Luceti Appointments

[i_speak_softly]

Need a thread with Don, but don't have a post for it and don't feel like starting one? Stick it here. Please note date, time of day, location, and any relevant circumstances.

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[semper_cogitans]

[Meanwhile, Robert has written a sentence that maybe works better for those who are science impaired.]

"Donatello has difficulty... speaking understandably"...

[It seems a little unspecific, though.]

[i_speak_softly]

[Shakes his head - still too hard. Remember there are people in the village who can barely read, Robert.]

[semper_cogitans]

"Difficulty talking"? [Seriously, he doesn't know how much simpler he can make this.]

[i_speak_softly]

[Robert, asking Don for synonyms is not going to be an effective strategy right now.]

[semper_cogitans]

[Damn.]

... Simple language is... n-not my best skill. [He stares at the paper again, trying to think of how to condense the meaning into something even smaller than that.]

"Donatello cannot... talk well..."?

[i_speak_softly]

[Don thinks this over before making another suggestion.]

No 'Donatello'. I.

[semper_cogitans]

Write it as... th-though from your perspective?

[i_speak_softly]

[Yes. The way he would say it to someone, if he could.]

[semper_cogitans]

[Hmm.]

"I'm having difficulty talking right now"? [The contraction is obviously foreign to Robert, but it would be something Don would use.]

[i_speak_softly]

[Don turns this over in his mind, then nods. A good start.]

[semper_cogitans]

[Robert then brings up a fresh index card, one that hasn't been written on yet, and carefully pens this sentence.

He then turns to the one he's re-written multiple times to begin the second sentence.]

... Shall I... rewrite the others similarly?

[i_speak_softly]

[Yes. You do that. Meanwhile, Don will fold some complicated geometrical figures.]

[semper_cogitans]

[They are beautiful figures. Robert is tempted to watch more closely, but he needs to pay attention to his writing.

Murmuring half-to-himself:]

"I'm also having trouble... with my writing"? [He's hesitating as he speaks, but when he says them, he puts familiar intonations into them, trying to speak them like Don would. Robert has never been good at creative writing; therefore, the most literal interpretation (and thus the most accessible one to him) of this exercise is to literally try to sound like Don as he writes and recites.]

[i_speak_softly]

[Don is skidding the figures across the table as he finishes them, so that they pile up at Robert's elbow.]

[He looks up in surprise at this - he had no idea that Robert noticed his cadences enough to mimic them.]

[semper_cogitans]

[There aren't many people who Robert has heard the voice of as may times as Don's, and there are even fewer people who Robert cares this much about - cares enough to memorize the sounds in an attempt to understand how Don thinks and feels. Only with Benjamin and his parents did he ever try this hard before.]

... Is... is that... c-correct?

[Obviously, he can't interpret the looks Don gives quite that well.]

[i_speak_softly]

[He blinks, and nods. Sounds good.]

wow should... should I even be replying to this now... feel free to ignore it lmao

[semper_cogitans]

[Okay. He's going to write that down then.

Give him awhile to come up with the others though. Also for the mun to cross-reference with other threads so he doesn't write the wrong sentence.]

[i_speak_softly]

[Don watches with interest. What else can Robert think of?]