♟ 003 { video / action }
[It's a lovely day, so Amélie and Romain have moved their argument to the outside. Romain is escorting her by the arm, and from a distance, they look almost like a typical couple of the French nobility, taking a pleasant stroll along a boulevard of the City. In actuality, they are being...very much themselves, which is to say, not typical in the least. This is most instantly evident by the way in which Amélie has done her hair. In that she's done her hair. At all. Her hair is fashionable, and piled on her head, but it is most definitely real, her own rich red, and not a wig.]
I just...don't you think we draw enough attention, as is? Just...being us?
[Amélie grins at Romain in a way that is rather unladylike.]
What's so bad about a little attention? Besides, they can hardly kick us out. You worry too much, stupid.
[Romain wants to say something related to 'maybe they can't kick HER out but only one if them is actually proper nobility'... but he does know they can't kick him out either. All the same.]
Maybe not, but they caaan...exclude us mercilessly. And say things. [This trails off, slightly. He's aware of how feeble this sounds.]
They're going to talk anyways. It's all they do, all the time. Wouldn't be so bad to be excluded from that for a while.
[And actually...Romain thinks Amélie might have a point. Because less time with the other nobles means less time with him trying to get through a conversation with them and thinly-veiled allusions to his status. But that doesn't make staring any better.]
Um...so...is this a ball-thing, or is this...your new thing?
[Of course Amélie is on to something. Though no one would dare make any allusions about anything around her, her status is just a little too high for that.]
I just don't feel like wearing a wig all the time. Why should I?
...you do have lovely hair.
[ooc note of lengthy DOOM: Amy (green) is Amélie d'Étang, marquesse de Lendemain, vicomtesse d'Hier and Rory (blue) is Romain Guillaume, écuyer, vicomte d'Hier.
Amy is the daughter of a noble couple who are part of the ooooooold french nobility. Her parents are kind of both dead and Amy was raised by her aunt in the country until Amy came into her title and fortune. Only her aunt barely paid attention to her. So Amy had a few noblewoman lessons, but pretty much entirely avoided any kind of real discipline. Making her a loose cannon. AS FOR RORY. He...is the bastard son of a servant in Amy's house. And being basically the only kid her age really accessible to her, Amy latched onto him and they became BFFs. And, when older, lovers. Only then Amy came of age, and into her rank and fortune, and was invited to court. Naturally, this made Rory kind of sad and mopey because he was convinced she'd go off to court and forget him and marry strategically and stuff. Instead, she bought Rory a title, married him, and brought him to court along with her.
They are not a typical court couple at all, naturally. It is probably established that Rory gets mocked by the court, and fairly demeaned to his face, though probably not when Amy's there because she is extremely influential. Amy is seen as a mad eccentric. Probably.
Amy is wearing this lovely dress. Rory is wearing a dark green frock coat with pink waistcoat and light-coloured breeches. All of high quality material, naturally.]
I just...don't you think we draw enough attention, as is? Just...being us?
[Amélie grins at Romain in a way that is rather unladylike.]
What's so bad about a little attention? Besides, they can hardly kick us out. You worry too much, stupid.
[Romain wants to say something related to 'maybe they can't kick HER out but only one if them is actually proper nobility'... but he does know they can't kick him out either. All the same.]
Maybe not, but they caaan...exclude us mercilessly. And say things. [This trails off, slightly. He's aware of how feeble this sounds.]
They're going to talk anyways. It's all they do, all the time. Wouldn't be so bad to be excluded from that for a while.
[And actually...Romain thinks Amélie might have a point. Because less time with the other nobles means less time with him trying to get through a conversation with them and thinly-veiled allusions to his status. But that doesn't make staring any better.]
Um...so...is this a ball-thing, or is this...your new thing?
[Of course Amélie is on to something. Though no one would dare make any allusions about anything around her, her status is just a little too high for that.]
I just don't feel like wearing a wig all the time. Why should I?
...you do have lovely hair.
[ooc note of lengthy DOOM: Amy (green) is Amélie d'Étang, marquesse de Lendemain, vicomtesse d'Hier and Rory (blue) is Romain Guillaume, écuyer, vicomte d'Hier.
Amy is the daughter of a noble couple who are part of the ooooooold french nobility. Her parents are kind of both dead and Amy was raised by her aunt in the country until Amy came into her title and fortune. Only her aunt barely paid attention to her. So Amy had a few noblewoman lessons, but pretty much entirely avoided any kind of real discipline. Making her a loose cannon. AS FOR RORY. He...is the bastard son of a servant in Amy's house. And being basically the only kid her age really accessible to her, Amy latched onto him and they became BFFs. And, when older, lovers. Only then Amy came of age, and into her rank and fortune, and was invited to court. Naturally, this made Rory kind of sad and mopey because he was convinced she'd go off to court and forget him and marry strategically and stuff. Instead, she bought Rory a title, married him, and brought him to court along with her.
They are not a typical court couple at all, naturally. It is probably established that Rory gets mocked by the court, and fairly demeaned to his face, though probably not when Amy's there because she is extremely influential. Amy is seen as a mad eccentric. Probably.
Amy is wearing this lovely dress. Rory is wearing a dark green frock coat with pink waistcoat and light-coloured breeches. All of high quality material, naturally.]
