Cesare Borgia (il_valentino) wrote in bearandbarnacle, @ 2009-01-20 14:49:00 |
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Entry tags: | cesarepost, event, gifts 08, victoirethread |
Cesare: Event: Gifts: Victoire
Gifts, he thinks, gifts are a language. A complicated exchange of gestures, signs and subtleties, to be delivered with the softest of kid gloves. He receives Dora's crumpled, sticky candy wrapper with mild apprehension: for one, there's half a caramel in it, and then... what if it reveals the name of someone he doesn't know, or, worse, knows and dislikes?
Ah.
Graciès a Deu.
Seeing the squiggled name, he can't help the small noise of contentment. Dolcissima.
Red, he thinks at first, garnets and gold, only to recall the spun light of her hair and fix his mind's eye on... something else.
He writes a note, then frowns at the jagged mess of steeples. Episcopal handwriting, how charming, he snorts, wads it up, and writes a second one in concise chancery style. A small black box has to do, tied to her door with green ribbon (after the young man has left).
Nestled in a piece of grey silk, an emerald the exact size and shape of Dora's caramel, not quite as ancient and venerable as he would have liked, but then perhaps those things were for Donna Isabel alone.
And while it's not quite Topkapi material, it's still perfect in its imperfection. He wonders what Vittoria's face will look like when she finds it.