"Professor Laslow,” Rhea smiles, handing him a box; “it seems your winter envoy has been both attentive and thorough this year. Season’s blessings to you both.” Inside the box: Most prominently, peppermint tea, a small box of assorted chocolates, and the dancing slippers that were crossed out on the list (in a light blue shade), tucked beneath the two other gifts, as if acknowledging the recipient's embarrassment but wishing to get him the item he desired anyway.
The enticing smell of peppermint reaches him far before the Pope--
Naga freaking dragon, that's the Pope.
Is he finally getting kicked out? Look, he didn't know that striking lady he met out shopping was a priest's daughter! Laslow swallows, tamping down on his nerves before pivoting around to face Rhea, a slightly nervous smile in place.
"Lady Rhea! What an honor to see your lovely face." Graciously, he takes the box from her hands. "Oho, have you been peeking?"
What is he thinking, teasing the Pope?
"Heh, merely a jest, Your Holiness! Season's blessings upon you." He flips open the lid of the box, eager for a distraction. A fresh wave of peppermint wafts up. He's already planning on drinking a cup after training drills.
The chocolates also call his name. It's the really good stuff, too, and he can practically feel the way it melts on his tongue. Then the chocolates shift, revealing a pair of dancing slippers.
Lips part in a silent gasp of surprise. He didn't think anyone would buy them; well-made slippers are not cheap. Heat creeps up the back of his neck and he reaches for them, the satin soft against his fingertips.
"Thank you for bringing my gifts."
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@aurheatum
She finds him in the gardens, alone for the moment though earlier he had been walking arm and arm with a friend and before that speaking with the cleric Sephiran.
Perhaps it was best to let bygones be bygones but though she had only passed the other by chance his loneliness is palpable, and more than that – familiar.
“Professor,” she greets, approaching him slowly, “I hope despite some of the more unlikely events of the evening you have been able to appreciate the holiday.”
She stands in silence with him for a moment, her own eyes drawn to the stars as they always are in any time of reverie.
“…This anniversary was not always one most related to romantic love. At its founding, Garreg Mach was meant as a place to celebrate bonds of all kinds – particularly familial, for we are all the Goddess’s children.”
Rhea holds out both hands to him with a slightly pained smile.
“If you’d like we can pray together, for whatever bonds you most cherish. I am sure She will hear our prayer.”
Kurthnaga glances up from the ground, eyes still tear stained and bubbling over with an emotion that he couldn't quite begin to explain. Of all the people he would think to come up to him, he was certainly not expecting the archbishop herself to be one of them.
He nods his head, a silent gesture of respect as she speaks, gentle and quiet.
"Lady Rhea... I'm afraid the bond that I would have most wanted to share on this night is far from being attainable... not to say that I don't cherish the ones I have now...! But... well, it's complicated... and I have never been much of one for prayer anyway..." He frowns, casting his gaze back to the ground.
"I'm sorry... I don't mean to fill this beautiful garden with such gloom..."
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a kiss from one muse who should be afraid of the other (who is who? up to you!)
kissies :3 (accepting)
In theory, Zephia should be terrified of the monastery's archbishop. If anyone would ever be able to get to roots and expose the secrets that she carried about her existence here in Fodlan, it would be shining and bright scion of the Church that was Rhea.
But she wasn't scared. She should be scared; but since when had Zephia ever abided by the laws of this world. The magic in her blood could destroy everything around if she did not have control over it now. Rhea of all people, no matter how powerful she was to the people here, did not scare her.
"Lady Rhea, just a moment of your time, if I may." She strides over to the other woman, what she meant to do already determined in her heart. Ah, interesting. Rhea had always looked much taller from farther away.
She leans down, tugging Rhea's face up to meet hers in the little distance at remains, intertwining their lips together in a kiss far softer than Zephia herself.
"Pardon my intrusion, I simply couldn't resist any longer, dear."
