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KING

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CHARACTER NAME

DIMITRI ALEXANDRE BLAIDDYD

CIVILIAN NAME

TRISTAN VON LOOG

TEAM

BRIMSTONE

HOUSING NUMBER

19

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Comments

text, @NIGHTFALL

[yuwon]

How's your stomach?

[ his is awful, thanks for asking... ]

[boarbie]

My friend blocked me after I delivered him the take-away food from the restaurant.

I'm not feeling well, if it's any consolation. Though I'm glad you're alive.

[yuwon]

You saved it for a friend?

[ ... ] I'm surprised you can still call yourself their friend.

Thanks, but with the way you were scarfing it down, I figured you wouldn't have any issues.

[boarbie]

If I have to suffer, so does he.

I'm a mortal, in the end. Unfortunately I can't just weather everything.

[yuwon]

I'll remember not to eat what you give me.

Yeah, well, I definitely can't leave base like this. I wonder if the doctor on base has stomach medicine.

[boarbie]

It'll be odd if they didn't.

You've been here longer than I have; I imagine eating strange things is normal in the course of life around the base.

[yuwon]

... Are they required to?

I wouldn't say it's normal. At least we don't eat it down to the last drop like we did. Besides, you do know we have decent food around too, don't you? [ maybe not at base, but within the city itself. ]

[boarbie]

You can't fight if your major concern is the toilet.

Anyway, I care very little about food to begin with. I'll trust your judgement.

delivery! ( backdated to before transylvania )

[photosympathies]

( Outside of Dimitri's room there is a suspicious pink box. Inside the box are six perfectly shaped donuts, pink frosting and sprinkles on top. There's a note too, a crookedly written don't eat all six at once! a dr told me that's bad. Who they're from is a mystery, simply because Sylvain said so. )

because of regardless of when you get to this, it HAS to be today

[laidtocrest]

[A dagger, in a sturdy sheath. It's not remarkable- okay, it's kind of nice- it's very blue-and-silver with nice engravings on the sheath. Not too fancy, not too plain. Decently sturdy.

It's in a shoebox, wrapped in brown paper (very plain) and left shoved against Dimitri's door like it's no big deal.]

12/24 backdated

[boarbie]

[ nani????

so. the response took a while. in fact, sylvain could be forgiven in thinking that maybe his king hasn't even gotten the dagger at all. maybe someone swiped it, somehow. they meet at the gym, the common areas, whatever, the dagger isn't brought up. when they meet, dimitri is awkward, but otherwise acts appropriately polite. too polite. too much of the nobility in him which prevents him from being, as he would think it, too rude to question motive and intent.

he gets back to him eventually. a full week of mulling things over, briefly considering alternatives, and finally, he lands on this question: ]

Do you have a favour that you wish for the king to grant, Sir Gautier? Bear in mind that my wealth and ability to do so is limited, but I will do my best.

[laidtocrest]

[Now, he'd wondered if Dimitri had gotten the dagger, and then Sylvain decided it didn't matter. Dimitri's acting polite, but that's nothing new. They hang around a lot of eccentric personalities, so maybe one of them had gotten to him? Sooner or later, Dimitri will fess up as to what's going on, and sooner or later he can give him advice, and life goes on.

All of this to say that Sir Gautier was fucking unprepared for this message.]

uh

[Eloquent.]

if you're calling yourself The King that's how I know it's serious, something up, Dimitri?

[boarbie]

You sent a proposition to me, and I'm considering it. Isn't that how this goes?

We are not above such customs. I am granting you my audience. What is it you want from me?

[ because sylvain wouldn't just give a dagger to him without wanting something in return. wouldn't he? ]

[laidtocrest]

[.................]

ooohhhhhh

[Okay. Alright. He thinks he's got it. He thinks he's figured it out.]

I got two tickets to this one movie I think you'd like wanna come with?

[He doesn't have tickets but he can get tickets really quickly.]

[boarbie]

... a movie.

[ pause. ]

You want to watch a movie with me.

[ is this the price of a dagger nowadays? a movie date? ]

[laidtocrest]

gotta start somewhere? if I go with any big demands I'll just drive you off and we both could use a break

[boarbie]

You have already opened by giving me a dagger. There is no room for 'starting somewhere'.

What I want to know is ... what do you want from me? Make your big demand. You have my attention, Sir Gautier.

backdated to 12/24.

[yuwon]

[ opposite to dimitri's oddly... heartfelt gift, yuwon simply leaves assorted holiday desserts at his door— reindeer shaped macaroons, fruit cake, and even decorating icing cookies all in a decent sized bag placed at the foot of his door.

there's just a simple note that says: ]

Eat this with your friend. This shouldn't kill him. - Yuwon

[ goodwill deserves goodwill, even if ...

actually he still isn't sure if the embroidery was that, or a poor insult to him. ]

[boarbie]

I fear there's been a misunderstanding. I do not wish to kill Sylvain, though I have definitely spent many times in my childhood wishing I could wring his neck.

I appreciate the gift, however. I will make sure to share with him.

[yuwon]

That's not really selling your point.

But, sure. I figure it's at least better than the soup we had.

[boarbie]

How was I supposed to know you couldn't handle such things? You needn't have eaten as much as you have.

[yuwon]

I think it was pretty clear it wasn't made for human consumption.

It must have been pretty bad if it affected me.

[boarbie]

I am hurt. I assure you, I am more human than I look.

Are you normally not affected by such things? A part of your ability?

[yuwon]

So you say, but you actually look more human than most guys I know. So it looks like it's just your stomach that's the outlier.

You could say that. Usually if your stats are high enough, most thinks don't tend to affect you.

Are you suddenly curious about me?

[boarbie]

What are stats? That's a funny way of saying it ... Sylvain would tell you I'm awful at taking care of myself. He knows well.

And yes, I can be curious about my friends. We've never really had the time to get to know each other intimately.