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[New day, new town, and hopefully new opportunities. Specifically opportunities to make some money because Zel and Emery’s funds have been running kind of low after their most recent misadventure. This has meant a temporary separation while Zelgadis goes to look for merc-type work and potential cure leads and Emery goes around chatting up the locals without terrifying them.

Or at least that was the plan, until Calanthe showed up.

By the time Zel gets back to the inn, Emery’s still busy talking to Calanthe in their inn room, although the conversation’s just about wrapping up. If he’s perceptive he might even catch a bit of Emery’s words.

“...some funds this time? ...Seriously, is that it? He’s always such a cheapskate. …Okay I got it. I’ll see you later.”

A few moments later a woman wearing a green cloak exits their inn room. Her hood is up, partly obscuring a pale face and hair, and she barely spares anyone a passing glance as she drifts down the hallway.

Emery is still standing inside the inn room looking pensive, but when Zel enters he’ll give him a bright smile.]


Oh! Hey, Zel. Did you manage to find anything?

on 2024-09-21 01:43 am (UTC)
chimerad: (oh yeah i'm a moron. i forgot.)
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I suppose. [so long as that lady stops being the ceiling!

he removes his boots and belts (sword gets propped somewhere out of the way), slipping out of the trousers--

well, peeling; it's wet cloth off stone, after all.

for his dignity's sake, his tunic is long enough to cover if he just thinks about this perhaps being an unconventional bathhouse changing room full of beets and potatoes while he does as Emery suggests, toweling up before pulling the rest of his clothes off.]

on 2024-09-23 10:52 pm (UTC)
chimerad: (i know better.)
Posted by [personal profile] chimerad
No.

[not for lack of trying; there were a couple slashes along the tunic in the back.]

It was a lucky shot. [and he wasn't going to let it happen again - doubly true, surely, when he sees the residual damage for himself.

that said, he turns his head a bit and looks away, letting himself be surveyed without outwardly fussing about it...except for the leery glances skyward he gives. see? proof: he's not lacerated.]

on 2024-09-24 11:40 pm (UTC)
chimerad: (oh God where did my eyelid go.)
Posted by [personal profile] chimerad
[this time, it's Zel's turn to cast a lighting spell while Emery's hands are full; once that orb is softly glowing overhead, he returns his focus at Emery's prompting, accepting the offering.

what a weird circumstance this is...]


I don't think...I've ever had to hole up in a root cellar before. [it's spoken softly, dryly.

with a sidelong glance:]
Have you?

on 2024-09-25 01:40 pm (UTC)
chimerad: (fob tickets.)
Posted by [personal profile] chimerad
[Zel watches the hand, more aware of it by sight than by touch.

a bit sheepish:]
Not...from wet clothes, anyway. From people, maybe. But--

[he's cool and stuff, but not invincible cool.]

on 2024-09-25 06:09 pm (UTC)
chimerad: (the most noncommittal finger point.)
Posted by [personal profile] chimerad
That's not an invitation to try and fall sick. [he lifts his chin while Emery slips in, slowly lowering it when he's sure he won't bump or graze him unduly. he lets his hands find their way to set on Emery's waist - a bit fumbling and less delicate than he'd like, but ultimately harmless in the effort.]

But...I guess I can do that.

on 2024-09-25 09:04 pm (UTC)
chimerad: (new top score.)
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[Zel is well-trained and smitten, yes: he exhales a sound that's not quite a scoff nor a laugh, just a fond, amused at the ask - as if that wasn't to be expected at all! such a thing will still delight him, even now. especially now, honestly.]

Probably.

[but also definitely; he turns and tilts his head to acquiesce, ever-mindful of avoiding grazing Emery's skin with his hair at a rough angle. even so, once he's certain he's in the clear, he doesn't just wait for Emery to meet him halfway, pleased to enjoy the tickle of pressure against the back of his lips when he kisses him.]

on 2024-09-28 02:55 am (UTC)
chimerad: (fob tickets.)
Posted by [personal profile] chimerad
[the remark quickly undercuts the little sense of dismay Zel feels in their small parting and it gives him cause to straighten up and look about.]

...Right. Here-- [while withdrawing his hands from Emery, he toes at the unrolled bedding fare he'd been given and unceremoniously dumped on the floor in favor of empty hands.] You can use these, too, if you need them.

[hell, he'll even set this shit up, trying to maximize the amount of space they can get out of this cramped cave of carrots and tubers before Emery gets his chance to fluff things to his own preferences.]

on 2024-10-02 02:54 pm (UTC)
chimerad: naturalperms (this is the "sexy siren" stand-in icon.)
Posted by [personal profile] chimerad
[ah, yes: snuggling in a pocket-dimension cellar. peak romance.

...it's honestly not that bad (it'd be better if Zel had awareness of where his pants were and control over when he could have them back, but--).

Zel settles in first so he can do most of the unobtrusive adjusting to cater to Emery's comfort, letting him dictate where or how he ought to move without complaint. it's just embarrassing to complain, especially when he's the uncomfortably built one in this equation.]

on 2024-10-02 10:48 pm (UTC)
chimerad: (eiffel 65 softly plays.)
Posted by [personal profile] chimerad
[he's never said so aloud, but Zel likes when Emery rests the bulk of his weight on him; he can't feel the texture, but the pressure and ambient warmth is present. it's comforting in that angsty, wish-there-were-more kind of way - the kind of sweet torment he's naturally gotten into given his circumstances.]

I'm fine. Are you? [because he can endure a sore back or shoulder if it meant Emery rested soundly.]

on 2024-10-03 01:17 am (UTC)
chimerad: (there is no pizza left.)
Posted by [personal profile] chimerad
Uh-- [oh no the shoujo bubbles do their thing and cause the dokis.] G-good...

[godsdammit he's in love with this guy. while being made primarily of rock. why is the universe like this. Zel can't help but carefully tilt his head down and kiss at Emery's forehead in light of all that.]

on 2024-10-03 01:35 am (UTC)
chimerad: (oh God where did my eyelid go.)
Posted by [personal profile] chimerad
[it's fine, he's already blue-skinned; Zel can spend the night blueballed as well. it's for the sake of optics! he can't piss off whomever has his goddamn pants by sullying the vegetables.

once Emery settles, Zel drapes his arm over him, as much covetous as it is protective in nature. he doesn't even get the time to second-guess himself (yay!) because he has to think about his injured face (oh no!).]


...It's still pretty dulled out from the spell for now. I can't tell much yet until the mend has settled.

[surely it can't be that bad! he's made of rock! he's weirdly certain of that, especially since he hasn't seen the way the hairline marks still linger like marks connecting the raised ridges under his eyes to his jawline.]

on 2024-10-03 01:47 am (UTC)
chimerad: (everything is wrong in my life.)
Posted by [personal profile] chimerad
[with a pass at being grouchy without having to commit:] Why would I want to make things worse for myself on purpose?

on 2024-10-03 06:12 pm (UTC)
chimerad: (wow.)
Posted by [personal profile] chimerad
[hey--] I'm not stupid. Long-term injuries would only inhibit how strong I could be down the road.

And you got to me almost immediately...is there some reason to doubt your magic didn't take?

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