heyo, friend <33 how about 🧸, 🥳, ♨️ and 😌 for Minthe? :3cccccc
Hi Phine my friend Phine ://D thank you for your questions for the little artisan 🙂↕️
🧸 What is Orpheus doing right now?
Need you ask? I'm sure you can hear him, even from here; sound travels rather well through these halls. [chuckles after a moment of listening in] Sounds like it's the Hymn this time...cheeky of him to take advantage of the prince's absence just so he can propagate his little Orphic Ruse further.
[stifles a snort against one of their knuckles] Even he's prone to a bit of a vengeful streak, it seems...I can only hope that this "exchange" of pranks will conclude after this installment. If you could truly call it an exchange, considering he's been playing along with Zag's tall tales from the start...if anything, it feels more akin to the prince having being duped twice instead.
🥳 Do you and Orpheus celebrate any special holidays, religious or otherwise? Anniversaries? What kind of traditions do you have for those special days?
Ohh, gods, I wish it were so simple... [breathes out a wistful laugh] The passage of time blends so easily this far down, it's nigh impossible to track without a certain level of manic dedication.
[hums under their breath in thought] Prior to the return of our Queen and her arrangements with the Lady Demeter, we had to rely solely on administrative calendar records to harken what would've been the changing of the seasons. But I can at least recall that the initial...tryst between Orpheus and I — [another chuckle...] — began sometime during the autumnal months. In terms of our relationship being made "official"...that was later on, well into the winter. So we tend to treat mid-winter as our. Nmh. "Anniversary". [gives a pleased little smile while glancing aside]
I've managed to dissuade him from raising a fuss whenever the occasion rolls around — Were he to have it his way, he probably wouldn't allow me to lift a finger for even the smallest of tasks. But I much prefer for us to both take a brief vacation from our Housework so that we can enjoy some time in Elysium. The spoiling opportunities are fair game for either of us then.
♨️ What scent reminds you of Orpheus?
Mm, that's an easy one. Aside from the fragrance he still enjoys wearing from his Surface days — [counting off on their fingers] — Parchment, the tang of metal, petrichor anytime the rain manages to seep this deeply into the earth. Oh, and lemon. Couldn't tell you why, but it's very much an Orpheus Smell to me nevertheless.
😌 What do you do when you have time alone to yourself?
More often than not, I pool any private time I get towards focusing on my busy work. Either that, or I'll use the opportunity to enjoy some rest, without needing to be considerate of sharing the space with another body. [snickers quietly] I still greatly value my solitude whenever I'm able to pry the poet from me, it's why neither of us have exactly committed to sharing larger quarters amongst ourselves — I enjoy the quiet, and have far too many things to consider downsizing.
Plus. [waves their hand with a shrewd roll of their eyes] By the time I've accomplished what I'd first set out to do...I've already begun to miss him. And he's all too eager to let me slink back in, or to scramble over to wherever I may be. So...it works out either way.
