Claimer: I do hereby claim all rights and responsibility for the characters in this series of vignettes because the Amaranthine Saga is mine. (Which means I should probably behave myself since anything I say or do could be taken as canon.) Indulge the lot of us, especially the cornered one.
132
Meeting the Family
“Will you be joining us?” Jacques challenged.
“Also arrangeable.” Gingko’s smile widened. “I’ll bring stuff. Can you get along without a translator?”
Suuzu lifted a hand. “I am fluent.”
“Then you’re set.”
Only after Gingko darted away did Jacques realize that he’d cornered him straight into a buttocks-baring loincloth.
“Ojisan?” Akira stood with head cocked, eyes bright.
“He asks if you are his uncle,” translated Suuzu, whose hands settled on Akira’s shoulders, clearly anxious to maintain his monopoly.
“Yes. I am his sister’s son’s mother’s husband’s cousin.” And because it only seemed polite, he added, “May I touch your boy?”
Posted: June 4, 2020
Prompt: Monopoly, suggested by BlueFrost
Words: 100
Summary: Jacques Smythe brazens his way into Stately House and shows no sign of departing. Like it or not, Lord Mettlebright has himself a butler. An Amaranthine Saga Serial. [Humor, Drama, Family] Begins here. You can suggest a prompt here. To scroll through archived chapters, use the Lord Mettlebright’s Man tag.
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🤣🤣🤣! That family line! Too funny!
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Ok I feel like maybe we need to create a family tree because Jacques lost me in there XD
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Dark Helmet: “I am your father’s brother’s nephew’s cousin’s former roommate.”
Lone Star: “What does that make us?”
Dark Helmet: “Nothing. Which is what you are about to become!”
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His sister’s son’s mother’s husband’s cousin. Great tongue twister 😂
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Isn’t Jacques his sister’s son’s mother’s husband’s *brother*?
Thought “Uncle Stewie” was the third Smythe brother.
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Jacques and Boniface Smythe are brothers. Stewart is their first cousin.
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Cool, thanks!
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