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Ayato. [ he pours them both some wine. ] Ayato. [ as if saying his name a second time is going to be enough to convince him. ] It'll be fine. I'll be fine. [ a smile to match his confidence as he slides a glass across the table to his friend. ] Let's start with the wine and then we can move to this 'stronger stuff'. I can hold my liquor pretty well. [ no he fucken can't, lol. ]

Y- Yes, actually. Did you go to it too? We, er, Mehrak managed to find some treasure there while Alhaitham and I were busy dealing with the Octocat problem... and when we finally tried to leave this little guy followed us. We had scared his family off, so I think that's why he tried to tail us, so I stuck around and tried to see if they'd come back... but they didn't. Eventually I gave up and... now he's ours.

{ the second time of calling his name does not convince him, kaveh. you are, after all, a lightweight. }

We can see how it goes, certainly. But if you don't mind, I'll handle pouring out the sake.

I was there briefly, but neither myself nor the person I was with tried very hard. { ayato sighs } I am not much of a cat person.

... [ hm. it doesn't seem like he's going to be able to convince him... now. he'll take the loss. ] Alright, fine.

No? Did you go and then... leave? It was infested with them, but we managed to clear them out pretty... easily. [ "easily". ] Except for this little one. [ and the octocat has come back, but only to try to snatch another something off the table. what? it doesn't seem to matter, it just wants to cause some mischief. ] A dog person?

{ not until he's drunk as well--and that's a difficult hurdle to cross. }

Exactly. The two of that went looked at it, attempted to go around them and left when it appeared we'd be disturbing their home. I think my companion at the time was worried their brother would have wanted him to bring some back.

And yes, I have no shame in saying that. Dogs are loyal and follow orders, there's much more to be appreciative of.

Makes sense, but it might have been for the best that you didn’t get too close… the kittens aren’t dangerous, mischievousness aside, but the adults are capable of secreting something that affects how a person acts… Alhaitham nearly went mad that day.

…heh. [ a knowing smirk as he sips his wine. ] Needy too. And a little too eager to please. [ is he still talking about dogs? ]

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That sounds rather unusual... Considering this seemed like it was a while ago, I assume the effects wore off on their own?

{ he will quietly swirl the liquid in his glass, appreciating the scent of it first. } There's nothing wrong with that.

{ it works either way tbh... he won't deny it either way. }

...mm, that day. It took a bit. He's obviously fine now. It had come as a surprise, is all, because once again we're in the middle of a quest and the proverbial shit hits the fan. [ he sets his hand down and wiggles his fingers at the cat who comes over and attaches himself to kaveh's arm. he flinches, but brings him into his lap to pet his head. ]

But I don't think I'm going to go on any quests for a while. [ he takes another few sips of wine. ] I'm not really sure I want to do much of... anything. I'm... I don't know... I feel lost. [ he finishes off the glass and sets it down. ] Confused, too.

That does seem-- { he almost says a regular occurrence, but catches himself and changes it mid-sentence. } --to be difficult to deal with. At least you seem to have gained a friend from it.

Though, I can understand that. { perhaps ayato has had more close encounters with death, already had times where a sword or dagger has come too close to his throat. poison has found its way into his food.

he doesn't feel as lost or that he doesn't want to do anything, but. he can't bring himself to voice any of that. not when he has no idea of what kaveh's history is. }

Is there anything you think would help? { a pause } Other than the alcohol.

...mm. [ if kaveh thinks about it he's had a few brushes with death while on the quests here. a couple close encounters could have landed him six feet under ground, but he managed to evade knocking on death's door one way or anything. he couldn't do that forever, but... he'd rather not think about it. it's already been hard enough to try to move on. ]

[ he snorts. ] ...alcohol helps because I can disassociate, but [ he looks aside to a notebook. ] I have been trying to draw. It's not really going well though. I'm having a hard time... focusing? I [ he gets up to grab the notebook, passing it to ayato. inside there are a number of normal sketches. some of the house he'd been planning for him and alhaitham. some of a garden. some of alhaitham, himself. and then there are others that look like they had been normal, but they're just scribbled on... almost like he'd suddenly lost control of his hand and begun drawing tens of hundreds of circles suddenly. there are dozens of drawings like that. ]

I'm also trying music. And... I may just try walking or jogging...

