Hey Jude (we're sorry)

[magicademynpcs]

Who: Jude and Professor Trammel.
Where: Professor Trammel's office.
When: Around Now
What: Etiquette lessons.
Warnings: Politeness.



Professor Trammel's office is impeccable, classy, stylish, and completely unrevealing. No one who stepped into it ever came out feeling like the decor had taught them anything about the Professor, including whether or not that effect is intentional. Nonetheless, it welcomes, and rather than a seat behind his desk, Professor Trammel takes one opposite Jude so it's more like a sitting room than an inquisitorial affair.

"What I need to know to start with is two things. What is the meaning of etiquette to you, and why do you wish to learn it?"

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this is super late! finals and holidays ate me, i'm sorry

[daughterofclay]

She thinks that’s a compliment, but it's hard to be sure. Hard to know what to say to it, too; Professor Trammel has a reputation for putting people at ease, but so far, he mostly makes her feel like she's bumbling about in the manner of a child learning her letters.

That's hardly his fault, though. Jude is never really comfortable.

What would her stepmother say? Oriana is a lady of the court, through and through, but Jude has failed to pay attention to much of her advice.

In the end, she bows her head, and says, "Only fools waste counsel."

She pauses, and then snorts softly. "At least, so my father used to tel me."