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Claude von Riegan ([personal profile] bowfaire) wrote in [community profile] elibe2021-05-31 10:09 pm
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[personal profile] backstreetbard 2021-06-04 06:03 am (UTC)(link)
[ Claude's praise is enough to widen her grin, but she gives a wave of her hand, graciously deflecting as another upbeat song begins and a handful of students attempting to emulate the far less-dignified dance push to the front and center of the dance floor. There's something viscerally satisfying about watching the orderly ball morph, at least for a few moments, into something much closer to the sort of party one might stumble upon in Enbarr's poorest quarters. ]

A break sounds perfect. I could use another drink, too.

[ Dorothea snags two tall glasses off a passing tray as she follows Claude to a more quiet corner of the room. Handing off one of the glasses to him, she clinks them together before taking a sip. ]

You're a fast learner, but that's not that surprising. I know you're one of those eternally-curious types.

[ Leaning casually against the wall, a warmth fills her expression as she takes in the sight of the students froclicking about, even though most of them are making a complete mess of things--they're obviously having fun, and that's really the point of a ball, isn't it? Unsurprisingly, Leonie seems to have the best handle on the steps, though she introduces whatever variations are most common in Liecester. ]

Even nobles can figure it out if someone shows them how, apparently. Having fun isn't something they teach at a military academy, sadly. [ She chuckles. ] The Golden Deer has rather a different atmosphere than the Black Eagles, I think. Look over there--I think Linhardt figured out how to sleep standing up.

[ Hubert was lurking around, too, visible looming in some dark corner. On the other hand, Petra had joined in with the dances, dragging a scandalized Ferdinand onto the floor with her and demonstrating the steps of a dance that must be Brigidian in origin. Caspar has done the same with Bernadetta, though Dorothea isn't sure if what they're doing could rightfully be called dancing. ]

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[personal profile] backstreetbard 2021-06-05 06:51 am (UTC)(link)
[ In the face of Claude's modesty, Dorothea simply hums and sips from her glass. She's not fooled, but there's no point in pressing. They're all here to have fun, after all. ]

The winter ball is the social highlight of the year at Garreg Mach, or so I'd heard. I've been looking forward to it since I arrived. It's not quite what I expected, but I'm having a good time.

[ It isn't always easy to walk that line between being her most genuine self and being someone that the upper-crust students at the Academy could find agreeable, desirable... Tonight she'd intended to be more of the latter, but the former keeps peeking through.

She considers the students on the dance floor, thinking about the Deer and the Eagles, how she's the only commoner in her house, how exhausting that can be. Would it hurt her chances of finding a spouse if she wasn't surrounded by the nobility at all hours? ]


It does seem fun.

[ Her voice is pensive as the seed of an idea takes root in her mind. ]
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[personal profile] backstreetbard 2021-06-05 01:41 pm (UTC)(link)
Join you? As in, join the Golden Deer?

[ She's a little surprised he would just come out and ask her, but it's really not that surprising, is it? She did just win the White Heron Cup, and having a dancer on the field could make a huge difference in combat.

Even if he only wanted to recruit her for her skills, she was still having fun, wasn't she? A little change of scenery couldn't hurt.

But, she isn't going to jump to accept his invitation immediately. There are other factors to consider; Edelgard wouldn't take it well, she imagines, even if the younger girl would pretend it didn't sting that one of her Eagles was leaving the nest. ]


I'll think about it.

[ She winks at him, then, just the same way he winks at people when he talks to them. It's a noncommittal answer, but it isn't an outright no, and there's a grin tucked into the corners of her lips that makes it seem more favorable than that. ]
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[personal profile] backstreetbard 2021-06-10 05:14 am (UTC)(link)
[ It's an interesting thought--one she hadn't yet entertained before now. She could transfer over, maybe experience a different way of doing things than the arm-length cordiality of the Black Eagles. As much as she likes Edie and a few of her other classmates, she's not especially bound to Adrestia in the way someone like Ferdinand is--the Empire is her homeland, but that means very little to an orphan like her. ]

Edie might take it better coming from me, but if you'd like to talk it over with her, be my guest.

[ It isn't difficult in the next moment to follow his eyes to the Professor, and she nods in understanding. Looks like someone has a little crush, but she won't tease him for it. ]

I'll come for a visit, I promise. But you promise to dance with me again, sometime.

[ She mimics the gesture, pressing her finger to her lips and winking at him. She's a veritable vault of secrets. No one will find out from her. ]