[ Yeah rooftop is fun and fine. Once was enough, though maybe here and there Estinien will have to just blast one and Jiuqing just gets some nondescript and vague memory pieces, like snowscapes of Ishgard, of the slightly-bitter yet warm taste of Coerthan tea, of flying dragons and roaring maws -- little things.
I'm of half a mind to avoid people for the rest of the week.
[imagine if they get stuck with memshares during trials.
anyway, she likewise has to get rid of a bubble - estinien will get snippets of her daily life growing up as the daughter of a noble family in daxing which is really just ancient fantasy china, snippets of her training as a doctor, and snippets of her setting up and treating patients in her clinic. all the stuff canon says happened that they don't actually show us.
she busies herself with preparing the tea. the peppermint is freshly harvested from the greenhouse, and gives a nice, minty scent.]
[ Fondly remembers blasting everyone with a memshare FOR my trial in seasons.
For whatever reason, it's kind of nice in a really funny, not-so-nice way that they're both just batting away memories of their past together. At least they're not alone in not caring to have everything they were and what they lived through being put on blast for all to see.
Estinien puts down a bag of biscuits and cookies or whatever on top of whatever might count as a table for tea. It's not great presentation but it is presentation. He just takes in the scent of peppermint in the air... ]
The taste is... a little more subtle than the smell.
[it's not quite as sharp. but the tea is fresh and flavorful, as he'll soon find out when she pours him a cup.]
...let me know how you like it. I'm growing a few new plants that can be used for tea this week, as well, so... this time next week, I should be able to blend a tea from several ingredients if you'd like.
[ He says so mildly, as he takes a sip. It's not too bad. He doesn't have strong tea opinions, but he thinks he likes this more than sweeter or fruitier varieties. ]
It's fine. [ Long pause. ] Palatable.
I am not picky when it comes to these things.
[ You don't have to do cool tea blends for this nutjob. ]
I just simply didn't want to make it sound as if I didn't.
[ He's like, self-aware enough to know that he can come off that way. It's just a matter of whether he cares or not, and he might care a little bit here. ]
Nobles and their politics, I take it? I understand the feeling. I never cared enough to be remotely involved in their nonsense -- veiled words and manipulations.
The world would be much simpler if people spoke plainly, wouldn't it.
I think... wherever there are large groups of people, war - or at least some sort of fighting - is an inevitability. Or, at least... that's what it seems like, from what I've seen.
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I've been missing for a month now. If they sent word to my mother, she must be terribly worried...
[unless we were told time stopped outside of the prism somewhere but if we were i don't recall seeing it]
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Freedom... on the rooftop. ]
To think there'll be several more days of this.
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[imagine if they get stuck with memshares during trials.
anyway, she likewise has to get rid of a bubble - estinien will get snippets of her daily life growing up as the daughter of a noble family in daxing which is really just ancient fantasy china, snippets of her training as a doctor, and snippets of her setting up and treating patients in her clinic. all the stuff canon says happened that they don't actually show us.
she busies herself with preparing the tea. the peppermint is freshly harvested from the greenhouse, and gives a nice, minty scent.]
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[ Fondly remembers blasting everyone with a memshare FOR my trial in seasons.
For whatever reason, it's kind of nice in a really funny, not-so-nice way that they're both just batting away memories of their past together. At least they're not alone in not caring to have everything they were and what they lived through being put on blast for all to see.
Estinien puts down a bag of biscuits and cookies or whatever on top of whatever might count as a table for tea. It's not great presentation but it is presentation. He just takes in the scent of peppermint in the air... ]
Sharp tastes.
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[it's not quite as sharp. but the tea is fresh and flavorful, as he'll soon find out when she pours him a cup.]
...let me know how you like it. I'm growing a few new plants that can be used for tea this week, as well, so... this time next week, I should be able to blend a tea from several ingredients if you'd like.
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[ He says so mildly, as he takes a sip. It's not too bad. He doesn't have strong tea opinions, but he thinks he likes this more than sweeter or fruitier varieties. ]
It's fine. [ Long pause. ] Palatable.
I am not picky when it comes to these things.
[ You don't have to do cool tea blends for this nutjob. ]
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Well, if you're sure...
[she won't insist. it's simpler not to blend them up, even if she's perfectly capable of blending things because she blends medicines all the time.]
I'm glad it's, ah... palatable.
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What would Aymeric say... (WWAS...) ]
It's good.
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...you don't have to force yourself to say that. Just enjoying it is fine.
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[ He's like, self-aware enough to know that he can come off that way. It's just a matter of whether he cares or not, and he might care a little bit here. ]
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[jiuqing kind of figures he'd just set the cup down and Not Drink if it was something he didn't enjoy.]
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Alright, you have me there.
[ Fair enough. If he hated it he really would just ignore it and leave it there. ]
You really are just that polite, aren't you?
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"Just that polite"...?
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[ Couldn't be him. How do people like you stay nice? ]
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It's not that I don't have any bitterness in me at all. But... you didn't do anything to me. Why should I be snide to you?
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You would be surprised at how many people like to be rude just for the hells of it. Many nobles... much of the Heavens' Ward. Myself.
[ That's about as close to a joke as he gets. But also tbf, Estinien is rude. He has been ruder, but he is default kind of rude. ]
It feels like kindness and patience are more a rarity than a default.
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[she hasn't really done anything to warrant him being rude to her, either.]
...but, you aren't wrong. There are many people in Daxing who are... [her voice trails off.] Thoroughly unpleasant.
I'll play their games with them when I have to, to defend myself, but truthfully... I don't want to be anything like them at all.
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Nobles and their politics, I take it? I understand the feeling. I never cared enough to be remotely involved in their nonsense -- veiled words and manipulations.
The world would be much simpler if people spoke plainly, wouldn't it.
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[and also if people :/ stopped doing shady shit :/ like murdering her mother and then plotting to murder her :/ ]
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What do you do now, actually?
[ He realised he doesn't know. ]
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Active duty?
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...we were in the middle of a war. The other country's army was going to attack the city we were defending... by now, the battle has already finished.
I just hope the soldiers are alright...
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Hopefully, you'll return soon.
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[...]
I've been missing for a month now. If they sent word to my mother, she must be terribly worried...
[unless we were told time stopped outside of the prism somewhere but if we were i don't recall seeing it]
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DO you think it's possible at all? For there to be a world without war at all?
And do you think it would be a happy place?
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