of procrastination, canon review, and plans

[disillusions]

My lady mundane, I really must insist you cease this dawdling. While I certainly appreciate your attention, your lack of prioritization is proving rather worrisome.

[ Schneizel nurses a hot cup of tea, features contemplative. ]

There's no need to concern yourself over my well-being, either. You'll find time for appropriate review in due course, and not a moment until then. I'm a patient enough man. I can wait.

[ A regal sigh, followed by a regal sip, befitting a true aristocrat. ]

Ah, to be young and exuberant again... truly, I envy you.

Comments

[veepofchess]

If you had any idea how much my mundane wanted to drag you into any of the places she's recently placed me, you would be ashamed of her. Further from that, she's drunk.

Consider yourself fortunate that the review is necessary.

[disillusions]

[ Hello, brother dearest. So very good to see you. Have a charming smile, practically leaking smugness, just for this special occasion. ]

Apparently I'm more popular than I'd realized, then.

[veepofchess]

She seems to think you're a bit more rare than some others. And she openly admits to enjoying making my life more complicated than it already is.

[disillusions]

Like a delicacy? That's a rather flattering thought.

[ Sip, sip, sipping his cup. ]

Such arduous times we find ourselves in, aren't they, brother?

[veepofchess]

Flattering yourself in such a way is unnecessary. She had a similar reaction to Cornelia.

Indeed.

[disillusions]

Having my dear brother visit me is all the flattery I'll ever need.

[veepofchess]

You're insufferable.

[disillusions]

[ Yes, yes, he knows.

Schneizel gestures to a nearby table, upon which a fresh pot of tea is waiting. And it's totally your favorite flavor. ]

Suffer a bit longer and join me? It feels like we haven't spoken in a lifetime, and I'm eager to catch up.

[veepofchess]

Catch up with whom, I wonder. [But he does join him.]

[disillusions]

[ Good boy. Schneizel will take it upon himself to pour a cup for him, then. ]

With the man I love [ and loathe ] most, of course.

[veepofchess]

I suppose you would be more comfortable having a bit of tea with yourself, then? [Accepts the tea! Schneizel is above petty things like poisoned tea, is he not?]

[disillusions]

[ He is, not to worry. ]

Not at all, in fact. I think that'd be rather dull, don't you?

[veepofchess]

Perhaps. But then, at the same time, wouldn't yourself be your own best challenge? There is no one you know better than yourself, and the reverse is also true. Though, it's likely that any chess match of that kind would end in a stalemate. [Assuming that one of them isn't a dirty cheater]

[disillusions]

[ Cheat? Him? Perish the thought, beloved brother. He'd never consider such a thing. ]

I suppose we'll never know.

[ Not unless another Schneizel shows up, which he doubts. But it would certainly be interesting. ]

GOD WHAT AM I DOING

[queen_sacrifice]

Have you already accepted your old age? I thought you the type to resist it for as long as you could.

SOMETHING BEAUTIFUL

[disillusions]

[ And greetings, beloved sister. My, it's almost a family reunion on this post! What splendid tidings! He's thrilled, truly. ]

Perhaps I'm simply coming to terms with my own mortality.

I DON'T KNOW ABOUT THAT

[queen_sacrifice]

Don't you view that as a waste in this place? After all, we can't age in these various worlds and if we do, it's at a snail's pace.

slides hand up your thigh???

[disillusions]

Yet nobody lives forever, Cornelia. Not even here.

oh my.... o///o

[queen_sacrifice]

There's always a way if you will it. [ What ferocity she has in debates is lulled in his presence. ] You wouldn't waste your time seeking that alternative out, right?

[disillusions]

[ He notes this, is amused by it, but doesn't comment, regarding her with a sly smile instead. Customary for the shifty noble. ]

You think I've intentions of chasing eternal life? Of chasing godhood?