Have I failed you, Ellie? For you to think you only have that to offer me?
[ also like they are dancing, he will use their joined hands to encourage her closer to him as his other arm slides around her waist ]
You're the most gorgeous woman I've ever seen and ever will [ because he is soooo in love with her even now ] but you are so much more and you know it.
[ yves can see elysia giving herself a pep talk. even she has to talk herself up to accept the reality of her existence and the reality of how she has to say goodbye.
she is preparing for a banquet. it is the first and last time she will wear makeup in her life, and she will don a new outfit specifically created for her by a dear friend. she calls it her final banquet, but the reality is it was a mission given to her friends by the leadership of the organization she belonged to: a crusade for her death.
because if elysia must have an ending, it must be disguised as something beautiful and dazzling. ]
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[ a little sigh. that's going to be a tall order and yet
even if she has his head in her hands, he turns just enough so he can place a kiss on her cheek ]
Alright. For you, I'll really try.
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she smiles brightly. ]
Would it work better if I make it a formal work request for Courrune?
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a raise of his brow, playful ]
What would be my payment, my lovely Ellie?
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My dearest Yves, you would charge a poor but beautiful girl like me?
[ she reaches for one of his hands. ]
What would you ask of me?
[1/2]
[ this is just. a fact. ]
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But I do accept payments on a sliding scale. I'd hate to ask for anything that can't be given, so I'm afraid you'll need to name your offers first.
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[ she spins automatically, so natural is the movement between the two of them now that it hardly takes a thought. ]
I'd joke about you fleecing me, but I don't think I could finish the sentence. Hmm... the only thing I have is my beauty, though?
[ this is not a proper offer. ]
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Have I failed you, Ellie? For you to think you only have that to offer me?
[ also like they are dancing, he will use their joined hands to encourage her closer to him as his other arm slides around her waist ]
You're the most gorgeous woman I've ever seen and ever will [ because he is soooo in love with her even now ] but you are so much more and you know it.
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I do, I do~ I do think I've given you a fair bit of myself.
[ a beat. ]
But okay. A dance? [ they're already almost dancing. ] A meal? A kiss? My adoration?
[ unfortunately, she is also too in love to create space. ]
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they will begin dancing as yves just leads her through the steps of a waltz even as they just chat and tease ]
Can I have it all?
[ oh no ]
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she laughs. ]
Of course, for what I'm asking of you, you can charge for more.
[ she will encourage greed, teasing or not. ]
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[ but they're already dancing
so the next thing he does is claim a kiss, because
because why wouldn't he ]
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and why wouldn't she smile against his lips before she pulls away enough to say: ]
I don't know how to give you my adoration when you already have it. I need another offer, don't I...
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I'll take whatever you care to offer me, Ellie. I hope you don't mind my greed either.
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No, never. I'd never mind with you. But you're really proving everyone right about how you don't charge properly.
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I was really trying this time.
[ also ara give mem ]
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she is preparing for a banquet. it is the first and last time she will wear makeup in her life, and she will don a new outfit specifically created for her by a dear friend. she calls it her final banquet, but the reality is it was a mission given to her friends by the leadership of the organization she belonged to: a crusade for her death.
because if elysia must have an ending, it must be disguised as something beautiful and dazzling. ]