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[wavesofjade]

There Has Been An Alarming Rise In The Number Of Patients I Am Seeing Who Have Gained Injuries Thanks To Venturing Too Close To The Forest.
May I Please Remind You, My Dears, That It Is Given The Title Of 'Forbidden' For A Reason.
I Would Hate To See Anyone Severely Hurt.

With That Said I Would Like To Ask A Favour Of Any Herbology Students Willing To Give Me A Little Of Their Spare Time.
I Am In The Process Of Cultivating Several Cuttings From A Flitterbloom And Would Appreciate Any Assistance As It Is Not Something That I Have Attempted Before.
Any Professors Are Also Very Welcome But I Think That You All Have Quite Enough Work!

As Ever The Hospital Wing Is Open To All Of You.
You Do Not Need To Be On Deaths Door In Order To Come And Speak With Me.

Comments

[wavesofjade]

I hope so too.

[Dolores sighs. She can't help but feel annoyed, and not just with Murdoc but with Sybille and Strider too. All of this is ridiculous and not something that the kids should be having to deal with.

Off in the corner of the room, her three bats start squeaking at each other, distracting her before she can get too far along with feeling irritated.]

Perhaps you should try to talk to him again. If he won't listen to you, you send him to me. I'll talk some sense into him.

[A smile touches her lips as if to assure him that she's joking. She's only half joking.]

[allisnotlost]

[The feeling is incredibly mutual. Eridan's been so frustrated with all of this, and more of it keeps on coming up and rarrarar.

Before he's able to speak, he hears the bats and he has to double-take. ...Squeaking! That catches his own attention for a moment, before he realizes oh right. right. being addressed things. ]

I... I will, or I'll try. I know that it's kind of a runnin' thing between the two of us in which tryin' to talk to each other can be difficult at times.

[Boy does he know that.]

But uh. I really will. And I'll be sure to showe him your way if he doesn't listen.

[wavesofjade]

[She nods slightly in sympathy, understanding how difficult it can be to talk to his father even as a peer. He's never struck her as the type to be good with children.

But that's what she's there for.]

Be sure that you do. I will set him right.

[Dolores ruffles Eridan's hair gently, smiling at him fondly. He's a good boy, she thinks, if a little melodramatic.]

[allisnotlost]

[The hair ruffle is met with a smile, which seems to only last for a bit. He's not entirely sure how to go about this, since it's so feelings-based and he's bad about talking about that. With a sigh, he hums to himself before figuring the right way to go at it.]

But I'we... somethin' entirely different that I wanna talk about. I'm not sure how to ewen word this or what I'm really feelin', but I didn't really hawe anyone else I could think of to talk about this that wouldn't possibly giwe a biased answer to me.

[wavesofjade]

[She shifts a little in her seat, turning her attention on him and smiling reassuringly. It's always touched her that so many students, and even staff choose to turn to her when they need someone to speak to about something they don't feel they can share with anyone else.

She's not sure what she's done to deserve it, but she'll take it.]

I shall certainly answer to the best of my ability, sweetheart.

[allisnotlost]

Thank you.

[He situates himself, taking a few moments as he began choosing his words as carefully as he could. He knew he could have worded it as horribly as he could, but he still wanted to make absolute sure about what he wanted to tell her. ]

I... think I'm fallin' in love with someone. [extra emphasis on the v.] But. It's not... I'm not sure if I should be. I mean, I'we fought with him a lot and I--I know father dislikes him greatly.

[wavesofjade]

[It's not what she expects to hear.. and even less when he applies the male pronoun to his love interest, but she doesn't let it show and simply listens, giving a small nod and sigh of understanding at the mention of Murdoc. Why isn't she surprised by that?

It sounds very Romeo and Juliet.]

What do you like about him? It must be important, if you feel this way despite how much you fight.

[allisnotlost]

Well, I mean, in a way I guess the fightin' is a reason that I kinda like him. It isn't as malicious as it was before, in a way I sorta feel like he really pushes me in a good way? After sittin' down and workin' towards a similar goal, I--I guess he's someone that I'we actually turned to like more than I realized in a way. I kinda feel a bit different around him than around some of the other folks I-- kinda admit I'we got a small thing for.

[A groan escapes his lips as he rubs his face.]

Plus, we're kinda... [He bites his lip, trying to figure out how to word all of this without actually saying anything.] Well. There... Recently I learned some stuff about him that I guess, I kinda can relate more to him.