Cirilla laughs at the description, but Jaskier just gasps.
"Oh! I keep hearing about Shakespeare. I read Hamlet; it was pretty good." He tilts his head at Midge. "What book is Romeo from? He sounds like a fine fellow; I shall make it my next read."
He'll be kinda disappointed that it's actually incredibly tragic.
"Ah, if he's in the title, it'll be easy to remember. Thank you, dear." He thinks he can handle tragedies, and it's not completely untrue. But his brain has totally made a false idea of what it'll be like because of Midge's definition of a Romeo.
Jaskier opens his mouth and is about to complain about skipping the reading, but Ciri stops him just in time. "I am doing my reading! We've read 'A Tale of Two Cities' and 'Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland'. That one was weird. Kind of like the surreal paintings, but in words."
To be fair, she's been doing her reading. Literature is good. History and Geography, though? Ciri hopes Midge won't ask about those.
At the question, Jaskier checks the map. "We've done all the exhibitions, have we not? I believe we can leave, yeah." However, he freezes when he sees something else on the map. "A gift shop? It's right by the exit."
When they get there, Jaskier gasps and gets excited, almost putting his nose against the display.
"They're mini versions of the paintings!" Meaning the prints. He points at a bunch of them and continues to look around while the clerk puts the prints in an envelope, quickly falling in love with everything because it's art-themed.
After picking two notebooks with beautiful covers, Jaskier finds the ties and laughs as he grabs the Starry Night one. "It turns out that all this time, I should've been looking for good fashion here." He turns to Midge and Ciri. "Do my favorite ladies want anything? My treat."
“Thank you, darling,” she says to Jaskier and gives him a kiss as he pays. She turns to Ciri. “Nice choices. You’ll have to let me borrow that cardinal.”
On top of all his choices, Jaskier ends up adding a peacock brooch, because being subtle was never his thing.
While Jaskier pays, Ciri smiles at the compliment. "Thank you. Do you have more pretty jewelry? We could do an exchange," she says while putting the cardinal brooch on her dress. "Why the panther?" she asks with curiosity.
"Cirilla means swallow," Jaskier clarifies, which explains Ciri's choice. A cardinal isn't exactly the same, but hey, the bird theme is there.
“Sure,” Midge says, “you can come look at my stuff sometime. I chose the panther because it’s wild and sassy and underestimated at your peril. Like me.”
The explanation of Ciri’s name makes sense with her choice. Close enough.
“A peacock for you is obvious,” Midge tells Jaskier. “I debated getting that one, so I might borrow it. I guess you didn’t want to get a flower, Mr. Buttercup?”
She hasn’t forgotten that’s the meaning of his name.
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"Oh! I keep hearing about Shakespeare. I read Hamlet; it was pretty good." He tilts his head at Midge. "What book is Romeo from? He sounds like a fine fellow; I shall make it my next read."
He'll be kinda disappointed that it's actually incredibly tragic.
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“I’m surprised you’re not reading Shakespeare in school,” Midge says to Ciri, “unless you’re not doing the readings, which, fair enough.”
Midge only read the assigned books that sounded interesting to her.
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Jaskier opens his mouth and is about to complain about skipping the reading, but Ciri stops him just in time. "I am doing my reading! We've read 'A Tale of Two Cities' and 'Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland'. That one was weird. Kind of like the surreal paintings, but in words."
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Midge smiles at Ciri, wondering if she’s just trying to be good so that she doesn’t get scolded. She can always tell Midge the truth later.
“Is there anything else that we want to see here or are you two hungry?”
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At the question, Jaskier checks the map. "We've done all the exhibitions, have we not? I believe we can leave, yeah." However, he freezes when he sees something else on the map. "A gift shop? It's right by the exit."
When they get there, Jaskier gasps and gets excited, almost putting his nose against the display.
"They're mini versions of the paintings!" Meaning the prints. He points at a bunch of them and continues to look around while the clerk puts the prints in an envelope, quickly falling in love with everything because it's art-themed.
After picking two notebooks with beautiful covers, Jaskier finds the ties and laughs as he grabs the Starry Night one. "It turns out that all this time, I should've been looking for good fashion here." He turns to Midge and Ciri. "Do my favorite ladies want anything? My treat."
Ciri chooses a scarf and the cardinal brooch.
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She picks out a panther brooch because she’s sassy, and a silk neckerchief.
“Thank you, darling,” she says to Jaskier and gives him a kiss as he pays. She turns to Ciri. “Nice choices. You’ll have to let me borrow that cardinal.”
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While Jaskier pays, Ciri smiles at the compliment. "Thank you. Do you have more pretty jewelry? We could do an exchange," she says while putting the cardinal brooch on her dress. "Why the panther?" she asks with curiosity.
"Cirilla means swallow," Jaskier clarifies, which explains Ciri's choice. A cardinal isn't exactly the same, but hey, the bird theme is there.
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The explanation of Ciri’s name makes sense with her choice. Close enough.
“A peacock for you is obvious,” Midge tells Jaskier. “I debated getting that one, so I might borrow it. I guess you didn’t want to get a flower, Mr. Buttercup?”
She hasn’t forgotten that’s the meaning of his name.