I was going to say that I think you're definitely in the wrong place to learn about medicine.
[ Hilda knows that's not what she means but it's fun to tease and keep up silly pretences all the same. Her gaze slips to the robust set up in front of her. She can see why it went out of fashion. Big hoops skirts could get heavy, not to mention cumbersome. ]
Unless you count fashion medicine for some people's souls. Because then I may agree with you.
[ Turning her gaze back to Adrienne, Hilda's lips turn up. ]
How is the medicine here compared to where you're from?
( anything that was enjoyable was a bonus. there was always that thing about recovering quicker with a certain mindset, happiness helped in many ways )
I've had a harder time figuring out the medicine here though. They're apparently picky about who they let near the Academy.
( that reputation thing )
So it's a lot of asking questions and visiting shops currently.
[ Adrienne's agreement makes her smile grow a little wider in delight. Teasingly she asks, ]
Can you be my doctor? I feel like being able to get along with your doctor is something that's an important part about picking one, right?
[ The only doctor she's really ever had in some loose definition of the word had been Manuela and well. She could be absent sometimes. As for the Academy bit well - ]
Hmm...Have you spoken with Viktor or Nadine? I know both of them are involved with the Academy.
[ Hilda beams. Whether or not it is a serious ask is anyone's guess, and she certainly hopes that she doesn't have to go to Adrienne for any serious ailments, but it's always good to have. She'd been relatively healthy (dragon crushing her aside) thus far. Hopefully it would remain that way. ]
Psychic connection? Oh, you mean the messaging! You can message anyone you want as long as you know them I think. Although people put out messages to all of the Summoned sometimes. We sent one out last month.
[ "We" being Sylvain, Claude and herself. ]
I think he'll be more than happy to help you out. We're pretty good friends, so if he's mean to you, just let me know, okay? I'll give him a stern talking to.
[ That seems to pique her interest. There's not much to go off of course so she's sort of imagining it as something she might find lying around Viktor's workshops. Which is to say, it could probably do anything and everything, and she would be none the wiser. ]
That does sound handy. Sometimes the messages come at the most inconvenient times like when I'm trying to get ready for the day.
[ Hilda lets out a huff of annoyance. ]
Do you know how difficult it is to do that when you've got words flashing across the mirror?
Something like that. [ Hilda can't help but sound mildly amused in comparison to Adrienne's expression. ] It's kind of convenient. Languages are neat but I just don't think I have the attention span to learn it.
[ It would certainly make her lofty goal of attempting to learn any lick of Almyran easier. Before she can bemoan the fact that she wishes things were easier, she gives Adrienne a curious look before it turns into bemusement. ]
No, not at all. It's mostly just known as Common - most of the surrounding areas know it too. Are there more languages where you're from?
[ She's impressed! But then again, Hilda can't say that she's entirely surprised. Doctors, in her mind, were brilliant and rarely got to that point without more than a handful of brain cells. ]
I would ask what they are, but I feel like I probably wouldn't know any of them. That's amazing, Adrienne! Did you grow up speaking all four?
( luckily for hilda adrienne's going to tell her anyway. even talking about not from earth she still doesn't fully remember that hilda is not from earth )
I grew up speaking two of them. German's my first language, my mom taught me it and my dad taught me English.
( which is a much longer story but that can be for later )
I learned a second dialect of German as I grew up too, French during college and then Arabic when I lived in Egypt.
( she shrugs slightly )
It helps living with people if you can speak to them.
[ There are some days where she can barely comprehend learning any new skill let alone a language. There were some in Goneril who were familiar with Almyran. Being so close to the border meant that knowing how to communicate with the merchants was important - not that Hilda had ever taken it upon herself to learn.
Aside from never seeing a reason to, she never would have been able to. So to fathom learning four? Hilda simply couldn't. But there had been something else she had hoped to do ever since making up with Claude. Unfortunately Almyran wasn't one of the languages that Adrienne was familiar with so asking her to teach her was out of the question. ]
Some of it. But being able to read it's only one skill.
( she pauses for a moment, thinking back to each moment )
Each one was a little different. I went to an English-speaking school so I learned to read in English, speak it, write. And my mom read stories to me in German, and then with me.
( it's a memory that will always make her smile, the love of her mother's home that she'd learned and felt through little things, and loved it because of this )
Arabic I learned through conversation so I can't read it too well, I speak it better, but that was how I mostly needed it.
I'd show you something but honestly I don't know now if that would even work.
[ Fodlan was big enough and vast, but there wasn't much variation when it came to the language itself as a whole. There were dialects but Hilda's attentions had always been elsewhere growing up. Her preference to focus on other things like how to be prettier, softer, gentler - and avoiding training lessons with Holst.
