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LUCREZIA BORGIA ([personal profile] heloise) wrote in [community profile] paradisa2012-08-23 07:29 pm

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[ From where she stands, Lucrezia can't see if he sits facing the sunflowers or otherwise, but she knows that tuft of blonde well enough to spot it in any field of green. And this is no common field to them, though she means to keep the reason in some sealed box neither of them can bring up.

This is only a social call, all pleasantries and nothing heavy.

She quickens her steps but princesses don't run and she intends to bend no flower stalks in her rush. ]


Just when I thought to look for a frog with a tiny golden crown.
ofhope: ([ of all creation sing ])

[personal profile] ofhope 2012-09-01 09:20 am (UTC)(link)
[ This is an amused person being amused. With a soft snort of appreciation, he reaches down to pluck a young, small sunflower from the ground. Leaning in, Joshua brushes past her hand to weave it onto what seems to be the front of the floral crown. ]

Are you suggesting I threaten someone? How crass of you.
ofhope: ([ with the thinnest thread ])

[personal profile] ofhope 2012-09-01 09:37 am (UTC)(link)
It wouldn't matter. Girls here tend not to know their place. If she gets too offended by that sort of suggestion, or anything she doesn't like, she'll just leave and complain to someone and nobody would benefit.

I need someone who knows what they're doing; who cares about doing a good job when it comes to cleaning, cooking, and caring for someone. Someone with pride in everything they do, and the humility not to brag about it.

If you find me somebody like that, I'll owe you quite the favor.
ofhope: ([ soon forget ])

[personal profile] ofhope 2012-09-01 10:34 am (UTC)(link)
[ And this is him looking ridiculous and pretty at peace with it. But he was never one to really care too much about his looks outside of what Aion and Fiore have tried to grind into his head. ]

I'm not opposed to some other mutually beneficial arrangement. But caisos and gifts are easy to get.
Edited 2012-09-01 10:35 (UTC)
ofhope: ([ you will be ])

[personal profile] ofhope 2012-09-01 10:39 am (UTC)(link)
[ A sigh. Some internal debate. ]

If you insist. You can introduce us.
ofhope: ([ will dissolve ])

[personal profile] ofhope 2012-09-01 10:43 am (UTC)(link)
[ He smiles back, though it's in a more subdued and polite fashion. With a little shrug, he holds out a hand to touch against the small of her back. Fine, if you want him to walk you then get moving already. ]

Despite what you say, it's just one favor after another.
ofhope: ([ ever rested ])

[personal profile] ofhope 2012-09-01 10:47 am (UTC)(link)
What could a spoiled princess do for me?
ofhope: ([ everybody wants ])

[personal profile] ofhope 2012-09-01 10:54 am (UTC)(link)
Do I really seem like I'm missing anything?
ofhope: ([ ever rested ])

[personal profile] ofhope 2012-09-01 11:04 am (UTC)(link)
Asking favors gives somebody else leverage over you. It's usually easier to just take what I want. ...Politely, of course.
ofhope: ([ so close your eyes ])

[personal profile] ofhope 2012-09-01 11:09 am (UTC)(link)
You have that kind of potential, too.
ofhope: ([ with few regrets ])

[personal profile] ofhope 2012-09-01 11:14 am (UTC)(link)
To have the power to make that choice at your leisure. You just have to make a lot of other choices to get there.
ofhope: ([ with the thinnest thread ])

[personal profile] ofhope 2012-09-01 11:24 am (UTC)(link)
Then I'd say it sounds like you don't know what it is you really want.
ofhope: ([ in their eyes ])

[personal profile] ofhope 2012-09-01 11:29 am (UTC)(link)
Being content isn't the same as being happy.

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