AUDIENCE FOR: Yuri Leclerc

[guestservices]

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[ashenvaliant]

... That seems. Unhealthy. Even I take breaks sometimes.

[ technically, i guess, having a drink could be a break but they're still on the clock. ]

[guestservices]

[ they shrug. ]

Probably.


[


somehow, it doesn't seem like that really bothers them... or maybe they're just already aware... ]

[ashenvaliant]

You could do with a new job. But it’s not that easy, is it?

[ siiip. ]

[guestservices]

I'm nothing if not dedicated to my duties.

[ashenvaliant]

It certainly seems that way.

[ finally, he lifts his glass for a clink. ]

[guestservices]

[ clink! their glass touches his. ]

Want to make a toast?

[ashenvaliant]

To...?

[ but he's down for it. ]

[guestservices]

[ they tilt their head. ]

To the end of a week.

[ sometimes, simple is easier. ]

[ashenvaliant]

[ he exhales, low and amused. ]

To the end of the week.

[guestservices]

Next week probably can't be worse!

[ cheerfully! they sip from their drink. ]

[ashenvaliant]

I am going to call you to this bar next week and watch you eat your words, Aquila.

[guestservices]

[ they laugh. ]

What's the saying? Mouth of an eagle? That's it.

[ashenvaliant]

Now there's one I haven't heard.

[guestservices]

Mhm. Means you say a bunch of shit like "that won't happen" and then it happens.

[ there's a little dark humor to that; they laugh, and then shake their head. ]

[ashenvaliant]

Going right up to fate and kicking her in the shins kind of attitude. Not sure if that's foolish or just rebellious.

[guestservices]

[ they chuckle a little. ]

If only you knew.

[ashenvaliant]

Yet here we are, doing just that in a way.

[ vax energy. ]

[guestservices]

[ who ]

Are we?

[ashenvaliant]

Considering I'm dragging you back here next week to see if you tempted fate right under her nose?

[guestservices]

Oh, fate's a lady, now? I have never disappointed a lady.

[ashenvaliant]

[ thot. ]

You sound like Gautier.

[guestservices]

Gaut - oh. [ they laugh, then. ]

Sylvain. I haven't gotten to talk to him much, but I'll take your word for it.

[ashenvaliant]

He’s surprisingly nice.

Unfortunately all I knew of him was the reputation back home, but it’s true books and covers are not one and the same.

[ … ]

Suspicious as anything though, he’s going to give himself wrinkles if he keeps staring at me like I’m a rogue element.

[guestservices]

[ deadpan ]

Maybe he just thinks you're cute.

[ashenvaliant]

[ deadpan ]

He should buy me a drink then.