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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.

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[allisnotlost]

i knoww i knoww
ivve just been busy wwith a lot of things lately
schoolwwork and all that you knoww
ivve felt bad for not comin by though

[wavesofjade]

I Understand.
You Must Be Very Busy With Your Studies.
You May Come By Now If You Have Some Spare Time.

[allisnotlost]

i havve been but im sure i can spare some time im not wway too into studyin at the moment since im kinda readin the journals right noww
but yeah ill swwing by soon

[wavesofjade]

I Should Be In My Quarters All Afternoon.

[allisnotlost]

ill be by shortly

[And of course, Eridan actually loiters a little bit, but it's not on purpose. He's just had a lot on his mind, some of it... he might end up talking about a bit. He's not sure at the moment.

Either way, he finally makes it over, knocking on the door and waiting.]

[wavesofjade]

[She's expecting him, but since he made no specific mention of when he would arrive, she isn't waiting by the door. He might hear a soft call of 'Coming!' a few moments before the door opens, and she smiles warmly.]

Eridan. What a pleasure it is to see you.

[allisnotlost]

[When Eridan hears her reply, he straightens up a little bit. He doesn't wish to, but it's just a force of habit at this point. It wasn't until she opened the door that he actually cracked a smile, and a genuine one at that. Really though? He's glad to see her again, like wow, he's super glad.]

Good afternoon ma'am.

[wavesofjade]

[Dolores ushers him inside and shuts the door, then places one hand on her hip as she looks him up and down.]

Now, haven't I told you that you can call me Dolores?

[Honestly, he's as bad as his father. Is she going to get a hug this time?]

[allisnotlost]

[He walks right on in without any fuss or issue, only to be greeted with that. Oh.]

Sorry ma--Dolores. I'm just so used to bein' as respectful as I can to those of higher authority an' such.

[ At least you know he's easier with the hug this time, since he's also missed her affection and missed being mama'd. He certainly isn't as shy towards the hug, even if he's naturally awkward at hugs.]

I'm sorry I hawen't been around as much.

[wavesofjade]

I think that we know one another well enough to dispense with that kind of thing in private.

[She smiles again and hugs him warmly, stroking one hand gently over his hair. Most of the students that seem most attached to her are naturally awkward at hugs, so it's no a thing that bothers her.]

You don't need to apologise for that, my dear. You're here now, are you not?

argh this wasnt in my inbox and i thought i replied to it ;A;

[allisnotlost]

I knowww, I'll try to keep that in mind when it's a conwersation between the two of us.

[Ahh, man he's missed that. He's missed just being coddled and all that by her, even if he sometimes brushes it off as if he doesn't enjoy it. At least after a few more moments it's not as awkward from his end.]

I am. And I'we got a couple of things that I kinda... would like to talk about. Sorta. I-If you'd like to talk. I guess.

[Huff.]

Omg that icon is so cute

[wavesofjade]

[Dolores knows better. She wouldn't fuss over him if she didn't think he enjoyed it, even secretly. When he speaks again she looks down at him.]

Of course I'd like to. Come and sit down, I'll get you something to drink.

Heeee. I've added a few I particularly enjoy. UwU

[allisnotlost]

[Oop, that brightens him up a little bit. Looking back up at her, he gives a small nod as he (almost) hesitantly breaks from the hug.]

Great, great, heheh.

[He's already a tad bit flustered, but at least he's somewhat decent at hiding it. With that, he moves on over to take a seat, then realizes something.]

Oh uh, what do you hawe to drink?

[wavesofjade]

Hmm.. I think I have apple juice, and there may just be some pumpkin juice around. Or a cup of tea, if you'd like that.

[She'll not offer him coffee.. she doesn't believe in giving such strong stimulants to young children.]

[allisnotlost]

[aww man, he's best friends with a coffee drinker, he can handle a cup.

Buuut...]

If you can find any pumpkin I'd lowe some, if not then I'll just take a cup of tea.

[wavesofjade]

Have a seat, I'll just be a moment.

[Moving across and into a smaller room set off from the main one, she does in fact find some pumpkin juice and brings it back, offering it to him with a small smile.]

Now, Eridan. What's on your mind?

[allisnotlost]

[With a nod, he takes his seat and relaxes a bit, siting up slightly when she returns with the juice. Smiling back, he raises the glass up to take a drink. After said drink, he lowers the cup as he goes on to speak, smile faded as he lowered the cup.]

A lot of things. For starters, there's the whole spiel with the weddin' comin' up and all and my brother turnin' up from Greece. And ewen when a bit of the drama along the lines of the situation around the weddin' that I kind of... had that huge misunderstandin' with my father, things keep on poppin' up around that ... that well, it's been makin' me upset.

[He doesn't even realize how open-ended that was, since he really has no idea where he was going with that in particular. But, even if that was a vague thing, it felt good to begin to get it off his chest.]

[wavesofjade]

[While he talks, Dolores puts her arm gently around his shoulders. She doesn't move him, but there's the invitation to lean on her if he wants to.]

That sounds like a lot of problems.. Which one is bothering you the most?

[allisnotlost]

[In which he gladly does, still going on and on, and also answering her question.]

It does, and that's only the surface of what's been buggin' me lately. Currently.... it's really the weddin' that's been buggin' me.

I mean, just recently when he announced the date, he didn't ewen hawe the decency to tell me when it was until he just slapped it on the journals. I finally got him to start informin' me more, ewen if I just... still am not likin' the idea of the weddin' ewen though I know why it needs to be done.

[There's a small delay here, almost as if Eridan is deciding if he wants to tell her this or not, but he goes ahead, volume dropping a little bit.]

...

It's almost frightenin' and I still don't ewen know why it's really all that frightenin' to me.

[wavesofjade]

[She's been worried about this very thing, truth be told. Dolores had hoped that Murdoc would have more sense than to announce the wedding without first informing his children, even with it needing to be done so quickly..

Honestly, it was enough to make her want to give him a smack about the head.]

It's a big change in your life, sweetheart. Of course it's frightening.

[allisnotlost]

But I don't want it to be frightenin'. I don't want to be scared of this thing. I---I know this is selfish of me to say this but I didn't want any of this to happen in the first place.

[He reaches up and rubs his face, since this converastions already making him anxious and awkward.]

[wavesofjade]

Have you spoken to your father? The wedding is an inevitable thing, I fear, but perhaps he can help you to feel better about it.

[allisnotlost]

Well yeah. ... Or, I'we been tryin' to, anyways. We hawen't talked enough, but... he's at least somewhat aware of some of my issues with this.

'Least... I hope he is.

[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.