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Manuela Casagranda ⬤ Fire Emblem: Three Houses
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moonblessing ⬤ Iris

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11/8; voice

[aegir]

Professor Manuela! I happened upon a post on the network this evening from someone who expressed interest in establishing a new theater company here. Would you be interested in joining along with me?

[ He kind of already threw your name out there and talked about how great you were... ]

[searchingforlove]

[Oh my. She really needs to get better about this network thing. A theater company? She's been so busy getting her school ready she hasn't thought about that...]

A theater company? My, that sounds lovely. Were you going to join?

[aegir]

Yes, I intend to! So I thought that-- Well, I know you have said before that your days as a leading lady are behind you now, but if you had any interest in returning to the stage, I would like nothing better than to share one with you.

[crestfallenfor]

The former ruler of Sanguis moon received this picture and called it "junk mail." 8 days later Sanguis moon became uninhabitable. A man received this picture and immediately sent out copies, then received good fortune for an entire year, including winning a jackpot lottery. Copy, paste, and send this to 9 people or you will be cursed. Don't take any chances. Sanguis did, and now no one can live there.

...My apologies.

[searchingforlove]

[...................]

Sylvain dear.

Who sent this to you?

[crestfallenfor]

...Ferdinand.

Considering last month's events, I thought it best to be careful.

[crestfallenfor]

[Hey, guess what, it's Winter Holiday Time! That means gifts, and so Manuela will be getting a very nice necklace, and a cozy blanket.]

special delivery

[nihongou]

[ Christmas is not a big thing in Japan, especially for swords, but he's in the spirit. Manuela receives a simply wrapped package with a little card attached that reads:

Humans in my world like to celebrate around this time.
I'm sending my greetings early for a new year, as well.
From your good friend Nihongou

Inside the package is a very expensive bottle of sake and this set. ]

special delivery

[antichivalry]

[ Manuela gets a small package with a silver bow. Inside the nice black box is a pair of gloves. He doesn't know what women like and he is from a cold place, so there you go.

The card reads "Happy Festival, from Felix". ]

Merry Firialia

[byleth]

[ Outside Manuela's door, she will find a messily wrapped gift with a few opera accessories inside of it. There's also a note that reads:

𝑀𝒶𝓃𝓊𝑒𝓁𝒶,

𝐼𝓃𝓋𝒾𝓉𝑒 𝓂𝑒 𝓉𝑜 𝑔𝑜 𝓌𝒾𝓉𝒽 𝓎𝑜𝓊 𝓈𝑜𝓂𝑒 𝓉𝒾𝓂𝑒. 𝑀𝑒𝓇𝓇𝓎 𝐹𝒾𝓇𝒾𝒶𝓁𝒾𝒶.

-𝐵𝓎𝓁𝑒𝓉𝒽 ]

« firialia delivery »

[menphina]

You have a delivery!! [ A little present addressed to Manuela will be delivered on the eve of before the winter celebrations, together with a beautiful shimmering hand-sewn wrap, a collection of makeup and handcrafted perfume samples and a delicate brooch! ] - "A beautiful lady only deserves the best in pampering. May your smile and your happiness be tenfold this starlight!" - Megumi♥"

☆ it's a blue lions firialia

[reprising]

[ Delivered to Manuela is a beautiful jewelled comb to wear in her hair. He was told that any woman would appreciate it. Also with it comes a matching set of shimmering bracelet-gloves, meant to adorn her hands. ]

Professor Manuela,
While I know little of what women would prefer,
I believe these gifts would be of much use to you.
May you have a solstice befitting a lady of your esteemed standing.
Thank you for all you've done for us.

- Dimitri Alexandre Blaiddyd

Firialia Present (backdated to Firialia)

[nosuchthingasnosuchthing]

[Greed gets Manuela four bottles of wine: one of Riesling, one of Pinot Noir, one of Chardonnay, and one of Cabaret Sauvignon (or, well, the Prismatican equivalents of those wines, anyway).]

[The wines are in a neon pink, green, blue, purple and yellow box, and the wrapping paper covering the box is red.]

[Greed has written To: Manuela, From: Greed on the label of the package.]

BELATED FIRIALIA this was timely ic

[baitless]

[Manuela gets a nice scarf and a book of sheet music for Lunatian hits! It should be fun to mess around with those, right? He thought about including a note, but well hey, he probably gave them in person.]

TDM Continuation

[searchingforlove]

Continued from here!

[Welcome to dealing with Manuela, Soren. It's an adventure.

