Board Thread:Roleplaying/@comment-5543592-20140906173711/@comment-11457306-20140914211415

(I was going to play it for laughs, but decided you'd be too embarrassed.)

Koru clamped her hand over her mouth and nose to stifle yet another sneeze, her heart suddenly constricting at the sound of the footsteps. She waited to be sure they were approaching the door, then rose and ran over to her brother. "Someone's coming!" she hissed.

Cathal swung deftly around on his rear and slid off the windowsill. "Quick!  Behind the curtains!"

He then ran over to slide the telescope back onto the red velvet display cloth and closed the glass door. The glass bumped the last inch as his fingers slipped and he was pinched. Silently he thought of all the curse words he knew as he stuck the wounded finger in his mouth and hurried over to the nearest chair and picked up the tome he'd been studying before he'd gone to look out the window.

He looked over to see if Koru was hidden--her skirt stuck out to the side.

"Your skirt!" he whispered. She whipped it behind the curtain and then stood stock still, terrified. What if it was Papa? What if she sneezed?