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[fleurdesel]

...how fancy are these knives? Gilded, sharpened to a fine edge, enchanted to toast the bread as you slice?

[eviscerates]

Well, one was electric - which is to say it the blade would move independently to help carve meat. I'm not sure exactly why that made it better at carving, but it was very important to me at three o'clock in the morning.

A toasting knife would be awesome though. I wonder if that could be done.

[fleurdesel]

It has been done. Roul was bored and disliked having cold bread in the mornings and worked out a milder enchantment than one might have for a flaming sword.

[eviscerates]

You know, if you wanted to raise money for the Mage Council, going into business with enchanted toasting knives wouldn't be the worst plan in the world. I've heard worse ideas.

( like mary margaret and leroy's pitches when trying to sell like a thousand candles for the nuns but whatever )

[fleurdesel]

Most of us are content to offer our services or brew specialty potions and ointments, but I will get right on suggesting lightly enchanted bread knives. They would probably sell quite well up north, honestly.

[eviscerates]

So you could make special magical butter for the first thirty buyers of an enchanted bread knife, basically.

( so so so serious
she is not struggling to keep a straight face at all, never mind that Adelaide can't see her, no )

[fleurdesel]

Butter that is resistant to spoiling and tastes of honey. [ A beat. ] That is actually not a terrible idea.

[eviscerates]

See? Although you could maybe just straight up mix butter and honey, it's a natural preservative. Not... sure if that'll actually work, but the technicalities are your area, so.

[fleurdesel]

I would have to consult a creamery- or a cook. They would know better than I, honestly.

[eviscerates]

It's a good thing you have so much free time to fill with random projects.

[fleurdesel]

Perhaps I ought to delegate this research to my assistant. I am certain she can find a satisfactory answer.

[eviscerates]

( THE MOST LONGSUFFERING GROAN
that ends with laughter
but that's irrelevant )

Sorry I didn't hear that, the crystal must be breaking up or something.

[fleurdesel]

You know I do not care to repeat myself, Red. [ Anyone else, it might be a warning. With Ruby, somehow, it has become something wryly amused. ]

[eviscerates]

( with a ridiculousness that rings of self-deprecation more than anything else, )

Oh, Captain. You know I love it when you take charge.

( because she is literally her boss
it isn't flirting
necessarily )

[fleurdesel]

I should hope so, otherwise we would have difficulty with the chain of command.

[eviscerates]

It could get awkward, right?

( aha, and that would be the sound of Ruby stopping, and starting to haul herself up the side of a crumbly ruin to get to some Blessing. Scrapes and crumbling and then the quiet catch of a knife. )

You know, back home we used to have this special dance when the Flower Moon rolled by and it was warm enough certain plants to flourish again.

[fleurdesel]

A little.

[ Only a little. ]

Oh? Was it particularly spirited or was it more spiritual?

[eviscerates]

Oh, spirited, definitely. Coming of age thjng for a bunch of teenagers? Nothing spiritual to be seen. Lots of behaviour to cringe over later.

Anyway, I think it would have been last mont, roughly. All this plant stuff just made me think of it.

[fleurdesel]

Summersday would have been about a month ago- there are no real celebrations in Orlais that I know of. [ She is limited by her experiences in the tower, however. ] Giggling young women and posturing young men?

[eviscerates]

Huh. I might just have to look into it.

( she laughs, )

And sometimes giggling young men and posturing young women. It wasnt really my scene, I'm too serious.

[fleurdesel]

Somehow I doubt that. [ She can be serious, certainly, but the laughing Ruby is one Adelaide has come to like most. ]

[eviscerates]

No, it's true. I actually helped get it cancelled my year for it. I was not popular after that.

( or before it, as a matter of fact. )

[fleurdesel]

So you have been denied such a vital part of your youth? We cannot have that.

[eviscerates]

I was planning on skipping anyway, so you can stop scheming before you start.
( a quiet whump as she jumps from her perch and back to the snow. ) Seemed pretty ridiculous, honestly.

[fleurdesel]

Who's scheming? I do not scheme, Red.

[ She plans. ]