Thank you, Claire. It's hard to believe this is my second birthday here, and yet here we are. I usually head to Nocwich each weekend it's open, so how about tea there on a day that works for you whenever you're also planning on going?
And trust me, no matter how it came about it's still well appreciated as is your ambition. I'll be sure to keep it in a safe spot.
[ There's a pause then as he considers something else in what Claire's told him which hadn't occurred to him before now as a possibility. ]
And I think I have a request of my own, if you don't mind and of course only if you'd have the time for it. I promise there'd be far less deadlines involved too, if that also helps.
[ She isn't even sure if she likes the sound of that, but the offer is there. Coffee is fine, she doesn't mind it, but she's so British. Claude's piqued her interest, and Claire can't help but want to know more. ]
I'd like that. The coffee in Cadens leaves a lot to be desired much like the tea, so I wouldn't mind trying anywhere that you've come to enjoy.
And... I'll confess that this isn't the most original idea I've ever had, considering what you've already created. Hilda's birthday was a few months ago and I'd looked everywhere for one of her favorite flowers called anemones. The closest I could find was a scarf with a rather abstract pattern, but it wasn't quite what I'd hoped. If there's any way a real version of that could be created, I'd be grateful. Well, even more than I already am for what you've done already.
[ He'd forgotten about being able to send pictures even despite seeing them here and there before in other messages, so when Claire's drawings appear in his vision Claude actually startles just a bit. It's probably for the best he's alone, but - that also doesn't stop a grin from coming across his face. ]
Those look just like them! I'm glad you know of them as well since that means you're spared my poor scribbling of flowers in your sight. The colors Fodlan had included red, pink, purple, and white from what I remember. Any such color would do, but pink would be most fitting.
And... [ At that his writing visibly trails off while he thinks. It takes a solid minute or two, but it does eventually resume. ] I don't mind you asking, but I don't think that's the case. At least not yet. But - I think this might go a little ways in helping.
[ For both the offer and the flowers, but the latter is what he'll continue on with. ]
As nice as a bouquet would be - and it absolutely would be - I think the potted plant would be my preference if it wouldn't be too much more trouble. Something for more blooms later on, you know? And I know that Hilda will enjoy it that much more if it lasts since it'll be something from you as well.
There's a terrace on top of the loft where we live. If we're able to later, we can transplant one of the offshoots to add to the garden, too, to appreciate it even more.
[ Or for Hilda to appreciate it, since too late Claude realizes putting 'we' on that is a bit of an assumption he's not sure he's entitled to. His hope Hilda will enjoy it, though, is very real. ]
That all sounds like a wonderful plan to me. I'll look forward to both. Thank you again, Claire.
[ ooc: this is what I had in mind! It will be a happy cherry on top that she gets so many in one go! But there's also something more like this which is a little tamer :D ]
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𝐹𝑖𝑟𝑠𝑡 𝑜𝑓 𝑎𝑙𝑙, ℎ𝑎𝑝𝑝𝑦 𝑏𝑖𝑟𝑡ℎ𝑑𝑎𝑦, 𝐶𝑙𝑎𝑢𝑑𝑒. 𝐼 ℎ𝑎𝑣𝑒 𝑎 𝑔𝑖𝑓𝑡 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑦𝑜𝑢, 𝑖𝑓 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑚𝑖𝑔ℎ𝑡 𝑏𝑒 𝑎𝑏𝑙𝑒 𝑡𝑜 𝑚𝑒𝑒𝑡 𝑠𝑜𝑚𝑒𝑤ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑒 𝑛𝑒𝑥𝑡 𝑚𝑜𝑛𝑡ℎ?
𝑆𝑒𝑐𝑜𝑛𝑑, 𝑦𝑒𝑠, 𝑖𝑓 𝑛𝑜𝑡 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑚𝑎𝑔𝑖𝑐, 𝑠𝑐𝑖𝑒𝑛𝑐𝑒 𝑎𝑙𝑜𝑛𝑒 𝑤𝑜𝑢𝑙𝑑 ℎ𝑎𝑣𝑒 𝑡𝑎𝑘𝑒𝑛 𝑚𝑢𝑐ℎ 𝑙𝑜𝑛𝑔𝑒𝑟 𝑡𝑜 𝑝𝑟𝑜𝑑𝑢𝑐𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑠. 𝐻𝑖𝑙𝑑𝑎 𝑠𝑒𝑡 𝑎 𝑑𝑒𝑎𝑑𝑙𝑖𝑛𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑜𝑢𝑔ℎ, 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝐼'𝑚 𝑛𝑜𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑖𝑓 𝑛𝑜𝑡 𝑎𝑚𝑏𝑖𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑢𝑠. 𝐼'𝑚 𝑠𝑜 𝑔𝑙𝑎𝑑 𝑡𝑜 ℎ𝑒𝑎𝑟 𝑖𝑡 𝑓𝑒𝑒𝑙𝑠 𝑎 𝑏𝑖𝑡 𝑙𝑖𝑘𝑒 ℎ𝑜𝑚𝑒.
