(He starts off the day the same way he usually does; the same way he always has. He wakes up early, he meditates, he reflects, he goes over his plans for the day, his motivations, the challenges he expects to encounter, the outcomes he hopes to achieve, the way they'll fit into his plans for another day. He refocuses himself for another day and sets off.
The festivals and celebrations have made the days easier; it makes today easier, but it's easier to get ahead when everyone else is taking it easy.
He takes his breakfast just a little later by the south garden today and as expected, he runs into the minister of trade. He mentions the idea of opening a trade route with Fodlan, hinting at a promising partner in Leicester-- an ambitious margrave always ready for a good deal. Of course, now isn't the time to really talk business or official things like that when there's a festival to be had. So he leaves the minister to his breakfast with the promise to speak again in the new year.
He meets with his mother before her tea with her retainers. She looks down at his notes and plans, messily written in a mix of Fodlan and Almyran script and reminds him to relax. They discuss Flayn. Fatima will surely update Tiana when they have tea later and Claude will see her for himself when he meets with her for lunch. She casually says how they'll have to make his little friend feel at home. He thanks her truly and remarks how difficult it is to be an outsider in the palace and though he doesn't look at his mother, he can easily imagine the way her eyes soften with empathy.
Before he has lunch with Flayn, he'll speak to the guards, telling them to watch out for their guest in case she gets lost. If there's any trouble, they can find him, Tiana, any of her retainers, or even Nader himself. That last one is important. Even their general is protecting their guest.
He has lunch with Flayn. He makes sure to keep the conversation light. He promises to introduce her to his mother in the evening. He makes sure to have lunch near where the celebrations will be held and he tells her to come here later. He'll make up a half-excuse about has to go share drinks with Nader and some of the other soldiers. He really will meet with them. But after he makes sure to cross paths with one of his brothers just to remind him he's here for the fifth time this month...
And then it's finally time to meet Flayn, when the sun is still in the sky but has begun to lower. He spots her easily (and can't help but worry thinking about how much she stands out now. How much she will stand out here).)
Can't celebrate into the night without light. (Hello, he is here.) Ready?
no subject
The festivals and celebrations have made the days easier; it makes today easier, but it's easier to get ahead when everyone else is taking it easy.
He takes his breakfast just a little later by the south garden today and as expected, he runs into the minister of trade. He mentions the idea of opening a trade route with Fodlan, hinting at a promising partner in Leicester-- an ambitious margrave always ready for a good deal. Of course, now isn't the time to really talk business or official things like that when there's a festival to be had. So he leaves the minister to his breakfast with the promise to speak again in the new year.
He meets with his mother before her tea with her retainers. She looks down at his notes and plans, messily written in a mix of Fodlan and Almyran script and reminds him to relax. They discuss Flayn. Fatima will surely update Tiana when they have tea later and Claude will see her for himself when he meets with her for lunch. She casually says how they'll have to make his little friend feel at home. He thanks her truly and remarks how difficult it is to be an outsider in the palace and though he doesn't look at his mother, he can easily imagine the way her eyes soften with empathy.
Before he has lunch with Flayn, he'll speak to the guards, telling them to watch out for their guest in case she gets lost. If there's any trouble, they can find him, Tiana, any of her retainers, or even Nader himself. That last one is important. Even their general is protecting their guest.
He has lunch with Flayn. He makes sure to keep the conversation light. He promises to introduce her to his mother in the evening. He makes sure to have lunch near where the celebrations will be held and he tells her to come here later. He'll make up a half-excuse about has to go share drinks with Nader and some of the other soldiers. He really will meet with them. But after he makes sure to cross paths with one of his brothers just to remind him he's here for the fifth time this month...
And then it's finally time to meet Flayn, when the sun is still in the sky but has begun to lower. He spots her easily (and can't help but worry thinking about how much she stands out now. How much she will stand out here).)
Can't celebrate into the night without light. (Hello, he is here.) Ready?