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[sythyry]

Research on the Daukhrame Embassy[23 Chirreb 4261]

Jherrel and Crander

I asked around a bit. Jherrel and Crander are minor bureaucrats in the embassy.

Me:"Who would they be loyal to?"

Anoof:"Well ... Daukhrame ... their family ... their friends ... the Choinxeian League ... primes ... all sorts of people and groups."

There's a good reason I've never been interested in Cani, no matter how traff I am.

Me:"Where would Ilottat come on the list?"

Anoof:"Medium-to-lowish, I suppose."

Me:"Could some other loyalty or personal interest be driving them to make Ilottat miserable?"

Anoof:"They wouldn't betray him or sell him out. That's un-Cani-like."

Me:"So they think they're doing something good for him?"

Anoof:"Well. Um. Or neutral (but good for someone else). Or maybe-good. Or probably devastating but that's his only chance of happiness. Or like that."

Me:"Who could benefit from it?"

Anoof:"Him? I suppose"

Me:"Anyone else?"

Anoof:"I don't know. Possibly a rival of some kind, but I don't know that he particularly has one ... or knows about it."

Me:"Who do you think it might be, who wants us to break up?"

Anoof:"I don't think they were lying or any such thing."

Me:"Should I be furious or despairsome?"

Anoof:"Despairing, I suppose."

Me:"I shall keep that in mind."

I don't agree with him.

Ilottat

Me:"Dearest? Why didn't you mention to me that your embassy was trying to get you to stop being traff?"

Ilottat:"Weil, I'm not traff."

Me:"I'm not an Orren. You won't even let me kiss you in Orren shape. But I think you're attracted to me."

Ilottat:"You, einzigartig, are the exception."

Me:"Well, this is what happened." So I told him.

Ilottat:"They had erwähnt, mentioned the matter to me once or twice."

Me:"Why didn't you tell me?"

Ilottat:"I didn't want you to souci, to worry."

Me:"I am not worrying. I am debating violent revenge."

Ilottat:"I should be most unglücklich if you did any such thing. Especially if your little pet lizard were involved."

Me:"Well, your little pet lizard is involved."

Ilottat:"My little pet lizard would be better off keeping zir head to the Mundgeschlecht and leaving the diplomacy to me.

I had no immediate answer for that. Indeed, I may have looked a bit shocked.

Ilottat:"... enchantment and Mundgeschlecht, of course." He did his best not to smirk.

At which point I decided it was a joke, and that there was only one fitting answer. The conversation never did really recover. But if I'm breaking up with him, I'm not doing a good job of it.

Stopping Being Traff?

It's a minor literary trope for someone with an improper taste in lovers to be cured of it by means of:

1. A truly wonderful and entirely proper lover. I'm afraid Ysgwyd doesn't quite qualify.
2. A pat on the head from Mircannis. Not currently available.
3. A truly horrible improper lover. That would be me.

I don't know how well this works in reality, though. Maybe it only works on the Water-Tree or something.

Comments

[redbird]

I doubt you could be truly horrible even if you wanted to, and I doubt you'd want to, because it would mean hurting someone you love.

[terrycloth.livejournal.com]

Your little pet lizard could possible help you implement number 3 in a fashion that would actually work. And as a bonus, it would be very very horrible as well as quite improper.

[cattitude.livejournal.com]

Though it would be a major diplomatic incident. "Let the worlds burn around us as long as we have each other" doesn't strike me as fun for the worlds or for the each or for the other. Especially since they're likely to be caught in the crossfire.

Still, if it's not a tempting thought, one hasn't been reading enough romances.

[terrycloth.livejournal.com]

Oh, I was thinking more of ending the relationship definitively and permanently by transforming it into an attraction for Orren. Or, possibly, a small blue capsule filled with liquified mentador.

[oliver-otter.livejournal.com]

Aww, you beat me to it. :-) (stupid accounts and expiring logons)

[kensaro.livejournal.com]

Well, the crude way would be to get Vae to solve the problem.

[(Anonymous)]

Aww, you beat me to it. :-)

[gavinfox.livejournal.com]

What's Mundgeschlecht?

*googles it and gets German porn*

...I dont know for sure, but I think I have an idea... ;)