9th Letter; video

[hisdiscretion]

[Franz is sitting in his darkened office. As usual, he casts a gentle glow across it. Though it's late at night, he seems to be drinking coffee.]

I can't believe it's only June 15th. Can wedding season be over now, please? [siiigh]I'm from a time and place that doesn't exactly value morals or good taste. I'd be the first to admit that I've grown

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[Video]

[subject_seven]

Nana is having a wedding in June.

[Video]

[hisdiscretion]

--!!

[pause]

I officially loathe weddings except for Mademoiselle Nana's.

[Video]

[subject_seven]

...Really?

[Video]

[hisdiscretion]

Of course. I'm quite looking forward to seeing your wedding.

And you may ride a unicorn if you want.

[showbizpanache]

[Have some sass in return. He loves weddings okay ;;] Now that's just unreasonable. Just because some Jersey Shore reject's expectations were too high doesn't mean you should condemn all weddings forever.

[hisdiscretion]

[sigh] It's not just that. She was just the last straw.

Marriage is this built-in expectation for so many people. Even if it's supposed to be something that's full of meaning, most people just get married because they'll see some gain from.

[showbizpanache]

That's true, certainly, but... Marriage for love still exists, you know, and not just in Disney films and rom-coms.

[hisdiscretion]

Love doesn't exist amidst nobility. I was lucky that I got along well with my fiancee, but she was just another girl to me. [There was no spark, not a single feeling of romantic or even sexual interest from Franz. Of course there wasn't. And she had loved him, as perhaps she was supposed to because, because he was warm and clever and a definite escape from her terrible family.] It would've made no difference if I found her presence unbearable, or her mine. A good friend of mine wound up betrothed to a very questionable man. She was afraid of him, but her father couldn't be dissuaded, and he had a tendency to lock her away when she disagreed.

I still have a hard time believing that following one's heart can end in anything but tragedy.

[Video, Private]

[gaveherwings]

[Well. Well, that was an outburst of amusing hysteria that's still terribly endearing, in a way, and Daedalus has to sit at his desk with hands tented over nose and mouth to snigger at the entire rant, grinning ear-to-ear in straining sympathies. Poor Franz. No one envies his position, this month. Even Kristeva might have lost it, by now.

Finally, he turns on private video with a long sigh, shaking his head fondly.]

A long day, hm?

Did she really call you sad and lonely and miserable?

Come July, I promise you. Every night the both of us have to spare- I'll put you down for a full-fledged recovery plan.

[Video, Private]

[hisdiscretion]

[His demeanor instantly transforms from angry to pleased, even mildly amused.] --Yes. Apparently she found my inability to produce unicorns on par with being some horrible old maid. Tsk.

...What is this recovery plan entail? Lots of wine, I hope.

[Video, Private]

[gaveherwings]

I don't see how Lion's Gate is even responsible for arranging transport in the first place- let alone livery of fantastic creatures.

[Then, adding just a bit demurely:] For what it's worth, I think you're still a miracle worker.

And it's always the wine, Monsieur d'Epinay! [A short peal of laughter] Is it my company you want, or just a drinking partner! It couldn't hurt to cut back on the alcohol intake, you know. Find some other means of recreation.

[Video, Private]

[hisdiscretion]

I don't either. Raul's avoiding her, as is the club GM, which leaves me, somehow, to explain to her it's not our duty. [sigh]

As for being a miracle worker - well, have you ever considered it's the wine that makes me so? Or perhaps I just need to be doing something with my mouth to be secure, you know, oral fixation and all that. In that case... I've got some plans for my rehabilitation.

[escapedpandora]

[He didn't want to speak on the subject, but... there was one part he thought was important enough to comment on.]

I don't think anyone should get to ride unicorns just because they want to. They should ask first, instead of even going to someone else.

[hisdiscretion]

[jokingly] In that case, the unicorn should also be compensated for appearing in the wedding. But none of the entertainment agents I know of had any unicorns to book, so it's rather a moot point.

[escapedpandora]

They could be guests? Wouldn't that be enough?

[Because he only knows one unicorn. And he doesn't think she would consent to riders, or that people should really ask her that.]

[hisdiscretion]

That woman is hardly the type to keep a unicorn as a friend.

[Audio]

[hisdiscretion]

[The rarity of that laugh doesn't escape Franz: he worked with Walter long enough to know the young man could be quite dour.] Well I'm glad someone got some amusement out of that situation.

How have you been?

[Audio]

[hisdiscretion]

It's good to make new friends, isn't it? [Franz is quiet, really wanting to allow Walter to dominate the conversation as much as possible. It's so rare he's talkative and cheerful like this.] Perhaps I could come see the place sometime?