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[persistor]

Who: red (persistor) & friends
What: catch-all
When: august + beyond, probably
Where: nadril
Warning(s): probably gross feelings

( a certain voiceless singer got her voice back, which means it's time to surprise folks. if you want a thread, hit me up! i'm happy to write starters for anyone that wants one ( if you want to surprise me with a wildcard, that's cool too ). c:

nevermind, i wrote an open prompt. )

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i have receipts

[persistor]

[ — That makes her pause.

Less his words and more the fact that he clutches her shoulders, eyes wide and face open with emotion and — it's more of a reaction than she expected. But then, her reaction wasn't over, and ... in comparison to this, neither was Boxer's. They're not loud people, by definition.

( Briefly, she wonders how Sybil would have reacted, if things hadn't turned out the way they did. She dismisses the thought just as quickly as it appeared. )

So it takes her a moment; maybe two, as she blinks back at him in silence. She's not against what he's asking of her, not exactly, but to be demanded something so suddenly definitely strikes a chord she has to quell. A breath, then— ]

... It just came back. [ Because she knows he'll ask. ] I didn't do anything.

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[summertimeblues]

[If you were looking for subtlety maybe you should have knocked on a different door.

Her alarm is not unnoticed, but he just doesn't care. Richie lights up like Vegas in all its neon, gives a whoop of utter joy and scoops Red into his arms and off her feet.]

She can tawlk! Oh chilluns, we are witnessing a miracle! Call the papers! Call the doctors! Get the pope on the line, we need the whole congregation singing praise!

[He lets her go, drawing back into the room with a mimickry of an old timey movie cam. He hits her with the Movietone Newsreel Narrator.]

It's true ladies and gentleman, and it happened right here in Old Nadril Heights on the hour of eleven forty-eight! World-renowned chanteuse Red regains her right to sing the Blues. Watch the incredible story in your local cinema this July: Giving the Mute the Boot! Starring Red as herself, Boxer as life-long paramour Wally Doyle, and Richie Tozier as the Dancing Lad!