errands

[Sly Cooper]

Damon roamed the empty streets of Gatlin, aimlessly. He didn't do it to clear his mind, because his mind was already clear. That was the problem. He new he had something he was suppose to do, but he couldn't remember what it was. He stopped briefly and scratched his head thinking to himself. Frustrated, he let out a small groan.

[Bunny]

Damon wasn't alone on the supposed-abandoned streets of Gatlin that day. Rebekah was also scurrying down the concrete paths, but not aimlessly. For Rebekah always had a goal. Even if it was an impossible one.

And this one was to be the best wife in Gatlin ever. At fifteen, it was about time for her to start shooting followers of He Who Walks Behind the Rows out of her loins, and she had to wrangle a husband to do that. And so, she was going to devote the rest of the day (or hour. Whenver she got bored) to finding a man who she would love, serve, and shoot babies out of her loins for.

Then her gaze fell onto Damon.

"Hey! Hey! Hey Damon! Hey!" She picked up her pace and rushed to the boy's side. "Guess what?" she pressed. "Prepare to get jealous. I mean..." she paused. She tried to think how Isaac, or Malachai, or one of those other jerks holy people the Lord favored so much would word what she wanted to say. "Prepare to grow envious of my prosperous future."

[Sly Cooper]

Damon was slightly stupefied by Rebekah's appearance. To him she seemed to appear out of thin air. Of course that may be because he was in his own world when she came up to him.

"What am I going to be jealous of?" He was jealous that Rebekah always seemed to know what her goal was, but he was sure that's not what she meant.

[Bunny]

"Me, you stupid ---- you fool!" she stumbled over the insult, but picked herself up swiftly. Such was the way of Rebekah. "I am going to get a husband. Then, I am going to be the best wife ever. Then, I'll have lots of children. And then I will be known as the most successful girl in the Holy Land!" She grinned at Damon, though it was more of a bearing of teeth than a smile. Often times people cut down her goals, and said she wasn't serious about them, mostly because she was lazy, and switched her goal or rival every other day. And if they did believe her, they usually said she was being prideful, and that the Lord favored humble girls.

Makin' her mad.

"So, I'm going to be the best girl ever," she said in conclusion. "I would be already, if it weren't for my lack of cleavage." Her eyes drifted downwards to her flat chest, the girl forgetting completely that she was speaking to a creature of the opposite sex.

[Sly Cooper]

He looked down at her lack of chest without thinking of what he was doing. "Well they're not so small..." he tried to compliment her, but failed.

"So if you're going to be the best girl ever, then whose going to be you're best boy?" He didn't realize what Rebekah was getting at, or why she came to tell him this.

[Bunny]

Rebekah stared blankly at Damon, her mouth dropping into a gape. "You know, honestly, I haven't thought of that. I guess I can't exactly be the best wife-mother ever without a guy." After a moment's pause she added, "Well, it would be too difficult for me to want to try. Well, I know Isaac and Malachai haven't taken Other Beloveds yet. And you can't shoot higher than that. But then they'll overshadow me. I gotta be the best, and everyone has to look at me in the couple, or they won't realize how great and modest I am, as a woman should be. Hrm," she lifted a hand, sunburnt and blistered from when she toiled in the fields during her stint as best-gardner, and stroked her chin. "This is certainly a problem. Maybe I could get one assigned to me."

[Sly Cooper]

"Who assigns partners? I assumed it would be Isaac or Malachi, but are they in charge of that." Damon rubbed his nose and stared at Rebekah curiously. "But if you have someone else pick... wont it be hard to have children? Especially if you end up with someone you can't stand." He paused in thought. "Well, how can I help. What I mean is, what are you looking for in a boy?" Damon enjoys being helpful, but he can't ever seem to get things quite right, just like how he forgot his errands from before.

[Bunny]

Rebekah once again stroke her chin in thought, debating the answer to Damon's questions. "Well, I imagine the Lord chooses partners for us if we have not chosen one in a sufficient time, and he whispers his choice to Isaac. Or maybe Isaac chooses it on a whim. Like, pulls a name out of a hat. That's what I'd do. But I'm not Isaac." She paused, and peered downwards, as if taking measure of her own body to ascertain it was not that of the boy preacher. It wasn't. "'Sides, if the Lord picks, I'm sure I'd learn to love them. That's why he's Him. And also, I can stand anyone. Except jerks," she added swiftly. "Jerks who would outshine me, or be impotent and not let me be the greatest girl evah! So I guess I'd marry anyone as long as they weren't a jerk." She nodded in agreement with herself. Her reasoning was flawless.

[esau12]

Esau walked out of the Ice-cream shop and spotted the duo. He knew who they were, and decided to avoid them. He figured that Rebekah was too far deep into the world of the corn and he had no interest in offering her his seed.

[Bunny]

OOC: Ice cream shop question mark?

IC:
Rebekah's wandering gaze fell onto brother Esau. Instantly her hazel eyes narrowed. She wouldn't have noticed him if it weren't for the pure luck of her traveling gaze. He was truly invisible. Next to her unquestionable beauty and perfection (minus her nonexistant cleavage) and modesty, he would completely vanish and leave only her to bask in the praise of her peers.

Turning away from Damon, the obvious choice, she waved frantically for the other boy. "Hey! Hey! Esau! Hey! Hey! C'mere! Hey! Hey! Hey!"

[esau12]

Esau, knowing it polite to respond and if he were not to he may raise the eyebrows of certain maniacal leaders. He turned, acting surprised, and said, "Oh, hello Rebekah, how are you on this fine day of which He governs all."

[Bunny]

The girl stumbled backwards as if the boy had struck her. She had not been expecting him to speak in the same pious manner Isaac used. And he had done it flawlessly. Unlike her, who always had to figure out what she wanted to say five minutes before she spoke in order to translate it into piety.

Darn. I wanted an invisible husband, not one everyone would notice because of his holy ways. On the other hand, if I get one like him, people notice him, they may think he's holy because of me. Ha! My plan is flawless!

"I'm fine, Esau," she purred, leaning closer the the boy and swaying black lashes over hazel eyes. "And I hope you know that I meant that in a dual meaning."

[esau12]

"I'm sorry, could you elaborate, because it seems as though you just suggested to me that you are attractive. Not that you are not, it's just that most women should be modest enough to speak of themselves lightly, and take compliments when they are given." He held his arms behind his back in a crossed fashion.

[Bunny]

Rebekah's face flushed, and once more she stumbled backwards, hurt. But a heartbeat later her fists were clenched, and she flew forward. "Everyone always says that! And you're wrong! I am modest! I'm the most modest girl ever! Can I help it that He in his infinite wisdom and glory blessed me with...with..." She waved her hand through the air absently, as she tried to name one of her best qualities, "with determination and energy?! And now I'm using his gift so that I may be fruitful and multiply, so that his followers won't die out! And --- " she broke her tirade off, suddenly digesting all of what Esau said. "Did you say I was pretty?"

[esau12]

Esau thought to himself, "Oh crap, what have I done. Well, I suppose she is cute. I shouldn't lie to her and make her feel bad, besides just doing this won't compromise me. I'll just smile and walkaway."
Esau smiled a sly smile and said, "good day to you miss, I shall see you at the next sermon."