Most of my colleagues would disagree with that. Apparently I run my mouth a bit too often to remain popular amongst the other squadrons. Yet my title is still "of Silence"... maybe that was someone's joke.
[ it's a little amusing. ]
Truly my disposition is delicate, you know? I'll lose an interesting coin on my desk and fall into despair for a week.
Particular about where everything's placed, huh - to go into full on
despair, Mordalion... remind me never to move your things. I'd hate to see
the spiral.
It's not the placement, exactly. I'm not very organised. It's more the idea of keeping something interesting or looking forward to a treat and losing that. Small joys being taken from me.
[ oh! well... at that clarification he softens up a bit. ]
Considering the rigors of your work... this shouldn't surprise me, then. Do those sorts of things slip through your grasp often...?
Small joys are sometimes all we get with how life comes hurtling at us with all sorts of problems and dangers. It's the best way we can enjoy it at times.
When not focused on a task, I can be clumsy. Dropping an ice cream scoop on the ground, tearing a sweater, poorly pruning a plant. All of those make me very upset.
[ hmmm. lists a few examples, checking off on his fingers. ]
Good food, especially sweets. Seeing a new flower bloom. Finding a rare CD or collectible. That kind of thing.
You ever get any of that lemon poppyseed cake I made for that one party
Jacopo hosted early on? I can see about maybe baking something for you
before we go.
[ gently nudges shoulder. small joys... they're important. ]
If we get to stay in touch after all this is over, I'll show you the music
shop aboard the Eudora as well. It's got plenty of music from across the
galaxy stored there - perhaps there'll be something you'd like to take with
you.
...I didn't. [ a sparkle in his eye, clearly interested. ] Please let me try it, if we're able to find the time before whatever nonsense the weekend requires.
[ blinks at the nudge... nudges a little back, perhaps apologetically. ]
Kazuki actually took me there for a little while. It's his main interest, and we were able to find some common ground there. It's big enough that multiple visits wouldn't even scratch the surface, though, so I'd like to visit it again. Hear your tastes, if you'll show me.
I'll make it for you one last time then. You can take it to your team if
you want to share, or eat it yourself - I won't judge. Might be one of the
last times I can do such a thing before I'm back to work again, so I'd be
happy to.
[ he just seems to smile fondly at that. he likes kazuki, a
lot. ]
Kazuki seems to have been around quite a bit - he was on board the Eudora
when I was helping look after everyone with the rest of the Senior Crew...
[ he closes his eyes, carefully flopping back now that his sandwich
is finished, a hand resting behind his head as he lays back. ] I
would like that. The Eudora should have more visitors - she's a record of
history, a ship that preserves knowledge of many places and creatures and
people... she'd do well to learn more from others.
Might be selfish about this one. Especially if others got to try it before me. I've missed out all this time.
[ kazuki... things started off rocky with them, but he's come to like him a lot, too. ]
He mentioned that sometimes his memories of other places would seep through. Must be a strange phenomenon, for him. [ and the others that seemed to happen with. ] Others would do well to learn from her, too, it sounds. An exchange of knowledge.
[ my favorite pastime, tagging aaya from gmail at work. i really
need to set up our psl post. ]
Consider it returning the favor for sharing your cookies with me - I don't
see a problem with being a bit selfish about it, heh.
[ but he does somber up a bit about kazuki. god, that kid has been
everywhere (SHAKES RAY FOR CONSTANTLY TORTURING KAZUKI AS AN NPC IN CHASMA
AND PLAYER.) he doesn't like it! thanks! poor kazuki... but he does offer a
small smile at that last bit ]
Mmm... I thinks she has a lot to teach the universe now that she's feeling
more like herself. I suppose... I owe her a fair chance at a do-over.
Wasn't her fault we got swept up in the mess...
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Date: 2025-07-25 03:27 pm (UTC)[ it's a little amusing. ]
Truly my disposition is delicate, you know? I'll lose an interesting coin on my desk and fall into despair for a week.
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Date: 2025-07-25 04:21 pm (UTC)It does seem a little ironic.
[ though at that example, his brows lift. ]
Particular about where everything's placed, huh - to go into full on despair, Mordalion... remind me never to move your things. I'd hate to see the spiral.
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Date: 2025-07-25 04:25 pm (UTC)It's not the placement, exactly. I'm not very organised. It's more the idea of keeping something interesting or looking forward to a treat and losing that. Small joys being taken from me.
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Date: 2025-07-25 04:28 pm (UTC)Considering the rigors of your work... this shouldn't surprise me, then. Do those sorts of things slip through your grasp often...?
Small joys are sometimes all we get with how life comes hurtling at us with all sorts of problems and dangers. It's the best way we can enjoy it at times.
What do you consider a small joy?
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Date: 2025-07-25 05:04 pm (UTC)[ hmmm. lists a few examples, checking off on his fingers. ]
Good food, especially sweets. Seeing a new flower bloom. Finding a rare CD or collectible. That kind of thing.
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Date: 2025-07-25 05:14 pm (UTC)You ever get any of that lemon poppyseed cake I made for that one party Jacopo hosted early on? I can see about maybe baking something for you before we go.
[ gently nudges shoulder. small joys... they're important. ]
If we get to stay in touch after all this is over, I'll show you the music shop aboard the Eudora as well. It's got plenty of music from across the galaxy stored there - perhaps there'll be something you'd like to take with you.
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Date: 2025-07-25 05:35 pm (UTC)[ blinks at the nudge... nudges a little back, perhaps apologetically. ]
Kazuki actually took me there for a little while. It's his main interest, and we were able to find some common ground there. It's big enough that multiple visits wouldn't even scratch the surface, though, so I'd like to visit it again. Hear your tastes, if you'll show me.
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Date: 2025-07-25 06:19 pm (UTC)I'll make it for you one last time then. You can take it to your team if you want to share, or eat it yourself - I won't judge. Might be one of the last times I can do such a thing before I'm back to work again, so I'd be happy to.
[ he just seems to smile fondly at that. he likes kazuki, a lot. ]
Kazuki seems to have been around quite a bit - he was on board the Eudora when I was helping look after everyone with the rest of the Senior Crew... [ he closes his eyes, carefully flopping back now that his sandwich is finished, a hand resting behind his head as he lays back. ] I would like that. The Eudora should have more visitors - she's a record of history, a ship that preserves knowledge of many places and creatures and people... she'd do well to learn more from others.
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Date: 2025-07-27 10:18 am (UTC)[ kazuki... things started off rocky with them, but he's come to like him a lot, too. ]
He mentioned that sometimes his memories of other places would seep through. Must be a strange phenomenon, for him. [ and the others that seemed to happen with. ] Others would do well to learn from her, too, it sounds. An exchange of knowledge.
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Date: 2025-07-30 12:58 pm (UTC)[ my favorite pastime, tagging aaya from gmail at work. i really need to set up our psl post. ]
Consider it returning the favor for sharing your cookies with me - I don't see a problem with being a bit selfish about it, heh.
[ but he does somber up a bit about kazuki. god, that kid has been everywhere (SHAKES RAY FOR CONSTANTLY TORTURING KAZUKI AS AN NPC IN CHASMA AND PLAYER.) he doesn't like it! thanks! poor kazuki... but he does offer a small smile at that last bit ]
Mmm... I thinks she has a lot to teach the universe now that she's feeling more like herself. I suppose... I owe her a fair chance at a do-over. Wasn't her fault we got swept up in the mess...