Spring Break Trip, 3/5 - Shopping and Sights

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Spring Break Trip, 3/5: Shopping and sights

Oxford Street
Buckingham Palace
Little Venice
221B Baker Street
Madame Tussaud's Wax Museum
Wandering the Streets Of London (like a Concrete Blonde Song)
Harrods of London

The Regent's Park
Bond Street
The British Museum
The National Portrait Gallery
Portobello Road
Camden Market
OOC! OOC!

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Re: 3/5 - Madame Tussaud's Wax Museum

[walter-n-wires.livejournal.com]

Walter shrugged and pointed toward Winston Churchill. "Before him, it was Neville Chamberlain. Churchill had a parrot named Charlie who he taught to curse at the Nazis.*"

Re: 3/5 - Madame Tussaud's Wax Museum

[anole-x.livejournal.com]

"Heh. That's pretty cool." Then he was silent a moment. When he spoke again, his voice had a tiny bit of an edge to it. "I really wish the whole Nazi mentality never existed."

Re: 3/5 - Madame Tussaud's Wax Museum

[walter-n-wires.livejournal.com]

"I keep telling Arthur to send us to Germany, but he says he can't." Walter's voice may have had more than a tiny bit of an edge and Victor can probably guess who Walter means by "us." "He says it's a suicide mission."

Given the overall death toll from WWII, Walter was of the opinion that one suicide mission was negligible overall.

Re: 3/5 - Madame Tussaud's Wax Museum

[anole-x.livejournal.com]

"What's sad is that the realy villans were the people who let Hitler rise to power. They let him intimidate them, while others just followed blindly. And it keeps happening again and again. Why don't people learn from history?"

Re: 3/5 - Madame Tussaud's Wax Museum

[walter-n-wires.livejournal.com]

"He played off their fears and their egos," Walter said, putting her arm around Victor and leading him away to the "Journey to Infinity" auditorium.

"This is perfect. Like our picnics, but a bit bigger."

The large room had a huge dome on which imax-style video was projected to provide an astronomer's eye view of the universe.

Re: 3/5 - Madame Tussaud's Wax Museum

[anole-x.livejournal.com]

"Oh...wow..."

The sight of the "universe" made him gasp and forget most of his former sorrow. "I've seen stuff like this before, but every time I see it again..."

Re: 3/5 - Madame Tussaud's Wax Museum

[walter-n-wires.livejournal.com]

"...it puts things in perspective," Walter said. Maybe that wasn't what Victor was going to say, but it was what she was feeling.

And after their little discussion about Nazis and the war, and her own "little" gender issues, a bit of perspective was a good thing.

"This is incredible. I read that they're considering discontinuing these shows, so we might be very lucky to see it before it's gone."

Re: 3/5 - Madame Tussaud's Wax Museum

[anole-x.livejournal.com]

"Good thing I have it recorded," he said, tilting the camcorder up to the ceiling. Then, he looked around and got an idea. "Hey...there's no one around. Is it okay if I kiss you? Y'know...since this place isn't gonna be around for long. For its sake."

Re: 3/5 - Madame Tussaud's Wax Museum

[walter-n-wires.livejournal.com]

"I don't mind." She wouldn't admit it, but she was still very nervous about the situation. Being a girl sort of seemed like a dealbreaker in a relationship where neither party was actually interested in girls.

Re: 3/5 - Madame Tussaud's Wax Museum

[anole-x.livejournal.com]

Water was tense. He could sense it in her movements, see it in her eyes. "Hey, relax, okay?" Victor said, just as much for his sake as for Walter's. "I'm not used to this, either, but...we said we'd take it one day at a time, remember?"

He turned the camcorder off, then reached forward and touched the back of Walter's head before pulling her in for a sweet kiss. Yes, Walter felt different, but like he had experienced before, the kiss was the same firm, almondy sensation he was used to. And while he barely felt any stirrings in his dick, he knew that somewhere inside the body of this girl was his man, and that's who he was kissing.

Re: 3/5 - Madame Tussaud's Wax Museum

[walter-n-wires.livejournal.com]

Walter was rather confused by her own reactions to the kiss, but she knew that it was comforting to be in Victor's arms and hiss him. He hadn't changed and it was something familiar when everything else was different in one way or another.

She rubbed her nose against his and nodded. "I'm fine. We'll get this worked out somehow."

Re: 3/5 - Madame Tussaud's Wax Museum

[anole-x.livejournal.com]

"Yeah, somehow. I want us to be able to last, even if this lasts, too. I have no idea what's gonna happen in the furture, but I know that I don't wanna be without you."

Those last words wavered a little as he fought back tears. He hadn't admitted it yet, but deep down inside, he was scared. He was scared that the gender change would eventually come between them, that they wouldn't be able to be together because of some freak accident. He'd been trying to ignore it, but now tears slowly traveled down his cheeks as he bit his lip to keep it from quivering.

He had meant it when he said he loved Walter. There was no way he wanted to ever let him go.

Re: 3/5 - Madame Tussaud's Wax Museum

[walter-n-wires.livejournal.com]

Not afraid. Not afraid. Dammit, she was not afraid. So she wasn't going to cry.

Okay, the tears must be a gender switch thing. She buried her face against Victor's chest and concentrated on keeping her shoulders from hitching.

Re: 3/5 - Madame Tussaud's Wax Museum

[anole-x.livejournal.com]

Victor cried with her, kissing the side of Walter's head and repeating softly "I love you, I love you..."

Bitch ass punk why did this shit have to happen to them?

Re: 3/5 - Madame Tussaud's Wax Museum

[walter-n-wires.livejournal.com]

Walter pulled herself together as quickly as she could, putting her arms around Victor to hold him until they both collected themselves somewhat.

"I love you." She produced a handkerchief from somewhere and wiped her eyes. "Let's go someplace that doesn't make our eyes water like this place does."

Re: 3/5 - Madame Tussaud's Wax Museum

[anole-x.livejournal.com]

Victor nodded and wiped his eyes on his sleeve. "You wanna just go back to the hotel? I just want to eat and go to bed."

Re: 3/5 - Madame Tussaud's Wax Museum

[walter-n-wires.livejournal.com]

"The sooner this day ends, the better." Walter nodded in agreement and hugged Victor one more time before taking his hand and heading for the exit. "And when this is over, don't think I'll forget how good a boyfriend you are."