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And trust me, no matter how it came about it's still well appreciated as is your ambition. I'll be sure to keep it in a safe spot.
[ There's a pause then as he considers something else in what Claire's told him which hadn't occurred to him before now as a possibility. ]
And I think I have a request of my own, if you don't mind and of course only if you'd have the time for it. I promise there'd be far less deadlines involved too, if that also helps.
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[ She isn't even sure if she likes the sound of that, but the offer is there. Coffee is fine, she doesn't mind it, but she's so British. Claude's piqued her interest, and Claire can't help but want to know more. ]
𝐼'𝑙𝑙 𝑐𝑒𝑟𝑡𝑎𝑖𝑛𝑙𝑦 ℎ𝑒𝑙𝑝 𝑖𝑓 𝐼 𝑐𝑎𝑛. 𝑊ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑑𝑖𝑑 𝑦𝑜𝑢 ℎ𝑎𝑣𝑒 𝑖𝑛 𝑚𝑖𝑛𝑑?
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And... I'll confess that this isn't the most original idea I've ever had, considering what you've already created. Hilda's birthday was a few months ago and I'd looked everywhere for one of her favorite flowers called anemones. The closest I could find was a scarf with a rather abstract pattern, but it wasn't quite what I'd hoped. If there's any way a real version of that could be created, I'd be grateful. Well, even more than I already am for what you've done already.
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𝐼 ℎ𝑎𝑣𝑒 𝑓𝑜𝑢𝑛𝑑 𝑎 𝑔𝑜𝑜𝑑 𝑝𝑙𝑎𝑐𝑒 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑐𝑜𝑓𝑓𝑒𝑒, 𝐼'𝑙𝑙 𝑚𝑒𝑒𝑡 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑤𝑒 𝑐𝑎𝑛 𝑤𝑎𝑙𝑘 𝑡𝑜𝑔𝑒𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟.
[ It surprises and warms her that he's asking this of her; will she gain a reputation as the old plant lady? She certainly hopes so. ]
𝑇ℎ𝑎𝑡'𝑠 𝑡ℎ𝑜𝑢𝑔ℎ𝑡𝑓𝑢𝑙 𝑜𝑓 𝑦𝑜𝑢, 𝐶𝑙𝑎𝑢𝑑𝑒; 𝐼'𝑚 𝑛𝑜𝑡 𝑠𝑢𝑟𝑒 𝑖𝑓 𝑖𝑡 𝑤𝑜𝑢𝑙𝑑 𝑏𝑒 ℎ𝑜𝑟𝑟𝑖𝑏𝑙𝑦 𝑑𝑖𝑓𝑓𝑖𝑐𝑢𝑙𝑡 𝑜𝑟 𝑛𝑜𝑡. 𝐹𝑖𝑟𝑠𝑡, 𝑙𝑒𝑡 𝑚𝑒 𝑏𝑒 𝑠𝑢𝑟𝑒 𝐼'𝑚 𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑛𝑘𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑜𝑓 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑟𝑖𝑔ℎ𝑡 𝑓𝑙𝑜𝑤𝑒𝑟, 𝑜𝑟 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑦'𝑟𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑠𝑎𝑚𝑒 𝑏𝑒𝑡𝑤𝑒𝑒𝑛 𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑤𝑜𝑟𝑙𝑑𝑠.
[ She has to actually draw it out to make it appear in her message as well, but soon, different doodles began appearing. ]
𝑆𝑜𝑚𝑒𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑙𝑖𝑘𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑠? 𝐼𝑛 𝑝𝑖𝑛𝑘, 𝐼 𝑤𝑜𝑢𝑙𝑑 𝑖𝑚𝑎𝑔𝑖𝑛𝑒? 𝐴𝑛𝑑, 𝑖𝑓 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑑𝑜𝑛'𝑡 𝑚𝑖𝑛𝑑 𝑚𝑦 𝑎𝑠𝑘𝑖𝑛𝑔...𝑑𝑜𝑒𝑠 𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑠 𝑚𝑒𝑎𝑛 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝐻𝑖𝑙𝑑𝑎 ℎ𝑎𝑣𝑒 𝑚𝑎𝑑𝑒 𝑎𝑚𝑒𝑛𝑑𝑠?
