i'm actually wheezing this is such a one brain cell conversation
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theidlemaiden
2023-12-20 07:01 am (UTC)(link)
[ Wow okay that "..." felt pretty rude and sassy. ]
𝘞𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘸𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘶𝘴𝘦 ^ 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘯?
𝘞𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘸𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘶𝘴𝘦 ^ 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘯?
[ Without realizing it, her gaze had moved back towards the large window, watching the snow begin to fall again outside. So rarely had she been engrossed in a sea of homesickness for this long. Is it a dangerous thing, she wonders, to want so deeply for something she had in some ways taken for granted? When Claude speaks, and her gaze skips back towards him, there's a faint answer in her mind that, yes. It could.
But that's neither here nor there because there's something else more important that has arisen. ]
You've never skated?
[ Just as he suspects, Hilda immediately catches onto what he's saying and she can't help but sound amused, her eyebrows lifting slightly. She shouldn't feel so surprised. Claude's distaste of the cold isn't a well kept secret, or a secret at all actually. So maybe the surprise comes because she had thought that if anyone would have taken him skating, it might have been Sylvain. After all, there had been a time where she hadn't been here, and amongst the many things the two enjoyed doing with one another it was daring one another to do any assortment of things ranging from silly to downright stupid.
The thought of time without her should bring about a twinge of bitterness. And maybe it does stir something deep in her belly, adding more weight to her paranoia - but she can't hide the faint lift of her lips. ]
It's not that difficult. [ And that should mean something coming from the woman who shied away from most everything. She tilts her head towards the door. ] We could go try it now. If you want. Maybe get in some practice before Sylvain makes fun of you for not being able to?
But that's neither here nor there because there's something else more important that has arisen. ]
You've never skated?
[ Just as he suspects, Hilda immediately catches onto what he's saying and she can't help but sound amused, her eyebrows lifting slightly. She shouldn't feel so surprised. Claude's distaste of the cold isn't a well kept secret, or a secret at all actually. So maybe the surprise comes because she had thought that if anyone would have taken him skating, it might have been Sylvain. After all, there had been a time where she hadn't been here, and amongst the many things the two enjoyed doing with one another it was daring one another to do any assortment of things ranging from silly to downright stupid.
The thought of time without her should bring about a twinge of bitterness. And maybe it does stir something deep in her belly, adding more weight to her paranoia - but she can't hide the faint lift of her lips. ]
It's not that difficult. [ And that should mean something coming from the woman who shied away from most everything. She tilts her head towards the door. ] We could go try it now. If you want. Maybe get in some practice before Sylvain makes fun of you for not being able to?
[ This is a good sign, young padawan - wait, wrong canon. ]
𝘛𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘴𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘴 𝘸𝘢𝘺 𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘧𝘶𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘯 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘪𝘵'𝘴 𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘶𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘶𝘴𝘦𝘥 𝘧𝘰𝘳.
𝘞𝘩𝘢𝘵'𝘴 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘧𝘢𝘷𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘦 𝘧𝘢𝘤𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘶𝘴𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘯?
𝘛𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘴𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘴 𝘸𝘢𝘺 𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘧𝘶𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘯 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘪𝘵'𝘴 𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘶𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘶𝘴𝘦𝘥 𝘧𝘰𝘳.
𝘞𝘩𝘢𝘵'𝘴 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘧𝘢𝘷𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘦 𝘧𝘢𝘤𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘶𝘴𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘯?
( Inside a small package from Thorne are five pieces of fabric, clearly meant to tie hair back from one's face. Four are clearly themed after the seasons, with embroidery to match: snowflakes, bright green plants, ocean waves and the sun, and falling leaves. The fifth is a complimentary shade of pink-red, in order to work well with Hilda's hair, and embroidered with delicate flowers. )
Keep well, Hilda.
- Jill
𝘐𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘭𝘰𝘰𝘬𝘦𝘥 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘐 𝘸𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘵𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘱𝘪𝘤𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘰𝘯𝘦. 𝘛𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘮𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘦 𝘮𝘺 𝘧𝘢𝘷𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘦 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘯𝘰𝘸.
𝘋𝘰𝘯'𝘵 𝘣𝘦 𝘣𝘰𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨, 𝘋𝘢𝘯 𝘏𝘦𝘯𝘨. 𝘐𝘧 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘩𝘢𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘱𝘪𝘤𝘬 𝘰𝘯𝘦, 𝘸𝘩𝘪𝘤𝘩 𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘸𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘪𝘵 𝘣𝘦? (･ω<)☆
𝘋𝘰𝘯'𝘵 𝘣𝘦 𝘣𝘰𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨, 𝘋𝘢𝘯 𝘏𝘦𝘯𝘨. 𝘐𝘧 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘩𝘢𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘱𝘪𝘤𝘬 𝘰𝘯𝘦, 𝘸𝘩𝘪𝘤𝘩 𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘸𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘪𝘵 𝘣𝘦? (･ω<)☆
[ A lightbulb suddenly turns on. ]
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𝘐 𝘸𝘢𝘴𝘯'𝘵 𝘦𝘹𝘱𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘰𝘯𝘦. 𝘐𝘴 𝘪𝘵 𝘸𝘦𝘪𝘳𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘢𝘺 𝘐'𝘮 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘥 𝘰𝘧 𝘺𝘰𝘶? (･ω<)☆
𝘕𝘰𝘸 𝘐'𝘮 𝘨𝘰𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘰 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘧𝘪𝘨𝘶𝘳𝘦 𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘸𝘩𝘪𝘤𝘩 𝘰𝘯𝘦𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘮𝘺 𝘧𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘴 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘩𝘰𝘮𝘦. 𝘐 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺'𝘥 𝘶𝘴𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘧𝘢𝘷𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘦 𝘢𝘨𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘴𝘵 𝘮𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘐 𝘤𝘢𝘯'𝘵 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵.
