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[originallutece]

Rosalind Lutece

Doctor of physics, professor at Recollé University.

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[daemonized]

[Ah, the fourth. The one everyone finds so dreadfully amusing. He supposes he does, too, in a way.]

The attire I used to wear! [He grins.] What a glorious thing it was. I had a wing, you know.

[what.]

[originallutece]

A wing. Just the one?

[daemonized]

One wing, worn on the shoulder, extending past my arm. Black... feathery, like wings often are.

[originallutece]

Sort of . . . sticking up?

[She grabs a spare sheet of paper, and hey, that's not a half-bad doodle of a figure with a wing sticking out of his coat. She's got the length wrong, though; she's imagining something half an arm's span.]

[daemonized]

[He gives a little "ha" at her attempt.]

No, not quite like that.

[He grabs at another pen next to him, clicking it and doodling on a sticky note. Ardyn's no artist, but it also isn't too bad. I mean, it obviously looks nothing like this but pretend he's drawn the wing-arm part rather accurately.

He slides the sticky note pad to her.]

There.

[originallutece]

Huh. I assume the choice was purely aesthetic?

[You Final Fantasy weirdo, but at least there's not 308138 zippers.]

[daemonized]

[he is the Worst Dressed Final Fantasy too]

Aesthetic, or even maybe symbolic. Why else would I wear something so... impractical?

[And that's a harsh criticism coming from a man who dresses as, ah, eccentrically as Ardyn.]

If I was a healer, maybe I was a religious man as well.

[originallutece]

God, I hope not.

[The words are out of her mouth before she realizes it, and she wrinkles her nose.]

. . . though it's certainly possible.

[daemonized]

[He looks at her with bemusement, grin skewing lopsided.]

You'll not offend me. I'm not a particularly religious man myself.

...Well. Not in this lifetime.

[originallutece]

Which, much as I'm fascinated by your other one, is the only lifetime that truly interests me.

[She tugs the drawing back towards her as she says that, avoiding his eye. Peeling off the top note, she begins doodling a more fleshed out version of that outfit. She is fairly good at drawing-- not so much so to be a professional, nothing like that, but good enough she must practice in her spare time.]

Tell me what else you wore.

i can't believe you made me write out his disaster of an outfit

[daemonized]

[Rosalind, are you sure this is a route you want to go down? Once you visualize his canon outfit, you cannot unsee it.]

Well... from top to bottom. First, a hat. Much like the one I wear in this lifetime. I had a long black coat on, sporting something like a... cloth mantle? With a floral print. It had a hoodie, as well. Underneath that was a vest, and a shirt with a high, frilly sort of collar. A burnt orange scarf. Pinstripe pants, olive green. What else?

[ardyn n o]

Black boots, or was it just shoes with boot covers? I don't recall looking at my feet that often. Ah, and fingerless gloves. [A generalized sweep of his hand.] All in dark hues, unless otherwise noted. Black and greys. I'm sure there are details I'm forgetting...

sorry i'm NOT sorry

[originallutece]

Good god, Ardyn . . .

[She murmurs that as she draws. It's not a perfect rendition, not at all, but it's fairly close. It's . . . not a pretty picture, good lord, but that's no fault of the artist. Ardyn, why do you dress this way.]

What the hell is the point of fingerless gloves?

quiet screaming

[daemonized]

[To be fair, he doesn't dress quite that extravagantly now. But if given the option? ...He probably would.]

Obviously my palms were cold. But my fingers were not. [/sarcasm]

What do you have against fingerless gloves?

[Don't YOU also want to dress like a hobo????]

[originallutece]

They're silly.

[And she has no room for silliness in her life, thank you.]

Save in the winter, but I assume these were more for aesthetic purposes than practical ones.

[daemonized]

A safe assumption, if not for the fact that practicality did not seem to be a concern of mine.

[At least he's self-aware enough to admit that much.]

But let's backtrack a bit. What's wrong with silliness?

[originallutece]

[She gives him a little Look.]

Everything.

[daemonized]

Surely not! [He feigns being utterly shocked. (Speaking of silly.) Fingers splayed against chest, he says-] Even I indulge in inanity now and again. It's refreshing.

[originallutece]

It's irritating.

[Good grief. She's not so humorless as to roll her eyes at his little display, but it's a close thing.]

And self-indulgent. There's nothing wrong with it in private, but at work, or day to day? No.

[daemonized]

[This is where normal people yell "lighten up", probably. Ardyn does the same thing, in his own way. Which is poking fun at her.]

Being silly only in private is such a depressing concept. Surely you can't be that solemn all of the time-

[He pauses, pretending to realize something.]

Oh. You're just self-conscious, aren't you?

[originallutece]

[It's obvious bait, which is why she doesn't fluster and take it.]

I can be as solemn as I please, as long as I please. Self-consciousness has nothing to do with it.

[daemonized]

[You're no fun, Ros! But if he garners no reaction, Ardyn just keeps at it.]

What's the saying? "Your face will get stuck like that"?

[originallutece]

I might retort the same to you, with that smile.

[He knows the one. The smug one.]

[daemonized]

People like my smile. It wouldn't be so bad.

[Who tells you that, Ardyn? He's probably making it up, honestly.]

[originallutece]

You'd get into a fight before the night is out. You're too good at aggravating people as it is.

[daemonized]

My talent for getting under people's skin only shines through when I wish for it to.

[Something he has always been admittedly very good at. Wheedling at people with his words, making them agitated, pointing out their ridiculous faults -- but only if such a person deserves it. It's rare that he ever feels the need to be so harsh, and honestly, it only ever served him well as a practicing lawyer.]

It's not something I passively do.