Logfile from M3

 

You enter the London - Greenwich Observatory.

London - Greenwich Observatory

        The monument of old and rebuilt several times over, the Greenwish Observatory stands as both an ancient landmark and a marvel of modern science. Built alongside the majestic and famous University of Cambridge, the observatory is one of the largest buildings in London, with high tech and highly advanced equipment all throughout it. Satellites grow from atop the buildings here like gardens of flowers, their multitudes scanning the distant skies.

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 London Bridge <LB>:       London - Historical District

 

Hien arrives from the London - Historical District.

Hien has arrived.

 

The leaves were just beginning to change colors; there was still enough moisture to render them still stiff, not crunchy or brown, and the brief kisses of cold had done interesting things to some of their colors, though it was light. The recent rains had swollen the river a bit, though near the shore in certain places it was a little less fierce. A figure floated there, treading water, the sculpted skin pale like that of a corpse, the closed eyes supporting this impression, though there was a warmth to the skin that no dead body could hold, and the fact that the figure managed to maintain himself in his position despite the current, even muted as it was, showed that he was, in fact, not dead. The faintly offcolored water, clean but still faintly silted as river water was prone to be tinted the skin below the surface a warm mocha, and for all appearences the fellow seemed to be asleep. What was visible was... well, flawless, chiseled, the figure dressed only in a pair of white shorts and what looked like a length of prayer beads around his neck.

 

What a strange coincidence -- or perhaps not so strange -- that others should pass by, also wanting to enjoy nature... and, well, notice. Or not notice. Hey look, it's a dead guy! Right, must be a tourist. Move along.

The Fool, clad in some of his newer raiment, is strolling along, hands in pockets, just enjoying the change of weather. He had always liked cold weather in England.

It reminds him of home. It isn't anywhere near the same, but...

He's got a song on his mind, too, and as is in his nature to do, he gives voice to that song, bringing it out of the murky depths of his mind and into the crisp September air.

        Je n'ai pas peur de la route o/`

                Faudra voir, faut qu'on y goute

        o/` Des méandres au creux des reins

                Et tout ira bien...

 

The prayer beads stir faintly as the chest suddenly raises a bit, a stir of darker silt rising as the figure abruptly gives his arms a bit of a swirl, reorienting to the vertical with an easy movement and erupting casually from the water, the stuff cascading out of the long, tangled strands of shiny raven black, the warm brown undertones of it coming through faintly as he clawed a drift of dark, pouring bangs from his forehead, pushing them back casually. He straightens, rising from the water, the liquid streams dripping from his hair and from the odd shorts, the hand wide strip of semitransparent dark brown vinyl-like substance between the hem and the upper leg make an interesting contrast to the pure white of it that complements his pale skin. He slips towards shore, not even minding the cold, and indeed, he almost seems to be ...steaming? Must be the temperature change. "I do so miss the water..."

Hearing someone singing about... roads? He concentrates faintly, a little rusty with his french, and idly wanders up the slope. Although he's damp and barefoot, oddly no dirt seems to cling to his feet as he makes his way upwards.

 

            Le vent l'emportera o/`

Ton message à la grande ourse

                Et la trajectoire de la course

        A l'instantané de velours--

The Fool stops his singing abruptly, hearing both someone emerging from the water rather hastily AND a voice. A familiar voice, at that. He even jumps slightly, head whipping around to track the noise. Who...what--?

Staring in that direction for some indication of what that was, Feste picks up singing after only a moment's pause.

        Même s'il ne sert à rien... o/`

 

 

Feste(#3650POenAC)

        A broad-shouldered, wiry man of Norwegian ancestry, Feste stands about 6'5", and carries himself with the air of a man who has unlimited patience and grace; seemingly gliding rather than walking. His face is foxlike, with high cheekbones, unusually narrow for his bloodline. The creases and lines of someone who smiles often and a perpetual twinkle in his ruby-red, synthetic eyes give him an almost permanently amused look -- like he's enjoying some private joke you're not quite in on.

