[ he is in fact okay. he is on his ass on the ground, holding a book in his hands. ]
Ow... [ but, oh! he looks up, and then laughs, a little sheepishly.] I'm okay...um, be careful of the ladders, if you're trying to get to the books. I think it just threw me off like a horse...
[ well okay listen it's alpha week which means him impulses have him pushing right into those head rubs. ]
I wasn't swinging... I guess I just got excited. [ hehe. pets.
but oh, book!! he lifts it so marina can see: the title is written in the runic font of orsterra, but underneath it, it has. idk. A Lady and a Thief or something. ] Actually, I grabbed it for you! I found one from home.
[ alpha week. she knows perfectly well how to look precisely as cute as she needs to when receiving a gift from a handsome man. she still continues to pet him. this is her puppy puppy puppy but also she care him. she stops petting but doesn't remove her hand, peering at the book. ]
You were reading a romance book that first week. And this one had lots of intrigue, apparently - plus it's from Orsterra. [ and
oh................
well.... it's alpha week....... ]
...Well, I think maybe something like this would probably be a little embarrassing... but I would really enjoy it if you would read to me, if you wouldn't mind.
you know how like. alpha week is a thing that impacts everyone here. when i say rondo gets out-alpha'd every day of the damn week "its only tuesday" when i say
anyway his face is so red now. he just leans right into this like a dog. ]
...Oh... um, yes, that'd - those are the kind I like the best.
[ activated my alpha trap card. she just grins, she has really pretty teeth actually. but he doesn't get to see them long because she just leans in and presses a kiss right to his lips. lingering long enough that he can feel the cool chill of the piercings studding her mouth. it's both too long and too short, because when she pulls away, she grins precisely like a venomous creature that's struck. ]
Then we're in the wrong section. C'mon... I'll find you something suitable, yes?
[ surprise. maybe. a little. but also not really because rondo seems like the kind of person to devote his entire life to his Purpose. he deserves something nice. she leans in just a little bit. ]
Well. Should I do it again? And let you prepare yourself for it this time?
[ dear aelfric who art in heaven i'm about to perish
you would think alpha week would make this more effective on his end but he's so flustered. his mouth is tingling. he still has two fingers resting on his lips. ]
I... um. Hhah. [ /////// ] ....Can... I ask why...?
Very good, you're quite clever. As always - I expect no less from you.
[ still walking - there is rhyme and reason to the shelves so she will find precisely the section she is looking for, a little bounce in her step, though she turns to walk backwards, skirt swaying a bit as she does so. ]
Of course, love is hard-earned. It begins as "like" one would say, but should it endure, it grows like a bloom through hardship.
[ sifting sifting through a shelf now: ]
Granted, there are also those who simply regard kisses and kisses, nothing more nothing less, solely a surface-based endeavor, a display of brief affection.
[ rondo follows her like a puppy, his heart pounding very hard in his chest, kind of half paying attention to the shelves but mostly just paying attention to marina. her praising him does not help with this.
rondo also absolutely does not look at her leg even though it is visible because he is a gentleman.... sheer... shocking..... ]
... Right. [ right, yeah. ] And... [ a beat. it's alpha week, right? ] When it comes to that kind of thing, what kind of person are you...?
[ alpha week is so real right now, but even marina feels the tips of her ears go a little pink. thankfully she has so much hair, even if 3/4s of it is up, the rest of it hanging down in delicate curls. she hums. ]
I'm a very complex girl... I don't give myself over so easily. I have secrets... things that someone I would engage with romantically should perhaps know a thing or two about.
[ pulling some books carefully and turning them around before tucking them into the crook of her arm. ]
There's nothing delicate about me, but I'd hardly want someone to break my heart if they're not ready for it.
this makes sense to him, because of course it does. rondo believes in things like true love and romance, and to love someone would mean to trust them no matter what, wouldn't it? he nods a little, coming over to hold the ladder steady if she needs to climb, and respectfully looking away. ]
Of course. [ what does that mean that she kissed him then.. hmm... mystery.... his mouth is still all tingly. ] A heart is something that has to be carefully treasured. At least... that's what I think.
[ he's seen love in lots of ways in his life, in his travels. from his parents to people like rinyuu and velnorte, who loved selflessly, desperately, to the many souls of hell, some even reunited and purified because of it. and then... of course, then there's rondo's own heart, soft and fragile, and already broken once before. ]
Though... I find it hard to think that anyone could not love you because of any secret you might hold, Mis... Marina.
[ she does look down briefly and there's a little twinge in her chest when she sees him very politely looking away. she smiles behind one of the books she's pulling and slowly climbs down the ladder when she's through. she pauses one step before getting off, and then doesn't, remaining at eye-level from where she's balanced on the ladder. ]
That's... very kind of you to say. Unfortunately, that's just the way some things are.
[ she will hand him a book entitled the little king. it is just an expy for the little prince (oocly for your info). ]
Here. For you. It's a book from where I'm from... a story about a young king who travels the wide and vast expanse of the universe in search of its wisdom. He encounters many strange beings and people along the way, learning all sorts of things about them and himself as well.
