Jaskier's in a good mood when he gets back from all his event planning and whatever other projects he's taken on, and, conveniently, he's also in need of a bath. Not just because baths are relaxing after a long day, but because it's been a warm summer day and he's been out and about for most of it, too. Geralt has prepared for this, and there's new things in the bard's bath kit for him to use.
The reason for all this, of course, is because it's Jaskier's birthday. Geralt is not particularly well-versed in the whole birthday thing, being that neither he nor the other witchers celebrated or even probably knew the actual date of theirs, but he understands that Jaskier does. In the past, the fanfare around the bard's birthday was usually bard-driven-- if they were together at the time and Geralt wasn't out on contract or Jaskier wasn't at a summer competition, he would decide what he wanted to do and Geralt would just... tag along, at Jaskier's insistence. Now that they're in some kind of... relationship, there's a certain onus on Geralt to do something for this day, at least according to Obstagoogle. And there is one thing that Geralt knows well about Jaskier-- he is a hedonist. He loves good food and good drink and luxurious things, spends his hard-earned money on silk clothes and trips to the bathhouse in Novigrad so that girls can put special mud on his face that he claims makes his skin smooth. Geralt wouldn't even pretend that he could buy an outfit for Jaskier that the bard would approve of, nor does he know the closely-guarded secrets of Novigrad bathhouses (nor is he entirely convinced that those trips aren't just an excuse for Jaskier to drink and swan about scandalously undressed in mixed company), but he can provide some little luxuries. A few new bath things in scents that he remembers that he liked, room service for the seafood dishes and wine that he prefers.
Jaskier finds those extra little things that he'd left in his kit, of course, and comes out to question him about them as Geralt sets the phone back in the receiver, their room service order placed.
"Don't use it if you don't like it," he says, which answers exactly none of Jaskier's actual question but probably still allows him to read between the lines. "Food's ordered. You'll want to be done before it gets here."
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The reason for all this, of course, is because it's Jaskier's birthday. Geralt is not particularly well-versed in the whole birthday thing, being that neither he nor the other witchers celebrated or even probably knew the actual date of theirs, but he understands that Jaskier does. In the past, the fanfare around the bard's birthday was usually bard-driven-- if they were together at the time and Geralt wasn't out on contract or Jaskier wasn't at a summer competition, he would decide what he wanted to do and Geralt would just... tag along, at Jaskier's insistence. Now that they're in some kind of... relationship, there's a certain onus on Geralt to do something for this day, at least according to Obstagoogle. And there is one thing that Geralt knows well about Jaskier-- he is a hedonist. He loves good food and good drink and luxurious things, spends his hard-earned money on silk clothes and trips to the bathhouse in Novigrad so that girls can put special mud on his face that he claims makes his skin smooth. Geralt wouldn't even pretend that he could buy an outfit for Jaskier that the bard would approve of, nor does he know the closely-guarded secrets of Novigrad bathhouses (nor is he entirely convinced that those trips aren't just an excuse for Jaskier to drink and swan about scandalously undressed in mixed company), but he can provide some little luxuries. A few new bath things in scents that he remembers that he liked, room service for the seafood dishes and wine that he prefers.
Jaskier finds those extra little things that he'd left in his kit, of course, and comes out to question him about them as Geralt sets the phone back in the receiver, their room service order placed.
"Don't use it if you don't like it," he says, which answers exactly none of Jaskier's actual question but probably still allows him to read between the lines. "Food's ordered. You'll want to be done before it gets here."