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[ opens mouth

closes mouth ]

I. Okay... M... [ shakes ] .... Daan.

[ this feels like breaking the rules ]

[recession]

Where'd your confidence go.

[ Forces him to be alpha. ]

[flameguard]

[ NOOOOO ]

I'm confident!! It's just! You're the same age as Sir Sazantos and I respect you!!

[recession]

Well forget about it. The more you keep saying it the older I feel.

[flameguard]

[ richard did this to him also. he and richard the same age. he was still calling him king richard at endgame. nightmare scenarios ]

... I'll do my best to remember.

[recession]

Thattaboy.

[ There you go. ]

[flameguard]

[ dies this week

god. ]

....Everyone has been... so... odd today. Have you noticed....?

[recession]

Not really.

[ Because it's Monday and in general people have been normal to him on Monday and the effect is pretty subtle this time around so Daan 'doesn't give a fuck / already blunt-ass' Daanson doesn't notice it as much when it comes right on the heels of memshare. ]

Why, what happened to you?

[flameguard]

Lavi pinned me into a wall.

[ shakes ] And Geto tried to get me to stab a tree...? And Miss Marina...

[ .................

puts face on the desk ]

It's just been a very strange day.....

[recession]

[ Everyone's been so well-behaved around him in comparison wow. ]

Oh? What'd she do then?

[flameguard]

[ rondo had such a monday

his face starts to turn very red though. ]

...Nothing, nothing bad... [ aaa ] It was just a very... it's been a very long day....

[recession]

Oh...?

She is a bit of a unique sort, but from all measures I can tell, a rather lovely girl...

[flameguard]

She is!

[ immediately and way too loudly ]

I mean - yes. Very much so. [ he clears his throat. very smooth. ] It was fine! Nothing bad.

[recession]

[ Oho. . . just lighting a cigarette here and sitting back in his chair. He sees. ]

Do you like her?

[flameguard]

Of course.

[ duh???? ]

[recession]

...Romantically.

[flameguard]

[ every day this cr continues to embody the shitpost ]

Oh. [ continues to be red... he rubs his face. ] ... Miss Marina is wonderful, and I really enjoy her company. I think she's brave, and smart, and really, really pretty. But, I've... um, never really thought about anything like that before... this morning?

So I don't... know. [ princess, baby, etc. he needs time. ] I think it was just... whatever's....happening this week... but it was my first kiss. So...

[recession]

[ Ohohoho. Not that Daan is turbo-invested in this but this is very 'oh, good for them' energy. Just reaches over and pats his shoulder. ]

I think you could make a lovely pair if you wished to pursue it, Rondo. Just make sure you can keep up.

[flameguard]

[ nnnooooooo........ ]

Right... [ mortifying! ] Thank you... Daan....

[ ... ]

Can I ask you something about that kind of stuff...?

[recession]

...Not sure how much I'm actually going to be of help there, but sure?

[flameguard]

[ he folds his arms and rests them on the table, and then rests his chin in them. ]

... you've been in love before, right? How did you know? [ a beat. ] If - if you want to tell me, you don't have to.

[recession]

...

[ He looks a little distant at that, eye affixed to some blank spot in the shelves. ]

Oh... I don't know. I was always charmed by Elise the moment I first saw her when we were both still kids. I loved her, and I still do, of course... but it's hard to draw a clear line between a precocious crush and when it crosses that into something more. She was always too bright for me. I must've envied it to some degree, if she hadn't willingly pulled me along to her side.

I always felt like whatever she'd want to ask of me, I'd do it in a heartbeat.

[flameguard]

...You knew each other for that long?

[ ah... something about that makes him smile a little further - he tucks his cheek into his arm, smiling, though it's gentle. maybe a little sad in his right, too. it's funny, how much of an impact someone can have on you, when you're that age... and knowing a little bit of daan's story already, it feels so bittersweet. ]

I think I get that. [ wanting to just do anything that person asked. ] Maybe she liked that balance, too.

[recession]

Teenagers. I found employment in her residence -- I was a butler's assistance in the von Dutch manor.

[ So not childhood friends. He's quiet on the thing about balance, mashing down complicated feelings. It is what it is. ]

[flameguard]

...Heh. You know, I could really see that!

[ a butler's assistant... our daan...

rondo will take the chance to make a little joke - to lighten the mood a little. ]

I hope Heathcote doesn't have an assistant that's gone and swept my sister off of her feet.