Weekend Entertainment #1 - September Test Drive Meme

[havetubawilltravel]

It's way too hot to be September right now where I am, but we're verging on October right now, and that means it's an app_this_plz weekend, and you know you've got characters you want to try out.


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[a_rare_benedictine]

"...is that a sensitive question?" He considers. "The part of the country, then, if not the city. Are there mountains, plains...?"

[halfemptyglasses]

She returns the red frames to her face before giving the name of the small town she's heading towards.

"There's some forest area and some cliffs, pretty inland I think?" she describes. "M-most of the area is owned by the Nase clan."

[a_rare_benedictine]

"Are you of that clan, then, or only have their permission?"

[halfemptyglasses]

"Ah, Kuriyama is my clan's name," she explains. "I... I'm speaking with the head of the Nase clan."

At some point, anyway...

[a_rare_benedictine]

He's interested by the correction and by everything else she says, plainly.

"Have your clans been on good terms?"

[halfemptyglasses]

"Ah, no... But I'm the only Kuriyama left, so- so I'm trying. A-and I was asked by the Nase clan, so...."

[a_rare_benedictine]

She's very young to be the last of her clan, and he looks at her with sympathy.

"So perhaps they're trying to settle the strife of the past."

[halfemptyglasses]

"Maybe," she lies. "Ah-anyway, what is your herbarium like? What kind of things grow where you live?"

[a_rare_benedictine]

"It tends to be cold, much of the year, so nothing of the kind that needs warmer weather to thrive - many of the fruits of the Holy Land could never grow in England."

[halfemptyglasses]

"Can these herbs be found in England? Or did they come from somewhere else first?"

[a_rare_benedictine]

"They're commonly found in England", he tells her. "They may have been brought from other parts of Europe, long ago, but they grow in England now."

[halfemptyglasses]

"And... you use these to make medicine?" she guesses.

[a_rare_benedictine]

"Yes, I do. Medicines to relieve pain, to cure infection and help wounds to heal cleanly... anything plants can achieve."

[halfemptyglasses]

Kuriyama closes the fingers of her right hand, burning from the bandages there.

"That's very pleasant, Brother Cadfael..."

[a_rare_benedictine]

He glances at her hand instinctively at the movement, then looks again.

"Child, you're hurt?"

[halfemptyglasses]

"Ah, it's... It's just....nothing to worry about..." she goes, fiddling with her glasses again.

[a_rare_benedictine]

"Would you let me see?" he asks gently. "To set my mind at ease."

[halfemptyglasses]

"It's just a pinprick," she tells him, pulling her hands to her chest.

[a_rare_benedictine]

He doesn't push, even though a pinprick wouldn't usually need bandages.

"I trust you've cleaned it."

[halfemptyglasses]

It wouldn't, but Band-Aid leaves something to be desired in Kuriyama's case.

She nods and says, "I- I even have clean bandages. So it's nothing to worry about, really."

[a_rare_benedictine]

"Very well." He's not quite happy, but he doesn't want to make her unhappy either, that would be counter-productive. "If you see any problem, please take yourself to a physician."

[halfemptyglasses]

"I will. I have a doctor."

That she actually needs to call due to moving.

[a_rare_benedictine]

"Will that still be convenient, if you're living elsewhere?"

[halfemptyglasses]

"I can take the tr- Oh! Oh, I hadn't..." she interrupts herself, recalling earlier in their talk. "In- in 2012 there are trains. I mean, they've been around longer than 2012, but they're really fast in my time. They... They're like carriages set on tracks, so they can only go to certain places. And they have an engine that runs on coal or electricity that makes them move instead of horses."

[a_rare_benedictine]

He listens carefully, nodding.

"I see. So the distance will be no consideration, really?"