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[reznikolai]

@volkvolny NIKOLAI LANTSOV

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[reznikolai]

No. But it could be excused with the assumption that I take after my mother. The timing was suspect, however, and gossip is a favorite pastime for servants.

It may be for the better that I'm a bastard. The results of so many generations of inbreeding are rather unfortunate. If you saw my brother, you'd agree.

[Ha.]

We could use a little softness. Where I'd be without hope, I don't know.

[lumberlady]

i see.

[and thinking of what he'd said, in that drunken, less fun moment during that more fun game...]

i think
better that NIKOLAI's blood has none of that king
must be the blood of a better man in his body.
i am sure.

[positive.]

no one would be any where with no hope.
not home.
not here.

[reznikolai]

That's a good hope too.

Your birth parents must have been good people. Brave and strong, doing everything they could to give you a better life than the one they got.

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[lumberlady]

both we have good hopes.

yes
i want to believe so i will believe
i know
at least mother had to love i
she was armless
but still she takes i
even though escape and survival had to be more hard with
now i am mother
i cannot
i cannot imagine how to care for baby like this
she was strong.

[lumberlady]

see NIKOLAI?
feels good yes?

less mystery!
now
NIKOLAI is closer to CARDAN’s level

[reznikolai]

[It does feel good to expose those wounded inner places to the air, to place them in hands he knows to be gentle. And it feels good to know these hidden things about Konoha, despite the heaviness underneath those hopes. It feels good to be trusted with them in kind.]

You were right.

But how do you know that wasn't all just a clever ruse to distract you from your search for Cardan? 😏

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[lumberlady]

oh yes
i am much dumb
but also
very much smart right!!

[lumberlady]

[but oh no what if her dumb parts meant he HAD tricked her…]

gasp
NIKOLAI such mischief??

i was going to send NIKOLAI special picture
because NIKOLAI sends i picture
and also revenge on CARDAN!!
but i cannot send to bad boy…

[reznikolai]

I solemnly swear that the only mischief I've committed is making you think I was committing any mischief at all.

I've been a good boy. 🥺

[lumberlady]

[wait is she being tricked again... no her head hurts trying to decide, she will gamble on Nikolai being Good]

okay now fair trade!
and ever more fair trade if
you use to tease revenge CARDAN!

[Attached, a selfie of dryad Konoha at what looks to be a very expensive VIP area of a Sapphire District club, wearing a green dress that sparkles with the transformation amulet... very obvious, with bright flowers in her hair. Definitely drunk, but... definitely also smiling.]

[reznikolai]

That's one hell of a dress. 👀

And an even better smile. 😇

Now how exactly does this constitute revenge?

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[lumberlady]

is scandalous dress
but CARDAN is smart about fashion and what to wear place like this
and he picks for i
now i blend

you like smile?
i like NIKOLAI's smile too!
😊
😊
😊

[lumberlady]

[... except, wait-]

oh
i had an idea
but has it flown away?

no!
yes
idea was
see
CARDAN loses i
so revenge
i say
laughter!
i leave CARDAN
spend time with NIKOLAI!
PHOTOGRAPH can be proof!
and we make jealous
so smart!

[reznikolai]

Would he be jealous?

Or would he just endeavor to join us both? 🤔

[lumberlady]

this is
good point NIKOLAI
so smart! more than i

probably this one…
and to do with three people is feels good but much head-spinning-making so
maybe just NIKOLAI keep
i gift!!
is not LINGERIE…
i go shopping!
later

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[reznikolai]

[Well. They're learning all kinds of things about each other, aren't they?]

It's certainly a feat of engineering to get three people together. But I may know a thing or two about engineering...

I also happen to have excellent taste. I could help you pick something out. 😘

[reznikolai]

BTW...you keep saying that you aren't smart, but that's not true. You're smart. You just haven't had the opportunity to be educated until now.

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[lumberlady]

[dryad form being able to get drunk sure is a trip... this is why drinking is bad, kids... don't do it...]

oh
this is right NIKOLAI is good at making things fit and work...

[you know, engineering]

if i do again
should do with NIKOLAI?
i will remember if drink allows...

oh again
before i pick for surprise but
if NIKOLAI helps shop
guarantee NIKOLAI will like...
yes
good idea
NIKOLAI helps

[lumberlady]

and NIKOLAI flatters.

thank you.
i am more smart now than was before
i should change
say
complicated and simple thinking
not dumb and smart head!

[reznikolai]

So...for future reference...

Nikolai + Konoha + ??? = 😘😘😘

That's better. Trust me, you're a good deal smarter than some people who have supposedly received the finest of educations from a young age.

[lumberlady]

this is good maths
i no study maths yet but
looks like good math

also do
+ pretty LINGERIE clothing and becomes
= 😳😘😘😘
see?

i has much good sense sometimes
if you have big big complicated problem
i will say
hello????
simple answer here?
and all will gasp
was too busy thinking high things.
solution found!

[reznikolai]

Then let me teach you. In algebra you're supposed to solve for the variable. ??? is the variable in this equation.

So ??? = who?

Gasp indeed!

[lumberlady]

oh ALGEBRA... i never hear this word
but
is good question...
before is easy to pick because
i do not want his wife to be mad
so
smart idea
wife can supervise...
was much bossy too
but NIKOLAI has no wife
so could be
anyone..................

but
should be someone known to both
yes smart
so can ENGINEER properly




gasp.

[reznikolai]

[Alina would have been the obvious choice once. But no longer.]

Well, I wouldn't say ANYONE. Our tastes are far more discerning than that. 😉

Actually, we seem to share a taste for a certain priest of Abadar and a certain King of Faerie...

[lumberlady]

[she thinks she was going to try and explain that of course, she didn’t mean anyone anyone, just…

she forgets to, when faced with the rest. he makes it sound like he knows for sure— oh no, was she that obvious? or gasp… pillow talk?!?!

but also now she is-]

oh no
pictures in i’s head
of good tastes

i suspect
but NIKOLAI
knows?
knows knows?





likes?
NIKOLAI likes such pairings?
is brave like this?