itscurtains | Week Six

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Week Six

[Last week, in It's Curtains, the weather changed, and with it your fortune in Dads. Discord took Salieri out - or perhaps Salieri took Discord out - and left the survivors with that much less impulse control. Nonetheless, a visit from a new friend might have provided a little bit of much-needed hope?

On Sunday morning, you'll find that the other side of the second floor has opened up - as well as the actual intended path to reach the roof garden. You can finally stop climbing up that rope every time you want to have a picnic or secret lover's rendezvous!

Outside, the weather seems to have calmed down. It's sunny again, with rather a lot of clouds. Though it's warm, the atmosphere seems very...still.]

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Of course. Which ones do you want to learn first? This book has roses, lilies, and lotuses, and these ones are supposed to be marigolds, but I think they look kind of like carnations? So I've been making a bunch of those, since I think they're Eurydice's favorite.

Trying to woo your love with paper flowers?

[She tries to sound teasing about it, but honestly, it's charming. Orpheus has been such an utter sweetheart, even after everything they've been through, and the things he does still manage to warm Elsa's heart.]

Well, if you're working hard on those... then perhaps I'll go with lilies.

[ Orpheus nods, smiling earnestly. ]

The first time I met her, I offered her a paper flower. Not as nice as any of these, but - when I sang to her, it turned into a real one. It was the first time I'd ever managed to do something like that. So I want to see if I can do it again, for her. To celebrate something good that we remembered.

[ What she remembered, technically, but he trusts her. ]

Anyway, lilies are pretty easy? They look complicated, but it's just a lot of folding things in half. Here, like this.

[ He picks up a pale pink sheet of paper and carefully goes through the steps in the book, slowly, turning so Elsa can see what he's doing more clearly. ]

[Lucky for Orpheus, Elsa's a fast learner. It's not a perfectly folded flower, and is a little lopsided in a couple of spots, but as he works the paper, she manages to get all the folds right.

She stares down at the flower, seemingly... contemplating something.]

How do you do that so easily? [The paper or-] Not- not the origami. But... doing things like that for Eurydice. The way you talk about it, you make it seem so... natural for you to do.

Hmm?

[ Orpheus looks up at her, brows furrowed slightly in confusion. He considers her question, before answering. ]

I've... never really thought about it? I just - want to see her smile, so I do things that I think will make her happy. I don't know if there's any more to it than that. Why? Is there... something you're thinking about doing for someone?

[ He doesn't want to needle, unlike some of the others, but he can't deny he's a little curious. ]

[Orpheus's lack of desire to needle, honestly, means it's easier to open up to him about things. He's so calm, so accepting... she doesn't feel like she's being judged with him, or like she's some form of entertainment. It's just... nice.]

I don't know... I've never really been in love before, and the only experience i know of is from books. You make it seem so easy, but...

[She fiddles more with the paper lily in her hands, trying to straighten out the lumpy parts in the flower.]

I... I want to make Cass happy. But I think too much every time I wonder what I could do for her.

[ Overthinking things is not a problem Orpheus has ever had in his life, what's that like. In all seriousness, though, he smiles at her when she finishes speaking. ]

Well, you'd probably know what she likes better than I do? [ he says, thoughtfully. ] But I'm sure she'd like whatever you try to do for her, just because it's you doing it. That counts for a lot, all by itself.

[The rational part of Elsa's brain understands that. Cass doesn't expect anything from her, and that's honestly one reason why she's fallen for her so quickly. Elsa just has to be Elsa around Cass, and never had to try to make her happy or make her smile of comfort her. It's... easy, being around Cass.

But still, she worries. This is unknown territory for her.]

But she deserves... so much. She deserves the very best, after being hurt so badly in the past. But the problem is that I don't know what the very best is.

[ Orpheus just beams at her, laughing a little. Not cruelly or mockingly, but just a bubbling up of the sheer joy of seeing someone else in love. ]

I know the feeling. Wanting to promise someone everything you can give and more, because you know that's what they deserve. [ Golden rings, a banquet table, a bed of feathers. Fair skies and kind roads. ] But sometimes it's good to do small things, too. Little, everyday gifts and acts of kindness mean a lot, especially to people who maybe aren't so used to them.

[Little, daily things. Hmm...]

I suppose I could start making her breakfast every day? [...] I... don't know how, but it can't be that hard, right?

Cooking is usually a good thing to do for people! I can show you how to make a few things, or maybe Spongebob would teach you!

[ He finishes another flower and sets it aside. ]

Or maybe she'd like these, too. Do you know if she has a favorite flower?

[Hmmm...]

I haven't asked her. But I think something red would suit her well... something that would stand out, yet compliment her hair and skin.

Well, roses are a classic for a reason. The real ones are a little fussy? But if you're working with paper ones then that's no problem.

[ He'll take another sheet of bright red paper and flip to another page in the book, this one with instructions on how to fold roses. ]

These are a little more complicated, and I don't think I'm very good at them yet? But I'm sure we can figure them out together.

[It's easy to follow along, in theory; Elsa's got an eye and a knack for patterns and angles, but there's a big difference between using her magic to make something and using only her hands. Her rose comes out a bit sloppier than the lily, but it's still... decent to look at!]

Well, you're better than me, at least. [She laughs, holding her attempt up.] I'll absolutely keep at it, though... even putting aside wanting to make something nice for Cass, this is surprisingly relaxing.

[ Orpheus laughs a little. ]

I've just been doing this for most of the day. It gets easier with practice! And it is really soothing. I sort of lost track of time doing it. [ he says, looking up at the clock, before shrugging. Not like he has anywhere else to be, and if he wants to do what he has planned for these he's going to need a lot more of them anyway. ] I'm sure you'll be an expert in no time.

[Elsa looks from him, to the pile of completed flowers, then back to Orpheus. She laughs.]

I'm not surprised at all. At the rate you're going, you might be able to fill a whole field in a few days.

That's the idea! [ He beams. ] If you see Eurydice, try not to tell her what I'm up to. This is supposed to be a surprise for her.

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