        His hair is a bright blonde, naturally streaked with darker strands. Unruly bangs frame his thin, ovallish face, and the rest of it is bound in a tightly tied ponytail that glides between his shoulderblades, the ends hanging at about the middle of his back.

        Today Feste wears a long-sleeved black shirt, almost like the top of a tunic or uniform in the fabric it's made of. It's a sharp coal black, with a high collar -- currently unbuttoned -- and the shoulders are a bright crimson, providing a sharp contrast. The red extends down his arms, gradually tapering into a point at the cuffs. It's relatively tight-fitting, but not overly so.

        The rest of his outfit is similarly simple, and similarly dark. Black slacks just barely cover most of black, synth-leather shoes, which appear to have very thin soles. They add nary an inch to his height, only adding to his generally amiable appearance. The last detail is a pair of sunglasses -- polarized round lenses with silver rims and zig-zagging arms of the same color.

 

Feste might be a tad bit startled as a streaming figure suddenly appears beside him, the steps casual and the only sound the occasional dripping of water; his approach was silent, his appearance free of fanfare or telltales, and his eyes off in the distance for a moment before he turns slowly, regarding the one beside him, and comments softly in a warm voice. "You seem a little too joyous to be singing of melancholy things..." He takes the red eyed one in for a moment, his posture changing a bit as he shifts around, now walking a tiny bit ahead of Feste and backwards, though he seems to have no issue navigating in this method. He takes Feste in thoughtfully, his hair already having ceased it's long, incessant dripping, and now merely lay long and intertwined with itself. He states it easily, a simple observation he had made before. "You don't like looking at me."

 

!

The first words that spill out of Feste's mouth are the Norwegian equivalent of 'Jesus Christ!' Poor Fool. He's really not used to being sneaked up on, especially not like -that-. Normally he could hear them before they got close. Not today, it would seem.

The song is effectively over, at least right now. Hah. Feste keeps on a-walkin', only looking back at Hien once to affirm that it is, indeed, That Guy. Ngh...

It's not that he's... hostile, or bothered, or annoyed or anything along that vein. He's just... shy? Avoidant? Subdued. Yes. That's the word.

"I have no exquisite reason for 't, but I have reason good enough," he says, easily heard. His pace is steady, even, and still slow.

 

The figure wasn't trying to be forceful... he wasn't trying to be insulting, or particularly harsh. He just spoke as he saw it, and did so in a self assured voice. There was no malice there, no hurt intended, and indeed, his tones were assured and thoughtful more than anything else. "You do not strike me as too terrible an introvert. Why do you shrink back from me? Do you dislike me? ...or maybe there is something that you'd not like seen?" He steps up a bit, so that he's almost in front of Feste, though still walking so as not to block this one. He looks thoughtful for a moment, his words curious, exploratory. "Have I offended you in some way?" Another pause, and thoughtful. "Do you not like me? Am I annoying you? I wasn't trying to. If I was, you would know for certain, I assure you..."

 

The Fool cannot help but smile, but he's still -not looking at Hien-. Rather, he's contemplating his shoes. They're nice shoes. Very comfortable. He continues walking.

"Not at all, sir," he says, rather airily. It's the hallmark of the Fool -- aloofness. La di da~ "Not at all. I am simply being cautious. The times call for it, and I must respond in kind." A nod. Yes. That's what I wanted to say. That works.

"Did you like my song?" A change of subject. It's time Feste did a little probing of his own.

 

The eyes never stopped staring, their gaze piercing, oddly insistant, an expression that this one rarely wears. He abruptly stops, so that if Feste were still studying his footwear he might not notice until the last moment. "It was beautiful, and touching, but you sing it too sadly. It doesn't suit you." And abruptly, the hand drifts forward, just before Feste's chest, so as to keep him from running into the damp figure. The fingers drift upwards, trying to beckon the chin and head up, though not touching right away. His words are thoughtful. "...You are interesting too."

