[Victor/Ashtaroth/Chisaki] - Let's Get Drunk!

[a_wrong_turn]

Who: Victor, Ashtaroth, Chisaki
When: Thursday the 11th, at night!
Where: A bar in the Nenakret.
Before/After: After Chisaki's e-mail to Victor.
Warnings: TBD. Probably swearing because Chisaki.

[A little bit of conferring with Victor led to an amazing plan: GETTING DRUNK. Chisaki is looking forward to this, even if she has no earthly clue whether molavvas can do that or if it takes epic amounts of booze to affect them. Whatever, she has loot stolen from druids from the war and nothing to spend it on. Booze time.]

[She stands outside of one of the Nenakret's bars. News of the war meant the curfew was relaxed through the weekend, for celebrations to occur, which Saftans and French are doing happily. She leans up against the wall, arms crossed over her chest. She has a black, form-fitting shirt and baggy Saftan pants on, instead of her usual gear. She's bathed and washed too. She feels almost good.]

[It's easy to push the bad parts of what happened, everything with Ravindra, the lack of communication with Nova, to the back of her mind. It's time for drinking!]

Comments

[vast_oceans]

[ she has got no answer to any of this. why weren't your hands on the wh- omg no don't go there.

she sips her drink again. she has nothing to add to this conversation. ]

[a_wrong_turn]

Good plan.

[She nods sagely.]

[pulledunder]

And if you fall asleep, some of them are intelligent enough to know where to go.

Usually.

... I still think the side trip to the coastal islands was on purpose.

[Ash has gotten quiet though... Because you're a big dumb idiot, Victor]

Getting tired?

[vast_oceans]

I've only ever been on a wolf. And Bonecrusher. [ mumbled around the straw, more to herself than to either of them, she sucks on it, a forlorn expression on her face when she hits bottom. third drink down. ]

...hm? Oh. Ummm... [ she does feel suddenly tired. maybe it's just wanting to get out of this situation, though she wouldn't be aware of that in the least. jealousy is a very tiring emotion! ] Yeah, I think so. Sorry. [ now she feels even worse because this was supposed to be his night out with a friend and here she is, ruining it. ]

I'll stay until you're done?

[a_wrong_turn]

I'm getting pretty drunk, so if you guys wanna call it a night...

[pulledunder]

We're not here to pass out.

[Pause. He looks to Chisaki.]

Right?

Anyway-- [Ash again.] Let's get you home.

[vast_oceans]

Oh?

[ she actually isn't sure what the end result is supposed to be now that she thinks about it. so not passed out, that sounds good. ]

Mm, okay. Yeah, let's go home.

[ despite the leaning, she's been fairly upright. that is not the case when she gets off the barstool and ends up nearly on the ground, her legs giving out almost immediately. she manages to hold on to the barstool ]

W-whoops! I- oh wow. Are things supposed to spin?

[a_wrong_turn]

Remember when I said you were drunk?

[Chisaki looks proud of herself. Thanks, nature! You proved her right!]

Hey, let's do this -- or something -- again sometime, yeah?

[pulledunder]

[Victor slides off his own stool and catches Ashtaroth to steady her. He's not sober, but he's steadier. Mostly.]

[He freezes in place, staring at Ashtaroth. His mind is blown right now you guys, okay. Look: Are things supposed to spin?]

[No, not ideally. Yes, because that's a consequence of alcohol consumption. He could answer either way. He's not sure which one is more correct, but neither one is a lie. His world is shattering.]

[Oh he is drunk.]

Yeah... Let's. Maybe your friend can come sometime, too.

[vast_oceans]

[ oof, forget the discomfort of like two seconds ago, she is clinging to victor for dear life. or at least until she can see straight again.

that didn't take much, did it? she's actually pretty impressed under the annoyed look she may or may not be aiming at chisaki ]

Nope.

[ take that. ]

You okay? [ this is to victor, who she's caught staring, not realizing he's actually trying to figure out how to answer the question. she looks back to chisaki and hums ]

Maybe not drinking?

[a_wrong_turn]

Sure.

[Chisaki grins at both of them. She won't argue with you more, Ash. Not yet, at least! She knows better.]

[Hmph.]

Not drinking. Maybe we can go to a game or something instead.

[pulledunder]

[Is he okay? In what sense? Well? Physically-- mentally? Accepted? How well does one have to be to meet the standard of okay?]

Uh.

[He manages to shift enough to secure a grip on Ash despite his internal questions.]

Sure. Something like that...

[... Is anyone ever truly 'okay', in the strict sense? Isn't there always something?]

[WHAT IS LIFE]

[vast_oceans]

Or something. [ omgosh victor, stop moving! ...wait, you aren't?

the idea of going to one of chisaki's games didn't sound too appealing. there had to be something else of interest, right? ] And- and yeah. Yeah, bring your friend.

[ she manages to get her arm around his back, hugging herself to him to try and manage uprightness. she's good? okay, she's good.

thank goodness she doesn't wear heels. ]

... you look really confused. What are you even thinking about?

[ entrance... exit. same thing. that way? let's go that way. ]

[a_wrong_turn]

[Chisaki wobbles a bit when she walks, but she nods her head.]

Sure, yeah. I'll mention to him. See you two later.

[Once he's back from Earth, anyways. SIGH.]

[She makes her way to the exit herself -- and a little quicker, since she's not having to walk with someone else for that.]

[pulledunder]

The nature of truth and its relation to my understanding of language.

[.........]

Let's-- let's go home.

[He keeps an arm around her on their way to the warp mage and hopes teleporting isn't going to be as uncomfortable as he's imagining it's going to be.]