capeandcowl | 018 ♍ video ♍ backdated to this afternoon

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kanaya maryam | sylph of space

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[ feed cuts on to kanaya sitting at a desk in her room. her eyes are closed and lips pursed with her thumb and forefinger pinched above them, not parting very widely when she speaks, as if she's under some discomfort.

toothaches are awful. growing your fangs back in over the course of a day is worse. ]

This is likely already common knowledge to any who are familiar with him, but at this point I think it would be safe to conclude that Ron Weasley has returned home. To any who were closely acquainted with him, you have my condolences.

[ she winces and reaches offscreen to grab a glass of water, hands over her mouth as she holds a gulp over her front teeth a few moments before swallowing. why did she have to do this now? this was a mistake, she should have known better. ] Excuse me. [ she pulls her purse onto her lap and starts digging around in it for a bottle of painkillers. ]

So, unfortunately, this renders mine the primary income to a household of six, which may necessitate an expansion of that. This season does tend to create a greater need with the increases in consumption that the holidays bring with them, so I may have a fair amount of options that won't use my age as an obstacle. Assuming I can balance my schedule between that and my education...or maybe I'll simply need to drop that one.

[ she finally finds the pills and drops two in her hand. ] Of course, if any of you require an augmentation to your wardrobe for season functions, my services are always available for an appropriate fee.

[ the video ends as she pops some advil. ]

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And we'd be able to purrvide quality tea! I haven't seen very much of that around the city so fur.

[she's kind of disappoint in most of the teahouses, tbh]

[ kanaya's been to quite a few, but she liked them. ]

Really? Have you not been looking very hard, perhaps? There really isn't any kind of shortage!

I've been looking purretty hard! But the purrlaces I've been to so fur haven't been as good as they could be.

And how is that? I've had no problems with those I've visited.

It's not really a purroblem so much as...not what I'm looking fur? [how do you phrase 'they're not all that quality imho' without making it sound like your friend's got no taste dang]

Then let's start from a different angle, with what you are looking for. We'll need to know that to determine the direction of our own counter, anyway.

Furst we need quality ingredients and people who know how to purrpare them correctly! Good china is always a plus but it's not as impurrtant at the beginning.

[she purses her lips as she thinks some more. teatime is serious business]

Also we can't be afuraid to get a little adventurous with the blends! Having constants is good, but it's always more fun to try new things.

And you don't think these are all steps that the other establishments in the City have taken?

I'm pawsitive they tried to take them, but I don't think that they did a very good job of it fur the most part.

[ she just sits there a moment with her brows furrowed and a deep frown, but it slowly dissolves into a fanged giggle before graduating to full fledged laughter. ]

You've done it, Nepeta! It may have taken tea snobbery to achieve, but I think you have found the fussiness within you!

[it takes a moment for it to click, but when it does Nepeta starts with a look of dismay that is practically overexaggerated]

No, no! I'm not being fussy, I'm just saying that there are some purrlaces that aren't trying as hard as they could!

There no need to deny it or feel embarrassed, it isn't so terrible a thing to fuss. It simply means that you are deeply invested in the production of your art, in this case being tea.

It's not art, it's tea! And if you don't purrpare it right it doesn't taste as good, so it's common sense and not fussing at all.

[whine whine whine. she's not fussy noooooo]

Well, I suppose a number of us have never had it prepared to what you consider "right", as we find the alternatives perfectly acceptable and fussfree!

And I'm not stopping anybody from drinking it like that! [she pauses and then shrugs] It's just not as tasty as it could be.

Nepeta, it's alright to fuss over such things. It really just means that you have standards.

But I don't want to be fussy! I'm not good at it. [also she'd feel obligated to fix people's tea habits and damn that is work]

Then I suppose you'll just have to find a better way to balance it! That, or find one of the better tea houses to ease your judgement.

I'm working on the second one! This purrlace is so huge that there's bound to be a few purrlaces that I'll love.

Once my abilities are back, if they ever come back... [ like in the twenty-four hours following this post. speaking of which, she pauses for a convenient flare-up of that toothache she had when this post was first made and hasn't really made an appearance in this thread for like a month, trailing off and covering her mouth with both hands as she takes a deep breath. she holds like that for about five seconds before continuing, her fangs having slightly more prominent points than before. ]

As I was saying. If my affinity for movement returns, I can make the exploration much simpler, perhaps even take you to a few establishments I've enjoyed myself.

[Nepeta winces in sympathy because wow that looks painful before grinning again]

I'd really love that! It's always more fun to go expurrloring and have some celebratory tea with a furiend.

[ she almost wants to doublecheck them with her tongue, but is afraid that would just get the pain going again. she's been two weeks without fangs and it has been so weird. ]

Absolutely! We'll see if we can't warm you to what The City has to offer yet.

I'm sure we can do it! It's an impawsibly large purrlace, after all.

[and if not it's a great excuse to go traveling all over the world]

It certainly can be, and quick transportation can make it far easier to manage. I only appreciate it more now that I find myself at a lack, having to compensate my schedule for travel is terribly restrictive!

[she giggles] Yeah, it must be pawsitively clawful fur you to have to walk efurywhere. I have no idea how you manage it!

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