Hello Lauralae! It's Eleanor, just in case you don't remember the username. I have a fondness for being more obscure with it than, well, most people, it seems. Old KIM habits die hard and all.
Anyways. I had swung by HQ the other day and happened to see you from afar, but I was too busy to say hello. I do apologize for that. But that's not why I'm saying hello.
With all the fondness in my heart where I want to be clear that I am going somewhere with this! I am not being mean! I swear it!
I can't help but notice that every time I've seen you, you're wearing the same dress. Is that coincidence, or do we need to go on a movie style shopping spree, my dear?
[ That is... A lot of words for what Lauralae thinks is a very simple question. ]
i do not mind if you are busy. i have no expectations of greeting or otherwise. it is the same dress. it is the one i arrived with, and i found others like it. is that an issue for some reason?
i did not think it was such an issue for people of this world. is clothing so important? i simply did not know it was. i did not speak to many people before i came here so there was no need to change my dress
Hm... It's not crucial, I'd say, but it's a manner of self-expression. A shorthand that tells the world about you, to put a bit of a romantic spin on it.
But if you didn't have to deal with people much before, I see why it wouldn't matter so much.
I used to be. I'd like to think I still am, but clothes are just complicated for me nowadays. It's unrelated to be Augmented, though.
Which, I suppose there are two caveats I should give before we might have a little shopping day.
One, part of that pre-Augmented complication is that I can read minds. It's something that just happens and I don't have very much control over it, but I keep everything I overhear to myself. But if that's too much for you, I understand. We can keep things strictly to text chats like this, and I won't mind.
Two, and much more lighthearted, I'm, well. A half robot looking woman pushing seven feet tall at this point. So, we will stick out. For better or for worse.
Not that I've found, unfortunately. I would be employing it more often if there were, trust me.
But at the very least, I think you're fine, dear. I've peered into the minds of eldritch horrors (which I do not recommend, by the way), so at this point, I feel a bit jaded? It's hard to surprise me with what's in peoples' heads, especially here.
So! We shall stick out together, if you're okay with that. :)
My search for a romance worthy of being read continues. In the meantime, I'm sending you this one I found and while it is truly unworthy of being called a romance, it is the best I was able to procure in this world. Perhaps this shall give you a taste of what this genre is like.
Merry Christmas! Ereshkigal, Goddess of Death and Queen of Kรปr
[For the holiday, Dedue drops off a container of cookies he baked of varying sorts: gingerbread, peppermint chocolate chip, and sugar cookies. He also gifts Lauralae a pair of seude, insulated gloves.]
Dear Lauralae,
It is hard to put into words what you mean to me. I know it was difficult for you to accept an imprint, and I am grateful you did so for me. Thank you for being there for me, for being a comfort to me. You deserve all the love in the world.
[ Left for her one day will be a package wrapped in plain paper, but within will be a velvet scarf of deep purple and warm, insulated gloves. Within one of the gloves is a simple chain necklace; at the end is a singular little gem, inexpensive, but it glitters in the light and casts colors everywhere.
With it is a note: ]
Thank you for all you've done for me and all you've been able to impart. I truly value you and your friendship. ~ Dorothea
Is it not neat??? I found a functionality in my Syntrofos. It is an art program, so I decided to expand my horizons because Hugo owns a gallery, so why should I not fill it with fun things for him!
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Anyways. I had swung by HQ the other day and happened to see you from afar, but I was too busy to say hello. I do apologize for that. But that's not why I'm saying hello.
With all the fondness in my heart where I want to be clear that I am going somewhere with this! I am not being mean! I swear it!
I can't help but notice that every time I've seen you, you're wearing the same dress. Is that coincidence, or do we need to go on a movie style shopping spree, my dear?
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i do not mind if you are busy. i have no expectations of greeting or otherwise.
it is the same dress. it is the one i arrived with, and i found others like it.
is that an issue for some reason?
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Not an issue, no. Just a personal curiosity likely born out of a little projecting, I admit. I miss fashion, odd as that sounds.
Would you be interested in a little wardrobe freshening by any chance? I would be delighted to be your personal stylist.
And of course if this is out of line, I'm so sorry.
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is clothing so important? i simply did not know it was.
i did not speak to many people before i came here so there was no need to change my dress
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But if you didn't have to deal with people much before, I see why it wouldn't matter so much.
Was it seclusion by choice?
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self-expression. clothes?
it was a choice. of sorts. i do not know how to explain it well.
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Which, I suppose there are two caveats I should give before we might have a little shopping day.
One, part of that pre-Augmented complication is that I can read minds. It's something that just happens and I don't have very much control over it, but I keep everything I overhear to myself. But if that's too much for you, I understand. We can keep things strictly to text chats like this, and I won't mind.
Two, and much more lighthearted, I'm, well. A half robot looking woman pushing seven feet tall at this point. So, we will stick out. For better or for worse.
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is there any way to prevent it?
i stick out anyway.
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But at the very least, I think you're fine, dear. I've peered into the minds of eldritch horrors (which I do not recommend, by the way), so at this point, I feel a bit jaded? It's hard to surprise me with what's in peoples' heads, especially here.
So! We shall stick out together, if you're okay with that. :)
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i am not comfortable around people. it is still difficult for me.
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How does 5 at [ some mall-like place near the dorms ] sound? I'll get there early so you won't have to wait around by yourself.
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i will meet you there, eleanor.
Delivered on December 25th
"Fifty Shades of Augmented (PG-13 Edition)"
There is a letter with it. ]
Dear Lauralae,
My search for a romance worthy of being read continues. In the meantime, I'm sending you this one I found and while it is truly unworthy of being called a romance, it is the best I was able to procure in this world. Perhaps this shall give you a taste of what this genre is like.
Merry Christmas!
Ereshkigal, Goddess of Death and Queen of Kรปr
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Dear Lauralae,
It is hard to put into words what you mean to me. I know it was difficult for you to accept an imprint, and I am grateful you did so for me. Thank you for being there for me, for being a comfort to me. You deserve all the love in the world.
Warmly,
Dedue Molinaro
mid-december. (before her death)
With it is a note: ]
Thank you for all you've done for me and all you've been able to impart.
I truly value you and your friendship.
~ Dorothea
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I have some little plants for you to meet! [ This guy has no idea she's Been Through it, sorry.
Even if he did, he likely would not treat her any different. He's strangely fair, that way. ]
Two are fruit-bearing trees โ apple and pear. Another is one of my bratty calendula, which flowers only when it deigns to.
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why is it sparkling
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