Awakening Supports/Maribelle Donnel

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C Support

Maribelle:
What careless lout elected to leave their belongings here?!

Donnel:
Gosh, I'm sorry! That's my pack!

Maribelle:
Well, I would ask that you be more careful in the future! In cases of emergency, this corridor is the escape route for the entire camp.

Donnel:
I didn't know that, Maribelle. I'm real sorry. We didn't have anythin' like that back on the farm.

Maribelle:
Very well, then. I shall take it upon myself to instruct you.

Donnel:
Huh?

Maribelle:
We shall begin with the laws of Ylisse and the code of organizational regulations. You may borrow this book for now. I expect you to learn its contents front to back!

Donnel:
Th-that's an awful thick tome, ain't it?

Maribelle:
Justice is a weighty matter.

Donnel:
And you want I should memorize this whole thing, ma'am?

Maribelle:
Diligence is the noblest of the virtues, Donnel! Education elevates us. It separates us from the beasts of the field. Oh, and that volume was a gift from my father. I ask that you handle it with utmost care.

Donnel:
O-oh, yes, ma'am! I'll be real careful!

B Support

Maribelle:
Good day, Donnel. How fare your pursuits in the learned arts?

Donnel:
Great! In fact, I got it all good'n learned, so you can have this here book back.

Maribelle:
Preposterous! Even I haven't yet committed the entire code to memory!

Donnel:
I wouldn't lie to ya, ma'am! I just always been good at memorizin' stuff. Ma used to say it was 'cause my head was so empty, there was plenty'a room.

Maribelle:
Then I suppose you won't object to my asking you a few questions... First, from chapter one: Which crimes fall under the auspices of Article IV, Section 3?

Donnel:
...And he shall be sentenced to no fewer'n one or greater'n ten years' imprisonment. ...'Lessun he give the goat back, that is.

Maribelle:
Correct AND verbatim! ...Well, except for the awkward grammar. Have you really got the entire legal code memorized?

Donnel:
Yes, ma'am! Spent every bit of free time I had on it, I did!

Maribelle:
All on this one book?

Donnel:
You said it was important to ya, so it'd be rude for me to sit on it! 'Sides, it's mighty nice of ya to teach me, so I owe it to ya to do my part.

Maribelle:
I must confess, Donnel, I did not expect you to take to the task with such zeal. I fear I have underestimated you, and for that I apologize. I see now that you are a diamond in the rough. ...Very rough, it's true, but a diamond nonetheless! I shall make it my cause to see you polished into a sparkling paragon of a gentleman!

Donnel:
Oh, I dunno, ma'am. I ain't never been one for fancy clothes and silverware. Plus don't gentlemen all wear masks and dance in circles and stuff?

Maribelle:
This is not up for discussion! Now come with me!

A Support

Maribelle:
Hold the waist firm. Now, one step right and two steps left. Ouch!

Donnel:
Gosh, I'm real sorry, ma'am! I don't mean to keep doin' that.

Maribelle:
It seems that your good memory does not extend past books. Much to the chagrin of my aching foot.

Donnel:
It ain't just that I don't know the moves. But when I'm dancin' with you, Maribelle, I get...flustered, I guess.

Maribelle:
Have you no decency, Donnel? A true gentleman must keep his feelings in check! Now you have me feeling self-conscious as well...

Donnel:
I'm tryin' just as hard as I can, but I think any fella'd get distracted. You're all pretty 'n' lovely 'n' beautiful, Maribelle, and I'm just a smelly old—

Maribelle:
That is quite enough!

Donnel:
I don't mean to be inappropriate or nothin', Maribelle. But I know you don't want to hear junk like that from a pig slopper like me.

Maribelle:
That's not true. ...Well, not precisely. You're earnest and dedicated in all you undertake, Donnel, and I respect that.

Donnel:
You do?

Maribelle:
Yes. And now that we're finished praising one another, shall we return to our lesson?

Donnel:
Oh. So you sayin' all that was just another part of "high society learnin'"?

Maribelle:
No, I spoke sincerely. But now, for whatever reason, I no longer feel self-conscious.

Donnel:
Me neither!

Maribelle:
I suppose frankly airing one's thoughts and feelings can be a...liberating thing.

Donnel:
Now that's the real lesson!

Maribelle:
Oh, no. You're not finished yet! With me, now, Donnel! One, two, three... One, two, three...

S Support

Donnel:
S-say, Miss Maribelle? I reckon I want ya to have this. If you think a ring with a fake stone will win me over, you're outta yer... Er, yer mad! The stone ain't real, but there's nothin' fake 'bout the way I love ya! Try again when you ain't such a hick... Er, once ya make somethin' of yerself! ...... Aw, horsefeathers! What'n the heck am I doin' here? Maribelle'd never say yes to a darn pig slopper like me.

Maribelle:
*Ahem*

Donnel:
M-M-Maribelle?! How long have... Did ya...?

Maribelle:
Your portrayal of me is quite the princess. I can't say I'm flattered.

Donnel:
N-no, that... I didn't...

Maribelle:
Let me see that ring.

Donnel:
H-here, ma'am.

Maribelle:
...It's truly lovely. And you would give this to me?

Donnel:
The stone ain't... I mean, it's a fake.

Maribelle:
I'm not the sort to base her reply to a proposal on the ring's worth, Donny.

Donnel:
Then does that mean yer gonna accept it?

Maribelle:
Will you ask me again? Properly, and to my face?

Donnel:
Course I will! *ahem* Miss Maribelle, will you do me the honor of bein' my wife?

Maribelle:
Master Donnel, I would be delighted.

Donnel:
Aw, shucks!

Maribelle:
Donnel? One does not end a proposal by saying "aw, shucks."