blame canada. or ana.

[thepupthatmatters]

So apparently when life gets rearranged and I earn free time I didn't think I'd have, I get impulsive. So here is Alyosha, the adorable cuddly spawn of the former Ace of Spades. Because that doesn't sound like a bad plan that sounds like a good plan.

Aleksei is a super new arrival to Spades, and is generally a charming normal 16-year-old boy from Outside who's been sent here to get trained up to be a Spade. More about him here, but clearly CR is going to be made shiny and new.

Yes. Just. Hi again.

o/

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She's lying. It's always her fault. Evan Ernst All the Es

So I've been thinking about this, and I suspect Jordan will be the one most likely to interact with Edmund Aleksei. He's not a trainer, but he trains his cousins, so they might see each other the most frequently.

Having said that, watch him stunt his growth by drinking coffee with Zoe or develop a teenage crush on her or Avery, just because.

[thepupthatmatters]

I didn't think you could save it with Aleksei but then you did because Skandar and I will n e v e r stop laughing. ♥

I imagine Jordan isn't looking for teenage friends, but that Aleksei will probably hit it off with some cousin or other. Hopefully sometimes this will mean he gets headpats from the older Novaks when he does good at hitting things.

Just because of strong life choices, you mean. Zoe would be such the worst choice ever for a crush but watch it happen.

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I HAVE MAD SKILLS WITH LAME JOKES.

He is not looking for teenage friends, but a teenage mentee wouldn't be the worst thing ever.

It would be hilarious we all know this. Also who doesn't crush on this face:



/goes back to tagging and watching the West Wing

[thepupthatmatters]

/bows fiveever

Take him under your wing, Jordan. Help him grow in the ways of snark and stabbing.

And who doesn't want this face flirting badly with them:



I MEAN, COME ON.

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These are things he excels at. Being a likeable person not so much, so he might need another tutor for that one.

HE'S JUST SO PRECIOUS. I wonder how long it'll take her to notice. Maybe Victor will notice first.

[thepupthatmatters]

Aleksei will probably be fine. He's not naturally unlikable. (Clearly he gets it from his mother.) But having someone get better at Spade-ing would be delightful. \o/

Which would clearly end well. So well.
Maybe Jordan can also teach him to be smooth. :|a

[headfollowheart]

SO VERY WELL. Except I imagine Victor will mostly be amused. Probably.

Jordan is rather good at smooth. :|a

[thepupthatmatters]

Amused and whatever the exact opposite of threatened is. Those.

Teach him the ways of surviving 15-17, Jordan. He's got the voice-cracking problem solved but still with girls. HOW.

[headfollowheart]

Exactly those things. Easy when one's 22 year old wife is madly in love with one.

15-17 is a bitch. But pretending you don't care is a good place to start. It does not serve as well when you're 27.

[thepupthatmatters]

Can you hear the happy shipper screams in the distance. Silent, clearly, because Chives is good at silent, but.

This is a thing what will need to be taught. :|a

[headfollowheart]

I CAN HEAR THEM because I have a dog's hearing for these things.

Sit down, young grasshopper. He'll give you tips over dagger fighting.

[thepupthatmatters]

\o/

Best mentor evar.