General James Ironwood (![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
tinpotdicktator) wrote2026-01-09 08:14 pm
tinpotdicktator) wrote2026-01-09 08:14 pm
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deerington; INBOX
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[action / fluid: voice, video, text / etc ]
I'm glad you think so.
If it's something that I can help you with, I don't mind at all.
If it's something that I can help you with, I don't mind at all.
You want relationship advice?
[ From... him? This mission is bound to be a failure, abort, abort]
Perhaps talking it out will help. I'm listening.
[ From... him? This mission is bound to be a failure, abort, abort]
Perhaps talking it out will help. I'm listening.
[He isn't getting a 'no,' and that's enough for Fern to think this was a good idea.]
ok cool
sooooo
i've never dated a human before
it's a long story but everyone thought they were extinct except for me
so any and all dating i did was with nonhumans
also i was human at the time so that's a thing
and i've never dated another boy before too, that is also a thing
i never thought it was a big deal but i don't want to screw anything up
ok cool
sooooo
i've never dated a human before
it's a long story but everyone thought they were extinct except for me
so any and all dating i did was with nonhumans
also i was human at the time so that's a thing
and i've never dated another boy before too, that is also a thing
i never thought it was a big deal but i don't want to screw anything up
[ where does he even START on this??? ]
Why do you think dating a human boy would be significantly different?
[ It's a good thing this is text because tone doesn't carry. If this were in person it would be: very confused. ]
Why do you think dating a human boy would be significantly different?
[ It's a good thing this is text because tone doesn't carry. If this were in person it would be: very confused. ]
[A few days before Valentine's Day Ironwood will find a package at his door.
It's a box of chocolates! And it comes with a handwritten note:]
Hey,
I just learned about this rad human holiday where you give people stuff if they're important to you, so I hope you like chocolate!
And if this isn't how the holiday works, sorry. I'm trying my best here.
-Fern
It's a box of chocolates! And it comes with a handwritten note:]
Hey,
I just learned about this rad human holiday where you give people stuff if they're important to you, so I hope you like chocolate!
And if this isn't how the holiday works, sorry. I'm trying my best here.
-Fern
[ ... Candy. ]
You used to be human. Were you dating non-humans then?
You used to be human. Were you dating non-humans then?
Edited 2021-02-15 02:19 (UTC)
[ Well that's just James's greatest nightmare right there. It takes him a moment to come back to the subject of romance.
He wants Fern to look up to him so he really is trying with this, in his own way. ]
That's terrible.
But your current issue is that you don't know how to date a human boy as a non-human, but you do know how to be a human boy dated by a non-human. Therefore, can't you just flip the script?
He wants Fern to look up to him so he really is trying with this, in his own way. ]
That's terrible.
But your current issue is that you don't know how to date a human boy as a non-human, but you do know how to be a human boy dated by a non-human. Therefore, can't you just flip the script?
[In running from the house with Ozpin's Fluid in hand, Oscar recalled his own promise to Oz as the portals closed between them that he would take care of everyone. Finding a place to hide and flipping through the various notifications on the device, Oscar gathered as much intel as he could before making his next move.
He knew exactly who needed to hear from Ozpin in that moment.
Adopting his most Oz-like headspace, Oscar opened a window to start a new conversation.]
General.
I wanted to thank you for all your hard work with the portals, and for doing your utmost to protect the children and any other Sleepers who have come to call Deerington their home. I am certain Atlas would be proud of your efforts and continued hard work.
I am very proud of you as well, James.
-Ozpin
He knew exactly who needed to hear from Ozpin in that moment.
Adopting his most Oz-like headspace, Oscar opened a window to start a new conversation.]
General.
I wanted to thank you for all your hard work with the portals, and for doing your utmost to protect the children and any other Sleepers who have come to call Deerington their home. I am certain Atlas would be proud of your efforts and continued hard work.
I am very proud of you as well, James.
-Ozpin
Edited 2021-02-15 21:42 (UTC)
[ It's been a difficult morning, and this stretch of it promises to be no easier. Ozpin is distracted by the missed message notification with Ford's icon beside it, but first, he is insisting upon following up on his lieutenants. Things with Qrow will be... complicated, once the man learns of the current situation, and he is not eager to have the same conversation with Glynda. All told, reaching out to James is the least daunting way to begin, and has the most margin for error.
