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 Posted: Sat Dec 09, 2017 6:29 pm
✺Forgotten Son EC: 100
"Oh? We'll have to see about that, mm?" Dixon couldn't help wondering who might steal the victory from her. Chusi was always so strong in his mind... Perhaps the cunning of a hunter was not the same a warrior's instinct? "I'll follow your lead, m'lady," nodded the count, flashing a warm smile to the woman, in spite of a mixed past, had begun to grow quite fond of.
"Is there anything else I can help with today?" Perhaps it was the hanfu, but today he was especially taken with the duchess. If not for his his training, he might have been staring slack-jawed like some urchin...
He was, after all, a simple boy made into something good by refusing to be a useless lump of cockney garbage.
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Posted: Sat Dec 09, 2017 6:39 pm
Duchess Chusi Chhatrapaticlothing: HanfuAt the mention of something else Chusi's cheeks heated once more. How was one supposed to go about the courting business. She had no idea. A pit in her stomach formed as she felt as if she should have asked Youkimi more "um." she bit the inside of her cheek yet again and looked down. She was probably just going to have to out and say it, but the normally confident words that she used failed her and instead it came out almost as a whisper "I was wondering if you were...s-seeing anyone, romantically" she said, her eyes focusing on one of his shoulders when she found that she couldn't manage to keep eye contact with him.
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Posted: Sat Dec 09, 2017 6:49 pm
✺Forgotten SonEC: 100
Ah... This was something else alright--perhaps not something he could even help with--and certainly something which he had no idea what to do with. It was the body language that came with the question that threw the count the most. He found himself scratching the back of his head nervously, taking that moment to think on how to say it.
The answer was no, by the way. "I... Well, I'm very busy, as we all are," he began, somewhat tenuously. "I really hadn't the time to consider such things... As much as it pains me to say." His voice trailed to to murmur of disappointment in this last bit, perhaps not wishing to let that be known.
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Posted: Sat Dec 09, 2017 7:12 pm
Duchess Chusi Chhatrapaticlothing: Hanfu"you wouldn't have any..." she looked down now, Chusi felt like a bashful girl the way she was going about this, not that she blamed herself one bit, it wasn't like such things could be trained "I was...you wouldn't have any interest in me would you?" she asked after having found no other way to put it she would then mutter a half hearted "sorry" before looking fully at the ground.
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Posted: Sat Dec 09, 2017 7:36 pm
✺Forgotten SonEC: 100
What could he say to all this? What would he say to it? To him, she was a strong and good lover, perhaps... Did she know what it took to make a good wife? Did these things just lend themselves to the faith of the marriage? Would he even have to choose between the two if they did engage? To be courted, he thought, was the most inverse reality he'd experienced in quite some time. To kill one's deity had to be up there as well...
The count joined the duchess in shoe-staring for just a moment for a moment. "I..." He had no idea: a complete loss for words, for once in such a long time that neither could remember--most likely Chusi had never seen it. "Could I lie," he began, "and say I have no interest?" He closed the distance between the two of them. His face seemed to sprout laughter as reached for her hands.
"You are a beautiful woman," he said, fully confident in this appraisal. "What does my duchess have in mind?" He needed to know. His heart was ablaze with anticipation.
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Posted: Sat Dec 09, 2017 8:43 pm
Duchess Chusi Chhatrapaticlothing: Hanfu"you may but I wont" she said when he asked if he could lie though the fact that he was even slightly interested did raise her confidence just a smidge "To tell the truth was wasn't expecting a response even anywhere in the realm of good" she said as she managed to dart her eyes up to his for a moment before they went back down at the touch of her hand and her stomach filled with butterflies. Not the bad kind thank the gods, but she was still left in quite a bit of shock. A nervous look entered her eyes and coupled with the shy posture that she suddenly had, shoulders slightly forward and the heat in her cheeks, gave her an air of innocents that wasn't wiped away because of battle. The Duchess would reach up and push a lock of black hair behind her ear "I don't know what I have in mind I'm..." she looked to the side "A bit confused. I'm not sure what I'm doing...this wasn't exactly taught to me" she managed to respond despite her now soft voice and docile demeanor.