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Those look just like them! I'm glad you know of them as well since that means you're spared my poor scribbling of flowers in your sight. The colors Fodlan had included red, pink, purple, and white from what I remember. Any such color would do, but pink would be most fitting.
And... [ At that his writing visibly trails off while he thinks. It takes a solid minute or two, but it does eventually resume. ] I don't mind you asking, but I don't think that's the case. At least not yet. But - I think this might go a little ways in helping.
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𝐼𝑓 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑟 𝑛𝑒𝑒𝑑 𝑎 𝑘𝑖𝑛𝑑 𝑒𝑎𝑟, 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑛𝑒𝑒𝑑 𝑜𝑛𝑙𝑦 𝑡𝑜 𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑐ℎ 𝑜𝑢𝑡. 𝐼𝑛 𝑎𝑛𝑦 𝑐𝑎𝑠𝑒, 𝐼 𝑤𝑜𝑢𝑙𝑑 𝑏𝑒 ℎ𝑎𝑝𝑝𝑦 𝑡𝑜 𝑡𝑟𝑦 𝑤𝑜𝑟𝑘𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑠𝑜𝑚𝑒𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑜𝑢𝑡. 𝑊ℎ𝑒𝑛 𝑤𝑜𝑢𝑙𝑑 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑛𝑒𝑒𝑑 𝑖𝑡? 𝐴𝑡 𝑙𝑒𝑎𝑠𝑡 𝑎 𝑓𝑒𝑤 𝑑𝑎𝑦𝑠 𝑏𝑒𝑓𝑜𝑟𝑒 𝑦𝑜𝑢'𝑑 𝑙𝑖𝑘𝑒 𝑡𝑜 𝑑𝑒𝑙𝑖𝑣𝑒𝑟 𝑖𝑡? 𝑂ℎ, 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑤𝑜𝑢𝑙𝑑 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑙𝑖𝑘𝑒 𝑎 𝑏𝑜𝑢𝑞𝑢𝑒𝑡 𝑜𝑟 𝑜𝑛𝑒 𝑝𝑜𝑡𝑡𝑒𝑑 𝑓𝑙𝑜𝑤𝑒𝑟𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑝𝑙𝑎𝑛𝑡?
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[ For both the offer and the flowers, but the latter is what he'll continue on with. ]
As nice as a bouquet would be - and it absolutely would be - I think the potted plant would be my preference if it wouldn't be too much more trouble. Something for more blooms later on, you know? And I know that Hilda will enjoy it that much more if it lasts since it'll be something from you as well.
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𝑊ℎ𝑒𝑛 𝑤𝑒 𝑚𝑒𝑒𝑡 𝑖𝑛 𝑁𝑜𝑐𝑤𝑖𝑐ℎ, 𝐼'𝑙𝑙 𝑏𝑒 𝑎𝑏𝑙𝑒 𝑡𝑜 𝑔𝑖𝑣𝑒 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑚𝑦 𝑏𝑒𝑙𝑎𝑡𝑒𝑑 𝑔𝑖𝑓𝑡. 𝐴𝑙𝑡ℎ𝑜𝑢𝑔ℎ, 𝑤𝑒 𝑠ℎ𝑜𝑢𝑙𝑑 𝑚𝑒𝑒𝑡 𝑏𝑒𝑓𝑜𝑟𝑒 𝐼 𝑐𝑜𝑚𝑝𝑙𝑒𝑡𝑒𝑙𝑦 𝑓𝑖𝑛𝑖𝑠ℎ, 𝑖𝑛 𝑐𝑎𝑠𝑒 𝑖𝑡 𝑖𝑠𝑛'𝑡 𝑙𝑜𝑜𝑘𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑤𝑎𝑦 𝑖𝑡 𝑤𝑎𝑛𝑡𝑠. 𝐼 𝑐𝑎𝑛 𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑐ℎ 𝑜𝑢𝑡 𝑤ℎ𝑒𝑛 𝐼'𝑚 𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑑𝑦 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑤𝑒 𝑐𝑎𝑛 𝑚𝑒𝑒𝑡 𝑖𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝐻𝑜𝑟𝑖𝑧𝑜𝑛.
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[ Or for Hilda to appreciate it, since too late Claude realizes putting 'we' on that is a bit of an assumption he's not sure he's entitled to. His hope Hilda will enjoy it, though, is very real. ]
That all sounds like a wonderful plan to me. I'll look forward to both. Thank you again, Claire.
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[ ooc: this is what I had in mind! It will be a happy cherry on top that she gets so many in one go! But there's also something more like this which is a little tamer :D ]