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2023-06-09 06:09 pm (UTC)(link)
It's come to my attention that I'm now older than you were when we first met.
Edited 2023-06-09 18:10 (UTC)
I'd been meaning to ask if that was a new gray this morning, but I got busy and forgot.
If there was ever a gray hair, none of you would know, I would pluck it before any eyes fell on it.
You're absolutely ridiculous.
But I'm afraid that sounds far too much like experience to be a coincidence, so you've had gray hair before after all.
But I'm afraid that sounds far too much like experience to be a coincidence, so you've had gray hair before after all.
I have no idea what you're talking about. My hair is luxurious and very young.
Very young?
Did it come from someone else's head then?
Did it come from someone else's head then?
We'll see what you say when you're over 30.
[ And Jayce will be over 40 at that point. Help him. ]
[ And Jayce will be over 40 at that point. Help him. ]
Only if you'll remind me to ask you how it feels to be the same age as my parents then.
[Feels good to be back to normal banter, doesn't it?]
[Feels good to be back to normal banter, doesn't it?]
You can't hear the horrified gasp I just made, but know that it happened.
In that case, is it a bad time to remind you that you're almost as old as my parents were when we met?
You can't hear the laugh I just gave, but know that it happened.
[Unless he's home, and then maybe he could have. Dun dun dun....]
[Unless he's home, and then maybe he could have. Dun dun dun....]
[ He's not, he's at the forge. ]
We need to get you a job.
We need to get you a job.
[Good, that means she's safe from retaliation. The perfect crime.]
I think you might be right about that.
I think you might be right about that.
[ The worst sister. ]
Any thoughts about what you want to do?
Any thoughts about what you want to do?
[Truly awful. The worst.]
Something useful, but nothing involving the military. Or government.
Something useful, but nothing involving the military. Or government.
I'm thinking maybe Steve Rogers or Sam Wilson could give ideas. They're both former military who refused to work for it here, so I'm not sure what they've chosen to do instead, but they're the type to still keep busy.
[ Steve was 'speech man' in the Pit. ]
[ Steve was 'speech man' in the Pit. ]
I suppose it would make sense to see what other people do with their time, but if they're already doing it I'm not sure I'd be needed for it then.
I know I want to learn magic, like you have. I want to be able to help people.
I know I want to learn magic, like you have. I want to be able to help people.
You could take a page out of our book and go to the university. Pick some topics, see where it leads.
Me.
Go back to school...
I'd never considered it before, but I don't suppose there's a reason why I shouldn't.
Go back to school...
I'd never considered it before, but I don't suppose there's a reason why I shouldn't.
There's no harm in it, and it would give you a better idea of what this world itself is made of. It's not exactly like our world so there are differences to learn about.
[Much as he did back in December, Viktor gets up early and disappears to work long before Jayce awakens, leaving an obviously pre-meditated box and letter waiting for him on the kitchen table. As if there's any question about who it might be from, the name Jayce is written on the envelope in Viktor's familiar, hurried script.
The content, at least, is much more pleasant than the last letter he had to write.]
Jayce,
There is nothing I can write here that hasn't already been said. Thank you for this past year, and for everything you've done to make our future together possible. I can't wait to share it with you.
Yours always,
Viktor
[Inside the box is, predictably, the ring that he promised. Viktor has done his best to make them match, more or less, though Jayce's is appropriately gold and the design of the gears has more of his own signature on it. He's taken a few artistic liberties, not content to just duplicate Jayce's design, and of course he's enchanted it accordingly, the bands and gears moving of their own accord.
It has a protection spell too, of course, enhanced with his own blood--not that he's going to make any of that known.
And then, within the box, a small, additional scrap of paper.]
P.S. I spoke to the owner of our workshop building. He's looking to sell.
The content, at least, is much more pleasant than the last letter he had to write.]
Jayce,
There is nothing I can write here that hasn't already been said. Thank you for this past year, and for everything you've done to make our future together possible. I can't wait to share it with you.
Yours always,
Viktor
[Inside the box is, predictably, the ring that he promised. Viktor has done his best to make them match, more or less, though Jayce's is appropriately gold and the design of the gears has more of his own signature on it. He's taken a few artistic liberties, not content to just duplicate Jayce's design, and of course he's enchanted it accordingly, the bands and gears moving of their own accord.
It has a protection spell too, of course, enhanced with his own blood--not that he's going to make any of that known.
And then, within the box, a small, additional scrap of paper.]
P.S. I spoke to the owner of our workshop building. He's looking to sell.
Edited 2023-06-15 17:54 (UTC)
Obviously I'll need to think about it, but I think you might be onto something.
There's no reason you have to take the exact same path here. It's not like you really had that many options.
[ She was rich, yes, but confined by her role and power, and then she became an enforcer as a rebellion but out of a need to help. It still didn't mean she had the whole world at her feet, all the possible jobs and topics out in front of her. That option is here. ]
[ She was rich, yes, but confined by her role and power, and then she became an enforcer as a rebellion but out of a need to help. It still didn't mean she had the whole world at her feet, all the possible jobs and topics out in front of her. That option is here. ]
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