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losthunter ([personal profile] losthunter) wrote in [community profile] nexus_sages2016-05-09 10:52 am

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Tonight, Hunter is sitting on a bar stool in one of the Forum's bars in the commercial district, nursing his third beer of the evening.

The tattooed-covered young man is wearing a light gray tuxedo, so either he has been (or is going) to a semi-formal event. There are no clues to what kind of event that might be.

Right now, Hunter is stoic and quiet, as he finishes the beer. Looking around the bar, he spots a pool table. And, after ordering another beer, Hunter heads over to stake his claim at the table. He finds a place to hang up his coat, rolling up the sleeves of his shirt to reveal the tattoos that cover his arms.

Then he starts playing pool by himself. It really seems like the solo game is meant to be a distraction, doesn't it?
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[personal profile] u_can_have_it_4_a_song 2016-05-11 03:59 am (UTC)(link)

Schön nods acquiescence at that. "He doesn't seem to want what I can offer, at least not yet. But then, he has quite the number of, hm, concerns."

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"Isn't it?" A negligent shot results in... a slight rearrangement of the table, and an annoyed look from Schön to his cane. At least the Fairy Godfather probably isn't using magic to rig the game?

"Ah, well. The flower bloomed before its time wilts twice as swift."

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"Well done," Schön offers, heartily meant. "Would it be prying to ask what happened? Or is it better to let sleeping dragons lie?"

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Schön tsks quietly, shaking his head as he lines up a shot. He stops himself before he takes it, however, standing up his cane and taking down an ordinary cue. With that, he sinks one. "Love is not for the faint of heart--and that is, I think, the most charitable fault to assume in such a secretive companion."

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"Well said," Schön puts in, sinking another, "and well done. How long ago was this?"

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"Ahh, it's not one blow to the heart that you're nursing, but two. Was that, if I'm not prying, the whole of your argument with him?"

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Schön sinks another ball. No answer to his question, which is answer enough: probe no further.

"What could help you feel better, do you think?" he asks. "What would you wish for, had you a wish to make?"

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He rather suspects the fairy godparent magic was subtly influencing him to give his momentary charge the win, below the realm of conscious spellcraft. "Then I'm pleased to listen, and talk, and help." He chuckles, before adding, "I was half-anticipating a spree of artistic retail therapy."

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Schön chuckles. "It certainly could be. A physical cleansing, to go with the spirit."

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"That is one of her talents," Schön agrees, "though she's quick to downplay them."

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[personal profile] u_can_have_it_4_a_song 2016-05-12 12:08 am (UTC)(link)

"I suppose the bar here is a little light on cucumber slices," he muses, taking another shot, sinking one of his and one of Hunter's. "It'd be hard to do a spa day here--but more spas could stand to have billiard tables, I like to think."

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"I could suggest a kestra'chern I've heard of," Schön offers. "That's rather like a masseuse, in the world from which she comes."

Hunter's success earns polite applause.

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"I seem to have fallen under the influence of some foreign magic hanging about the Nexus," he answers. "Hence, the glitter. Given what it did to my cane, and the impulses I'm feeling, I would guess it's giving me some sort of fairy godparent complex--I want to give people their happy endings, and a well-meaning wish can sometimes smooth the way."

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