So he is trying to coach Ruby to compose a text. ]
General James Ironwood has never been particularly attached to sentiment, so it need only be a simple update. For example: James, I have returned. I hope the wait didn't worry you too terribly. I look forward to your situation report once I'm feeling well enough to receive it.
[ He will be feeling well enough when they discover whether there's an end to this, but the implication of death flu is certainly convenient. ]
So he is trying to coach Ruby to compose a text. ]
General James Ironwood has never been particularly attached to sentiment, so it need only be a simple update. For example: James, I have returned. I hope the wait didn't worry you too terribly. I look forward to your situation report once I'm feeling well enough to receive it.
[ He will be feeling well enough when they discover whether there's an end to this, but the implication of death flu is certainly convenient. ]
[Difficult doesn't being to explain how Ruby feels about this. Her feelings about Ironwood are strained at best but she wouldn't even know where to begin explaining this to her Uncle Qrow. Glynda seemed like the best bet in her opinion but this was Oz's call and while she didn't like it, she could respect it.
Hearing Oz in the back of her head still makes the hairs on the back of her neck stand on end in a weird tension, but she manages to bark out a little laugh as he guides her through a text.]
He was trying to work on that a little. ...Before things turned out the way the did.
Okay. Okay let's try this.
[And she starts to type.]
Dear General James Ironwood,
I'm texting you today to inform you that I've returned from the dead.
I hope I didn't worry you too terribly.
I look forward to hearing what you've been up to once I'm feeling well enough to chat.
You're pal,
Professor Ozpin.
[Ruby looks behind her as if Ozpin should be there, and smiles.]
How's that?
[And then her finger slips and she hits send.]
Hearing Oz in the back of her head still makes the hairs on the back of her neck stand on end in a weird tension, but she manages to bark out a little laugh as he guides her through a text.]
He was trying to work on that a little. ...Before things turned out the way the did.
Okay. Okay let's try this.
[And she starts to type.]
Dear General James Ironwood,
I'm texting you today to inform you that I've returned from the dead.
I hope I didn't worry you too terribly.
I look forward to hearing what you've been up to once I'm feeling well enough to chat.
You're pal,
Professor Ozpin.
[Ruby looks behind her as if Ozpin should be there, and smiles.]
How's that?
[And then her finger slips and she hits send.]
Edited 2021-02-15 21:38 (UTC)
[ James has been impatiently waiting for Ozpin to return and more than a little afraid he wouldn't. Ozpin doesn't work the same way here, and the wait felt achingly familiar, as a rose-tinted version of Ozpin once again grew in his head.
They always had their differences but things were different here. The way he strained against Oz's traditions and leadership didn't matter in a world where Ozpin hadn't been the one to carve out the rules himself - and that desire for guidance was changed too, Ozpin had lost the luster if the only person he could go to, and slowly he was gaining a new kind of luster.
Ironwood had very few people here he could count on and Ozpin was one of the few, and James, ever in denial of how lonely he really was, latched onto and would not let it go.
Then he died. Again. He left James, again, to hold the reins.
And then - then there was this text. Something about it didn't sound right - (Oz always called him James, sometimes General, but hearing his full name almost made him wonder if he had done something wrong). The phrasing, the strange little things like 'pal'.
"Once I'm feeling well". James had also heard about the death flu without ever witnessing it himself. He wants Oz to be back so badly he immediately jumps on that explanation, attributing all oddities to that. Clean and simple and what James wanted to hear so of course it was that. ]
That's great news, Oz. Thank you for letting me know.
They always had their differences but things were different here. The way he strained against Oz's traditions and leadership didn't matter in a world where Ozpin hadn't been the one to carve out the rules himself - and that desire for guidance was changed too, Ozpin had lost the luster if the only person he could go to, and slowly he was gaining a new kind of luster.
Ironwood had very few people here he could count on and Ozpin was one of the few, and James, ever in denial of how lonely he really was, latched onto and would not let it go.
Then he died. Again. He left James, again, to hold the reins.
And then - then there was this text. Something about it didn't sound right - (Oz always called him James, sometimes General, but hearing his full name almost made him wonder if he had done something wrong). The phrasing, the strange little things like 'pal'.
"Once I'm feeling well". James had also heard about the death flu without ever witnessing it himself. He wants Oz to be back so badly he immediately jumps on that explanation, attributing all oddities to that. Clean and simple and what James wanted to hear so of course it was that. ]
That's great news, Oz. Thank you for letting me know.
Edited 2021-02-15 22:23 (UTC)
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