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Dec. 14th, 2020 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~."

Date: 2020-12-15 09:21 am (UTC)
bestswordmaster: (postskip frown)
From: [personal profile] bestswordmaster
...okay, not that bad. But close.

[Felix folds his arms and leans against whatever convenient piece of furniture is near where Claude sits, eyes hard.]

Yes, he treats Sylvain terribly. You heard what happened with his brother; that was their father's fault, too. A lot of nobles are obsessed with Crests and arranging 'good' marriages for their kids to get more Crested blood into the family, but the Gautiers take it to a horrific extreme. Sylvain has a Crest, obviously. Miklan didn't.

...my father had plenty of his own problems, but at least he never treated me like a commodity because of my Major Crest.

Date: 2020-12-15 10:11 am (UTC)
bestswordmaster: (postskip contemplative)
From: [personal profile] bestswordmaster
Hmph. You wouldn't believe how many ridiculous marriage proposals he received for me. I told him if he ever tried to force me into a marriage, I'd just go become a mercenary and let him deal with it. ...he didn't, though.

[He shakes his head.] It wasn't just that for Sylvain. I'm sure you know the Gautiers guard the border with Sreng. They expected him to defend the border because he wielded the Lance of Ruin. Even while we were busy defending the eastern Kingdom from the Empire. He didn't want to. They made him do it anyway.

[Felix tilts his head, finally looking at Claude instead of in his general direction.] Huh. I didn't know you grew up outside Fodlan. Though I guess it makes sense. If nobody cared about your Crest, what was out of your control?

[And now that he's looking...he abruptly notices how Claude's tousled curls tumble into his face and give him a...wilder look than usual. Felix's eyes widen slightly and he swallows and his hands itch to...run his fingers through Claude's hair. That's...weird. That's weird, isn't it? It just looks...ugh, it looks really good. Dammit. His fingers tighten on his crossed arms just a little.]
Edited Date: 2020-12-15 10:14 am (UTC)

Date: 2020-12-15 10:40 am (UTC)
bestswordmaster: (postskip frown)
From: [personal profile] bestswordmaster
[Felix tears his eyes away from Claude's hair to pay attention.] It's important, but half the reason the border needs defending is because our fathers invaded them first and annexed a large portion of land. They pushed the border back.

As for the margrave, he was putting on a show. [His lip curls in disgust.] Showing off his Crested son with a fearsome relic, fighting off the Kingdom's enemies. Making sure everyone knew how important and powerful House Gautier is. It's sickening. Putting Sylvain's life in danger for nothing but his own ego...unforgivable.

Hmph. The return of the Mystery Man, I see. But no, Fodlan's foreign relations are laughable at best. So I can see how that would have been difficult. That's the one good thing about Sylvain inheriting the margravate someday. He wants to make peace with Sreng.

Date: 2020-12-15 11:03 am (UTC)
bestswordmaster: (postskip contemplative)
From: [personal profile] bestswordmaster
I never said I didn't pay attention to politics. I'm the Fraldarius heir. I have to. I just loathe them.

[Felix shrugs.] Fair enough. I don't really care, it just makes you harder to talk to when you deliberately act like some enigma instead of a person. It's not just the secrets, it's the way you talk.

[He nods.] Dimitri's always wanted peace too. And he has every intention of giving Sreng and Duscur back their land when he officially takes the throne. ...he'll be a good king as long as he has advisors he can trust. The people already love him. They always have. He just has to open his eyes and accept that.

Date: 2020-12-15 11:50 am (UTC)
bestswordmaster: (postskip smirk)
From: [personal profile] bestswordmaster
Pff. I'm still paying attention to you, aren't I? [He smirks.]

And yes, extra annoying. You get weird and coy, like you want people to ask you what you're hiding just so you can not answer them. I don't get it.

[He blinks then, scowling slightly.] Shut up. If anyone deserves mockery for thinking they're more important than they are, it's you, with all your showing off in battle. You're a skilled archer, but you make things more difficult for yourself with your unnecessary flashy nonsense.

Date: 2020-12-15 12:29 pm (UTC)
bestswordmaster: (postskip concerned)
From: [personal profile] bestswordmaster
[Please Goddess let Felix not be blushing right now at that wink...sadly, the Goddess isn't in this world, and he is blushing. Just a little.

But he frowns thoughtfully as Claude goes on.]
Sometimes you're a lot like Sylvain. I hate the way he pretends to be someone he isn't. [Although he does sort of like that he's one of the few who know the real Sylvain. Still, it's awful for Sylvain's self-esteem, and Felix suddenly wants to punch Margrave Gautier in the face all over again.] It never made any sense to me. I always had to fight to get people to see me as myself.

[He gives Claude a confused look.] Why would you hope that? I don't want to be some...fanciful legend. I doubt Kyphon and the others were anything like the way the stories paint them. And I don't want people thinking they know me from some fairy tale when they have no idea who I really am.

[He tilts his head again, studying Claude.] Huh. I wouldn't have guessed that was your reason. It's inefficient in a real fight, a waste of energy. But as a personal challenge, I can see why you'd do it. We've never sparred together, have we? I bet I could learn a lot from you.

Date: 2020-12-15 01:21 pm (UTC)
bestswordmaster: (postskip smirk)
From: [personal profile] bestswordmaster
Tch. Another symptom of the glorification of king and country--everyone else becomes the enemy even when there is no war. Senseless.

{Felix shrugs.] I don't have that kind of big picture vision. I can tell Dimitri when he's being foolish and how to improve an idea and when he needs to stop being so damn nice, but other than that there's not much of a place for someone like me in peacetime. Certainly not for so-called 'glorious accomplishments.'

