[ help we did have one on my account but we didn't really use it yet so moves over here and plants a flag
anyway, someone is looking very ishkia today, and because fidelio does not actually think of them as birds, he doesn't immediately make the connection that that's where the sound came from. he glances around for a second to see if there's an actual bird that got in here somehow, finds nothing, and eventually ends up looking back at taair like ...? ]
Er...
anyway, someone is looking very ishkia today, and because fidelio does not actually think of them as birds, he doesn't immediately make the connection that that's where the sound came from. he glances around for a second to see if there's an actual bird that got in here somehow, finds nothing, and eventually ends up looking back at taair like ...? ]
Er...
[ well. after that return, fidelio will be at the hospital, naturally, and he is not going to fucking leave for a good long while.
he does at least go stand outside the door to the room at some point, though — leaving it cracked open just enough to see in his peripheral vision if anything happens that he needs to run back in for. ]
he does at least go stand outside the door to the room at some point, though — leaving it cracked open just enough to see in his peripheral vision if anything happens that he needs to run back in for. ]
[ what a sunday indeed. fidelio is once again just coming on in without knocking or announcing himself and taking a seat by the bed. he'll hold out a wrapped cookie. ]
One of them herb biscuits Eupha made. [ he might have smuggled away some extras after curfew before he knew what they actually were. ] Probably the most appropriate time to eat one, if you want it.
One of them herb biscuits Eupha made. [ he might have smuggled away some extras after curfew before he knew what they actually were. ] Probably the most appropriate time to eat one, if you want it.
[ it's funny. the lives they've lived are about as far apart as they could possibly be. one locked up inside for his protection, one locked out and struggling to survive. one desperately lonely, one part of an inseparable duo. one who loves the world and dreams of experiencing it for himself, one who once hated it enough to want to burn it all down.
...but for all those differences, they came to the same end. pushing a precious person they trusted to make a better world out of harm's way and taking the fatal blow for them with no regrets about it.
on paper, taair is the sort of sheltered royal fidelio has always hated, safe and comfortable in their ivory tower while the common people are dying in the street. someone with experiences worlds apart from his own that he could never hope to relate to. but he isn't. he doesn't hide from the truth or cherry pick which parts of it to reveal; he wants to learn it and share it with all its ugly imperfections. he's optimistic without being naive about the way the world works. he's one of the kindest and most sincere people he's ever met — the kind who would make the world a better place by helping anybody in need. ]
...That fella weren't wrong, you know. You really are pretty amazing, though the book's hardly got anything to do with it.
...but for all those differences, they came to the same end. pushing a precious person they trusted to make a better world out of harm's way and taking the fatal blow for them with no regrets about it.
on paper, taair is the sort of sheltered royal fidelio has always hated, safe and comfortable in their ivory tower while the common people are dying in the street. someone with experiences worlds apart from his own that he could never hope to relate to. but he isn't. he doesn't hide from the truth or cherry pick which parts of it to reveal; he wants to learn it and share it with all its ugly imperfections. he's optimistic without being naive about the way the world works. he's one of the kindest and most sincere people he's ever met — the kind who would make the world a better place by helping anybody in need. ]
...That fella weren't wrong, you know. You really are pretty amazing, though the book's hardly got anything to do with it.
That's... an optimistic way of lookin' at it.
[ there's a little bit of trepidation and dread souring the otherwise happy and warm feelings as he looks at the surroundings with markedly less delight. (even if he doesn't actually hate the aesthetic.) ]
Definitely does seem like somethin' out of a fairy tale, this place.
[ there's a little bit of trepidation and dread souring the otherwise happy and warm feelings as he looks at the surroundings with markedly less delight. (even if he doesn't actually hate the aesthetic.) ]
Definitely does seem like somethin' out of a fairy tale, this place.
[ sometime after the chipper drama and the fucking EGGS and the skeletons getting secondhand embarrassment watching them, they are back at the freshly cleaned (even though it LITERALLY JUST STARTED EXISTING ONE DAY AGO AND SHOULDN'T HAVE NEEDED THAT MUCH OF A DEEP CLEANING YET) tavern.
fidelio brings a couple of drinks over from the bar, sighing loudly as he sets them down on the table. god. ]
fidelio brings a couple of drinks over from the bar, sighing loudly as he sets them down on the table. god. ]
[ from here, so long suckers!!! ]
Better this than the baldness that's apparently goin' around, anyway.
