Worlds of magic. They never expected to visit one, but they're turning out to be quick studies of the traits and quirks to be found in this section of one.
We need to see if Extensive can replicate this, and then determine how it ought to be ... applied. Tomax seems to be particularly impressed, though for him it's all a matter of degree.
Because you'd think they were a couple of excited tourists on their first visit to some exotic land [it is, and they kind of are 8P].
[Dammit I need to make more icons for the boys...]
The folding done for now, Mia goes to fetch them some tea, only to come back empty handed and with a maid following with the tea service.
"For goodness sake, Majesty Mia, you shouldn't work yourself too hard in your condition. You sit down right now and take tea with your guests and let ME do the work."
"Ausas are a stubborn lot," the maid says, clearly an older woman who remembers seeing a number of examples of Ausa stubbornness. "Wonderful employers, fantastic leaders, and a work ethic that will be the end of all of them if they're not careful. Now, honestly, sit, Majesty Mia."
Mia finally takes a careful seat in a nearby armchair, idly rubbing her baby bump once she's settled in.
"Now, if you nice boys need anything, you're welcome to ask me," the maid says, pouring tea for everyone and taking her leave, mumbling something about how she wouldn't be surprised if Majesty Mia tried doing the ironing while she was in labor.
"Well, unless my ancestors were from Europe when the family lived on the Blue Star and remembered it very well when they came to Lunar, one couldn't really call it European-inspired."
She nods at the compliment, though.
"My family has always been amazing with their skill, one of the many reasons why I was sure I would never fit with them. But a number of people have told me that I've done well at being an Ausa."
Or it could be due to an architectural equivalent to convergent evolution. Over time, you get similar styles even without the two ever meeting long enough for cross pollination to take place.
"The others have talent, of course. I never thought I was particularly skilled, nothing above average. And with my mother in particular and her being lauded as one of the Four Heroes, I had quite the reputation to live up to."
"You don't have to do anything special to get that title here; in the same way that my son can't help his birth into the Ausa dynasty, I couldn't help mine. What worth is in a title that is inherited?"
"I don't see how I could have as a mewling infant. And as wonderful as I think my son is going to be, I don't expect him to make a name for himself just by being delivered."
Worlds of magic. They never expected to visit one, but they're turning out to be quick studies of the traits and quirks to be found in this section of one.
We need to see if Extensive can replicate this, and then determine how it ought to be ... applied.
Tomax seems to be particularly impressed, though for him it's all a matter of degree.
Because you'd think they were a couple of excited tourists on their first visit to some exotic land [it is, and they kind of are 8P].
[Dammit I need to make more icons for the boys...]
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"For goodness sake, Majesty Mia, you shouldn't work yourself too hard in your condition. You sit down right now and take tea with your guests and let ME do the work."
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It's hard to top Mia and her mother-henning, but the maid is giving it her best effort.
"We did offer-"
"-To help her, but-""-She turned us down, too."
Turn downs look to be in everyone's cards tonight, they're positive of it.
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Mia finally takes a careful seat in a nearby armchair, idly rubbing her baby bump once she's settled in.
"Now, if you nice boys need anything, you're welcome to ask me," the maid says, pouring tea for everyone and taking her leave, mumbling something about how she wouldn't be surprised if Majesty Mia tried doing the ironing while she was in labor.
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Bit early to cash in one's chips, though.
Mia can still defy orders. They can still win the [non-existent] wager.
"We will-"
"-Make sure to do that,"
they say, accepting their cups when they're given them.
"This place is-"
"-Truly a marvel, and-""-All done with magic, too,"
they remark as they take in their surroundings.
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"My family founded the city and the Magic Guild millennia ago, though the physical Guild had been remodeled as recently as five years ago."
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"It is like-"
"-The interior of-"
"-A castle of mixed architecture-"
"-Possibly European-inspired-"
"-Or a retro-designed mansion."
Pause.
"The workmanship of-"
"-Your family and those-"
"-Who helped build this-""-Is remarkable."
And they certainly know high-end when they see it.
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She nods at the compliment, though.
"My family has always been amazing with their skill, one of the many reasons why I was sure I would never fit with them. But a number of people have told me that I've done well at being an Ausa."
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"However would you-"
"-Not fit in with the others?"
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"-Created your own-"
"-Reputation regardless."
Pause."Clearly, you did not need to worry over being 'good enough'."
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"I'm just a glorified teacher..." she sheepishly says.
Well, nowadays that's true, but she can boast a lot that other teachers don't have in their repertoires.
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"An honorific as that is never given to-""-A 'glorified teacher'."
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"But admittedly-"
Xamot takes a sip of his tea.
"-Some deserve it more than others?"
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"I don't see how I could have as a mewling infant. And as wonderful as I think my son is going to be, I don't expect him to make a name for himself just by being delivered."
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