Anyway, she sighs. Mainly because his points are very good ones even if there's really nothing that she can personally do about handling any of them.]

It is. Luckily most of us can handle anyone trying to do anything to one of us. Life at the Opera taught me many things and defending myself was one of them.

[No milk and no sugar. A man after her own heart. She prepares the tea then brings it over. It'll take a moment before it's ready and that's enough time for her to sit and chat with him.]

There are free places in this hallway though. I certainly can show you where they are after tea.

[silentsavant]

Thank you. I would appreciate that.

[He glances at the tea set between them, but spared only a second of his attention, which is quickly diverted back to his company. Where they each learned to defend themselves is quite different. He's never experienced a life as an opera singer, but he can imagine where needing to defend oneself might become applicable.]

You must have attracted quite a lot of attention.

[searchingforlove]

Naturally. I was the leading lady of the company, after all.

[It might sound like bragging but it's quite easy to hear the truth in it too. This is a woman who knows her talents and is proud of them. And is there really anything so wrong about that?

Well, not in her eyes.]

Of course, I'm rather out of practice these days. Still, if you are a fan of music, I would be glad to sing for you sometime.

TDM Continuation

[searchingforlove]

Continued from here!

[She smiles warmly at the thought of him wanting to live in the same apartment building as the rest of them. But, he's always been such a good one at heart that perhaps it isn't all that surprising.]

After tea I'll take you there and you can pick one of the places that are currently unoccupied. Though, you'll be repaying me enough by teaching at my school. And for making the others so happy to see you, of course.

[Manuela already knows they'll be thrilled to see him.]

[freckledarcher]

Thank you! It will be nice to see everyone again.

[They may be away from the war, they were here together so that would help make things easier. He settled back in his chair as he took a sip from his tea.]

How is it like to live here? There are so many things here how do you pick one?

action | forward-dated to Iris

[whitehairedprettyboy]

[ It's been a while since Valmont has spent time with Manuela, and whether or not this is a good thing, he can't say. Certainly their last session had been exhausting, and had, at least temporarily, brought out a side of himself he wasn't quite prepared to confront. But, well. It had also felt really good. And then she'd gone and sent him that Thing for Christmas, humiliating stipulation and all. Now every day that passes without hearing from Manuela is apprehension mixed with a generous dose of relief. Yes, he still wants to see her, but if it comes at the price of wearing that...? Not that he spends a lot of time imagining how it would look and feel on him, buckled tight against his throat, but if he did, he couldn't imagine it would be anything other than horribly demeaning.

And then, the fateful message. Meet at the tea shop where they'd had their first rendezvous, and a winking reminder: don't forget his present.

So it is that Valmont shows up for tea with an unusually bulky scarf and a face redder than can be explained by the cold outside. He really should be keeping an eye out for Manuela, but he can't seem to concentrate, shifting from one foot to the other with an unusual self-consciousness. Snap him out of it? ]

[searchingforlove]

[Manuela comes striding up, a dress just as low cut as ever, slits of her dress revealing those beautiful legs of hers. Of course she's in a fluffy coat but it's clear she has no problem showing off the goods to the world. After all, have you seen her?

But she stops when she sees the scarf.]

Valmont, I believe my instructions were clear. Wear the collar so I can see it or I leave.

[She pauses there to wait and see if he will fix the situation, the expression on her face saying she has no problem turning on her heel this instant.]

4/10ish

[whitehairedprettyboy]

[ It's with intense reluctance that Valmont presses the call button on his communicator. But he's backed himself into a corner, and he can't think of anyone else to ask for help. He's been a good boy recently, relatively speaking, hasn't he? He can only hope Manuela will be inclined to listen. ]

Er, Miss Manuela, do you have a minute? I believe I may be in need of... some assistance.

[searchingforlove]

[Valmont asking for help? Willingly? Color her impressed. It's certainly enough to hold her attention enough to set down what she's doing to call him back.]

My, what a surprise this is. And how can I help you, dear?

text

[iminthebook]

Professor Casagranda,

I heard about the school you run, and was wondering how one might get a tour. I am a wizard with some experience in teaching, and was curious about both possibly attending and teaching, if such could work out and would be allowed.

--Harry Dresden

[searchingforlove]

Well, you are on the right track for getting a tour since one should speak to me about that. I can't say I've had anyone who wanted to attend and teach but I wouldn't be opposed. Of course after we talk. I do like to make sure I can trust my staff before people in charge.

Would later today work for you?