reznikolai | I N B O X

i is wondering two things

if NIKOLAI is knowing much about surprise birthday party
and if NIKOLAI will come to surprise birthday party for LIEM
if i can make

p.s. OVEN is much useful thing, and i wish to use to try and make cake for holding auspicious birth day candles

1. I've never participated in a SURPRISE birthday party, but I have ample experience with the regular kind. Attending them, not planning them. I do grasp the general theory of the surprise part, though.

2. I'd be delighted to honor Liem with my presence. 😄

Ah, what fortuitous timing on my part! I'm glad you've found it handy.

in honesty
i do not know much of surprise also.
but i see about on NETWORK
and LIEM is type who i think will say no thank you if warning in advance of plan
but also type who would be happy to receive.
so is duty of friend to give.

i will count on you for aid then!

in NIKOLAI’s world what kind of cake is best?
do you know candle tradition?
i hear should show age but
if do for LIEM it will hide cake…

Yes, so we have no recourse but to ambush him with our friendship.

Will you host the party at your house? How many guests are you expecting?

I'm fond of honey cake, but I haven't a clue as to how it's made. What are the candles for? To stick inside the cake? Won't they drip wax all over it?

yes is so!!

i will host
so can lure LIEM like surprise
is not strange for him to visit i so i invite like normal
but is not like normal!
is surprise celebration of birth.

only friends i know of LIEM is three, four with i
NIKOLAI, MATT, lady JESTER
if NIKOLAI know more name tell i please

honey sound like good taste…

NETWORK says candle goes on top like decoration
but just short time for birth day celebrating person to erase candle flame and make wish
quick before wax melts
but then LIEM needs one hundred twenty and two candles
seeming too many for practical…

[Nikolai pauses to try to think of who else Liem knows. Constantin, of course, is of little help now. After a solid minute all he can come up with is:]

Perhaps you should encourage guests to bring a date.

[Sorry, Liem. But then his dilemma becomes who to bring if not Matt, who is already on the guest list...]

It would have to be a fairly big cake. You could arrange the candles in the shape of the number 122.

He looks shockingly good for his age.

[Is he surprised to learn that his friend is a centenarian and then some? Yes. But is he completely shocked? Not really. He already knew that Liem was half-vampire, and it stands to reason his heritage would grant him supernatural longevity. Powerful Grisha are the same way.]

yes
LIEM does not look proper age
but i will try and make big cake
will practice

[but more importantly...]

bring date?
but LIEM will not have date because LIEM does not know celebration is happening
and i can not have date because i is married and GONTA is not here
and NIKOLAI just ended relationship with ALINA?
only half people can bring date
is not fair is it?

[it's not intended as a call-out... but also it might kind of accidentally... be...]

[All right, excellent points aside—]

You don't think I could find a date before the party?

[Konoha... stares at this message for a long time trying to decide if it's a joke or not. She can't tell, this is the awful thing about text, why didn't she just call instead of decide to do writing practice........]

is not challenge NIKOLAI
NIKOLAI is handsome man who is good at
things
i am sure could find date

i just was thinking perhaps does not want to go on public date right after woman who he says love to severs bond?
but if NIKOLAI wants to show off...

[... he's a man, she'll concede public date.]

[It's difficult to parse tone through text, but...he senses judgment.]

I have never been adverse to showing off, my dear Konoha. 😉

[Says the man who refused to confirm the status of his relationship for months...]

Bringing someone to a party is hardly a marriage proposal. Besides, Alina isn't even going to be there.

[… just a little, tbh, though that might be also the fault of her understanding of the word “date”.]

well
i do not think other man ‘s birth day celebration is best place
to be doing so.
celebration is about LIEM so
i think should just be friends of LIEM no?

if you has already
fine.
but i do not wish to meet NIKOLAI’s new lover like this

Fine, fine. No dates. I couldn't bear it if you were disappointed in me.

[Now seems like a terrible time to point out that actually she's already met his not-so-new lover, and moreover that he's already coming to the party. So he'll hold onto that bit of honesty for a while longer.]

Liem is the sort of man who prefers a small, intimate gathering to a big shindig anyway.

yes i think so.
celebration will already be surprise
there is no need for adding more surprise with unknown persons

thanks for for participation.

[and if she doesn’t address the first part, well. she’ll keep her disapproval fo herself, he’s a grown man… maybe it’s totally normal in Ravka to go out publicly that fast.]

Yes, we should take his advanced age into consideration. We don't want to give the poor man a heart attack.

Do you need anything of me other than my attendance?

do not be silly, NIKOLAI
LIEM is much fit and young in body
and heart is mostly strong
i guarantee!

yes
please assist lady JESTER and MATT with decorating
while i cook
can you do?

Now Konoha, I gave up being silly years ago. Terrible for the complexion.

Yes, I'm sure I can manage.

this i have difficult time to believe
though NIKOLAI ‘s skin is smooth

good
i look forward to day

[Hopefully his joke has dulled the edge of her disappointment somewhat...]

See, the proof is in my glowing and supple skin.

I'll see you then, Konoha.

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