[Oh...Claude is being ridiculously attractive again. Felix can't keep his gaze from following Claude's hand through his hair, watching soft curls fall from his fingers with a will of their own...his ears are definitely burning now. He'd be grateful that he left his hair down to cover them, but his face is the same color, and those keen eyes of Claude's see everything. ...maybe he'll have some mercy. But Felix doubts it.

It takes him a few seconds to tune back in to whatever Claude is saying.]
Do you think about everything this much? It gives me a headache just trying to follow all of that. Obviously I get feinting and predicting your opponent, leading them to do something rash or stupid, but you overthink it to the point of absurdity.

[He scoffs.] Beating you that way isn't worth my time. You fight your best and I'll fight mine. Bring your bow. I'll still beat you into the dirt.

Date: 2020-12-15 02:05 pm (UTC)
bestswordmaster: (blush)
From: [personal profile] bestswordmaster
Between incursions into Sreng, increasing bandit activity, and active rebellions, the Kingdom hasn't been at peace since before Dimitri's father was king. We're fighting to change all of that. And you don't have any idea what I 'always have been.' I wasn't raised to be Duke Fraldarius. My brother was. I don't have the faintest idea how to run a territory and I don't want to. I'm not undermining my contributions, I'm being realistic.

[Felix arches an eyebrow.] Bring your wyvern, I'll still beat you. I'll find a way to get my hands on a sword here sooner or later. In the meantime, we should spar with our pokemon instead. Training together is the best way to test our teams against varying strategies and type matchups.

[Felix can't put his finger on what it is about Claude's gaze that has somehow shifted, but he knows something's different suddenly.] What are you doing? Don't look at me like that.

Date: 2020-12-15 02:33 pm (UTC)
bestswordmaster: (Default)
From: [personal profile] bestswordmaster
Ugh, I don't know how you manage to be so condescending while you're flattering someone. [Also, all these compliments aren't helping Felix want to kiss him again any less.

He shrugs.]
I only have four so far, but I've heard we can warp back to places we've been once we move on. I don't plan to challenge this gym until my team is ready. Dimitri did give me one of those blue lions with thunder magic, though, so I already have one advantage over this gym master's birds.

[Felix's eyes narrow, even as his blush doesn't go anywhere, thanks to that grin that is way more attractive than it should be for what it is.] I don't know. Like you're...opening me up and dissecting me with your eyes.
Edited Date: 2020-12-15 02:33 pm (UTC)

Date: 2020-12-15 03:10 pm (UTC)
bestswordmaster: (blush)
From: [personal profile] bestswordmaster
My arguments are stupid? You're the one making grand, sweeping declarations about things you know nothing about. [Maybe surprisingly, there's no real venom in this.

Then he nods.]
If we train together, we can keep up with each other easily. I'll catch as many as I can on the way to Goldenrod, though I'll need more pokeballs before we leave.

[Oh...that catches Felix off-guard. And Claude gets to see his hypothesis in action, because the red in his cheeks deepens as he pushes away from the surface he was leaning on to stand up straight and unfold his arms, as if somehow that might help.] You--you know what I meant! And it wasn't that. [Except it kind of was. Doesn't help that Claude's eyes do that sparkling thing whenever he gets that look.] You do it all the time, look at people like you can read their minds or something. I have no idea what you see when you do that.

Date: 2020-12-15 03:45 pm (UTC)
bestswordmaster: (blush)
From: [personal profile] bestswordmaster
Bold of you to assume anyone wants to make your ideas happen.

Hmph. I know what you mean. It's not something I'm used to worrying about either. ...in retrospect, it was stupid of me to turn down sharing a room with Sylvain. We could have saved money that way. [And maybe the whole mistletoe thing could have been avoided...but there's no sense dwelling on the past.

Then Felix's face contorts into an expression that's somehow confused, annoyed, and flustered all at the same time.]
I...told you not to make fun of me. [Because what else could this be? Claude can't actually be...sincerely flirting, right?] You're as bad as Sylvain.

[...that didn't help.]

Date: 2020-12-15 04:10 pm (UTC)
bestswordmaster: (blush)
From: [personal profile] bestswordmaster
Hmph. I suppose you did prove that you earned your 'master tactician' title. I wouldn't be surprised at this point if you said you could see the future, too.

[He frowns.] When. Not if. But Sylvain and I have been sharing rooms and tents our whole lives, I just...overreacted.

[Felix lifts a brow and sets a hand on one hip, idly tossing his hair back from his face where it's fallen into his eyes a little.] You expect me to believe that you'd call me 'sunshine' sincerely?

[And then the flush returns, as he mutters.] It's obviously not a compliment to say you're as irritating as he is when he does something puerile.
Edited Date: 2020-12-15 04:10 pm (UTC)

Date: 2020-12-15 06:03 pm (UTC)
bestswordmaster: (postskip smirk)
From: [personal profile] bestswordmaster
I have to admit, that's...not as inane as I was expecting. Although I don't see the point in pretending in the first place.

[Felix's initial instinct is to feel offended that Claude is laughing at him, but...it doesn't really feel like Claude is laughing at him, and...there's something weirdly nice about Claude's laugh. Almost contagious, if Felix were prone to laughing; sort of relaxing, at the very least. (And, okay, cute.)

But he's really not sure what to do with the rest of that.]
When you call me that? I take that to mean I should expect to endure it again. You're incorrigible. [And it seems ridiculous, but Felix is--yes, blushing faintly again. The only person other than Glenn ever to call him by a nickname has been Sylvain, and even that's just...a shortening of his name. I'm beginning to think you never do anything for its own sake.

[Then he rolls his eyes.] I realize this is a tall order for you, but don't overthink it.

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