No this has nothing to do with Negima

[ilikebigbuffs.livejournal.com]

[Gakupriest is out and about with a few books to keep him company. No surprise there. But upon opening one of them, he stops in his tracks, confused.]

...This book has no print.

((OOC: Mind reading journal! The holder will see the thoughts of people nearby.))

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[ilikebigbuffs.livejournal.com]

I see...

Perhaps if we can remove the curse, diplomacy would still be a possibility.

[defender]

Mm...

[Cue stress and brooding...]

[ilikebigbuffs.livejournal.com]

[Aaah, no stressing! You're much prettier when you're calm.

After a moment of thought he'll replace the journal with another of the books he'd been carrying, opening it and beginning to read.]

Once upon a time, a very long time ago now, about last Friday, Winnie-the-Pooh lived in a forest all by himself under the name of Sanders.

[defender]

[lolwut]

I'm sorry?

[ilikebigbuffs.livejournal.com]

A story always calms me down, and by the looks of things I would say you needed one.

[defender]

[Still confused, but relaxes a bit.]

...alright, then. Continue.

[ilikebigbuffs.livejournal.com]

[Clears his throat.]

One day when he was out walking, he came to an open place in the middle of the forest, and in the middle of this place was a large oak tree, and, from the top of the tree, there came a loud buzzing noise.

Winnie-the-Pooh sat down at the foot of the tree, put his head between his paws and began to think.

First of all he said to himself: "That buzzing noise means something. You don't get a buzzing noise like that, just buzzing and buzzing, without its meaning something. If there's a buzzing-noise, somebody's making a buzzing noise, and the only reason for making a buzzing noise that I know of is because you're a bee."

[defender]

[Barely suppresses a snort of laughter.]

[ilikebigbuffs.livejournal.com]

[Success!] Then he thought another long time, and said: "And the only reason for being a bee that I know of is making honey."

And then he got up, and said: "And the only reason for making honey is so as I can eat it." So he began to climb the tree. He climbed and he climbed and he climbed and as he climbed he sang a little song to himself. It went like this:

[And, of course, here is where he constructs his own tune. Needless to say it's quite ridiculous.]

Isn't it funny
How a bear likes honey?
Buzz! Buzz! Buzz!
I wonder why he does?

[defender]

[SO MANY CONFLICTING EMOTIONS]

[LAUGHS] Wh-Who wrote this?!

[ilikebigbuffs.livejournal.com]

[Holds the book up] A.A. Milne. He's written many more.

[defender]

What nonsense...

I assume that was for children.

[ilikebigbuffs.livejournal.com]

Mm, it was. But there's no problem with indulging in a children's story every now and then.

[defender]

I never really read that kind of thing as a child...

[ilikebigbuffs.livejournal.com]

Neither did I. Suppose there's no time like the present to catch up.

[defender]

[Rolls her eyes, but eventually relents:]

...can I have that?

[ilikebigbuffs.livejournal.com]

Of course. [Shuts the book and offers it.]

[defender]

[takes!]

Thank you.