profile] skjalf) wrote in [community profile] ataraxion2014-05-12 04:44 pm

♕ 3rd - video - waxing poetic

[ elizabeth sits in the grass, with white roses in her hair and her skirts pooled about her. she looks thoughtful and placid to most, and only those who know her passably well may note an undercurrent of sadness in her features. it is there, but not readily apparent unless one has seen and interacted with her often.

her mother's absence and the hell that awaits her family in the future have not been forgotten. they hang like a great weight about her neck, and in the way her shoulders bow a little despite being straight and stiff otherwise. she keeps her eyes averted from the camera for now, as she speaks up quietly: ]


It all began upon a lovely day in spring
A maiden fair stumbled upon a King
Beneath the boughs of a mighty oak
Whilst two boys clutch'd at her cloak

And lo he came upon them there
Stricken at once by the maiden so fair
He gaze'd at her and she at him
Love-struck and helpless to its whim

[ she releases a long breath of air, and finally looks up at her comm device. her face still appears peaceful, as though the words and the act of writing them have had a calming effect. and perhaps they have. she effects a small smile, though, for good measure. ]

I think it a good beginning. What say you, Tranquility? Putting such a tale to words has been a daunting task, indeed.

I shall continue, and add more to it. But I must ask, are there such tales whence you hail from?

[ and if poetry is not your jam, elizabeth has another query. she holds up a plastic container (a stick of deodorant) and a glass bottle (perfume) and various other sundry items she has found. all sweet-smelling, all utterly confusing to a girl from the late middle ages. ]

And I must beg another query of you, if you please: what are these? What purpose have they?

[ anyone who knows her will see that this is only an attempt on her part to distract herself. sitting idle and stewing over the heaps of negativity life loves to send her fmaily's way has never been her thing. ]
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[personal profile] needsheadphones 2014-05-13 06:53 am (UTC)(link)
They usually don't shave their legs or under their arms, but a lot do shave their faces. And some really should do something about their back hair.

[ Rebecca is not at all bothered by this conversation, of course. ]

But yeah, some men do shave in other places. Anyone who does, male or female, needs to be careful while doing it -- not a place you want cuts or ingrown hairs.
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[personal profile] needsheadphones 2014-05-13 07:02 am (UTC)(link)
Some do. And others don't have any on their backs or their chests, no matter how much hair they might have elsewhere.

[ though yeah she knows right ]

We don't have to. But society tends to expect us to, because they think it makes a woman more attractive.

[ b e a t ]

That being said, a lot of competitive swimmers get rid of all their body hair except for what's on their heads. They think it makes them faster.