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contact part deux
if this were modern times byerly would probably make you listen to total eclipse of the heart before you were able to leave a message
I tried to send Alexandrie to suss it out. To no avail.
[ A shrug. ]
I have not sufficiently recognized her intellectual gifts, it seems. That's part of it. Which makes sense, because as you know, I, being such an educated and erudite fellow who reads tomes and debates philosophy, have judgment that really carries a great deal of weight.
[ A shrug. ]
I have not sufficiently recognized her intellectual gifts, it seems. That's part of it. Which makes sense, because as you know, I, being such an educated and erudite fellow who reads tomes and debates philosophy, have judgment that really carries a great deal of weight.
[Wearing his thoughts on his face has never worked out in Benedict’s favor, but he tries to school his expression into something more stoic.
Now doesn’t seem like the time to get smart.]
I’m agreeing with you, [he says faintly.]
Now doesn’t seem like the time to get smart.]
I’m agreeing with you, [he says faintly.]
Much too late for that, I’m afraid.
[They are, and perhaps ever will be, entirely at odds. Still, rank is rank: Gabranth won’t willingly defy it for the sake of dislike alone, and he suspects— or at the very least hopes— such holds true in reverse.
Good work tends to ignore the weaknesses of disagreement.]
[They are, and perhaps ever will be, entirely at odds. Still, rank is rank: Gabranth won’t willingly defy it for the sake of dislike alone, and he suspects— or at the very least hopes— such holds true in reverse.
Good work tends to ignore the weaknesses of disagreement.]
[He purses his lips, hating how visible his discomfort is.]
...how should I look.
[It's almost an earnest question.]
...how should I look.
[It's almost an earnest question.]
[Drama.]
A gift then, for our next meeting.
[That’s a joke, Byerly. This man does not Talk Shit about those above his rank....but he might at the very least be persuaded to express dislike in regards to his given tasks, so. Small favors.]
I bid the both of you a good day.
[Both, he says, because Whiskey remains present and utterly valid as such, offering a bow that might well be aimed at the two of them, though— as always— it’s difficult to tell with all that armor blocking out line of sight. And then, as surely as his arrival, he's gone.]
A gift then, for our next meeting.
[That’s a joke, Byerly. This man does not Talk Shit about those above his rank....but he might at the very least be persuaded to express dislike in regards to his given tasks, so. Small favors.]
I bid the both of you a good day.
[Both, he says, because Whiskey remains present and utterly valid as such, offering a bow that might well be aimed at the two of them, though— as always— it’s difficult to tell with all that armor blocking out line of sight. And then, as surely as his arrival, he's gone.]
Oh.
[He can't stop himself from sneering at the thought, but it is what it is.]
...fine.
[He can't stop himself from sneering at the thought, but it is what it is.]
...fine.
[Though a dark look is cast Byerly's way, its origin perhaps not as clear as it may seem, Benedict slouches off to do just that.
It's several hours later that he returns, still very much in a sulk, but not as much of one as it might be if he hadn't managed to clean himself up properly after the ordeal-- his hair is still damp from the bath he took.
He barely glances to Byerly as he finally sits down at his desk, determined to salvage some of the day.
Or perhaps just making a point.
Should Byerly check his work at any point, he will find that the erstwhile chamberlain actually did a job up to his own standard, which is to say, the privies are all but sparkling.]
It's several hours later that he returns, still very much in a sulk, but not as much of one as it might be if he hadn't managed to clean himself up properly after the ordeal-- his hair is still damp from the bath he took.
He barely glances to Byerly as he finally sits down at his desk, determined to salvage some of the day.
Or perhaps just making a point.
Should Byerly check his work at any point, he will find that the erstwhile chamberlain actually did a job up to his own standard, which is to say, the privies are all but sparkling.]
Edited 2021-04-27 18:27 (UTC)
If only everyone could be like us. Mustached and unfailingly reasonable.
Do you want to play at the wedding? If we say for argument's sake that she would appreciate it, however secretly.
Do you want to play at the wedding? If we say for argument's sake that she would appreciate it, however secretly.
Edited (being less useless & getting back on the rails :-*) 2021-04-28 02:05 (UTC)
[ Alexandrie hums a denial as she finishes the movement herself, settling comfortably against him once there. She pulls at a chain around her neck, fishing an unfamiliar pendant from her bodice and laying it on her palm to show to him.
It’s gold. Old, with a few marks on it not part of the filigree pattern, but polished and well cared for— and more than a pendant, it seems, for when she thumbs a little almost imperceptible catch it swings open to reveal a miniature painting of a couple, in the other half an engraving:
As certain as the stars above:
Though life may cease, yet never love.
E’en when the Maker’s arms I’ve known
True rest I’ll find in yours alone.
CE
ABG
She offers it out for him to look further. ]
I found it amongst the jewelry in the smuggler’s den Gigi and I went to raid in Antiva.
[ A quiet breath. ]
I do not know if they live, or if it passed to another, but... someone is missing this dearly. I thought perhaps you might enjoy to put our heads and skills together and play at being good to restore it.
[ She’s looking up now, smiling tentatively as she looks at his face to see what she can read there. ]
Bastien too, if he likes.
It’s gold. Old, with a few marks on it not part of the filigree pattern, but polished and well cared for— and more than a pendant, it seems, for when she thumbs a little almost imperceptible catch it swings open to reveal a miniature painting of a couple, in the other half an engraving:
As certain as the stars above:
Though life may cease, yet never love.
E’en when the Maker’s arms I’ve known
True rest I’ll find in yours alone.
CE
ABG
She offers it out for him to look further. ]
I found it amongst the jewelry in the smuggler’s den Gigi and I went to raid in Antiva.
[ A quiet breath. ]
I do not know if they live, or if it passed to another, but... someone is missing this dearly. I thought perhaps you might enjoy to put our heads and skills together and play at being good to restore it.
[ She’s looking up now, smiling tentatively as she looks at his face to see what she can read there. ]
Bastien too, if he likes.
[His tone grates on Benedict anew, and it yields a sullen look.]
If I poke someone in the eye again, you'll be the first to know.
[It strikes him as soon as the words leave his mouth that that was the wrong thing to say; with a touch more humility, he adds,]
...and I'm not going to.
If I poke someone in the eye again, you'll be the first to know.
[It strikes him as soon as the words leave his mouth that that was the wrong thing to say; with a touch more humility, he adds,]
...and I'm not going to.
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