Reminder that Tweedle is known for having “trouble with the ladies” and this trouble is more often than not called Tarvek.
“Good heavens, Tweedle, the lady is trying to speak!” Tarvek smiled at the young woman Martellus was accosting. “Tarvek Sturmvorous, Lady.” He bowed. “You were saying something about greenhouses?”
The young woman blinked and smiled uncertainly at Tarvek. She curtseyed. “Mona Bauer,” she said. “I was, but I don’t know –” She glanced warily at Martellus.
“Oh, never mind Tweedle,” Tarvek said, offering her his arm, “He can go off sometimes, more Spark than sense, you know.”
I’d forgotten that too, but no wonder he was annoyed with Gil.
Okay but, Bang pretty clearly tortured Tarvek (and… well, it’s not said, but I definitely get the impression they didn’t exactly interact much outside of that, they don’t really reference a time before Bang started torturing him) and Tarvek got out of it by faking his death. Presumably, neither of those exactly happened in public. Which means Bang can’t be the source of Tarvek’s “consorting with pirates” reputation.
Which means Tarvek was consorting with some other pirates.
I thought Gil, probably, because Tarvek can’t have been the only one who thought Gil was a pirate.
But consider this:
New student at Paris: Miss Voltaire?
Colette: Yes?
NS: What’s going on with Holzfaller, Sturmvoraus, and, um, that very scary woman?
C: With the skull bindi?
NS: Yes, her.
C: Dupree. Holzfaller and Sturmvoraus are being idiots and Dupree is – I think – enjoying torturing them.
NS: So they’re not dating?
C: Dupree and Holzfaller act like siblings, Sturmvoraus is not that masochistic, and Holzfaller and Sturmvoraus are stupidly hold some kind of grudge.
NS: I kind of thought they were pretending not to date, because, well, politics.
C: If they were, Sturmvoraus would be doing a better job at it. Ugh, those boys.
When Gil’s staff find out that Tarvek can get him to sleep, they will never let him leave.
Tarvek is Gil’s security blanket- Confirmed
imagine:
Tarvek trying to sneak away again and it’s going well.
no one has noticed him and he’s almost to the door-
and Borlaika pops out of nowhere
“Excuse me, Prince Sturmavorous, but please return to your room.”
Tarvek scowls at her. “I’m trying to get to Agatha. I’ve been here for weeks! You won’t let me help Gil with his actual problem, I’ve already told him everything he would be able to use against the Other, and he fell asleep on my bed, again.”
“I know, Prince Sturmavorous. For those reasons, please return to your room.”
<grin>
There’s no way Gil’s not going to let him help with the actual problems, though. He’s already updated him on everything.
I figure that the whole Klaus-no-what-did-you-do, the actual problem, is off limits though.
and I don’t doubt for a second that Tarvek’s going to be dramatic when he finds out about that though
Oh! Yeah, I was thinking of running the Empire and fighting Lucretia as Gil’s problem. I can see Tarvek being mad if Gil won’t let him solve head-Klaus, although he can hardly compleain about being asked to rule things.
Gil might be hoping Tarvek can figure out and get rid of head-Klaus, but I don’t know if he can tell him about it.
He told Bang…
Oh, yeah! So apparently there’s nothing stopping him. He should really mention that then.
Oh, hot dang, new doodles! First, Gil and Tarvek reenact “The Other Side” from The Greatest Showman, and Tarvek sweeps Gil away from a burning dirigible but complains about how heavy he is.
Tarvek saving Gil’s life while complaining about how heavy he is is maybe the most in character thing I have ever heard.
Cheloneuniverse 