[ blessedly he does NOT get cursed with baldness immediately upon saying that.
a glance over to the wine bottle... ]
Well. [ clears throat while the emotions are still like AAAAA WHAT AM I DOING ] You want some of that wine as long as we're here?
Better this than the baldness that's apparently goin' around, anyway.
[ blessedly he does NOT get cursed with baldness immediately upon saying that.
a glance over to the wine bottle... ]
Well. [ clears throat while the emotions are still like AAAAA WHAT AM I DOING ] You want some of that wine as long as we're here?
[ he's probably taken a lot of painkillers by this point so the main vibe is just Tired, though the guilt and worry are still there. his emotions do seem to brighten up a little when taair pokes his head in, though. ]
Hey.
[ sitting up with his chest bandaged to fuck, probably. now that the blood's been cleaned off, the chunk out of his ear and the jagged mark around his neck actually seem to be more like old scars, in contrast to the fresh gunshot wounds. ]
Hey.
[ sitting up with his chest bandaged to fuck, probably. now that the blood's been cleaned off, the chunk out of his ear and the jagged mark around his neck actually seem to be more like old scars, in contrast to the fresh gunshot wounds. ]
[ ah...
well. unfortunately he's not going to be climbing up there himself with his foot like this, so he'll just... kind of sit in the window and look up. ]
Hey.
[ more softly than usual, so he's not alerting the whole floor. his own emotions aren't so vivid right now, just... quietly tired and sad. ]
...I know you didn't really want to be right about that.
well. unfortunately he's not going to be climbing up there himself with his foot like this, so he'll just... kind of sit in the window and look up. ]
Hey.
[ more softly than usual, so he's not alerting the whole floor. his own emotions aren't so vivid right now, just... quietly tired and sad. ]
...I know you didn't really want to be right about that.
[ fidelio is still dressed pretty boring in comparison, but at least it's a slightly nicer sweater than what he was wearing over the weekend.
and no, he is not prepared for the weather, because he didn't really think you were supposed to need an umbrella in heaven... even though he really should have expected it since this heaven is a disappointment in so many ways already. so neither taair nor his umbrella is unwelcome.
(his cheeks are a little pink too now that they're sharing this little space, though he's not going to acknowledge it.) ]
Yeah, it has. Probably not the strangest, but. Up there.
[ the fifty people getting their asses kicked in the dungeon last monday probably has it beat, even if all he has to go on for that is hearsay. then again, the day is young. ]
and no, he is not prepared for the weather, because he didn't really think you were supposed to need an umbrella in heaven... even though he really should have expected it since this heaven is a disappointment in so many ways already. so neither taair nor his umbrella is unwelcome.
(his cheeks are a little pink too now that they're sharing this little space, though he's not going to acknowledge it.) ]
Yeah, it has. Probably not the strangest, but. Up there.
[ the fifty people getting their asses kicked in the dungeon last monday probably has it beat, even if all he has to go on for that is hearsay. then again, the day is young. ]
[ fidelio is simultaneously thinking this is the most boring paragraph to get that excited over and interested enough to read the thought all the way through himself.
...huh. sounds nice, but also a little like something louis would have supported, if he thinks about it. a place for everyone to study and grow more powerful, regardless of tribe or class... but only if you have this special inclination. he wonders what happens to the children who don't.
not that it really matters in this version of the place, he supposes, when there aren't any kids here anyway, magically inclined or otherwise.
putting that aside, he quietly comes up behind taair. ]
...Am I interrupting somethin' here?
...huh. sounds nice, but also a little like something louis would have supported, if he thinks about it. a place for everyone to study and grow more powerful, regardless of tribe or class... but only if you have this special inclination. he wonders what happens to the children who don't.
not that it really matters in this version of the place, he supposes, when there aren't any kids here anyway, magically inclined or otherwise.
putting that aside, he quietly comes up behind taair. ]
...Am I interrupting somethin' here?
[ hanging out at the tavern during this text thread because it's prime thoughtshare material
he's just scrolling down to this exchange and then turning slightly pink as his thoughts go 'cause they already got it out of me... ]
he's just scrolling down to this exchange and then turning slightly pink as his thoughts go 'cause they already got it out of me... ]
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