Two Guys walk into a Bar.

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Well. Not quite. There is one Guy is holed up in an otherwise empty booth, referencing the current state of Milliways against the last chapter in the book he is reading.


There is, however, a small face peeking around the Door. He seems to have found the magic room that hides in his home once again. It is a shame that his brother and sisters are not near so that they can see he was telling the truth before.

Still, that does not mean he cannot see if the queenofmay is still here. It's with this in mind that the small boy enters and hovers next to the Door.

[OOC: Two Guys. One dead, one tiny. Have either one, the other or both!]

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The elder, dead Guy of Gisborne is an intimidating man, even when trying to be less threatening.

The younger, living Guy of Gisborne is understandably somewhat frightened.

"Guy."

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"Guy? That's my name too." Guy can see that he has somehow...frightened himself.

He has frightened himself. Only in Milliways.

Guy is not good with small children. Still, he was a boy once. He was this boy. It can't be that hard.

"Did you come here on your own?"

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The last question is answered with a small nod. Guy tries to peer around the big man to see if he can spot the princess.

His gaze is drawn back to the man in black though.

"Is your name really Guy?"

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"It is." Guy tries to remember whether he took teasing well as a child and if asking the same question of himself would meet with a positive result.

He remembers mostly that everyone said he was sullen as an older boy.

Guy does not risk it.

"I believe your parents thought of me when they named you."

Strictly speaking, they did.

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"You know mama and papa?!" Guy does not remember seeing this other Guy before, but he does look a little like Uncle Philippe.

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"I know your mama and papa," he answered. "They are Ghislaine and Roger, are they not? I knew them a long time ago."

Guy rises stiffly. He dimly wonders at his joints stiffening even though he is dead.

"Would you like to sit with me?" He nodded towards the booth he had been occupying. "I was thinking of having some cake."

One thing he does remember is that he used to get scolded quite often for getting into the pantry and nibbling the cakes stored there."

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CAKE!

Guy loves cake. It is his favourite. Mama only lets him have cake on special occasions and if he has been a good boy.

Which is not often enough for his liking. So he sometimes goes looking for cake when he is not supposed to.

"I like cake," is his answer as he follows Guy to the booth and scrambles up to kneel on the seat.

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"I remember."

Guy slid in round the other side of the booth and asked a passing waitrat for two slices of cake. He wondered briefly, what they might be able to bring, considering the state of the Bar.

He...has run out of things to say to himself.

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Guy bounced a little in excitement and looked around, pursing his mouth when he does not spot Lady Marian.

But maybe Big Guy knows where his princess is? He eyed him speculatively.

The other people from home that he had told about the princess did not believe him.

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"Yes?" His younger self is far less discreet about his thoughts, than perhaps he had thought at the time.

The young boy's face has his wondering written all over it.

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He leaned across the table conspiratorially and whispered. "Have you seen the princess?"

And then... he is distracted by the waitrat returning with slices of spice cake.

CAKE!

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Guy may have just witnessed himself practically inhaling a slice of cake but somehow managing to smear his face the filling at the same time.

"Princess?" He echoes, while leaning over to wipe his face with a napkin.

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The younger Guy suffers the older Guy wiping his face only because his thoughts run pretty much to a sweet-induced cakecakecakecakecake haze of satisfaction.

He was asked a question though! Yes.

"Lady Marian!" He bounces a little at that too. PRINCESS! :D He loves the princess. She is the most beautiful lady he has ever seen next to his mama.

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Marian? Marian was the princess from his youth.

Somehow...some things, especially those regarding Marian, make a slightly different kind of sense now.

"Lady Marian is here sometimes, but I have not seen her yet today."

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Bouncebounce. Guy looks over at Big Guy's plate and notices that has not eaten his cake yet. Bounce.

He presses a small finger into the crumbs on his plate, trying to gather every last morsel. The cake was delicious, but gone so quickly.

The older Guy's slice of cake is forgotten when the boy spots the object of his affections entering the Bar.

PRINCESS!

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Guy is just about to cut a small piece of his cake to share with himself, having spotted the younger Guy eyeing it longingly, when...he dashes off to fling himself at the newly arrived Marian.

As bittersweet as every time he sees Marian is, the dead man cannot help smiling a little at his younger self's enthusiasm. At least one of them gets to express his feelings towards her.

And at least he still has his own slice of cake.