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Ow... [ but, oh! he looks up, and then laughs, a little sheepishly.] I'm okay...um, be careful of the ladders, if you're trying to get to the books. I think it just threw me off like a horse...
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[ she crouches down to where he's sat and reaches up to rub his head gently. ]
I'll remember that though - what've you got in your hands?
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I wasn't swinging... I guess I just got excited. [ hehe. pets.
but oh, book!! he lifts it so marina can see: the title is written in the runic font of orsterra, but underneath it, it has. idk. A Lady and a Thief or something. ] Actually, I grabbed it for you! I found one from home.
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[ alpha week. she knows perfectly well how to look precisely as cute as she needs to when receiving a gift from a handsome man. she still continues to pet him. this is her puppy puppy puppy but also she care him. she stops petting but doesn't remove her hand, peering at the book. ]
Have you read it before?
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anyway ]
Mm-mm. It's not really my kind of book, usually...? I think it's a romance.
[ marina can see that the name on the book in the author area is just C.R. mysterious... ]
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Why'd you pick this one? Did you want me to read it to you?
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oh................
well.... it's alpha week....... ]
...Well, I think maybe something like this would probably be a little embarrassing... but I would really enjoy it if you would read to me, if you wouldn't mind.
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Oh, is it that spicy a read that you'd be embarrassed if I spoke it aloud? I'll take this tribute regardless, hee~
[ i repeat, it's alpha week. she just reaches forward and tips his chin with a couple of fingertips. hi. ]
As for reading to you - I'd love to. Perhaps something with a bit more action to it? Some drama and danger...
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you know how like. alpha week is a thing that impacts everyone here. when i say rondo gets out-alpha'd every day of the damn week "its only tuesday" when i say
anyway his face is so red now. he just leans right into this like a dog. ]
...Oh... um, yes, that'd - those are the kind I like the best.
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Then we're in the wrong section. C'mon... I'll find you something suitable, yes?
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ok done
SITS THERE FROZEN LIKE AN IDIOT
and after a very, very long pause reaches up and touches two fingers to his mouth like a princess baby ]
....?
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Don't tell me you've never been kissed before in your life with a face like that.
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.... That would be lying......
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[ surprise. maybe. a little. but also not really because rondo seems like the kind of person to devote his entire life to his Purpose. he deserves something nice. she leans in just a little bit. ]
Well. Should I do it again? And let you prepare yourself for it this time?
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you would think alpha week would make this more effective on his end but he's so flustered. his mouth is tingling. he still has two fingers resting on his lips. ]
I... um. Hhah. [ /////// ] ....Can... I ask why...?
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Good question. Why do people kiss other people, Rondo?
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are you ready for the most shoujo princess answer in the entire world ]
...because they're in love?
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[ still walking - there is rhyme and reason to the shelves so she will find precisely the section she is looking for, a little bounce in her step, though she turns to walk backwards, skirt swaying a bit as she does so. ]
Of course, love is hard-earned. It begins as "like" one would say, but should it endure, it grows like a bloom through hardship.
[ sifting sifting through a shelf now: ]
Granted, there are also those who simply regard kisses and kisses, nothing more nothing less, solely a surface-based endeavor, a display of brief affection.
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rondo also absolutely does not look at her leg even though it is visible because he is a gentleman.... sheer... shocking..... ]
... Right. [ right, yeah. ] And... [ a beat. it's alpha week, right? ] When it comes to that kind of thing, what kind of person are you...?
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[ alpha week is so real right now, but even marina feels the tips of her ears go a little pink. thankfully she has so much hair, even if 3/4s of it is up, the rest of it hanging down in delicate curls. she hums. ]
I'm a very complex girl... I don't give myself over so easily. I have secrets... things that someone I would engage with romantically should perhaps know a thing or two about.
[ pulling some books carefully and turning them around before tucking them into the crook of her arm. ]
There's nothing delicate about me, but I'd hardly want someone to break my heart if they're not ready for it.
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this makes sense to him, because of course it does. rondo believes in things like true love and romance, and to love someone would mean to trust them no matter what, wouldn't it? he nods a little, coming over to hold the ladder steady if she needs to climb, and respectfully looking away. ]
Of course. [ what does that mean that she kissed him then.. hmm... mystery.... his mouth is still all tingly. ] A heart is something that has to be carefully treasured. At least... that's what I think.
[ he's seen love in lots of ways in his life, in his travels. from his parents to people like rinyuu and velnorte, who loved selflessly, desperately, to the many souls of hell, some even reunited and purified because of it. and then... of course, then there's rondo's own heart, soft and fragile, and already broken once before. ]
Though... I find it hard to think that anyone could not love you because of any secret you might hold, Mis... Marina.
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That's... very kind of you to say. Unfortunately, that's just the way some things are.
[ she will hand him a book entitled the little king. it is just an expy for the little prince (oocly for your info). ]
Here. For you. It's a book from where I'm from... a story about a young king who travels the wide and vast expanse of the universe in search of its wisdom. He encounters many strange beings and people along the way, learning all sorts of things about them and himself as well.
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