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[ He begins, then stops himself short, brow furrowing. ]
I am not sure, to speak honest. Though we have spent much of our time in each others' company, I had not thought there were others who were experiencing this influence, as well. Mayhap it does explain it...
[ He begins, then stops himself short, brow furrowing. ]
I am not sure, to speak honest. Though we have spent much of our time in each others' company, I had not thought there were others who were experiencing this influence, as well. Mayhap it does explain it...
[ Alphinaud... what the hell, you're super cute.
Which Dorothy does not say, because that will just derail this conversation, so she continues to ease the brush through his hair and begin to work it into sections. ]
Perhaps I can help clarify? I've got quite a lot of experience, after all.
Which Dorothy does not say, because that will just derail this conversation, so she continues to ease the brush through his hair and begin to work it into sections. ]
Perhaps I can help clarify? I've got quite a lot of experience, after all.
That comes as no surprise.
[ He slips out a short, good-natured chuckle; Dorothy just seems like the openly affectionate type, is all. ]
Nor would I turn down your guidance. As I've said, we have oft been together not long after our arrival here, but it has never been unwanted.
[ He slips out a short, good-natured chuckle; Dorothy just seems like the openly affectionate type, is all. ]
Nor would I turn down your guidance. As I've said, we have oft been together not long after our arrival here, but it has never been unwanted.
[ ... Thanks?
He pauses, briefly. Should he mention her? Well... ]
Do you... perchance, know Izumo?
He pauses, briefly. Should he mention her? Well... ]
Do you... perchance, know Izumo?
... Aye, she does fit that description.
[ She's a little stern. And stubborn. ]
[ She's a little stern. And stubborn. ]
[ oh, Dorothy, if only you knew.
Anyway. That does get him a bit flustered. ]
F— fast? It... was not entirely my intention, mind, but I suppose it oft is not for most.
Anyway. That does get him a bit flustered. ]
F— fast? It... was not entirely my intention, mind, but I suppose it oft is not for most.
[ He just. nods. be gentle!!! ]
Aye, 'tis true.
Aye, 'tis true.
Hm...
[ He'll have to think about that; meanwhile, he'll stay still for Dorothy. ]
I'll have to be honest with her, would I not? Though, there is the matter of–
[ Alphinaud gestures vaguely around them. ]
–our circumstances being, hopefully, only temporary.
[ He'll have to think about that; meanwhile, he'll stay still for Dorothy. ]
I'll have to be honest with her, would I not? Though, there is the matter of–
[ Alphinaud gestures vaguely around them. ]
–our circumstances being, hopefully, only temporary.
[ Sometime late in the night, Alphinaud finally returns to the room. Since Monday he's been careful enough to knock before entering—look, he'd rather not have a repeat of before!—but this time, too exhausted to think twice of it, he simply makes his way in.
And all he ends up doing is tiredly sitting at the edge of his own bed, hands wrapped around a cup of tea. Don't ask me what kind it is idk anything about tea. It's stress tea. ]
And all he ends up doing is tiredly sitting at the edge of his own bed, hands wrapped around a cup of tea. Don't ask me what kind it is idk anything about tea. It's stress tea. ]
[ Dorothy's likely half-asleep, but also she's been waiting for him to return. And there he is, clutching his tea.
She gives him maybe six seconds before she's walking over to sit beside him. ]
I was almost wondering if you were going to stay elsewhere.
She gives him maybe six seconds before she's walking over to sit beside him. ]
I was almost wondering if you were going to stay elsewhere.
[ boy howdy does it not ]
Quite... Mayhap I should not, then. It could only complicate matters down the line.
Quite... Mayhap I should not, then. It could only complicate matters down the line.
[ —Oh. ]
My apologies, Dorothy, I had not meant to wake you.
My apologies, Dorothy, I had not meant to wake you.
I...
[ He trails off, takes a sip, then exhales quietly. ]
I admit I am unhappy with how the day unfolded, but I am, at the very least, hale and whole.
[ He trails off, takes a sip, then exhales quietly. ]
I admit I am unhappy with how the day unfolded, but I am, at the very least, hale and whole.
[ haha yeah! That's been pretty neat to think about. ]
Quite. [ He scoffs. ] They have made fools of us on this day, and I... Would that I could have done more to prevent this.
Quite. [ He scoffs. ] They have made fools of us on this day, and I... Would that I could have done more to prevent this.
That is what I fear.
[ His head dips, and shoulders slump. ]
That another casualty may occur, and we fail to bring justice to those who have been lost to us.
[ His head dips, and shoulders slump. ]
That another casualty may occur, and we fail to bring justice to those who have been lost to us.
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