That being said she had picked up some words here and there at least when it came to fashion items in Almyran. ]
Speaking seems more useful, but it does feel a little like you have to have a little of both to learn. We could try now? Maybe if you just think really hard you'll be able to do it.
[ It sounds like a silly suggestion even to her but hopefully Adrienne will forgive her for that. ]
( it definitely sounds like a strange suggestion and whilst it sounds like it should be simple and doable adrienne isn't even sure how to start it. she knows how to speak her languages, but she doesn't know whether simply speaking another would let hilda hear it. which is probably why hilda suggested thinking really hard but--
she frowns slightly, then remembers her bag, pulling out of it the notepad she has in it. it's mostly blank pages, the few at the front with some sketches that adrienne had drawn, though she turns it straight to the blank page at the back, writing just a short phrase in german )
[ Like many other things in life, Hilda hadn't put much thought into what sort of outcome her suggestion would lead to. So when Adrienne goes to ruffle around in her bag and begins to write something, peers curiously over the woman's shoulder.
At first it takes her mind a moment to register what she's reading. There's a momentary bubble of panic that rises in her chest. She looks up at Adrienne, a sliver of helplessness in her eyes before she looks down again. Seconds tick by until finally, weirdly, the words Adrienne has in front of her sort of form meaning. When she looks back up this time, she looks mildly bewildered. ]
( she sees the change in the woman's expression from confusion to understanding, thinking at first that she's managed to do it until hilda translates it. and maybe she feels mildly frustrated even if that's probably not the right response )
But you couldn't at first.
( commenting, thinking, and frowning slightly )
When you understood the words... did you see them in the language you speak or did they look unfamiliar and you somehow just knew what it meant?
( even if adrienne will never figure out how to get around it she can at least figure out what hilda sees )
[ Rationally Hilda knows that it isn't her fault that she might not be able to understand what Adrienne has written, but for a moment she worries that she's disappointed her somehow. A part of her that's been trained to react to the slightest hint of it that she tenses, the bubble of panic refusing to pop - only to realize that Adrienne simply wants to understand a little more about her experience. ]
A little of both? Some of them looked familiar but it took me a second to understand what you had written.
( hilda's response doesn't help her frown, though that's a frown entirely based upon ghte fact that she can't wrap her head around this rather than anything that hilda's doing or saying.
she knows some languages, she knows understanding and translating and getting meaning even if you don't know all of the words but... hilda hadn't known this but then she did?
which is why, after a moment, she hands the pen and notebook to her )
Can you write something? I want to see what happened.
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There was never going to be a coffee shop.
( sadly. adrienne wishes there were but she certainly wasn't the person to do it )
I'm trying to find out more about medicine here. In between visiting museums.
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[ Hilda knows that's not what she means but it's fun to tease and keep up silly pretences all the same. Her gaze slips to the robust set up in front of her. She can see why it went out of fashion. Big hoops skirts could get heavy, not to mention cumbersome. ]
Unless you count fashion medicine for some people's souls. Because then I may agree with you.
[ Turning her gaze back to Adrienne, Hilda's lips turn up. ]
How is the medicine here compared to where you're from?
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( anything that was enjoyable was a bonus. there was always that thing about recovering quicker with a certain mindset, happiness helped in many ways )
I've had a harder time figuring out the medicine here though. They're apparently picky about who they let near the Academy.
( that reputation thing )
So it's a lot of asking questions and visiting shops currently.
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Can you be my doctor? I feel like being able to get along with your doctor is something that's an important part about picking one, right?
[ The only doctor she's really ever had in some loose definition of the word had been Manuela and well. She could be absent sometimes. As for the Academy bit well - ]
Hmm...Have you spoken with Viktor or Nadine? I know both of them are involved with the Academy.
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( whether or not it was a serious question she'll agree. everyone needed someone to be able to see if they needed it )
I'm apparently easy to find in museums but... apparently there's a psychic contact thing?
( she used it once, she wasn’t sure about it but if other people could use it she could be contacted )
I spoke to Viktor once but... I need to talk to him again. Now I know more that's probably a better idea.
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Psychic connection? Oh, you mean the messaging! You can message anyone you want as long as you know them I think. Although people put out messages to all of the Summoned sometimes. We sent one out last month.
[ "We" being Sylvain, Claude and herself. ]
I think he'll be more than happy to help you out. We're pretty good friends, so if he's mean to you, just let me know, okay? I'll give him a stern talking to.
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( when she's on form anyway which she hadn't been when she'd first met him. though she hadn't been when she'd first met hilda either )
Probably easier than the messaging anyway. Do they not like long distance texts?
( girl. is technology the same here? there aren't even coffee shops. and you know nothing about the other settlements )
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[ Nevermind that Adrienne had said that she didn't really work with patients anymore in the way Hilda had come to understand doctors. ]
But even so, the offer stands.
