Emails to Alison, Forge, Doug

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To: (Sr. Devil Woman in Charge of Deviling)
From: (Possibly Displaced Apprentice)
Subject: I have been had.



Alison? Ms. Maximoff is an evil and horrible woman who needs to be tested for secondary mutant powers of tricking innocent frenchwomen into favours.

No, please. Stop laughing. I am quite serious. She has tricked me into taking Forge shopping for new clothing! Help? I could use advice on how to keep from wanting to toss him into a fountain!

-Angie

P.S. In all seriousness, I could use the advice. Forge sets my teeth on edge. I do not know why.



To: (Forge, John Henry)
From: (Colbert, Marie-Ange)
Subject: Your schedule.



Forge,

Ms. Maximoff has asked that I assist you with a new wardrobe. As I find myself with a wealth of free time and what seems to be a masochistic streak, I find myself wondering when you have free time in your schedule for this.

I expect it will take quite a few hours, as she was rather clear that you need "One of Everything".

I believe that we can manage this without either of us leaving the shops with major injuries or significant property damage. Let me know when you have a block of free time.

-Marie-Ange

P.S. I will refrain from use of your hated first and middle names, if you can manage to recall that the last letter of my last name is silent.



To: (Knight of Cups)
From: (Angie)
Subject: Why me?



I have managed to agree to take Forge shopping for clothing. I have been tricked, I think. Ms. Maximoff is evil, and only slightly less of a devil woman than Alison.

That aside, remind me why I thought it was a good idea to try to have the Christmas concert that Alison was planning? She is better, it is not as if she is not teaching now... Except that I would feel awful, and we have worked on it.

Tell me you -have- been working on it? Also please tell me you think you can wrangle Manuel into singing because I do not think I can, with homework and schoolwork and meditation and practice...

Last? Why was there a scrawled note saying "Ninja Christmas!" on my message pad this morning in your handwriting? I am very confused.

Love,
Angie

Comments

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To: (mon coeur)
From: (votre chevalier)
Subject: Clothes shopping

Ouch. Ms. Maximoff will bear watching. Her Devil Woman powers may need to be investigated and neutralized somehow.

Having the Christmas concert is a good idea because Alison's Devil Woman powers are even greater than Ms. Maximoff's? ;-)

Yes, I've been working on it. Wrangling Manuel? I'll see what I can do.

And the prerelease tournament for the new Magic set is this weekend. Betrayers of Kamigawa. It's a Asian-themed block this year, and they're going to have ninjas in this set! So it's like Ninja Christmas. ;-)

Love,
Doug

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To: (Knight of Cups)
From: (Angie)
Subject: Re: Clothes Shopping

I am distressed. I am not sure entirely why I agreed to this. Better me than Jubilee, I suppose.

Worse, can you imagine Forge and Monet? I am not sure which one would come home with their ego intact.

You may want to see if Amanda can help you wrangle Manuel, but as one of the songs is Beethoven and Mephistophles, you have to practice with him..

Is it time already for a new Magic set? Where did the last few months go?

Love,
Angie

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To: (mon coeur)
From: (votre chevalier)
Subject: I lack a Magic icon...

I agree that it is entirely better you than Jubes. You have fashion sense. Jubes does not.

You know, Forge really seems to dislike me. I'm not really sure why.

Enlisting Amanda's help is probably a good idea.

Yep. New Magic set. Ninjutsu and bushido and splicing, oh my! :)

Love,
Doug

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To: (Knight of Cups)
From: (Angie)
Subject: Do you need a Magic: The Gathering icon?

Jubilee has fashion sense, it is just a kind of sense that is loud and bright and not any kind of fashion sense at all.

I am not sure Forge likes anyone besides perhaps Danielle and Ms. Maximoff. Perhaps he just likes tall, dark-haired women?

I would come over there so you could chatter about the new cards at me, but I still have a paper to write for Botany. Why did I take this class again?

Oh. That is right. Science requirement. Ick.

Love,
Angie

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To: (mon coeur)
From: (votre chevalier)
Subject: If it is of the ninja and says 'Ninja Christmas', maybe?

Yeah. That's how I would describe it. "A sort of fashion sense that is really no sense at all."

Yeah, but he seems to have it in for me even more. Every time I comment on something, it feels like he goes out of his way to snark at me.

Ew. Botany. Science requirements should be filled by interesting physics classes, or in a pinch, chemistry. But that's me and my highly logical brain that likes things to have neat and tidy rules talking.

Love,
Doug

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To: (Knight of Cups)
From: (Angie)
Subject: Perhaps.

Maybe he is jealous?

It is better than Anatomy or any class where I have to cut things up. I do not like cutting up anything that once was alive.

Other than the papers, the class is not so bad. Well, that and Manuel being in it, though he has been remarkably well-behaved, other than putting his Ipod earphones on the sunflowers. I am still not sure why he does that.

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To: (mon coeur)
From: (votre chevalier)
Subject: What if I make a pouty face? :)

Jealous? Of _me_?

Yes, cutting things up is very nasty.

Ipod earphones on the sunflowers? How silly. :)

-Doug

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To: (Knight of Cups)
From: (Angie)
Subject: I think it will take more than a pouty face.

You are older, have a girlfriend and are taking college classes, and are much taller than he is, and have all your limbs.

It is very silly. I keep expecting him to talk to the flowers next.

Love,
Angie

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To: (mon coeur)
From: (votre chevalier)
Subject: More than a pouty face? Any suggestions?

I still don't get it. I don't understand his serious antipathy for me.

And there's nothing wrong with silly. :)

-Doug

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To: Colbert, Marie-Ange
From: Forge, JH
Subject: Scheduling

It appears that I, as they say, have been had. Well, I know enough to know that if I am being coerced into "improving" my wardrobe, something to which I readily admit my ignorance, it would benefit me to have someone who knows what they are doing for assistance.

As Ms. Maximoff has rather ardently suggested, yes, I am at your disposal for as long a time as you need. Thursday after my noon class I am free, if that is amenable?

~Forge

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To: (Forge, JH)
From: (Colbert, Marie-Ange)
Subject: Re: Scheduling

Thursday after lunch is perfectly fine. My Sociology class lets out at 11:40, I should be back on our campus by 12:15.

Do you have any idea what sizes you wear? It will make some of the process go faster, though for some clothing, it will simply be easier to get measurements.

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To: Colbert, M-A
From: Forge, JH
Subject: Sizes

Shirts are small or medium. Pants are complicated.

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To: Forge, JH
From: Colbert, Marie-Ange

I believe for pants, we may just have them professionally altered. I am going to get the name of Dr. McCoy's tailor, unless you would like to ask him?

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To: Colbert, M-A
From: Forge, JH

I have an independent study class with Dr. McCoy tomorrow, I can get the name of someone. If needed, I can always make alterations to my prosthetic.

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To: (Learning the Ropes Apprentice)
From: (Sr. Devil Woman Who Is Not Laughing At All)
Subject: re: I have been had.

Aha! And so you discover the weak point of any Devil Woman in training! Our own tactics combined with an appeal to our better nature and flattery work wonderfully against us at any given time!

Bummer, innit?

She pulled the "You know this better than anyone" routine, didn't she? Lovely (and devious) woman, is Wanda. ;)

Why not throw Forge in the fountain if you feel like it? He's got his prothetics sealed for that now, doesn't he? Besides, knowing you can will pretty much settle things wonderfully.

Alison

PS - Food for thought. Perhaps you two are more alike than you think, in some ways. I'm guessing.