(Secret Santa) RP log - Bernadette and Colton
Finished mixing the various medicines that Mathiu instructed her to do, Bernadette cleaned up, made sure the patients were warm and left the infirmary to head back to the room she shared with Kyle. She stopped to pause at the tavern door to shake her head a little, wondering if it was a good or bad thing that the infirmary was so close by.
Colton made his way down to the infirmary to look for Bernadette. He'd heard she was working down there in Mathiu's absence. Spotting her in the hallway, he called her name. It wasn't a gruff voice but a gentle one. One he'd probably not used around this castle in awhile.
Bernadette blinked when she heard her name called out and she turned in the direction of the voice, eyes widening in surprise. "Sir Colton? Um, is there something I can help you with?"
"Sorry for disturbing you," he said as he glanced down at the package he held. "I drew your name this year...so...well...here's your gift."
Blinking again, Bernadette took a glance at the package in his hands before looking at him again and accepting it. "Oh, I was merely on my way back to my room. There's nothing to apologize for." She held the gift up and looked it over before smiling at the older man. "But thank you. It was very kind of you to get this for me."
Colton nodded. "You can open it now if you want."
"Oh, okay. Thank you ..." Bernadette smiled again and began to unwrap it in the same meticulous manner that she wrapped gifts or performed any other task, with her usual calm and reserved demeanor. Setting aside the wrapping for a moment, she lifted the lid off the box to reveal a bottle with a miniature ship inside. Bernadette gasped and looked back up at him in surprise. "Did you make this yourself?"
Colton nodded and gave a smile. Building those things took lots of patience and he enjoyed doing it, not that he'd show anyone, really. But she was a woman of the sea and he was particularly proud of this one. "Been working on that one for a few years. Figured an accomplished sailor like yourself would appreciate it."
Her eyebrows remained raised in surprise and she nodded. "It's amazing. I can't imagine just how painstaking it must be to finish a proect like this." Bernadette looked back up from the bottle to smile at Colton. "This is a lovely gift. I do appreciate it very much. Thank you, Sir Colton. And speaking of ships, I assume you docked yours elsewhere for the winter as well?"
"Yes," he answered, pleased she liked it. "She's off shore near Zexay. I usually berth her there in the winter."
"That's right, you have been here longer than I have." Bernadette gently placed the lid back on the box, handling it very carefully to avoid breaking the delicate piece of art. "Thank you again, Sir Colton. I must be on my way now to meet up with my boyfriend. He will tease me about working too hard if I show up much later than I told him I would be there."
"All right," he said, giving a slight bow. "Take care, Bernadette. Perhaps when my ship is back you'll come to tour it?"
Uncertain about that offer but unwilling to be rude, Bernadette simply nodded in affirmation, smiling a little. "I will. You do so as well. And once spring is here, perhaps I will take a look around your ship, if you don't mind having an outsider on board."
"Of course not," he answered. "Well, farewell."
The young vice-captain smiled a bit more and she walked past him in the direction leading to her room, stopping briefly to wave at him. "Thank you again." She called out before disappearing around a corner of the hall.
Colton made his way down to the infirmary to look for Bernadette. He'd heard she was working down there in Mathiu's absence. Spotting her in the hallway, he called her name. It wasn't a gruff voice but a gentle one. One he'd probably not used around this castle in awhile.
Bernadette blinked when she heard her name called out and she turned in the direction of the voice, eyes widening in surprise. "Sir Colton? Um, is there something I can help you with?"
"Sorry for disturbing you," he said as he glanced down at the package he held. "I drew your name this year...so...well...here's your gift."
Blinking again, Bernadette took a glance at the package in his hands before looking at him again and accepting it. "Oh, I was merely on my way back to my room. There's nothing to apologize for." She held the gift up and looked it over before smiling at the older man. "But thank you. It was very kind of you to get this for me."
Colton nodded. "You can open it now if you want."
"Oh, okay. Thank you ..." Bernadette smiled again and began to unwrap it in the same meticulous manner that she wrapped gifts or performed any other task, with her usual calm and reserved demeanor. Setting aside the wrapping for a moment, she lifted the lid off the box to reveal a bottle with a miniature ship inside. Bernadette gasped and looked back up at him in surprise. "Did you make this yourself?"
Colton nodded and gave a smile. Building those things took lots of patience and he enjoyed doing it, not that he'd show anyone, really. But she was a woman of the sea and he was particularly proud of this one. "Been working on that one for a few years. Figured an accomplished sailor like yourself would appreciate it."
Her eyebrows remained raised in surprise and she nodded. "It's amazing. I can't imagine just how painstaking it must be to finish a proect like this." Bernadette looked back up from the bottle to smile at Colton. "This is a lovely gift. I do appreciate it very much. Thank you, Sir Colton. And speaking of ships, I assume you docked yours elsewhere for the winter as well?"
"Yes," he answered, pleased she liked it. "She's off shore near Zexay. I usually berth her there in the winter."
"That's right, you have been here longer than I have." Bernadette gently placed the lid back on the box, handling it very carefully to avoid breaking the delicate piece of art. "Thank you again, Sir Colton. I must be on my way now to meet up with my boyfriend. He will tease me about working too hard if I show up much later than I told him I would be there."
"All right," he said, giving a slight bow. "Take care, Bernadette. Perhaps when my ship is back you'll come to tour it?"
Uncertain about that offer but unwilling to be rude, Bernadette simply nodded in affirmation, smiling a little. "I will. You do so as well. And once spring is here, perhaps I will take a look around your ship, if you don't mind having an outsider on board."
"Of course not," he answered. "Well, farewell."
The young vice-captain smiled a bit more and she walked past him in the direction leading to her room, stopping briefly to wave at him. "Thank you again." She called out before disappearing around a corner of the hall.