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[sterngaze]

What if my favourite colour isn't on this list?

Also... I enjoy that you listed the fifth option even though you preemptively wrote it off as annoying and pointless.

[takeroot]

I am replicating the original quiz, of course. It maintains the spirit of the source material this way.

I suppose if your favorite is not on my extensive list, you will have to pick the dreadful fifth option.

[sterngaze]

Perhaps I will pick my favourite from the four presented, since you didn't even list what the fifth option actually entails.

For now we can imagine my favourite colour is blue.

But for the record, it's actually gold.

[Why else would all of his jewellery be gold? It's a very pretty metal.]

[takeroot]

Did you press the quiz? [the link,] I cannot express enough that this is what they are like. All of them!

Gold is a lovely color.

Question two: Never mind all of that, what kind of date would you like me to take you on?

[Haha, remember the gala... This was not actually the purpose of these texts all along, but he can multitask.]

[sterngaze]

[Thank you, Constantin... Gold is a lovely colour.]

I like this line of questioning considerably more.

Is it a poor answer if I say I would like you to choose something that sounds fun to you?

[takeroot]

Do you have something against favorite colors? Remind me that I should not take you to a painting class.

And yes, that is far too broad!

[sterngaze]

I have nothing against colours, although I know nothing about painting. I'm not that kind of priest.

[What kind of priest is that, exactly? Unclear.]

I will narrow it down for you: We should do something that doesn't involve food or sitting still for long periods of time.

[He does enough sitting still when he's at his office.]

You could make a short list, perhaps. But for this list you needn't include any annoying extraneous options.

[takeroot]

Is there an artist kind of priest?

I'm searching for a quiz that will give me superb date ideas as we speak.

[Is he? Tough to say.]

[sterngaze]

Oh yes. One of the other predominant faiths in my country is that of Shelyn, who is the goddess of love and beauty. Her clergy is full of artists and poets and musicians.

And probably skilled lovers as well, but as none of them are here, I will do my best to fill in.

[takeroot]

Applying one's skills across myriad disciplines is very attractive in a man, you know. Do you know any poetry? Tell me something about taxation that would make me blush.

[sterngaze]

[What kind of tax laws does Constantin have in his country, that this would be a reasonable thing to propose... no, never mind.]

I do know some poetry, actually. Alas, none of it is about taxes, but then I am no poet and I didn't write any of it.

[takeroot]

[Liem, please, he is merely flirting. Relax.]

Yes, and? What must I do to get a verse out of you?

[sterngaze]

I could certainly type one out for you, but poetry seems rather flat when it isn't spoken aloud, don't you think?

It hardly has the same impact when it's written on a screen.

[takeroot]

I don't know, it seemed to do wonders for amusing Nikolai.

If you would like to read me poetry when I see you next, however, I will not say no.

I spent too long looking at poems online because of this thread

[sterngaze]

Then I will indulge you a little, for your amusement. Here is a short little rhyme I know:

At draw-gloves we'll play,
And prithee let's lay
A wager, and let it be this:
Who first to the sum
Of twenty shall come,
Shall have for his winning a kiss.

call that method rping

[takeroot]

[Lesson learned: he asks for things and Liem just does them? Noted and remembered, thank you sir.]

For my amusement, and how! That one is very sweet. And very subtle!

[sterngaze]

A lot of poems I've heard back home are quite overwrought, but I do enjoy that one. I didn't bring any written poetry with me, so I'm limited those I can remember in their entirety.

Unless I were to trawl the network for local works. But I think that might be amusing in a rather different way.

[takeroot]

Or you could write your own! That may be more fun than simply browsing.

[sterngaze]

You're certainly correct, though it has been longer than I care to recall since I last had the occasion to try writing verse.

[It would have been before he moved back to the city, so... decades ago, at least.]

Let me ask you a question, since you've already quizzed me. [He didn't, really. Anyway,] What kind of poetry do you enjoy?

[takeroot]

I don't know! The kind with some heart in it, I suppose. What is the point if it wanders around a meter and belabors a rhyme and does nothing for the emotions? None!

That kind.

[sterngaze]

I would have to agree. I can't imagine wanting to read verse that feels lifeless.

But I will tuck that away so I have something to point to should my heart ever lead me to write you something truly dreadful.

[takeroot]

I would make an exception for your dreadful poetry, of course! I would even compliment the metaphors!

Really, you needn't try so very hard.

[sterngaze]

I promise that it was just an innocent question, and not part of a survey meant to suss out how to please you best.

But I still do want to please you a little. I'm afraid that just comes with the territory.

[takeroot]

You can please me as much as you like. Within reason.

[Like, don't be Weird, but Liem is far too fussy to be Weird, he thinks.]

I will be expecting at least one verse, you know.

[sterngaze]

["Within reason" is an excellent limiting factor, and Liem fully intends to stick to it.]

Are you expecting an original verse? I do know other charming little poems. You might like "Kissing Usury."

[What is not to like about a poem that combines the ideas of kissing and money lending? He's not kidding.]