Varis zos Galvus

“Is there aught I may do to help?”

“Dare I ask why?”

[stares at his tomephone. Puts his tomephone down. Takes a looooong sip of his coffee]

That is enough for one day.

He's silent for an almost uncomfortable amount of time before sighing. "Yes, and my beloved wife refused to rescue me from my plight. She was...rather cross with me over the name I had chosen for our daughter. They conspired together, Zenos and her."

"To be fair, there was a time when I /had/ been glued to it. Courtesy of a tiny princeling at the behest of his Mother." He sighed, a soft chuckle under his breath.

"Can you blame me? With Aji in charge now, I can leave whenever I wish and the people wont bat an eye." He grinned.

"Isolated for weeks, if the reports about the blizzard are true." Varis glanced over at his cousin, giving a nod as if in blessing to him being a nuisance. He would actually welcome it, it would certainly get him out of 'emperor' mode, and back into Varis mode.

"We have six hours until we reach the cabin, so you may as well become insufferable now." He laughed.

[dead again]

Is that a threat, or a promise, my love?

Mmmm? But was it not you that made mention of 20 million Gil? In reference to our little bet?

Twenty mill…?

…

..

.

Oh. OH.

//books, ink, the slightest hint of gunpowder and iron

"It baffles me that they were even allowed to get them...I wonder where they /did/ get them." His face scrunches up.

"I have a second thermos in the back seat, that one is yours, so drink it all if you wish."

Then go take a nap, Nerva..?

//replies after work (or possibly on my lunch break) I ran out of time for things before I had to become an ~productive member of society~ or some bullshit

As far as I am aware, he is not waiting for people to throw themselves at him, nor does he expect it.

[He sighs, then shrugs.]

Frankly, I do not care what you do or do not do. It is your life, and so long as you are serving the Empire, I do not care what you do with it.

"More than likely...I do not think I am ready for flying cars ready for the masses just yet." He laughed. "If you need more coffee, the thermos is down by your feet. I made sure to make plenty."

That does nothing to ease my mind.

You do not think his self imposed exile to be enough?

[He shakes his head]

I cannot, and /will/ not go to my son and demand he makes the rounds to apologize to each and every individual. Hardly beneficial when he refuses to return to the capitol and outright refuses official summons.

"This model? ......No, unfortunately it does not. While that would have been nice, the ceruleum needed for that would be astronomical." he snorted softly.

I doubt that. Gil for your thoughts, cousin?

Quite agree with you, Vergilia.

Are you alright, Nerva..?

Small fish tend to have the biggest impacts on the dams that store our water. It is often the case it is the minion of some larger creature.

I apologize on my sons behalf for your losses... I do still believe you would be better suited broaching the subject with him. He is...changed.

Uninformed masses spreading lies. More than likely a senator who has no balls. Pay them no heed, dear cousin.

I do not claim to know what transpired between you two, perhaps a conversation is in order between the two of you.

[He really does not know, perhaps he forgot. His body was in pieces at one point.]

Augusta, your opinions of my son are of no consequence to me. Hate him, love him. That is between you and he.

[As much as it hurt knowing how hated his son was, there really was nothing he could do, changed as they both were after the resurrection. Alas.]

Hoped he had stayed dead, did you?

Unique enough to affect myself /and/ Zenos. I do not know what the bird was thinking but here we are.

[he shrugs]