𝘕𝘰𝘸 𝘐'𝘮 𝘨𝘰𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘰 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘧𝘪𝘨𝘶𝘳𝘦 𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘸𝘩𝘪𝘤𝘩 𝘰𝘯𝘦𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘮𝘺 𝘧𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘴 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘩𝘰𝘮𝘦. 𝘐 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺'𝘥 𝘶𝘴𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘧𝘢𝘷𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘦 𝘢𝘨𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘴𝘵 𝘮𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘐 𝘤𝘢𝘯'𝘵 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵.
[ Not all pink-haired girls are the same, Dan Heng, gosh. ]
𝘛𝘩𝘢𝘵'𝘴 𝘢𝘯 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘯 𝘣𝘦𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘢!
𝘠𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘧𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘥 𝘔𝘢𝘳𝘤𝘩 𝘪𝘴 𝘣𝘳𝘪𝘭𝘭𝘪𝘢𝘯𝘵 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘐 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦𝘯'𝘵 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘯 𝘮𝘦𝘵 𝘩𝘦𝘳. 𝘐𝘧 𝘴𝘩𝘦 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘸𝘴 𝘶𝘱 𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦, 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘳𝘰𝘥𝘶𝘤𝘦 𝘶𝘴? 𝘐 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘢 𝘧𝘦𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘸𝘦'𝘥 𝘨𝘦𝘵 𝘢𝘭𝘰𝘯𝘨 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘸𝘦𝘭𝘭. 𝘕𝘰𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘸𝘦 𝘥𝘰𝘯'𝘵 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘪𝘵 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘴𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘴 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘴𝘩𝘦 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸𝘴 𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘦𝘹𝘵 𝘧𝘢𝘤𝘦𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘯 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘥𝘰.
𝘛𝘩𝘢𝘵'𝘴 𝘢𝘯 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘯 𝘣𝘦𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘢!
𝘠𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘧𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘥 𝘔𝘢𝘳𝘤𝘩 𝘪𝘴 𝘣𝘳𝘪𝘭𝘭𝘪𝘢𝘯𝘵 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘐 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦𝘯'𝘵 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘯 𝘮𝘦𝘵 𝘩𝘦𝘳. 𝘐𝘧 𝘴𝘩𝘦 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘸𝘴 𝘶𝘱 𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦, 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘳𝘰𝘥𝘶𝘤𝘦 𝘶𝘴? 𝘐 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘢 𝘧𝘦𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘸𝘦'𝘥 𝘨𝘦𝘵 𝘢𝘭𝘰𝘯𝘨 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘸𝘦𝘭𝘭. 𝘕𝘰𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘸𝘦 𝘥𝘰𝘯'𝘵 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘪𝘵 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘴𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘴 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘴𝘩𝘦 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸𝘴 𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘦𝘹𝘵 𝘧𝘢𝘤𝘦𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘯 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘥𝘰.
𝘒𝘺𝘭𝘦! 𝘠𝘰𝘶 𝘤𝘢𝘮𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘳𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘰𝘯. 𝘋𝘪𝘥 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘪𝘯 𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘥 𝘢𝘭𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘥𝘺?
𝘚𝘭𝘦𝘦𝘱. 𝘒𝘪𝘥𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨! 𝘒𝘪𝘯𝘥 𝘰𝘧. 𝘕𝘰𝘵 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺. 𝘉𝘶𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵'𝘴 𝘥𝘪𝘧𝘧𝘪𝘤𝘶𝘭𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘨𝘪𝘧𝘵 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘤𝘪𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘪𝘵. 𝘞𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘢 𝘱𝘢𝘪𝘳 𝘰𝘧 𝘯𝘦𝘸 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘬 𝘨𝘭𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘴? 𝘐 𝘯𝘰𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘦𝘥 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘸𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘨𝘦𝘵𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢 𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘵𝘭𝘦 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘯 𝘥𝘰𝘸𝘯 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘯𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘵𝘰𝘰 𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘺 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘴𝘦.
[ He can but this is Little Miss Excess here. ]
𝘐 𝘥𝘪𝘥𝘯'𝘵 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘻𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘵𝘸𝘰 𝘸𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘧𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘴.
[ He can but this is Little Miss Excess here. ]
𝘐 𝘥𝘪𝘥𝘯'𝘵 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘻𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘵𝘸𝘰 𝘸𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘧𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘴.
