APPOINTMENTS POST

[ledbythewind]

This post can be used to thread with or get in contact with Richard at any point when he doesn't have a post up! Just comment here (please use the format [Action, June 24th], [Voice, March 5th], etc. to make it clear when the thread is taking place and what type of thread it is) for a thread with him; if it's a continuation of another thread or post, please link that so I remember the context of the thread.

GO NUTS.

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[Action, December 20th]

[concasse]

...

If you feel that strongly about it, do what you can to help now.

[Action, December 20th]

[ledbythewind]

Does this mean you're putting me to work as your servant?

[Action, December 20th]

[concasse]

[That is not even close to what Sanji meant, but for perhaps the first time since their conversation started, he smirks - a real one, this time]

Get me water, slave.

[Action, December 20th]

[ledbythewind]

[Oh, Richard knows exactly what Sanji meant-- humor is just his way of defusing an uncomfortable situation.]

Of course, master.

[And it will even have ice cubes in it.]

[Action, December 20th]

[concasse]

[Sanji takes it, gladly, downing the entire glass and hoping he doesn't immediately sweat it out in the next thirty minutes. The pain he can handle; the fever is far more annoying.

When he's done, he sets that glass on his nearby desk, and continues casually]

Don't call me that again. [It's creepy]

[Action, December 20th]

[ledbythewind]

[Richard can't help but give a soft laugh at the expression on Sanji's face. Well, it seems like the mood has lightened a bit, at least. That's one thing accomplished.]

Now you understand how I feel.

[Action, December 20th]

[concasse]

... Oh, that's right. [Richard's royalty]

Maaah, that's gotta be annoying after a while.

[Action, December 20th]

[ledbythewind]

[Richard nods, his smile fading slightly.]

That's part of the reason I keep that fact hidden here. I don't want anyone treating me differently just because of my status in my world. And... I don't like formalities, either.

[Action, December 20th]

[concasse]

Can't imagine any shithead here treating you differently. [Luceti in general doesn't roll like that, he's noticed]

But I'll bet it pays to be careful anyway.

[Action, December 20th]

[ledbythewind]

As long as I'm here, I'm just Richard. That's all I want to be.

[Action, December 20th]

[concasse]

... That mean you'd stay here, if you could? [If maybe you weren't bound by duty?]

[Action, December 20th]

[ledbythewind]

[It doesn't take Richard more than a second to come up with an answer to that:]

I'd go wherever I knew Isamu could be safe.

[Action, December 20th]

[concasse]

[His lips twitch slightly, upward, drawing his own conclusions from the admission. His tone sounds wry]

Right, right. [Should've expected that answer]

[Action, December 20th]

[ledbythewind]

[By this point, whatever conclusions Sanji might draw probably wouldn't be that far off. But it's not a topic Richard's really comfortable dwelling on, so he's quick to change the subject.]

... but that's something to worry about later when the time comes.