What's In An Unknowable Birthday? I Guess We'll Find Out!

[summerdude]

Magnus is a man on a mission. Actually, he's a man on several missions, but now that he's successfully pulled off the bachelorette part of Galahad's wedding, this one stands out as of particular import. As such, he has a pad of construction paper chock-full of notes tucked in his backpack and he's swinging briefly into every room he passes, on the lookout for Grantaire.

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[futaille]

Grantaire laughs. "An excellent skill for the discerning young mademoiselle."

[summerdude]

"Could you do, like, individual portraits and then one family painting? And in the family painting, you emphasize her teeth?" Magnus hesitates. "Or is that too much?"

[futaille]

"I could do that!" He glances over at Magnus. "Maybe the individual portraits first, though, so if there's anything she thinks should be different, I can change it for the family portrait."

[summerdude]

"Yeah," says Magnus, with a happy sort of smile. "That would be great, actually."

[futaille]

"It's resolved, then. How big do you think they should be?"

[summerdude]

"Bigger than, like, a sheet of paper. Not so big that they can't fit in, like... a hypothetical wall. Of a hypothetical room. In a hypothetical cottage that might hypothetically have other hypothetical art in it."

[futaille]

He holds up his hands, using his thumbs and index fingers to show off about a 16"x20" area. "Like that, or so?"

[summerdude]

Magnus squints, then nods. "Yeah," he says. "I think that would be good." He pauses. "And, like, keep the hypotheticals to yourself, maybe? I need to hypothetically talk to some hypothetically-relevant hypothetical people about it. Hypothetically. For Sunny."

[futaille]

"If, hypothetically, I had anything to talk about, I can't even think about who I'd say it to. Hypothetically."

[summerdude]

"Okay. Cool." Magnus nudges Grantaire. "Really, dude. Thanks."

[futaille]

"It's no trouble. I'll do the best I can."

[summerdude]

"Is there anything else I can tell you to help?"

[futaille]

"At the moment, I think I have everything I need to make a decent start. If you find out any more information, though, let me know. I can tweak things for quite some time."

[summerdude]

"Dude, I hate to say this to you, but: I appreciate you," Magnus says, holding out his hand for a high five.

[futaille]

"Yes, yes, all right." He promptly gives Magnus a high five.