[quote=@The Savant] All of the above here, states that if Illa and Millie cannot be paired in a romantic way that you're uninterested. I don't believe I'm misunderstanding. You have pointed out that if there is no romantic interest that we need to cancel our prior arrangement. Our only arrangement was him being her knight, in my mind that was our only standing arrangement. You state that if there is the possibility of them being foes, you have no interest in pairing them. Which they honestly could be foes. I've never written Illa and have no idea how he will work with Millie. And then you confirm that you rather pair with yourself in that case to make a "you'll do it yourself" plot which cancels any potential growth for these two characters before anything has happened between them at all. I'm going to say this, Illa can work with social plots without an issue though those plots can have consequences. Trying to make a romantic social plot with a character who is uninterested in romantic ships along with naturally being distant and self isolating and hoping he magically blossoms into a romantic man under the toxicity of rumors and high school life is similar to asking Alpheus not to participate in rumors, not go to any social events, and not having friends so he is isolated and assuming that he wouldn't get depressed. [/quote] Huh, I see, so 'pair' here carries the connotation of [i]romantic[/i] pairing to you, while what I meant was referencing the Noble - Knight pair. Hmm, now things start to make sense more why you reacted the way you did. But what's done is done, I won't fault you for this, nor myself, communication is difficult, even IRL, let alone through text alone. Indeed, that was the only arrangement we have. I never desired to [i]romantically[/i] pair Millie with Illa. Perhaps in hindsight, it was a mistake to entertain the idea of playing around with [i]false[/i] rumors of them being involved as a method to foster an interesting plot, but what's done is done. Yes, I rather make a [i]Noble - Knight pair[/i] (not romantic pair) with myself [i]if[/i] somehow all options are exhausted, that is my contingency plan. It's unlikely, but having one gives me a peace of mind, as no matter what happens, my participation in this RP is secured. You are correct, I agree with everything you said about Illa. ...that's why I never intended for any romantic social plot in the first place.