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crescentview2023-02-01 01:02 pm
yourlenore) wrote in crescentview2023-02-01 01:02 pm
Fall Catchall
Who: Mishka & friends
What: Bingo, Arco Lunar, misc.
When: Fall
Where: Out & About
Warnings: ???
stand up with my palms full of soil & rosary
bruised rosary
blooming rosary
maybe I just need to smoke more & stretch & eat frivolous things &
anyway
I’m working on it
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(Especially since Yuri intended to win him, and seemed a little put out that he didn't.) )
Is that why there are those who are awkward around you? ( Protecting interests of nobility... Yeah, sounds about right. ) Your position sounds more akin to the Scarlet Watch in my home. They were the law that protected the nobility, at the cost of their lives.
But, some countries away... there are knights. In stories passed on through merchants, they protect nature and the downtrodden. I imagine that is closer to your goal?
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[ So, of course they protected their own interests. It's a mark of how much better things have gotten that Flynn can sound matter-of-fact about it, without any of the old anger creeping back into his voice. He gives Mishka's observation a little nod as his expression softens. ]
You're right. Those with money could always hire the guilds for protection, and the nobles could rely on the knights to do the same. But I think a true knight serves all the people. Regardless of where they're from or how rich they are. That's why Yuri and I wanted to join the knights, when we were younger. We promised to make a world where everyone could smile.
[ ...And now he's talking about his best friend again while on a date. This isn't even the first time this has happened, but Flynn is at least conscientious enough to realize. ]
Ah, I'm sorry... I'm getting off track again.
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( Protecting their own interests; nobles protecting nobles, or would-be nobles protecting nobles... Selfishness is what he expects in Ostoya, but it's intriguing to hear the forms it takes elsewhere.
Still, Flynn's self-conscious remark earns a laugh out of him. It's a noble goal, and a pretty fantasy, and his and Yuri's apparent affection for one another is charming, in that youthful, boyish way. Oh, to be young and in love. )
Not at all; I enjoy it. So rarely do people speak of a brighter future where I'm from, at times one can forget it can at all exist.
( Maybe. Maybe sometimes. It's hard to believe it can, but maybe it can, for some people, in some distant lands, like a fairytale.
Perhaps, if Flynn is the knight, and Yuri is his partner (... in crime), then Mishka is the dragon who's stolen Flynn away (... for the day). )
You will have to tell him about what a wonderful time we've had together so far, besides; it's certain to make him jealous.
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[ Even from different worlds, there's a surprising amount in common. Which means that Flynn assumes things must be pretty dire where Mishka is from. Even at the toughest moments in the lower quarter, people still had enough spark to hope for better things for the future: clean water, or medicine, or enough of a windfall from something to buy fresh fruit. But there were places that had it much harder than his home.
Would prying about that also be off-track for what he should be doing as a date? Mishka derails him entirely before he can decide. Jealous? Yuri? He's struggling to picture it. ]
...I doubt that. But I'd be happy if it made him think a little more before he acts. Although I was planning on entering myself in the auction anyway. [ But Mishka might not have bid on whatever application Flynn wrote for himself... He shakes his head to dismiss the thought. ] But I will tell him you were an excellent date, if he asks. I've enjoyed your company.
[ And, reminded, he pats the bed beside him in invitation. In perfect innocence: ] Did you want to try those massages? I don't have any practice, but I'm not bad with my hands.