ic inbox part 2 electric boogaloo

[originallutece]

Rosalind Lutece

Professor of physics at Recolle University.

"Nothing in life is to be feared; it is only to be understood."

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[originallutece]

Your uncle would ask before coming into my home, and he's the only one with your sense of humor.

[tarotcards]

Are you sure about that? What if it was Santa Claws?

[ that pun is absolutely intentional ]

[originallutece]

He doesn't come for another day or so. Besides which, he stopped visiting me a long time ago.

[tarotcards]

Oh no, have you been on his naughty list?

[originallutece]

He stops visiting when you hit 30, I'm afraid. Terribly tragic.

[tarotcards]

This is the worst thing I've heard all week.

I should have left more gifts for you if I knew that Santa Claws didn't visit anymore.

[originallutece]

Please. The mug will last me for the rest of the year, I assure you. I don't think I've been so delighted with a cup since I was handed my first wine glass.

[tarotcards]

I thought you would like it.

Does it represent everything about you?

[originallutece]

I'm assuredly going to point towards it when students complain about their grades.

I've a few gifts for you in return, you know.

[tarotcards]

Professor, please, you didn’t have to. Our friendship is a good enough gift for me.

[ this is actually genuine, even if it sounds like a joke. he truly appreciates the friendship he has with ros and she is definitely one of the very few adults he trusts ]

[originallutece]

It's hardly Christmas if only one person gets gifts. Besides: whether I had to or not, I've got them, wrapped and ready to go. Though I'm pleased you didn't find them; they're in my room. I'm glad you're not wandering through there.

[I mean, she also locks that door, but.]

[tarotcards]

Of course I wouldn't. What kind of rapscallion do you think I am? I'm not Kawaii-san.

[ also he doesn't want to see what kinky things you have behind that door, ros. he's young and pure and isn't ready to learn these dirty things about his mom ]

[originallutece]

[how dare you she has a BOX where she puts them all, she's not messy]

If you were Kawaii-san, you'd have taken over the entire kitchen and scream at me whenever you wanted to eat or have attention. Or, as he's done recently, cry when he can't see me, despite the fact I'm in the next room.

[tarotcards]

[ are you telling me that rosalind lutece's bedroom isn't s&m themed and that it's normal enough that she keeps her things in a box hidden somewhere? this seems fake ]

You say that as if it's an annoyance. That just sounds cute.

I named him appropriately.

[originallutece]

What's the Japanese word for 'menace'?

[tarotcards]

Sugoii.

[originallutece]

My nanny used to frighten me with a story about a monster that would cut out your tongue if you lied.

[tarotcards]

Your nanny sounds like she might not have been suited to be a nanny and I'm not lying. It is the truth.

I've been very diligent about making sure that my Japanese is accurate.

[originallutece]

She was a horrid woman who was unfairly gleeful when I broke my arm once, but that's neither here nor there. You're a liar, Souji.

[tarotcards]

Wait, is that true?

[ NOT GOING TO TALK ABOUT THE LIAR STUFF because he is and this seems more important ]

[originallutece]

About my nanny? Yes. A horrible woman, like I said, though I was admittedly fairly willful as a child.

She disliked how often I read books, so when she shooed me out of the library, I used to run and hide on our estate. I'd climb trees, if only because there were so many it wasn't easy to find me, and settle in to read for an afternoon.

I was thirteen or so when I fell out of a tree and broke my arm. She viewed it as a comeuppance for both being disobedient and indulging in what she viewed as 'masculine activities'.

[tarotcards]

[ his reply comes a minute later as he reads over her text and wonders if this is something that rosalind would talk about openly. they have gotten closer lately, being able to talk about their less than stellar mothers and other personal issues, things that souji would never share with anyone else asides from a very selected few. he has grown rather fond of her and she has earned a large amount of his trust, and he wonders if the reverse is also the same... ]

I'm sorry. That truly is terrible. I apologize for asking.

[originallutece]

It's nothing you need to apologize for. It's not a story that I mind telling, frankly; it's not as if it has much emotional impact on me now.

[Or, well. The woman herself Rosalind has long since come to terms with. Some of the issues contained within the story are a little more present in her current life than she'd like to admit, but.]

My mother dismissed her within six months, both because I complained and because I was growing too old to need one. The arm healed, I continued to read, and she's likely long since passed.

[tarotcards]

That still must have been difficult. I can't imagine that made for a pleasant six months.

My mother never once thought of hiring a nanny for me so I suppose I should be lucky.

[originallutece]

No? I'm surprised, meaning no offense. But it seems a tactic most wealthy mothers use.