Valentine's Day }{ Open post

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WHO || Characters in the log [open or closed]
WHAT || VALENTINE'S DAY
WHERE || ALL AROUND THE CASTLE
WHEN || 2/14
HOW || DO WHAT YOU WANT

It's Valentine's Day! All around people are happily snuggling up with their loved one or drowning their feelings in booze and/or ice cream. Give out cards or chocolate or commiserate with other single people! Whoo Valentine's Day!

Comments

[bluffcheck]

Just because it happened in the past doesn't mean the wound doesn't feel fresh from time to time. [Speaking from a lot of experience okay.] But I meant every word and would tell you on your brightest day, not just when storm clouds have rolled in.

[uncurse]

I - Look, it's not that I'm not grateful. You're ... sweet. You just - You really don't have to say that. [ emma is incapable of taking compliments. take them back. she shakes her head. ] This isn't a dig for pity - in fact, I'd prefer you didn't. I do better on my own.

[bluffcheck]

[Nat 20 wisdom, he just knows your soul, girl.]

If no one's allowed to get close then they can't hurt you, aye? Not just lovers, but anyone who's supposed to have your back, supposed to stick it out. Friends, family- you've been alone a long time, haven't you, lass? Relying on no one but yourself and feeling like you're luckier for it?

[He sighs and looks into his glass of wine, as if not certain what to say next. But fear not, he's just pausing dramatically because he's a bard and a showboat even when he's being serious.]

Did y'ever stop to wonder if I wasn't saying those things because I had to, or out of any pity, but simply because they're true and I thought you deserved to hear them said aloud? I've been a liar and a cheat, a downright scoundrel in my day, but this place made me want to be a better man, an honest man. I wouldn't lie to you, Emma. And I wouldn't tell you something just to try to make you feel better. I'd only say it because it was worth saying.

[uncurse]

[ WELL GODDAMN.

unfortunately, the more accurately someone hits her issues on the head, the less she's going to talk about it. her surprise and the brief vulnerability that follows are apparent on her face. she covers her bewildered gratitude up with a half-hearted roll of her eyes, glancing to the side and away from him. she pours herself more wine.

fine. he's welcome to say them. but emma has too little experience with positive remarks to really know how to respond to them in a way that isn't diminishing or self-deprecating, so she chooses to remain silent rather than acknowledge. ]

[bluffcheck]

[Her expression says enough for him, and all that insight into her doesn't just disappear when she stops talking. That doesn't mean he at all plans on shutting up, but he will change the subject.]

I haven't stopped to watch much of this. [He gestures to the television.] Care to teach me about it so I don't sound so much like a fool?

[uncurse]

Oh, it's just - Some guy with emotional issues won't leave his parents' house. [ she shrugs it off, offering thoster the remote. ] We don't have to.

[bluffcheck]

No, no! It's good for me to learn more about this place. As much of a charmer as I know I am, I'm not blind. I know I stick out. And sometimes the mission calls for a bit less... bravado.

[uncurse]

... Please tell me you're not planning to watch this movie for applicable, real-world advice on how to handle women.

[bluffcheck]

I was more thinking as a disguise for a mission, but now that you mention it... [He's half serious. Maybe.]

[uncurse]

I'm not sure Matthew McConaughey is an effective disguise to get anywhere.

[bluffcheck]

Not sure about that. [He clears his throat and shifts towards Emma before launching into his best impersonation of what's just happened on the screen (bluff 24). It's not much different than playing a character he's made up for a mission, after all.]

[uncurse]

[ omfg is he really - she cringes with all kinds of secondhand embarrassment as he actually starts going. wow thoster wow. ] That really wasn't necessary. [ she's still actually cringing a little - though he has a point, it was fairly convincing. ]

[bluffcheck]

Most things aren't necessary, lass. [He drops back into his normal voice and gestures.] Doesn't make it less fun.