It's musing, then he's turned away, idly lashing his fingers through his hair a few times, a leather string in his teeth as he begins working on his hair, not facing Feste for a moment as he gathers a quick and expert ponytail, the hair rapidly drying despite the chill. Even the proximity to the pale man's fingers would have conveyed a certain searing heat, as if fevered, though obviously he was not. "What are you being cautious for? I don't carry a weapon, as I am sure you can see..."

 

 

[OOC] Feste ahem.

[OOC] Feste o/` Hot-blooded, hot-blooded! o/` ?

[OOC] Hien has a metabolism ICly like a small rodent. he eats a full meal seven times a day and tends to exercise about six or seven hours at a time. he only sleeps four hours a day and he can't stand standing still.

[OOC] Feste says, "Geez louise. o.o"

 

Talk about 'dangerously close'. The reaction is quite likely the desired one -- Feste stops almost immediately as those fingers go for his chest, and his head snaps up. Not so violently as the word 'snap' might imply, but you get the general idea.

"It does too suit me. Music is not about everyone else's perception of it, it's about the musician's perception of it," Feste responds flippantly, as he eyes Hien. He hadn't really gotten a -good- look at him yet...

"You are a creature of violence," he says after a brief pause to cross his arms over his lower chest. He can see that in Hien -- he's seen it in too many other people.

 

"I am a creature of movement, of energy, of potential. Yes, perhaps violence, though I have not explored that aspect of myself as of yet. Things have been moving at a pace I rather dislike. A slow one." He turns then, dropping his fingers from his rapidly drying hair, his eyes finally fixing on Feste's, trying to hold them there, perhaps a momentary battle of wills. He seemed to do this subconsciously, his demeanor thoughtful. "I am not weak and helpless if that is what you mean. Does this make you nervous? Is this why you avoid me?" He wanders a bit closer, his gaze never wavering, though it was a tad bit more social now, less rigid. "Are you used to dealing with those who are unable to bring a hand against you? Are you used to being 'safe'?" At that word, he says it in a certain inflection, as if safety, as if relaxation and contentment were something abhorrent to him that he tolerated for society's sake.

"You are regretful, sad. If this is the twist that the singer adds to the song, then tell me. What has caused this within you that you would bleed pressure from that wound through song? If it is truly the musician's perception of it."

 

Oh, so. Feste forces himself to look back. Do not be timid, Andruw. Do not force my hand. You are only making this unpleasant. Besides... it's fun.

"Tch. I am not afraid of power. Prior experiences have taught me, though, that it is a wise man who takes his time with those who are, and have it." He shrugs. "Safety is not such an abominable thing, sir. Not all of us are as formidable as you are." As you look, more like.

 

The latter comment gives him pause. Feste's head cocks to the side, ever so slightly, as he contemplates it.

"It is, in a way. The man who wrote this later put a bullet in his significant other's head," he says, musing. "As for -my- causes, those are not yours to examine. If you want to know, you shall have to earn it through time, persistence, and hard work. Oh, and I give points for creativity."

 

The figure softens his gaze perhaps a bit at that, gently inclining his head and commenting softly. "Sumimasen. I, perhaps, am being a bit forceful, and for that I am regretful." He pauses a moment, staring out over the beauty of the river, and comments simply. "A great double fistful of this world is rather unique to me, so I am not sure what would count as creativity or what would not. I suppose that would be within your perceptions..."

He pauses, turning in his own way to eye Feste. His words are slow for once. "I admit, I am not a being of the slow, the long, the drawn out, or the patient... but I ...I can learn, perhaps. I have much to learn in this world still, as I am sure all of you do."

The pause is thoughtful this time, before Feste might find the black haired marble statue beside him again, the movement swift and barely registered. He studies him again, his smile never deviating faintly. "Earning it. Is that an open invitation, as it so sounds to be? Or a challenge?"

