audience: astarion

[mygod]

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[haematocritical]

Is there something other than the vaguely alcoholic grape juice?

[mygod]

Follow me, good sir.

[ they will gesture for him to come along.... ]

[haematocritical]

[ follows. to alcohol. wahoo ]

[mygod]

[ woooo

back towards their garden then! ]

I'm going to surprise you.

[haematocritical]

Oh no.

[mygod]

Don't oh no! It'll be great! You'll be super impressed!

[ scurries away ]

[haematocritical]

[ WE’LL SEE, PESTO. WE’LL SEE. ]

… I’ll brace myself then, I suppose. [ is he following them?? ]

[mygod]

[ he can, yes.

they are just leading him over to a house! it is old but it does not look haunted like all the other buildings here. once inside, they will point for him to sit at a table. ]

Tell me anything you absolutely hate in a drink and we'll go from there.

[haematocritical]

[ holy shit it’s not haunted. this is already worth it.

astarion will take a seat at the table, doing that thing where you dust off the seat of all real and imaginary dust before you do. princess. ]

Oh, I’m willing to be surprised. But I do enjoy something more in the wine family.

[mygod]

Gotcha!

[ that's fine.

after a few minutes, pesto will return and settle a wine cocktail in front of him. ]

[haematocritical]

[ oh drinkies. ]

Where did you get all the ingredients for this?

[ he will... take the glass. and have a little sniff. ]

[mygod]

Well, the lemons are from gardening, and everything else we have a small stash. We can't really advertise it too heavily because it'll run out super quick.

[ it smells tasty ]

[haematocritical]

There are a few things that "can't really be advertised". Am I meant to just prod and pry until someone gives me a little secret as a treat?

[ he will have a little sip of his drink. oooh. ]

[mygod]

Yup.

But this is more just me being nice and sharing a limited stash.

[haematocritical]

[ he is not complaining. he is sippin' ]

Well, good to know at least.

[mygod]

How did I do? Do I pass the test?

[haematocritical]

What, on being surprised?

[ hmm. ]

I suppose. It’s better than the jokes by far.

[mygod]

Hmm.

I'll get you to come around to those, too.

[haematocritical]

Please do not take that as a challenge.

[ please. ]

You said something about growing the lemons?

[mygod]

Hehe, yeah!

... although that one is more difficult to keep. The climate is poor for citrus.

[haematocritical]

[ he knows jackshit about climate and fruits. ]

What... climate should this place actually have then?

[mygod]

Typically warmer! Sub-tropical is best, really, since they get killed easily in the cold. The temperature here luckily doesn't fluctuate too much so I can make do, but I'm not sure if this be sustainable...

[ hmmm ]

But they add such a nice touch.

[haematocritical]

[ gazes. ]

You know a lot about plants, it sounds like.

[mygod]

Oh, yeah! I'm an expert in my field-- ecology.

[ no.6 op plays in the background ]

I've been trying to see what will grow here.

[haematocritical]

[ if you're npcing shion i'm going to do a backflip. ]

I don't know the word. But, given the evidence, I would guess plants?