meme [ accepting ] » @vampirespawn asked:
now, these were the questions not written down in social etiquette; this was an environment where the outsider could not make the rules, nor find himself an easy escape. this was where his social inexperience could come into play, having to decide which mattered more : his ( sometimes rather brutal ) honesty, or his kind facade. the truth was ... astarion looked fine ! it quite fit him. but the outsider would never wear this himself, despising the form it would undoubtedly give him. ugh, so picky, so selective; it was truly to his detriment !
after a silence which by now could be categorized as ‘lengthy’, he finally spoke, having feigned the motions of contemplation long enough. ❛ it... flatters you, ❜ not a lie —— perhaps that was exactly why taste differed so. a curl of lip displayed something akin to friendliness, underlined by confidence, if not faux vanity ... a familiar void - induced charm. one arm crossed chest, other leaning on top; index finger curled against chin, it leaning on a sole thumb as head tilted in slight.
❛ as i imagine most clothing items would. ❜