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[seriousaura]

The weather has been quite warm here lately. I am thinking about making the drive north up to Cologne for the art fair starting in a couple of weeks. I might spend the week there depending on my course load for the remainder of the semester.

Mother is already planning ahead for Easter. Yanagi, if you see anything pastel in any of the rooms I frequent, please remove it. Given the amount of time away from Germany once graduation occurs, I've promised to attend one of the performances during ballet week.

Where are you spending Easter?

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[yanagi_renji]

I removed anything pink, powder blue or lavender, but there is a pale green set of bedding that is not unpleasing to the eye, if you would like a look, Tezuka-sama.

[seriousaura]

That one is fine.

Yanagi, please drop the -sama.

[yanagi_renji]

Understood.

If that is your wish, I will be happy to address you as Tezuka-san.

[seriousaura]

Tezuka would be more than acceptable.

[yanagi_renji]

That doesn't sound right, somehow.

[seriousaura]

Tezuka-san will work then.

[yanagi_renji]

Let me know if you require any help in packing for your trip. The weather is still capricious at this time of year, so it may be prudent to pack more warm things.

[silverfromsteel]

Cologne must be beautiful in the spring. Not that I'd trade Oishi-san for anything but it might be nice if he was a bit more inclined to travel... And, if you'll forgive my asking - "Ballet week" is what, exactly? I mean, I assume it's various performances, but...

[seriousaura]

It is something. It has been quite warm recently as well. I was contemplating another mountain climb as well.

Ballet week is like that, yes. The Bavarian ballet company and a few international companies put on performances throughout the week.

[silverfromsteel]

It does sound like good weather for it. And the views, now that spring is coming, must be wonderful.

I see.

[seriousaura]

Perhaps you could convince Oishi to get some air.

[silverfromsteel]

Oishi-sama has been getting plenty of air against my wishes - perhaps once he has recovered from this...cold we can take a day trip somewhere.

[seriousaura]

Cold? That seems unlike him given his studies and obsessive-compulsiveness about germs. Maybe he has an allergy.

[silverfromsteel]

I thought that might be it, since it's spring and all, but he insisted it wasn't. He's seeing Yagyuu-sama soon, so hopefully that will help.

[seriousaura]

The cat?

[silverfromsteel]

...He would have said something. I hope We'd not have kept him, if Oishi-sama was allergic.

[seriousaura]

It is possible that he didn't want to upset you.

[awedprowess]

By the sounds of things, Munich.

[seriousaura]

Curious. I thought you had work.

[awedprowess]

That can be done while traveling. You are not predisposed against my company, I presume?

[seriousaura]

No, I am not.

[awedprowess]

Then it appears we are going to a dance, Tezuka.

[seriousaura]

You're going to accompany my mother, father, and myself to the ballet?

[awedprowess]

You sound surprised. It would be a way of seeing you without a pile of books between us.

[seriousaura]

I was unaware you enjoyed ballet. I believed you more inclined toward a Wagner opera. There isn't always a pile of books between us.

[awedprowess]

Classical ballet is not intolerable.

The books are there too frequently. They are a positive third element in our relationship. Every self-help book will inform you that barriers are supposed to be bad.

[seriousaura]

Aa.

Well, they are my livelihood. I don't translate self-help books, Atobe.

[awedprowess]

There should be more occasions when I transcend books.

[seriousaura]

Perhaps.

[awedprowess]

Most definitely.

[seriousaura]

We shall see.

[prettynotweak]

Let me know if you find anything.

[seriousaura]

It's contemporary art, but I can text you images if you would like.

[prettynotweak]

I would love that.

[awedprowess]

How strange. I thought you had abandoned professional artists in favour of small children's work, Seiichi.

[prettynotweak]

And here, I thought we had reached an understanding.

[awedprowess]

That you have no taste? Indeed.

[prettynotweak]

You find modern art tasteless?

[awedprowess]

Largely. However, my reference point was the art of 4 year olds which you seem to prize as centerpieces.

[prettynotweak]

I thought it was quite good for a four year old.