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[afflatusexarch]

Type: Text
Sender ID: noah ( G'raha Tia )
To: General Public - but not to Zack
Subject: Gift Advice
Warnings: N/A

I could use a bit of advice myself, so it would seem. Initially, I had thought to also hide my identity. However, I realized that it would do me little good. With what I've to ask, I fear it might be a touch obvious.

Thus I ask: what would be a good gift to celebrate one year of being with your partner? How do I present it to him when we don't have a specific date? Officially, that is.

A silly thing to ask, I know. I suppose I would simply like for it to mean something and seeing Cassiopea only brings it to the forefront of my mind - to ensure that with the time we are granted that I express myself appropriately.

Comments

un: paradisaea

[empyrean_mirror]

...He's not much of a scholar, so my gut instinct probably won't be what you're looking for.

I think he'd be thrilled to get anything from you. Cook him a feast, perhaps...does he enjoy accessories? I'm afraid I've only met him once or twice, so I haven't a good idea of his hobbies.

[afflatusexarch]

That's quite all right. He needn't be.

[ Don't have to be super smart when you're that pretty. Or a himbo. ]

I fear that I am not that great with my hands and I got him an earring to match some clips he gave me last year.

[empyrean_mirror]

That's a little surprising.

[Aren't you like. Centuries old, G'raha? Learn a creative hobby, gosh.]

...I suppose there's always more, ah, salacious options.

[afflatusexarch]

Is it? I can sing and I can play music, but it took me forever to learn how to make a decent sandwich.

[ Sorry! ]

He is a simple man and the "salacious" option would, indeed, please. Though it is as you say, anything would and that's what makes it so difficult.

[empyrean_mirror]

How did you survive being a bachelor so long, I wonder?

[Bruh even alhaitham can cook! Bruh!!!]

It's almost harder to get gifts for someone easily pleased than for someone picky, isn't it? Hmmmm. Maybe play a song for him then--if it's to make the occasion special, it needn't be a physical gift.

[afflatusexarch]

My ward would bring me meals when she saw fit and would linger until I ate.

[ Sounds like food and G'raha have an odd relationship ]

Oh I wish he were pickier. Then I would be able to at least track something down. Though at the same time, I suppose I hadn't thought of a song.

text; un: catsgothistongue

[catsgothistongue]

Try to get him something he likes or would greatly appreciate. Alternatively or additionally, you could take him to wherever you first hooked up for a date. If he's not much of a date guy, you can always just spend a night alone with him.

[He can't really say he's been in a relationship (any real relationships if you want to be technical) long enough for anniversaries to come up, that however tends to be the solution his "suitors" try on him.]

[afflatusexarch]

Oh. That would, indeed, be quite sentimental. I'm not sure that I could entirely recreate the event, but I could come up with something similar.

We, ah. Rather like dates.

text | un: astudyinviolet

[astudyinviolet]

Perhaps you could get Fair an article of clothing that can hold tools. He seemed impressed when I pulled my lock picks out from my stockings and my magnifying glass out of my bodice. He called it "making use of the free real-estate."

[afflatusexarch]

Lock picks out of stockings... Interesting. I think I would prefer such things for myself, truth to be told.

[astudyinviolet]

If Fair asks for gift advice, should I mention that? They were just normal stockings a maid would wear.

[afflatusexarch]

For me it would be more items like crystals or extra space for potions or vials to put specimens in.

[astudyinviolet]

You may need something more than stockings for that. However, if you are not intending to hide the fact that you have them, then you are freer with your options. I had to use my disguise as best I could.

[afflatusexarch]

I am not a very subtle person, I fear. There was a time where I thought I was very successful, only to learn that I am, in fact, terrible at it.

{Text; UN: crescentmoon}

[prince_of_the_moon]

Partner?

[afflatusexarch]

I suppose you might also say lover? Significant other?

In truth, I do not feel as though any of those truly encompass the depth of what this person means to me.

[prince_of_the_moon]

There is no set time for gifts unless they have given you children.

Consider their tastes.

[afflatusexarch]

Excuse me, but could you explain why children are even a factor?

[prince_of_the_moon]

Is that not a prime reason to mate?

[afflatusexarch]

For some, perhaps.

Others ah... Pair up simply due to how they feel about one another.

[emet-sulk]

[emet_sulk]

I think you should give that poor man a kiss.

[ :| ]

[afflatusexarch]

Are you under the impression that I don't?

[ And why are you commenting? ]

[emet_sulk]

He seems starved for affection. Like a needy pup.

[ An opinion absolutely not influenced by recent events. ]

[afflatusexarch]

He is like this regardless, I assure you. It never quite goes away completely.

[emet_sulk]

It sounds as though you should gift him a collar then.