Vernique Denning (butterflybullet) wrote in marvel_nextgen,
@ 2010-03-20 08:28:00

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Accept no substitutes
Vernique had a package.

Between school and the massive free battle royales, I figured you could use a little something.

Love,
Dad

Eight pounds of cocoa-dusted Belgian truffles.

As she carried them happily to her room, she stopped to knock on the door next to hers.

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	butterflybullet 2010-03-21 06:16 am UTC (link)
	Vernique listens. "I'm glad he's doing better. I'll have to make a point of it next time I'm in California." A smile. "Preferably with no scheduling conflicts this time. Your brother needed a few things explained about how we do things on Midgard." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	shield_maiden 2010-03-21 06:20 am UTC (link)
	"Aye, he canst be quite dense at times." Most of the time, but Halbjorn and Aridis seemed to be picking up Migard culture faster and better than Svalin and Asleif. "If thou wishes, I canst always fly thee there on Tryggvi." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	butterflybullet 2010-03-21 06:32 am UTC (link)
	"Yeah. Great guy, though, not that this'd be news to you." She grins. "Trygvvi's your horse? Because a cross-country ride on a flying horse is pretty much in the top 10 list of Every Little Girl's Dreams." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	shield_maiden 2010-03-21 06:37 am UTC (link)
	"Aye," she answered. Svalin smiled. "He ist here with me. I wouldst not go anywhere without him and I wouldst gladly give thee a ride. I hath arms and clothes out there I need to retrieve." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	butterflybullet 2010-03-21 06:38 am UTC (link)
	"I'm relieved to hear that you're not going to stick with just two outfits and some pajamas." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	shield_maiden 2010-03-21 06:51 am UTC (link)
	Svalin smiled. "I need my other weapons," she said. "The clothes art unnecessary." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	butterflybullet 2010-03-21 07:13 am UTC (link)
	Vernique cants her head for a moment, then give an exaggerated sigh as she has another truffle. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	shield_maiden 2010-03-21 07:18 am UTC (link)
	Svalin was a little confused, but didn't ask for clarification. Instead she took another truffle. "Marlow and I wouldst eat Godiva truffles." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	butterflybullet 2010-03-21 07:21 am UTC (link)
	"Godiva's good stuff, but Dad tends to send Donckels." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	shield_maiden 2010-03-21 07:24 am UTC (link)
	"This ist better quality than Godiva. I hath missed chocolate whilst I wast in Asgard." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	butterflybullet 2010-03-21 07:34 am UTC (link)
	"Yeah, he doesn't tend to settle for 'good' when it comes to decadence. And oh, yeah, I suppose you wouldn't have it there." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	shield_maiden 2010-03-21 07:37 am UTC (link)
	"Nay, Asgard doth not have chocolate. I hath oft wonder if the plant from which it ist made wilt grow there. There wilt be a time when I mine duties wilt keep me in Asgard and I wilt not get to Migard as oft." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	butterflybullet 2010-03-21 07:43 am UTC (link)
	"Well, all the best processing tends to happen in Belgium and Switzerland and other pretty Northish places, but the plants mostly grow in the tropics. Not sure if that'd work. Might be better to import when you can.." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	shield_maiden 2010-03-21 07:46 am UTC (link)
	"There art rather warm places in Asgard, but they art far from the city." Svalin's mind was working to solve the problem. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	butterflybullet 2010-03-21 07:49 am UTC (link)
	"Do they get enough rain? Anyone there to hire to look after the plants?" Vernique's happy to speculate. ...She should look into chocolate production as a potential investment for Nevell, the more she thinks about it. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	shield_maiden 2010-03-21 07:52 am UTC (link)
	"Nay. 'Twould be a folly and the resources required art not there and 'twould be a waste." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	butterflybullet 2010-03-21 07:56 am UTC (link)
	Vernique listens and nods with a slight frown. "Sounds like the better move would be to buy in bulk on the rare visits, and then keep the chocolate in the wine cellars so it stays good longer." Pause. "I assume there are wine cellars in Asgard; you always hear about plenty of wine." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	shield_maiden 2010-03-21 08:00 am UTC (link)
	"Not so much wine as mead. 'Tis the drink of Asgardians. Surely mine brother hath introduced thee to mead?" (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	butterflybullet 2010-03-21 08:05 am UTC (link)
	"Well mead's kinda like wine, but with honey instead of grapes. Yeah, I had a little of what you brought at New Year's. It's good, but I think I'll always be more of a wine kind of girl. I'm a big fan of grapes in all their forms." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	shield_maiden 2010-03-21 08:09 am UTC (link)
	Svalin nodded. "I doth not partake in either oft. I doth prefer to keep mine wits and reflexes. If I return to Asgard anon, I wilt bring thee back a bottle of Asgardian wine for the kindness thou hath shown me." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	butterflybullet 2010-03-21 08:22 am UTC (link)
	Vernique smiles. "Oh, that's sweet, thanks! And yeah, sensible policy not to overindulge much." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	shield_maiden 2010-03-21 08:24 am UTC (link)
	"Thou'rt welcome. Aye, I leave the over indulgence to mine siblings." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	butterflybullet 2010-03-21 08:36 am UTC (link)
	"I'm sure they manage to pick up the slack there. Halbjorn always seems like he's trying to be a poster boy for joie de vivre" (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	shield_maiden 2010-03-21 08:38 am UTC (link)
	"He and Aridis doth love to indulge in mead and pleasures of the flesh," Svalin said with some disapproval. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	butterflybullet 2010-03-21 08:48 am UTC (link)
	"Welll, I haven't got much room to talk there, I have to admit. There's a time and a place for everything, and I like to find those opportunities myself." A smile. "Going by Halbjorn, though, they might find them awfully quickly by most standards." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)