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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~."

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Date: 2020-12-30 03:06 am (UTC)
From: [personal profile] rollstoseduce
Claude... are you saying it was your mother that gave you scars?

[It may say something about him that he reached that conclussion.]

Date: 2021-01-02 05:05 am (UTC)
From: [personal profile] rollstoseduce
A riddle? I admit I didn't think of it like that - but I do enjoy a good riddle. What disappears as soon as you say its name?

[The rest of the text takes a moment to arrive. It's hard to get a read from Claude sometimes - Jaskier is realizing how the guy plans his every word, knows exactly how much to say and how much not to, the court life of a duke obvious in every aspect of this pseudo-political play. And through text? It's worse. No facial expression to guide him.

He does believe Claude is a good guy, and he does believe in his dream. The picture he's presenting of his childhood, however, is unclear at best. Jaskier isn't sure he's in the mood to try to figure it out now, though, being in the middle of shopping as he is - which is an excuse not to admit how jealous he is of the loved him well enough and I respect them parts. So rolling with it for now it is, he can reread it and overanalyze it later.]


I'm glad to hear you found love in your parents while your childhood suffered from the bigotry problems we've discussed - they sound like honorable people I'd love to meet. I'm also happy to hear you got to be a wild kid even while in the middle of said problems! That's the only type of kid to be.

Is this where we compare anecdotes? I once put gold ink in my bath water because I wanted to look like my namesake.

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Date: 2021-01-02 08:49 pm (UTC)
From: [personal profile] rollstoseduce
[...















What.]

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Date: 2021-01-02 08:58 pm (UTC)
From: [personal profile] rollstoseduce
[The riddle and the compliment go unnoticed - Jaskier is too busy rereading that last bit over and over, as if doing so could make it change into something a bit less horrifying. He can't even feel smug about his guess of Claude's childhood being more than it looked being right, this goes beyond strict noble parents. Not even Jaskier's own parents would allow something like it, and these are the people that allowed his tutors to educate him with a cane.

What really gets him, though, is Claude's attitude about the whole deal. Asshole parents he's heard about before, but Claude tells the story as if he was telling Jaskier about some silly prank he pulled on the servants. What the fuck is going on?]


Claude, I beg you - please tell me I'm misreading the tone of your message and you don't actually think this is a funny story to share so carefreely.

tw for discussion of child abuse

Date: 2021-01-05 01:38 am (UTC)
From: [personal profile] rollstoseduce
[The reply takes a while to arrive. Jaskier doesn't appreciate the way Claude is so dismissive about the subject, as if it wasn't a big deal... it reminds him a bit of Geralt and how he instantly accepts mutants shall be hated, his "witcher logic" as Jaskier likes to call it. And making that comparison in his head is what pushes him to re-read Claude's text.

Right. This isn't Claude's fault. Like the witchers, he was taught this is what he should endure merely for being who he is. Fuck.]


Corporal punishment towards children isn't unheard of in my world. There definitely are parents that feel entitled to educate their offspring that way. It worries me, however, how easily you accept it.

There is a fine line between training and torture, my friend. You shouldn't endure such treatment because of who you are. I assure you princes also grow up with the threat of assassination over their shoulders yet they aren't tied to horses.

Date: 2021-01-09 01:46 am (UTC)
From: [personal profile] rollstoseduce
[There's something to be said about that little speech - very eloquent, probably quite sincere by Claude's standards, and... not completely wrong, to be honest. The past is in the past and we can't change it, better concentrate on the future is not a bad take to have - in fact it's pretty good. But Jaskier is afraid that agreeing with it may encourage the rest of his stupid logic. He could clarify how much he agrees with and how much he doesn't, but that would need a long ass rant, and Claude is right, he's upset with his own memories of physical punishment and--

And now he's trying to change the subject. Gosh, another thing in common with Geralt. Jaskier feels like screaming, but after thinking a bit about it, he realizes he has no choice but to give in. Claude is still keeping some political distance when it comes to certain subjects, and even if he wasn't, Jaskier knows how much it sucks to be poked over and over about the subject of shitty raising, so it must be ten times worse for Claude. Poking more now would be counterproductive.]


Don't think for a second that I believe you want to change the subject for me and not yourself. But you've helped me with my shopping and stroked my ego just right, so I'll let it pass today.

[He's still doing some shopping, so he sends a new picture: this time of the candy aisle at the market.]

Have you tried this "chocolate" yet? I had some on a pastry and it was like kissing a goddess.

Date: 2021-01-12 01:15 am (UTC)
From: [personal profile] rollstoseduce
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.

Date: 2021-01-14 09:13 pm (UTC)
From: [personal profile] rollstoseduce
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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Date: 2021-01-18 03:51 pm (UTC)
From: [personal profile] rollstoseduce
Sriracha shall be then~! I'll report the results of this experiment in a moment.

2/2

Date: 2021-01-18 03:51 pm (UTC)
From: [personal profile] rollstoseduce
[Fifteen minutes later...]

I hate you.

Date: 2021-01-22 12:31 am (UTC)
From: [personal profile] rollstoseduce
This little piece of hell is spicier than peppers themselves!

Date: 2021-01-28 06:57 pm (UTC)
From: [personal profile] rollstoseduce
I am not *against* spice, but this is too much for me. I'd say I could save it for you, but it's already been opened and bitten, and I don't know when we'll get to meet. Bollocks, I hate throwing food away.

I must say, however - impressive on your part to find your beloved spice even in a picture.

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