𝘐 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘢𝘪𝘳! 𝘐 𝘴𝘢𝘸 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘢𝘳𝘬𝘦𝘵 𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘭𝘪𝘦𝘳.
𝘊𝘰𝘮𝘱𝘭𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘥, 𝘩𝘶𝘩? 𝘛𝘩𝘢𝘵'𝘴 𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘴𝘸𝘦𝘦𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘯 𝘪𝘧 𝘐 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘬 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘤𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘢, "𝘐'𝘮 𝘴𝘰𝘳𝘳𝘺 𝘐 𝘥𝘪𝘥𝘯'𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘬 𝘵𝘰 𝘨𝘦𝘵 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘢 𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘶𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘭 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘨𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘮𝘦 𝘰𝘯𝘦" 𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘦𝘯𝘵
[ Sorry, Kyle.
A beat later - ]
𝘈𝘮 𝘐 𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘰𝘸𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘢𝘴𝘬 𝘸𝘩𝘺 𝘪𝘵'𝘴 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘱𝘭𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘥?
𝘊𝘰𝘮𝘱𝘭𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘥, 𝘩𝘶𝘩? 𝘛𝘩𝘢𝘵'𝘴 𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘴𝘸𝘦𝘦𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘯 𝘪𝘧 𝘐 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘬 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘤𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘢, "𝘐'𝘮 𝘴𝘰𝘳𝘳𝘺 𝘐 𝘥𝘪𝘥𝘯'𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘬 𝘵𝘰 𝘨𝘦𝘵 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘢 𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘶𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘭 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘨𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘮𝘦 𝘰𝘯𝘦" 𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘦𝘯𝘵
[ Sorry, Kyle.
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𝘈𝘮 𝘐 𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘰𝘸𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘢𝘴𝘬 𝘸𝘩𝘺 𝘪𝘵'𝘴 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘱𝘭𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘥?
Thank you. If you have time to meet you can show me which stall? And would you mind delivering it to him?
[ Eh, she's not wrong.
The question takes a second, though ]
We strongly disagree on some serious issues. I've given him reasons not to trust me.
[ Eh, she's not wrong.
The question takes a second, though ]
We strongly disagree on some serious issues. I've given him reasons not to trust me.
𝘐'𝘭𝘭 𝘢𝘭𝘸𝘢𝘺𝘴 𝘮𝘢𝘬𝘦 𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘺𝘰𝘶, 𝘒𝘺𝘭𝘦.
𝘋𝘰 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘵𝘳𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘩𝘪𝘮?
𝘋𝘰 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘵𝘳𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘩𝘪𝘮?
[ At her question - Claude opts to neither confirm nor deny it, though his lack of response is likely equally telling as anything else. A faint raise of one eyebrow follows at it not being difficult, since: that's probably true, and especially so since Hilda would've made a point (or several points) to exclaim to the otherwise if it wasn't.
Something he thinks of with only fondness, though after that last question his face immediately shifts into a flat look of what might be rather unimpressed if it wasn't for the amusement he's now not bothering to hide either on his face or in his words. ]
Are you sure that's going to change anything? [ About the being made fun of part, that is, considering Claude's fairly certain that's going to happen no matter what. Hilda's point stands regardless that practice would absolutely be a help rather than a hindrance prior to any future events. And as a further bonus, falling on the ice won't hurt nearly as much in the Horizon as it would while awake. Probably. ] I have a feeling you just predicted my soon to be future should Sylvain ever drag us somewhere frozen to offset... well, all the suffering in the desert he claims he's been doing. Some extended stay in Luna is probably in both of our futures as soon as he remembers how cold it was there last year.
[ All fondly, though, since Claude also remembers the heavy layers they'd been provided with on that visit. He'll just have to locate those and then it'll be fine. Probably. That's a problem for Future Claude though since there's still this, and he tils his head towards the door in a mirror of her own action. ]
Alright, I'm putting my skating future in your capable hands then just as soon as I give myself a better coat than what I have on before we go back out there.
Something he thinks of with only fondness, though after that last question his face immediately shifts into a flat look of what might be rather unimpressed if it wasn't for the amusement he's now not bothering to hide either on his face or in his words. ]
Are you sure that's going to change anything? [ About the being made fun of part, that is, considering Claude's fairly certain that's going to happen no matter what. Hilda's point stands regardless that practice would absolutely be a help rather than a hindrance prior to any future events. And as a further bonus, falling on the ice won't hurt nearly as much in the Horizon as it would while awake. Probably. ] I have a feeling you just predicted my soon to be future should Sylvain ever drag us somewhere frozen to offset... well, all the suffering in the desert he claims he's been doing. Some extended stay in Luna is probably in both of our futures as soon as he remembers how cold it was there last year.
[ All fondly, though, since Claude also remembers the heavy layers they'd been provided with on that visit. He'll just have to locate those and then it'll be fine. Probably. That's a problem for Future Claude though since there's still this, and he tils his head towards the door in a mirror of her own action. ]
Alright, I'm putting my skating future in your capable hands then just as soon as I give myself a better coat than what I have on before we go back out there.
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