vrdantwind: (If I'm right here with you)
Claude von Riegan ([personal profile] vrdantwind) wrote2020-12-14 02:58 am

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"Hey, this is Claude! Pretty sure I'm doing this correctly. You can leave me a message here, and I'll get to it as soon as I can. Talk to you soon~."
fingersandteeth: (earnest)

[personal profile] fingersandteeth 2021-01-09 06:55 am (UTC)(link)
If it were the second, do you think I'd admit it?

But no, I just have some friends who are really good people.
fingersandteeth: (pleased)

[personal profile] fingersandteeth 2021-01-09 08:00 am (UTC)(link)
I might.

Well, there's Scorpia. She's such a sweetheart. And my other employee, Chloe, is a real good kid too. And I'm friends with Armin and Shiro. They're both good people. Carly's also got a good heart. And so does little Kiri, the bird girl. And back home there was my sister, Charley, and Polly who rescued me once and Polly's girlfriend Petra.
woofdad: nobody could imagine you actually are a werewolf (see the trick is to be so obvious)

[personal profile] woofdad 2021-01-09 10:45 pm (UTC)(link)
Okay, well, there's your problem: NEVER call yourself an old anything in front of an eleven year old. Especially not in an idiom! I can only imagine their face, I don't know if they've ever heard a person say that out loud before.
woofdad: nice (Default)

[personal profile] woofdad 2021-01-10 10:11 pm (UTC)(link)
[Sorry not sorry, Claude, this is still incredibly funny.]

See, accepting it is one thing, agreeing is another.

As far as I can tell, you're doing pretty good, actually. The fact that they said something like that to your face but haven't shown any signs of being scared of you since then means they must be pretty comfortable with you.
gautsome: (so no head?)

[personal profile] gautsome 2021-01-10 10:34 pm (UTC)(link)
You say that, but you'd be wrong. I've had to command my own men -- Gautier men -- over the last five years. My father might give the order to defend the border, but at the end of the day, it's me in the thick of it telling them to charge forward or retreat, to make a pincer or do something else.

It's not quite the diplomacy that you are referencing, but don't count me out as having to not worry about it.

[personal profile] rollstoseduce 2021-01-11 01:50 am (UTC)(link)
[The reply takes a while to arrive, Jaskier is a little busy cursing and freaking out. Damn you, Claude, for being so observant.]

Yes, that's what it means, that's why I was sharing it with you and followed it with the winking face. I believe it does apply to us. But let's concentrate on the important part, shall we, because I'm feeling rather vexed at the moment.

First of all, thank you so much for making me feel so old, how very courteous of you.

And second, we're not like that.


[And yep, that's where he leaves it. Which anyone that knows Jaskier can see it's not as wordy as it should be for him, especially when he's in indignant mode.]
fingersandteeth: (smile)

[personal profile] fingersandteeth 2021-01-11 06:07 pm (UTC)(link)
Is your Petra a Canadian immigrant studying law and practicing the sword? Because that's my Petra.

[personal profile] rollstoseduce 2021-01-12 01:15 am (UTC)(link)
I'm a lover of sweet delicacies myself, but I do not think I could live on cake! Variety is indeed the spice of life. And these chocolates have plenty of it! What do you think a "sriracha chocolate bar" is like? Here is another one that says "ramen noodle bar"! I don't understand what half of these labels are trying to tell me.

[personal profile] rollstoseduce 2021-01-12 02:19 am (UTC)(link)
[Those are some amazing compliments, and usually Jaskier would be basking in them, probably even asking for more. But the soothing of his feathers is ineffective when it's followed by ruffling them again - he wants to deny there have been advances at all and that he feels like that for, you know, the man that changed his fucking life...

But Mr. Strategist is two steps ahead in the game, catching Jaskier by using a trap made with his own words. Bollocks.]


You told me I've never said a word about being more than friends with him, and I explained why: because we are not. He's just my best friend and muse. And above anything else, what I've got the most interest in is not to lose that friendship. Is it too much to ask you to simply accept that as my answer?

[personal profile] rollstoseduce 2021-01-12 04:26 pm (UTC)(link)
[More wait between replies. Claude better get used to the idea that Jaskier will ignore half of the things he says and won't be replying as quickly as usual today, because he's hitting his emotions in all the right places. To be honest, he would be having more success getting information out of Jaskier if they were face to face - the panicking and the flailing wouldn't let him control his words. But through text? He has time to think and plan what he's going to say accordingly.

(It's not necessarily working well for him, but hey, let him have the illusion of having at least some control of this situation.)]


Why does it matter? Are you asking because of what happened during our meeting? Was your flirting not merely jesting after all? You don't need my permission - we have a casual agreement, and Geralt does casual as well. He isn't interested in me if that's what is stopping you. Go for it.

[It makes is stomach turn, to write such a thing. Which is new, because he usually doesn't care if Geralt has flings - in Yennefer's case, he dislikes her for who she is and how her meetings with the witcher usually end up. He supposes handing a lover he's rather fond of to the witcher is what making things extra awkward... or simply writing he isn't interested in me is what hurts the most.]
fingersandteeth: (smile)

[personal profile] fingersandteeth 2021-01-13 01:14 am (UTC)(link)
Yeah, my Petra's no princess. I'm fairly sure they aren't.
gautsome: (bitch disgusting)

[personal profile] gautsome 2021-01-13 01:56 am (UTC)(link)
I think you're just making a mountain out of a molehill. Everybody has massive decisions to make. And hell, maybe it's worse just being in charge of a battalion. Think about it -- our decisions are going to weigh on you in the end. If we make a bad call, it goes back to Dimitri, who made a bad call as well by putting me in that role.

I think it's apples to oranges in the end, but there are some similarities. And there is a lot of weight that comes with any position like that.

But I'm not offended. Mostly.

[personal profile] rollstoseduce 2021-01-14 09:13 pm (UTC)(link)
Experimenting and trying new things is my bread and butter, but you're correct, my dear new friend! I sadly don't have the coin to try them all just yet. How about we each choose one? I shall go for mint, because that's a name I recognize, so my curiosity has been piqued! What could come out from the combination of a pair of such opposite flavors~? Tell me your choice and I shall report the results of this experiment later!

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