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Posted: Sat Dec 09, 2017 11:20 pm
✺Forgotten SonEC: 100
"Then..." Dixon gave the strong woman in front of her his most reassuring smile and gave her hands a squeeze. "--let's enjoy ourselves. No use stressing to find an answer right away." Was it a dodge? Perhaps. Did the count find it the best solution to take the edge off? Definitely. With this, as he gently stroked callused hands in that empty room, Dixon hoped to be able to buy himself time to sort out his own feelings on the situation.
"Many are getting married because we're rebuilding, but..." the count looked into those alluring golden eyes that seemed to dissolve his... everything. All of it in an instant. "... I see no reason to rush to that just yet."
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Posted: Sun Dec 10, 2017 11:17 am
Duchess Chusi Chhatrapaticlothing: HanfuA little tint of red appeared on her cheeks as she nodded "No stressing then" she said, a smile appearing on her face as her lip slid from her teeth when she tried to hide it. One of her hands again came up to move some hair behind her ear. She looked rather happy and the smile was genuine as it lit up the rest of her face. She would rock back on her heels for a moment before he brought up that last part and she looked at him a bit shocked and she raised her hands and shook her head "No no, defiantly no need to rush that...at all she said and then the smile was back, replacing the shock that had taken over for a moment "I just want to get to know you better first. Outside of the whole political backdrop. I mean...I never knew you'd never been hunting before I thought it was just a common thing to do"
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Posted: Sun Dec 10, 2017 7:48 pm
✺Forgotten SonEC: 100
Dixon couldn't help but laugh. Such a strong reaction! He'd expected--hoped, rather--that she'd go for the idea, having such apprehensions about marriage, but to see her reeling like this shocked a chuckle from the count. "Terrible way to know me," he admitted, stepping back with a shrug and finding a neat little lean-perch on one of the few crates in the room.
"But I'm afraid politics is all I've had time for as of late," allowed the count with a sigh. "You must understand this, mm?" Whatever he might have said to follow this seemed not to suit Titanus, so he decided to wave it off. "In any event, I've got one more matter to check on today. Would you like to join me?"
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Posted: Sun Dec 10, 2017 8:02 pm
Duchess Chusi Chhatrapaticlothing: HanfuChusi smiled at him and couldn't control a little giggle that came from her "Well I'm sure you have more then just politics. I doubt your made up of paper and spite" she said as she took a step forward and gave him a kiss on the cheek. She was thinking about giving him a lip kiss but she decided against it, wondering if that would be considered going to far to fast. She would then pull back with that same smile on her face, but it was a little softer now "I'd like that" she said softly "lead the way?"
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Posted: Sun Dec 10, 2017 8:35 pm
✺Forgotten SonEC: 100
The kiss certainly wasn't expected, but surprised the count nonetheless. He flinched ever so slightly, lifting a hand instinctively to the duchess' elbow. It was simply what one did when a lady reached up for a kiss--stolen, yes, but as of yet unprotested. The count smelled faintly like coal and more strongly of peach and almond. Something in the way he was told to cover up with the fragrances struck him as a chore, but he couldn't abide by an image of some uncouth miner romping through the shops. What? was he supposed to portray the image of a brigand who robbed someone well-off?
"Certainly," And out the door they went, the man's face buzzing pleasantly with affection. He offered her his arm to walk out, past the guards, past the plebes, all the way to the street, making no attempt to hide that he'd been seen with another--especially one of the duchess' status. Why start now, mm?
[exeunt]
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Posted: Sun Dec 10, 2017 8:43 pm
Duchess Chusi Chhatrapaticlothing: HanfuChusi took his arm and placed her hand gently upon his arm as she began to walk with him. She wasn't as well known out here but those that did nudged elbows and whispered, wondering why the duchess would be out here of all places, but she wouldn't respond or look around as she walked with him. [exit]
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