 

 

Apologies already. That's interesting; he doesn't get apologized to often. So far apologizing to Feste involves rope and chairs, but we won't get into that.

The Fool listens rather contently to Hien's words, perhaps relishing the sound of his voice. Yes. The game is begun.

Instead of speaking, Feste starts singing again -- a different song this time, much slower, but also lacking that false-upbeat pretense of before. This is part of the game, a phase that so far only a few have been initiated into the mysteries of. Feel special.

 

        Stroke of luck or gift from God?

                Hand of fate or devil's claws?

        From below or saints above?

                You come to me... o/`

 

 

And, in something much slower, much more held, restrained, tempered, the figure... stops. He wasn't moving before but he suddenly stops even the stillness of before, to a lack of movement often attributed to terms such as zero kelvin, and other such theoretical concepts. He turns to the red eyed one, his voice soft as he dully echoes.

        o/`Here comes the cold again.

        I feel it closing in

        It's falling down and

        All around me falling.o/`

Sadly, it would be beautiful, were it not for the almost frightened tones in the young man's voice. He drags a hand through his bangs, seeming to grasp for control of himself, looking almost pained for a moment... before he stares softly to Feste, the look once more unreadable, complex, thick with thought and feeling and something else, something hard to define.

"You do sing... so well."

 

 

Excellent. His judgement was not wrong, and his efforts were not wasted. Two can indeed play this game.

Although the reaction Hien gave wasn't exactly the one he was expecting. Not really. Sure, being sung at did produce some *odd* ones, but very rarely did people seem so... well... like this.

The Fool's hands, clasped behind his back, grip tighter. "Thank you," he replies, quietly. Well, that's why he was singing in the first place! Now to make his next move.

"So," says Feste, still looking Hien in the eye, "what's your name?"

 

 

Hien

This young man has a strangely sculpted look to him, like he were carved from a single block of marble. Standing six feet tall, he has a spry and sprightly bearing, his movements swift, eager, and full of energy. His young face has sharp features and is crossed with a faint smile more often than not, and his pale blue eyes burn with intensity... gaze darting to and fro, mindful of everything in the world around him, as though he were fascinated by even the most mundane details. His skin is pale, smooth and flawless... not even the smallest scar, blemish or wrinkle to be seen, helping accentuate his carved, statuesque appearance. In contrast with his pale skin, his hair is a dark, raven black, pulled into a snug ponytail that flutters behind him as he moves.

 

He's dressed up in a rather Ninja-appropriate outfit, quite similar in design to Hiryu's, though its color is a stark, ghostly white. Bundled around his neck is a long white scarf that like his ponytail, trails with his movements. The flawless pale skin of his arms are exposed by his sleeveless white gi, forearms wrapped in white and hands snug in brown, fingerless gloves. His white pants are loose up to the knee, then bound tight and tucked into heavy, brown and black combat boots. Various straps and belts support other various pouches and pockets, their color likewise dark brown against the white of his uniform. Across his back is strapped the unmistakable shape of a Strider's Cipher, its blade honed and polished to a mirror finish.

 

 

The name comes up easily into his memory, and slides easily onto his lips. He didn't really like the nickname Guy, but White Man, or Man of Ivory White, as Jingen Zougeiro roughly translated to, worked just fine for him. "My name is Hien."

Yeah, as a name it worked- waitaminute... hold that thought, rewind.

Hien felt, at that moment, abruptly vulnerable, a feeling he didn't particularly relish, a feeling he'd felt only a few times; floating in the warm brush of that ever so faintly too cold liquid, gripped in the teleportation matrix, and just now, a simple slipup he had no reason to commit.

He studies Feste thoughtfully, not quite knowing how this could go, one way, or to the other. And so he played it off casually, merely gazing off over the water.

