bonus chapter: Jaskier POV
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I was going to do this as an extra but then I was like y’know, I’m just gonna put this right in the main story. Jaskier’s POV on events of chapter 9, since there was some amusement at how on earth all of that could possibly have gone down, and as an enormous bonus, I got to use my friend’s line about having a purely decorative role in the proceedings.
chapter 11: Policy Discussions
The meeting came to order, the logic department chairperson made the predictable arguments, Tarnthold made cat’s-asshole faces and was disagreeable. Gallas made some placating points, Tarnthold took a swipe at Jaskier even being allowed onto this committee, Kedaris backed him up, Gallas surprisingly put up an understated but no-nonsense defense of Jaskier based purely on his professional merits.
“He hasn’t the academic rigor to justify his position,” Tarnthold said.
Jaskier had pasted on an amused expression for the whole thing, and as Tarnthold’s expression grew more and more sour, Jaskier made himself look more and more unconcerned, relaxed, light-hearted. He had pushed back from the table and was leaning back in his chair, his legs stretched out before him in a position he knew showed them to advantage, his arms crossed over his chest in a way that could only display total unconcern. Into the silence as Gallas sighed and shook her head, he interjected.
“My dears,” he said, waving one hand languidly, “we all know that my function here, as in the vast majority of situations I’ve ever been in, is purely decorative.”
That set Tarnthold off very satisfactorily, and Jaskier rolled his eyes and winked at Gallas, who gave him a more fondly tolerant look than he had expected.
He finally sat forward, having prepared another outrageous remark, when suddenly the wall at the far end of the room shimmered and a portal opened, the wind coming through it blasting all the papers off the desk. Jaskier scrambled up and dove behind his chair in alarm.
I was going to do this as an extra but then I was like y’know, I’m just gonna put this right in the main story. Jaskier’s POV on events of chapter 9, since there was some amusement at how on earth all of that could possibly have gone down, and as an enormous bonus, I got to use my friend’s line about having a purely decorative role in the proceedings.
chapter 11: Policy Discussions
The meeting came to order, the logic department chairperson made the predictable arguments, Tarnthold made cat’s-asshole faces and was disagreeable. Gallas made some placating points, Tarnthold took a swipe at Jaskier even being allowed onto this committee, Kedaris backed him up, Gallas surprisingly put up an understated but no-nonsense defense of Jaskier based purely on his professional merits.
“He hasn’t the academic rigor to justify his position,” Tarnthold said.
Jaskier had pasted on an amused expression for the whole thing, and as Tarnthold’s expression grew more and more sour, Jaskier made himself look more and more unconcerned, relaxed, light-hearted. He had pushed back from the table and was leaning back in his chair, his legs stretched out before him in a position he knew showed them to advantage, his arms crossed over his chest in a way that could only display total unconcern. Into the silence as Gallas sighed and shook her head, he interjected.
“My dears,” he said, waving one hand languidly, “we all know that my function here, as in the vast majority of situations I’ve ever been in, is purely decorative.”
That set Tarnthold off very satisfactorily, and Jaskier rolled his eyes and winked at Gallas, who gave him a more fondly tolerant look than he had expected.
He finally sat forward, having prepared another outrageous remark, when suddenly the wall at the far end of the room shimmered and a portal opened, the wind coming through it blasting all the papers off the desk. Jaskier scrambled up and dove behind his chair in alarm.
