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[reznikolai]

@volkvolny NIKOLAI LANTSOV

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[reznikolai]

[It could be a totally innocent comment! No need to jump to conclusions!]

How dedicated you are to the upkeep of your arms! An admirable quality in a budding sea captain.

Then he should take greater care not to leave his hopes and dreams on the stove for too long.

[wraithes]

Old habits.

[ this place seems to be as safe as can be, in comparison to ketterdam, but you never know who might be lurking in the dark. ]

And who said I was talking about his own hopes and dreams?
Those are still alive.

[ whatever they may be. ]

[reznikolai]

I suppose a man can hardly claw his way to the top of the food chain without SOMETHING driving him. Hope, dreams. Pride, spite.

A really excellent cup of coffee.

[wraithes]

[ actually . . . not too far off. in terms of spite and coffee. kaz truly cannot function in the morning without coffee, and there was an unspoken rule in the slat to not disturb dirtyhands before eleven bells. inej was the only one who could chance it before then, and even she would be met with fury before half past nine.

(fury against inej, naturally, is defined very differently than fury against literally anyone else. but even she has had a slammed door in her face. the useless infantile punk that kaz can be first thing in the morning.)

nikolai, of course, is going to get none of that. but: ]

Coffee and spite drives most people in the Barrel.
And a good waffle.

[ their first home purchase might have been a waffle maker, in this place.
it is already well used. ]

You also forgot luck.

[reznikolai]

Replace "coffee" with "expensive brandy" and you might be talking about high society.

I never forget luck. 😏 I have an extraordinary amount of it. Even I'm shocked that I haven't run out yet.

[wraithes]

[ part of her wants to make a snippy remark that being the king of ravka surely helps, but she doesn't. for one, that's not a nice thing to say. and for two, she should be trying to be nice.

alina sees something worth protecting in nikolai lantsov. that has to mean something. ]

Is that what you think you look like?
😏 😏 😏

[ okay, maybe a little teasing in return. ]

[reznikolai]

Its fair to say I have rather more hair.

[wraithes]

Unfortunate that these little pictures that do have hair don't carry the same level of arrogance.

👱‍♂️

Not the same effect.

sees a typo...gonna kms

[reznikolai]

Your phone seems to have misspelled "charm."

Likewise, the woman depicted here could hardly make men fear for their lives. 👩🏽🗡🗡🗡

i did not see it so therefore it does not exist ok

[wraithes]

[ oh. so there is a knife emote. interesting.

inej may or may not be saving it for future reference.]

That's because you left out several knives.

🗡🗡🗡👩🏽🗡🗡🗡

I carry at least six at any given time.

[reznikolai]

I'll make a note.

And is that the serene smile you carry as you go about your work?

[wraithes]

I only use that expression for the ones I tar and feather.
The rest never see my face.

[ :) ]

[reznikolai]

I do admire your sense for drama, Captain.

[wraithes]

Learned from the best.

[ there is literally no one, not a soul, that is more of a dramatic bitch than kaz brekker. ]