 

The Fool has a tendency to influence those around him in strange and surprising ways, whether he realizes it or not. Sometimes he makes a conscious effort, and other times... he is just as surprised as his 'victim'.

"Hien," echoes Feste, trying the name out. Hien. It's kind of nice, actually. Has a nice ring to it...simple vowel sounds... yes. "A pleasure to make your acquaintance."

He smirks, and takes advantage of Hien's being distracted to study him back without having to meet that stare.

 

Ahh, but the stare is not that easy to avoid. He knows he's being stuided, and for some reason, this amuses him, and so he does not move to meet that stare as he had originally contemplated doing, but instead merely lets a casual roiling flex of all the muscles on his back play across his smooth, chiselled skin, letting everything along his neck, shoulders, waist and lower back progressively tighten and relax once in a steady downward motion, letting it continue to his thighs and calves, before flexing his toes in the dirt. "As it is with you. I'm glad you like it... your voice called to me, you know. Maybe it's the voice. Maybe it's something about you, but you're one to be noticed, I have seen."

 

Yes, well. Hien is certainly pretty to look at and AUGH that's DISTRACTING.

Despite the momentary... how shall we put it... inner turmoil that simple act of showing off gives Andruw, all that shows of it is a brief blink. Uh-hmm. that's very interesting, yes.

Feste idly rises up on his toes, then rocks back onto his heels. An unconscious sort of thing -- just fidgeting. Tra la la. His voice, oh?

"Oh, yes," replies Feste, practically beaming. "Very much so. It's my job, really."

 

Hien studies this one, though not in the eyes, as that seems to make him a bit nervous. He lets his eyes run down this one, and back up, the gesture as subconscious as Feste's fidgeting, though just as casual, so not as harsh as say, the visual interrogation he's used to offhandedly tossing around. He offers Feste a warm and... approving? Smile, his hands casual as they briefly undo the knot at the back of his head, his hair (which still manages to look both hot and masculine despite its length. Ha, take THAT Mr Booblights!) coming loose in his hands for a moment, trailing between fingers before he rapidly reties it. At a pause, Hien moves once more close, not seeming to notice or really observe the laws of comfort zones, and, his nose almost touching Feste's chin, (for yes, he is a bit shorter than he is)... as his hand casually came up, drifting slowly through the bangs, the skin feverishly hot and the eyes that studied him thoughtful, casual, and obviously seeing little to no issues with what he does. "You are, perhaps, the second person I have seen with hair like this..." The words are musing.

 

Hm. Feste continues to just observe -- seems he's turned the tables on Hien. Ha! Take that.

Double hm. Feste isn't sure what's up with the hair, although the smile is nice. It's very pretty hair, though -- he just doesn't understand the seemingly random tying and retyi--

Forget the laws of comfort zones. Hien has just crossed the demilitarized zone and entered into enemy territory. Feste inhales sharply as he finds the shorter man very very VERY close... hands in his hair...

He does not so much as twitch, staying stock-still... must not move. Don't move. Just stay. Keep your cool...

"Do you mean the color?" Yes. That's the ticket. Keep talking.

 

Hmm... "No, I was referring to more... the length. Most males seem to have shorter... are you okay?" He paused, for just a moment as his hand withdrew, he almost looked vulnerable, confused... then a look of embarassed agitation. He pulls away, taking a simple step back, and abruptly brings the heel of his hand up, slamming him hard once between the eyes, a tad bit higher, more his forehead. "Stupid. Stupid. Personal space! Rrrrrgh." He turns away, hiding his own embarassment, not knowing how to react to what Feste might be feeling. That... was probably a rather large faux pass there, and it had been going so well too... His fist tensed faintly, his posture radiating embarassment. He hadn't even been embarassed when Sheena had explained that people wore clothing when they went swimming... why was he so embarassed now?

His words were awkward, and honest. "I... am not sure if... an apology is sufficient in such a situation, but I would wish to offer one anyway. I hope it does not add to your insult."