[ Not that she thought Viktor would go out of his way to be rude.
Speaking of things they don't know however... ]
What are texts? Are they similar to letters?
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Sort of? You just don't have to wait for someone to take it there.
( she'll use her hands to kind of try and help her explanation )
It's like the psychic messages just on a little device so you can read them? It's... handy.
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[ That seems to pique her interest. There's not much to go off of course so she's sort of imagining it as something she might find lying around Viktor's workshops. Which is to say, it could probably do anything and everything, and she would be none the wiser. ]
That does sound handy. Sometimes the messages come at the most inconvenient times like when I'm trying to get ready for the day.
[ Hilda lets out a huff of annoyance. ]
Do you know how difficult it is to do that when you've got words flashing across the mirror?
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( she hated it )
And... it's weird. Seeing everything in the same language.
( though now she thinks about it she hears everything in the same language too. which didn't even happen in new york )
Because everyone's from different places?
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You don't like them? I think they make the text fun to read at least.
[ Her laughter fades, becoming more thoughtful. ]
I guess I didn't think about it that way. Maybe it's something that the magic did when they summoned us. That's the only reason I can think of.
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( she really pulls a face at that one. sure, it's useful but where's the off switch? )
Does it sound rude if I ask what language you were speaking?
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[ It would certainly make her lofty goal of attempting to learn any lick of Almyran easier. Before she can bemoan the fact that she wishes things were easier, she gives Adrienne a curious look before it turns into bemusement. ]
No, not at all. It's mostly just known as Common - most of the surrounding areas know it too. Are there more languages where you're from?
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I speak four languages.
( and there were a hell of a lot more in the world, even without talking about different dialects that go with them )
Some people only speak one language though.
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[ She's impressed! But then again, Hilda can't say that she's entirely surprised. Doctors, in her mind, were brilliant and rarely got to that point without more than a handful of brain cells. ]
I would ask what they are, but I feel like I probably wouldn't know any of them. That's amazing, Adrienne! Did you grow up speaking all four?
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I grew up speaking two of them. German's my first language, my mom taught me it and my dad taught me English.
( which is a much longer story but that can be for later )
I learned a second dialect of German as I grew up too, French during college and then Arabic when I lived in Egypt.
( she shrugs slightly )
It helps living with people if you can speak to them.
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Aside from never seeing a reason to, she never would have been able to. So to fathom learning four? Hilda simply couldn't. But there had been something else she had hoped to do ever since making up with Claude. Unfortunately Almyran wasn't one of the languages that Adrienne was familiar with so asking her to teach her was out of the question. ]
Did you learn mostly from books as well?
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( she pauses for a moment, thinking back to each moment )
Each one was a little different. I went to an English-speaking school so I learned to read in English, speak it, write. And my mom read stories to me in German, and then with me.
( it's a memory that will always make her smile, the love of her mother's home that she'd learned and felt through little things, and loved it because of this )
Arabic I learned through conversation so I can't read it too well, I speak it better, but that was how I mostly needed it.
I'd show you something but honestly I don't know now if that would even work.
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[ Fodlan was big enough and vast, but there wasn't much variation when it came to the language itself as a whole. There were dialects but Hilda's attentions had always been elsewhere growing up. Her preference to focus on other things like how to be prettier, softer, gentler - and avoiding training lessons with Holst.
That being said she had picked up some words here and there at least when it came to fashion items in Almyran. ]
Speaking seems more useful, but it does feel a little like you have to have a little of both to learn. We could try now? Maybe if you just think really hard you'll be able to do it.
[ It sounds like a silly suggestion even to her but hopefully Adrienne will forgive her for that. ]
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she frowns slightly, then remembers her bag, pulling out of it the notepad she has in it. it's mostly blank pages, the few at the front with some sketches that adrienne had drawn, though she turns it straight to the blank page at the back, writing just a short phrase in german )
Can you read this?
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At first it takes her mind a moment to register what she's reading. There's a momentary bubble of panic that rises in her chest. She looks up at Adrienne, a sliver of helplessness in her eyes before she looks down again. Seconds tick by until finally, weirdly, the words Adrienne has in front of her sort of form meaning. When she looks back up this time, she looks mildly bewildered. ]
Can I read this? Is that what that means?
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But you couldn't at first.
( commenting, thinking, and frowning slightly )
When you understood the words... did you see them in the language you speak or did they look unfamiliar and you somehow just knew what it meant?
( even if adrienne will never figure out how to get around it she can at least figure out what hilda sees )
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A little of both? Some of them looked familiar but it took me a second to understand what you had written.
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she knows some languages, she knows understanding and translating and getting meaning even if you don't know all of the words but... hilda hadn't known this but then she did?
which is why, after a moment, she hands the pen and notebook to her )
Can you write something? I want to see what happened.
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shall we wrap? 💕