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GUYS RHEA’S COMMENT 😭😭
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better call saul fans preparing to watch the 75th primetime emmy awards next week
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"Rhea not noticing that Cyril can't read is proof that she doesn't care for him enough to notice something so obvious" tell me you've never met an illiterate person without saying you've never met an illiterate person
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Some Cyril appreciation featuring his mom:
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this is SO DESERVED like they are not supporting. let’s be real here. BUT!!!! also now they’d be going up against fucking bob odenkirk and rhea seehorn (and also jeremy strong for kieran!) and i think i might kill myself
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Between commissions I finally managed to finish this OC set of parent characters! If the looks aren't enough to show you who their kid is, the background colors match them ^_^ but of course more details below!
Name: Thuban
Name origin: The former pole star, before the north star (Polaris), it's name means "Large snake" and is referred to as the “Dragon's tail”
Pronouns: He/him
Age: N/A
Relation: Raised Polaris, though they're not related by blood and have a somewhat distant relationship, until he suddenly went MIA
Weapon: Spear (Same as Polaris's)
Ethos (Power): N/A
Flaw power is based on: N/A
Notes: Make no phallic jokes about the large snake thing and you'll be rewarded
Name: Ananke
Name origin: A moon of Jupiter, named for the mythological spirit of necessity, inevitably, and compulsion
Pronouns: She/her
Age: -
Relation: Bella's mother, she raised her to be a warrior
Weapon: Bardiche
Ethos (Power): Indomination (The ability to freeze the movement of objects and people, and lock them in place)
Flaw power is based on: Her strict enforcement of obedience through authoritarianism, and a lack of concern for the wishes of others
Notes: She believes in tough love. It's better in the long run to give your kid strength rather than affection.
Name: Rhea
Name origin: A moon of Saturn named after the Titan known as the mother of the gods
Pronouns: She/her
Age: 38
Relation: Saiph's mother, though she gave him up to the guild when he was very young
Weapon: None
Ethos (Power): None
Flaw power is based on: N/A
Notes: Was unable to take care of a baby at the time, and gave Saiph to the guild. She wishes she'd visited beyond that but it's probably too late now...
Name: Arche
Name origin: One of Jupiter's moons, it's name comes from the muse of new beginnings and is associated with springtime
Pronouns: He/him
Age: 7
Relation: Saiph's half-brother. Neither currently knows the other exists
Weapon: None
Ethos (Power): None
Flaw power is based on: N/A
Notes: He's just a little guy. He likes flowers and playing with toys. He wants to be a cool hero like his dad
Name: Poerava
Name origin: A star in Tucana, the Maori word for a black pearl of mystical beauty and perfection
Pronouns: She/her
Age: -
Relation: Al's mom. She mostly raised him on her own while her husband was with the knights.
Weapon: None
Ethos (Power): None
Flaw power is based on: N/A
Notes: Probably the best parent of the bunch if we're being real.
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I do think we do NOT appreciate enough that the woman ready to threaten to rip Byleth's heart out to get back Sothis' crest stone if Byleth betrays her is ALSO the woman who feels too awkward about asking for a cold tea
I love Rhea
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Regarding Edelgard's "oh you can't understand the plight of the poor because you're highborn” reply to Dimitri's speech about people helping each other, i've heard that that was a mistranslation and the jp's more like “it's easy for you, someone who's never lacked for support or friends and doesn't know what it's like to be truly alone, to say that”; can you verify if that's true or not?
Teaspoon translations compared this line!
So while it's not as worthy as the lolcalised version as a Supreme Reply, it still sort of counts, because Hubert - who stands by her side in this scene? - is still ignored at large, just like Doro and Petra who remain by her side in the last map.
Or are we supposed to really believe Supreme Leader had no one who helped and supported her in AM? I don't believe it a second, it seems it is again another "uwu lonely" message the devs want to give us regarding Supreme Leader, which really falls flat when you consider how, as I said, her old classmates still fight with her. Or maybe she feels like she is lonely and has no allies who support or help her, but that's another story altogether (Hubert who?).
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Rhea playing the ocarina for @lumeha ✨
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