{ he'll pick up the notebook as it's handed to him, flipping through the pages. }

Have you tried going to other areas of the city to draw a landscape there? I've found it helps. I... actually had intended to pick up painting again since the last paint and pour, this has helped me take the time to finally do so, but I've found being at home to be rather stifling. I may try and go to other areas of the city to begin with. It may take a few days before I'm ready, but I think it may help. Would you like to join me sometime?

{ his eyes dip to the notebook. } It's only been a day, I doubt either of us feel ready.

...no. [ he moves his hands into his lap and looks down at them. ] I'm sure that would help... but I haven't really wanted to leave the house. [ he admits sheepishly. ] Alhaitham's even taking some time off, which I feel terrible about, but to... help me through this... [ he kind of just wants to glue himself to alhaitham. ] But I know what you mean. I only have so many things to draw here, and they're bound to get stale... [ alhaitham and his chest aside. he'll never get sick of drawing that. ]

I... I'd like that. Maybe going with somebody else would help... and it'd be more incentive not to say I'm going to do it and then... not.

{ really he hasn't ventured further than down the road until this chat with olwen, it hasn't been long enough and ayaka had helped keep things very much to their home too. both travelers came to his house so he didn't have to go out as well. but soon. he definitely wants to try.

and honestly understandable, kaveh. who wouldn't want to draw alhaitham's chest- }

We could try Blossomcrown park? It's relatively green, and not too far if we use a teleporter.

[ kaveh nods as he reaches to take his sketch books back, setting them aside to forget about them for the time being. he'll have to invest in a new one. he's not sure he wants to carry either of his current books around... not when he can catch a glimpse of the mess he's made of them. ] Sure. I think that sounds relatively... safe. And I did enjoy drawing the landscape the last time we were there.

{ new ones sound like a good plan, plus it'd mean he has to go out just to buy them to begin with. }

Yes, the landscape has a lot of flowers that are pleasant to look at as well. And since we haven't had a lot of rain since April, it should be dry.

{ he sips at the wine. }

I can also see if there are any other areas of the city that may be nice to use?

...hm. If you're open to it we could just make a day of it. We could drop by the store to pick up some supplies first, and then wander around looking for inspiration. We could also get something to eat in there too. I'm sure it would be a pleasant day and hopefully productive day.

{ he gives a smile in return to that. }

It sounds like a plan. There's quite a few places to eat around the city, is there anything you'd prefer? In case we need to make a reservation.

No, I'm not interested in anything in particular. However, I would like to try some of the hole in the wall places around here... not sure what kind of food or desserts they could sell, but it's those small places that are usually diamonds in the rough.

Is that so? In that case, I'll let you take the lead with that. Unfortunately I haven't had many chances to eat in places like that here.

{ or well, he just rarely eats out... tbh... other than odd snacks here and there. }

I did a bar crawl not too long ago... perhaps we can do a snack crawl. Go from place to place sampling all sorts of snacks together.

That does sound nice. Do you mean more like street food?

{ at least he's used to that more than other types. }

Exactly! We have a lot of great street food in Sumeru, but I'm willing to bet there's even more here - what with it being an other wordly melting pot.

There does seem to be a number of them about, though I'm not sure if my conception has been skewed by the arts festival yourself and Ayaka hosted.

I guess we'll find out together... and I know it's a bit early to consider, but I do want to do a winter festival too.

Oh? The last one was popular, I can't say I'm surprised. Will it be the same theme, or something else?

A different theme. But we could add all sorts of fun snow activities. Snowman building contest. Snowball fights. Sledding. Maybe some kind of scavenger hunt.

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