[center][h1][color=f26522]Carnatia de Valmont[/color][/h1][/center]
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[quote=@Mas Bagus]
The cook, a young man with afro hair winked. His voice was smooth. "I can make your order, miss, but the preparation would take a while." 
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Carnatia nodded, [color=f26522]"Certainly. I shall wait with bated breath."[/color]

She did not truly expect them to actually serve her order. She mostly asked because Carmen had mentioned the possibility of a custom order and that she might as well ask.

That they would actually go out of their way to serve her order though, merit at least a token of appreciation. Yes, she would tip generously, if nothing else, especially if the food turned out to be delicious.

[quote=@Soldat Elf]
As from what she heard from Carnatia. Linceleste shook her head gently and slowly and said, [color=6ecff6]"Don't worry about it. I can cover it."[/color] and gave the baroness a smile.
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[color=f26522]"I will leave it to you then,"[/color] Carnatia remarked.

No sense in arguing. Decorum dictate it would be rude to reject such an offer, in any case. Perhaps if she were another noble, Carnatia might have insisted. After all, among nobles such gesture was part of a 'game' of the sort that they play in high society, as a 'battle of status', and so, if one were to maintain respect in high society, easily relenting would be seen as a sign of weakness, perhaps even inviting gossip and rumours regarding one's financial status—or lack thereof.

It was not a game Carnatia enjoyed playing, but nevertheless a necessary one to play. Linceleste, while coming from an affluent family, was not a noble nor was this a high-society soiree. Therefore, at this moment playing such a game was—fortunately—unnecessary.

[quote=@Cale Henituse]

『 Ludvig 』 "Even now, I can still feel this growing mass of selfish desires inside of me, and all it wants to do right now is to know everything about you... and that's just not what either of us need right now.
	You need to earn your freedom, I need to protect you all from harm, the team collectively has this... mission, we don't need distractions.
	Although it seems a bit late for that."
[sup]『 [i]Ludvig[/i] 』[/sup] "Mm... Yep.
	By the way I'm alright, as you can see... so.
	Thanks for... repeatedly asking the others to check up on me.
	Honestly I'll be fine if you did stab me intentionally, even a hundred times.
	And you can take that as an invitation."
	
Glances at Amaris and winks.
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[color=f26522][i]'Was that supposed to be his idea of courting?'[/i][/color] Carnatia thought.

How droll.

It was such sappy exaggerated lines one might find in lowbrow smutty literature designed to appeal to the lowest common denominator...which her sister enjoyed—and made Carnatia read, recently.

In any case, perhaps Ludwig was the type to coast by merely on his looks alone, which was fair enough, he definitely had the look for it. His romantic lines...not so much.

Though she probably best keep that to herself. Hardly proper to nitpick such a thing, especially when the subject in question was a teammate.


[quote=@A5G]
[b][color=#778da9]"I shan't judge you over your choice of breakfast,"[/color][/b] The W word was at the tip of her tongue, but she switched it seamlessly enough. [b][color=#778da9]"[i]Miss Amaris[/i]. But there is wisdom in avoiding overindulgence."[/color][/b]
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[quote=@Deide]
[color=ed145b]"But life is full of wonders, shouldn't we try and appreciate them as much as possible?"[/color]
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[color=f26522]"Very true. Lady Mirielle, temperance is a virtue, alas, it is not quite abstinence, no? Temperance meant moderation in action after all, which means it should be all right as long as we do not go overboard. While we are in this area, it would be a shame to miss out on dunkel based on what my brother had told me. Apparently, it is made with a technique called decoction mashing, which involves taking a portion of the grains, boiling them, and then adding them back into the mash to increase the overall temperature. This boiling process helps extract more starches from the grains, giving it a malty aroma, with notes of caramel, toasted bread, and a touch of chocolate or coffee. Its flavour profile is supposed to be smooth and mellow, accentuating the sweetness from toasted malt mixed with a slight bitterness from the noble hops used. Are you sure you do not wish to indulge?[/color]