altusimperius: (u love me)
altusimperius ([personal profile] altusimperius) wrote2017-07-26 06:14 pm

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tell him how pretty he is
sulahnan: (smirk talk)

[personal profile] sulahnan 2020-10-23 04:04 am (UTC)(link)
Athessa glances sidelong at him, appraising how he seems now compared to...every other time she sees him.

"You sure know a lot about cloth," she says, sounding kind of impressed. But only kind of. "And negotiating."

She doesn't think she has to point out that she would've had to haggle the merchant down from an even bigger markup if Benedict weren't here. Though it comes at the price of people assuming she's his servant.
sulahnan: (athessa-014)

[personal profile] sulahnan 2020-10-24 02:48 am (UTC)(link)
"Is it something you like, or just something you know?"

What does he even like? Other than expensive things and sucking cock.
sulahnan: (athessa-020)

[personal profile] sulahnan 2020-10-25 06:53 am (UTC)(link)
She doesn't hesitate to flash more gaps in her education, but it isn't an intentional attempt to give him silent permission to not be perfect or anything.

She just doesn't care to pretend to be smarter than she is.

"What does a chamberlain do, anyway?"
sulahnan: (athessa-040)

[personal profile] sulahnan 2020-10-25 08:19 am (UTC)(link)
Athessa looks at him again, assessing whether or not he's lying. Not about the job description, but about liking it. It doesn't seem like he realizes how servile the position sounds.

A little test, just in case: "What about guests who aren't important?"
sulahnan: (detective)

[personal profile] sulahnan 2020-10-26 06:56 am (UTC)(link)
"So it was just about making visitors comfortable? Like...decorating their rooms."

sulahnan: (athessa-014)

[personal profile] sulahnan 2020-10-26 09:15 pm (UTC)(link)
"And you enjoyed that."

A beat.

"What did you like about it?"
sulahnan: (:[)

[personal profile] sulahnan 2020-10-27 12:09 am (UTC)(link)
"What color?" Is the only paper lantern-related question she has to ask before musing:

"Being Chamberlain sounds an awful lot like being a servant with a fancy title."
sulahnan: (side eye)

[personal profile] sulahnan 2020-10-27 04:15 am (UTC)(link)
The scoff gets a raised eyebrow, and if she weren't just speaking her mind honestly she might be contrary out of spite when she points at a different gold lantern. "I like that one better."

sulahnan: (oh)

[personal profile] sulahnan 2020-10-27 11:55 pm (UTC)(link)
"They're the same color," she says, offhand. "I just like the style better."
sulahnan: (athessa-014)

[personal profile] sulahnan 2020-10-28 12:02 am (UTC)(link)
She looks at the lanterns side by side, deliberating for a long moment.

"They are the same color. And the curvy lines of this one will match the rounded arches."

How much of this is contrarianism? How much is actual opinion? Who knows!
sulahnan: (tessa-063)

[personal profile] sulahnan 2020-10-28 12:07 am (UTC)(link)
"Fine, you're in charge and it's your decision," Athessa rolls her eyes.

"But they are the same color."
sulahnan: (athessatalk-50)

[personal profile] sulahnan 2020-10-28 12:18 am (UTC)(link)
"I dunno, you're the one in charge of decorating."

She holds up her empty hands, because at some point the list ended up in his pocket. How'd that happen?
sulahnan: (kill me)

[personal profile] sulahnan 2020-10-28 12:43 am (UTC)(link)
"Oh boy, candles." She says, deadpan, and follows after with her hands in her pockets. "Not like we don't have tons of those already."

It's nice that he's having fun, anyway. One might think that Athessa was the one who got dragged along on this shopping trip.

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