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Second chance, first date. (Closed to Sophie)

Feb 01, 2008 23:08

I have been sitting in my room doing nothing for nearly half an hour. I am too nervous to read, too nervous to do anything. I cannot be so early to Sophie's and I manage to wait and arrive only five minutes early. Then I stand in the hallway outside room 212 for as long as I can stand before knocking ( Read more... )

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half_divine February 2 2008, 05:20:13 UTC

Sophie has been fretting as well, although perhaps to a smaller extent. She answers the door after she feeds Sai (if she feeds him before he starts to cling, which is only a problem when one is attempting to leave) and holds it open for Faramir.

"Come in for a moment, if you like." She steps back into the apartment. Nothing terribly fancy tonight - a pair of slacks and a cream blouse, nicely cut.

faramir_hurin February 2 2008, 05:26:46 UTC

"Thank you." Watching the cat eat is actually calming. He's certainly calm enough. "I brought this for you."

I am almost ashamed to have only one rose, but it was so different from all of the others.

"You look beautiful." She always looks beautiful. I feel very plain in black trousers and a blue shirt that I bought yesterday. The man insisted that it was perfect, something about eye colour, and I didn't want to spend much more time on that.

half_divine February 2 2008, 05:30:25 UTC

"Thank you." She shakes her head, taking the rose from him and placing it in a small bud-vase from her cabinet before turning to him again.

Faramir looked nice in his modern clothing - the shirt colour did bring out his eyes, after all - even though he didn't look too comfortable. Perhaps that was just his nerves.

"I think that we should leave Sai to his food."

faramir_hurin February 2 2008, 05:36:20 UTC

"Yes." One last look at a smile at the cat and I am away. I can see no decent way of asking to take Sophie's arm--I cannot take it at this time--which makes me feel strange. Perhaps she'd not have wanted to be so close anyway.

"I walked by the restaurant earlier. It looked like it would be very nice." Nothing recognizable by me, but nothing odd either. It looked comfortable.

half_divine February 2 2008, 05:39:18 UTC

Truth be told, Sophie wasn't sure whether she wanted to be that close or not.

"I had hoped so. The restaurants the village has chosen have always been all right." She settles in a reasonable distance from him and nods.

faramir_hurin February 2 2008, 05:43:12 UTC

"The one was odd, but not bad in the end." It was the appearance that was off-putting.

The cloak is pulled forward before we go outside.

"I look forward to spring again." I remember last year--I hadn't seen spring in two years, really. Not with being on the island. "The world seems so hopeful in the spring."

half_divine February 2 2008, 05:47:16 UTC

"It is a lovely season, aside from the rain." It always rained in Paris during the spring.

There wasn't much blossoming greenery in the city where she had moved, but in the country where she had grown up - that was another matter entirely.

faramir_hurin February 2 2008, 05:53:10 UTC

"It rains in the spring in Gondor, too. Rain brings life to the fields and the wild alike." Things begin to grow.

"Have you heard of what happened yesterday outside the apothecary?" I should tell because I was there and I should not try to hide things anymore. "Really, it was in the alley and not the street."

half_divine February 2 2008, 05:55:56 UTC

"I haven't." She sounds mildly alarmed, as she knows who stays at the apothecary regularly.

"Was anyone hurt?" That's the most important thing to ask.

faramir_hurin February 2 2008, 06:07:33 UTC

"Not that I know of. My arm is a bit sore and I imagine the doctor will want me to wear the sling a few more days, but I can't be certain. More than anything else it was messy." My arm hurt at the time but doesn't seem to have taken any more damage.

"It was vastly large and I didn't know it was called a naga until later. It, like the creature in the lake, was looking for Thessaly. It found several of us."

Or we found it, it's hard to say.

"Instead of dying, it turned into frogs, hundreds of frogs. One of them was a young naga so we had to kill them. William and I were a mess, but they didn't fall on his head." At least I'm clean now. "There was a frog on my head. I think I washed my hair three times."

It felt... strange.

half_divine February 2 2008, 06:09:41 UTC

"Has Thessaly figured out why these things are seeking her out?" It would seem to be the logical conclusion to come to, that something was looking for her and for a reason.

"A naga. I'm not sure what that is, but something that turns into hundreds of frogs does not sound like it could possibly be pleasant."

faramir_hurin February 2 2008, 06:17:35 UTC

"If she has she did not say. I know that she is the last of her order and little else about her." Despite the trip into the catacombs--she was in the back, with Draco. They are friends to a degree.

"It was a very large snake with the upper body of something almost like a human on it, only with a predator's teeth. And it was purple." I don't know what it is about purple. "I have never heard of anything like it and hope not to see another. It was remarkable that no one was really hurt."

Especially me. I don't know how these things keep happening, but I come out of them in mostly good health.

half_divine February 2 2008, 06:19:26 UTC

"It's a blessing that nobody has been hurt so far, and I hope that Thessaly had figured out what they are looking for. I would hate to see more of this happen." Considering it had happened twice in one week and all.

She nodded, glancing about to make sure they didn't ... get lost in or around the hotel, as ridiculous as that would be.

faramir_hurin February 2 2008, 06:44:59 UTC

"As far as I know, no one was hurt. I am not certain." I hope it.

The restaurant is not far but, as usual, I worry about the cold. No arm and cloak to help keep Sophie warm, I have to keep telling myself that it isn't that cold or that far. And the restaurant is still as it was--Joey's.

half_divine February 2 2008, 06:46:35 UTC

The restaurant doesn't look familiar to her, but from what she can see of it, it's relatively run-of-the-mill. She isn't cold, despite what might be running through Faramir's mind.

"That's good, then. Let us hope it's mostly over." She manages a slight smile.

faramir_hurin February 2 2008, 06:56:06 UTC

"Yes." I open the door for her and note that the restaurant looks a very little bit like the cafe. Familiar enough that it isn't odd and comfortable, with warm colours. There are a number of people in the lounge so I ask to be seated away from there. It's hard for me to talk right now but we'll be able to try.

"I hope this is fine with you." I'm not sure if it is or isn't.

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