Of Crows and Songbirds (Part 2)

Tadaaki nodded, looking at his plate bashfully.

Ky glanced between them. She felt bad for Tadaaki. Which meant she needed to take the focus off him. Which meant she needed to insert herself into the conversation again. She looked at Loquitur. “So do you spend a lot of time in Akaratara then, sir?”

He shook his head. "Not particularly. It's just the language Gaius's dad picked out for me so I could have some semblance of a noble's education."

“Oh.” She nodded. “Yessir.”

How odd that must have been for them all. Not even pretending to be a cohesive family unit. He must have felt so left out growing up here as a half sibling.

"I think it was worth it, though; learning new languages is important, right? For the brain, for your social life, all sorts of things."

“Yes, sir.” Ky nodded. “It’s a valuable skill to have, I think. Gives you a lot of opportunities you- I- wouldn’t otherwise have.”

"Absolutely."

Ky nodded again and went back to her meal.

(Wanna skip? I'm so bad at dinner conversation)

(Good with me! Where to?)

(Maybe after dinner or next day, somewhere close?)

(Next day could be good! Get everyone settled in and stuff. Do you have an idea for a scene? I'm honestly smol brain rn)

(I'm the same honestly; no scenes in mind at the moment.)

(hmmm)
(do you have a vague idea of what your characters are here to accomplish in general? Like my guys won't have the guts to drive this whatsoever, but they'd absolutely gawk if they were allowed to haha like... idk, may be random to have a sparring scene, but Ky would be mesmerized if she witnessed a match, and that may draw her into getting a lesson? Or... idk we could have a Nortung lesson but don't really have a topic for that. Do you wanna split the characters up to get more of a one-on-one going? I feel like it'd be nice to get more of the Ladies since we didn't see much of them in the other RP, but also no pressure if you're not feeling that ^^)

(They're primarily here to talk strategy and discuss the war. Not sure any of them would spar except maybe Constance, but I'm bad at writing fight scenes as well.
I wouldn't mind some one on one; that's easier.)

(Maybe Emery/Ky/Tadaaki is in the library and you can bring by someone? Or... just Ky and Emery? Tadaaki and Emery? I don't have a strong preference -- though now that I'm thinking about it I do think it'd be good for me to just have one or the other, otherwise Tadaaki will just hide haha are you feeling inspo for any combination?)