 

"Oh," replies Feste, sounding quite embarrassed himself. "...ah..."

As Hien backs off and turns away, Feste swallows, and after another second, relaxes. That was strange, and mildly frightening, and yet kind of nice all at onc-- dammit, not again. The Fool sighs inwardly -- oh, Andruw, when will you get over yourself? Stupid little Anglican boy.

F merely waits as Hien gets himself sorted out, taking advantage of the pause to resettle himself.

"It's quite alright. I wasn't insulted to begin with." Strange, though, that Hien should have no knowledge of these things. I mean, it's only proper... hm... "Don't -- worry about it," he manages, after another awkward (at least for him) moment.

 

He turned back then, eyeing him, his own gaze still aflame with those cold blue fires of his mortification, but they are tempered as he gains control handful by handful. His words were soft. "I wish I could. I tried not worrying about it, but then it just got worse until I worried about it a bit, and it seemed only then I was able to fix things. I want to drop it, but then, it might not be fixed, and then you would hate me." He wasn't looking at Feste right then, and frankly, he was a bit afraid of doing so for one of the first times... "I don't want you hating me Feste, ...not for something like that. I do not want you to hate me for anything, but especially not a simple, stupid mistake."

 

Facing that gaze, Feste finds he is perhaps not as strong as he thought he was. He's frightened by the intensity of the gaze -- not visibly, as his actor's self-discipline has made facial expressions just another tool, but inwardly.

"I do not hate," F replies, voice equally soft and soothing. Not without great reason and sufficient provocation... "Especially not for things like that. Be at peace, sirrah."

Oh snap, he said sirrah again. (curses!) Rather than an insult, he uses it as a term of endearment, and so...

 

Hien nods, playing with his hair again. The gesture seemed almost ingrained, as his hands drifted along his scalp, slightly mussing the hair in the tie. It was a subconscious thing. Almost an instinctive thing. His mother did it. Well, one of them. Sheena. She habitually played with her hair. That's where he got it from. the hair now had a tiny bit of wildness to it, no longer smooth and tight and controlled. Sorta like the edgy white clad and white figured form, now dry, and hot in the fleeting wind. He turned back, staring at Feste for a second, those eyes still full of emotions, not just accepting, but also giving, though what they gave was muddled, wild and unreadable.

"I am glad... I dislike the thought of being... disliked... by you. Why do I dislike the idea of being disliked by you so strongly?"

 

This must be what Abernathy feels like, what with his constant urges to braid Feste's hair. The Fool would just love to either swat Hien or put his hair back up or something... odd as that sounds. sigh.

Words, words, words. So useful. So worthless. So telling. So confusing. What to make of them? Feste crosses his arms again, if only because it means movement. He fidgets, you see. He looks askance to the water over yonder and smiles.

"Because I am very, very likeable, Hien. People are drawn to me. They don't quite understand it, but still, they are unable to deny it," the Fool replies, almost lecturing the Strider. Yes. Professor Feste will teach you all you need to know about living life! (flee while you still can)

 

Use the tone of authority on a child and they will listen, and thus he was, and thus he did. It was subconscious, the gesture, the straightening of the shoulders, the alignment of the spine. The eyes, boring into his brai- well, maybe not so much that bit. He listened. Oh great god he was listening. With a capital L. He was Listening. He nodded as that brief bit came, and then, with that faint confusion, he asked. "But likable visually as well as the rest? Why am I drawn to you that way among all the rest? I don't want to touch other people's hair..." this seems to confuse the young man, and he slips into a thinking pose, obviously a Thinking Pose, his look intense and musing.

"It just keeps getting more complicated. Every day. More complicated." Literally in that case. This was day four and it was already starting to make his head spin.

 

Except Feste, in his teacher-mode (he has one! he was a TA at oxford!) isn't really watching Hien, and thus cannot see his Thinking Pose. Feste turns toward the river Thames, smirking to himself.

"Visually? Absolutely. I have a very pleasing appearance, and apparently, very nice hair..." He hmms, thoughtfully. Yes. Everyone -- EVERYONE -- wants to touch his hair. This has become an undeniable fact. He's also unsure whether to be flattered or get his gun.

"You would not be the first. Not even close," he continues, amused. "As for complications..." The Fool turns back to Hien.

"Life is one giant complication. It's part of what makes things interesting, no?"

 

Hien nods. This one is indeed knowledgable. Almost in the same way father is knowledgeable. Well... of the father that is still alive, though he knew Master Roshi (XD) counted as his father as well. He was knowledgeable as well. So many wise people in this world. He nodnodded thoughtfully, before turning to Feste for a moment, and asked, completely out of the blue. "Will YOU go swimming with me some time?" It was... pretty sudden, yeah. >.>

Ooh. Swimming. He hadn't actually done that in... a long time, and... he missed it. Quite a bit.

Feste arches an eyebrow in slight surprise, still smiling roguishly. "Will you let me teach you how to fish? I think it would be a good lesson in patience for you." Truth. And he really would like to... Abby's a dumb vegetarian, so...

 

[OOC] Feste meheheh. If I can get you to sit still that long, I think they should give me a prize.

[OOC] Hien says, "Uh, Yeah. He tends to standing exercise after a minute and a half of not moving, if you can, then, well, DUDE."

[OOC] Feste can see it now. "Look, Hien! A fish!" *Hien jumps in after it* "...well, that's one way to do it..."

 

Hien is SO SO SO VERY not a vegetarian. His food groups so far are Meat and Unhealthy. Yes. Unhealthy. Something he's devoted to. He can burn off any impurity and fat dies in his system in flames. He has to eat unhealthy. Low fat? Low calorie? Even cholesterol is slaughtered by his raging metabolism. He is NOT a vegetarian. "I'd like that." Though in truth, it'd be a unique experience for both of them. "Okay. I fish, you swim. That work?"

"Works for me," answers Feste cheerfully. Yay! Fish! Swimming! Cute ni-- er.

Hien is SUCH eye candy. Admit it! Give in to the hot sculped bod!

But then Abby would hurt him, and Andruw would freak out, because he's a pansy with morals.

Feste hmms quietly, tapping his fingers on his arms. "When shall we do this, sirrah?"

Hien is hypnosis, he is allure, he is beauty that knows it and at the same time does not. He is innocence and competence and confidence and he has a nice ass too. But currently he's thinking. "I have no obligations unless my fathers decide they have something they wish me to do... so when you are available I suppose."

 

"Ah." Yes, well. You've got to be careful about who notices these things, sometimes. "I am in much the same position, except instead of...fathers... I have a patron. Though, even then..." Feste bites his lip to stop a smile, half-succeeding.

"...let's just say I'm open. Call me sometime." (teehee)

 

Hien nodded faintly. "Oh, I will. I will." He turns, bowing to this one, and in a formal tone intones. "oyasuminasai. Thank you and goodnight, I think it is time for me to eat again." He pauses, looking minutely annoyed. "Three times. Pfft."

 

 

[OOC] Hien is going to ICly die when he's like 35 or something. We're talking multiple heart attacks, stroke and GRAND MAL seizures... >.>

[OOC] Feste says, "geez louise."

[OOC] Hien says, "He's grinding his body to the limit as it is. I figure it'll be going along great, then BOOM it's over violently. Live fast, die young, win valuable prizes."

 

 

Ooh, a bow! Feste bows right back -- not the straight bow of the Japanese, but the sweeping one of a European courtier.

"Takk for i dag, og god fornoyelse," he says, with just about as much formality. Thanks for this, have a nice day. Later, kiddo. He starts off, but then halts, to turn and wink at the Strider.

"Don't die on your way home," he adds, in a precise imitation of a certain albino government official.