[catch-all] old friend, I think of you still sometimes

[afoolsgold]

Characters: The Fool, Kit + you fine people
Date: Throughout April--dates specified.
Location: Throughout Aifaran: a textile shop in Malimo; Tamfen Row; the Union Quarter
Situation: Monthly catch-all for Kit and the Fool as they navigate various twists and turns in the Seaglass City; starters to appear in the comments.
Warnings/Rating: None currently, will warn as needed.



Kit!


The Fool!

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[zohvin]

Inwardly, Zohvin is relived that Kit didn't opt for sitting at the bar. If there's anything he hated, it was sitting with his back to a door or a window. Sitting at a window was a little more acceptable, because at least in most cases he'd be able to see an attack coming.

Okay, so he was still rather paranoid. Old habits died hard, especially when you didn't know when you'd need them again.

Zohvin sits across from him, posture relaxed in a way that doesn't well reflect his attentiveness otherwise. "Ah, I see. I wouldn't mind hearing more about your people. Where I'm from, most non-human races don't resemble humans very much... my own species being an exception."

[bestofthevein]

There's a slightly grimy drinks menu on the table between them, and Kit flips it open to thumb through some of the options. Nothing exceptionally attractive catches his eye, and bourbon is bourbon--he should thank Devin for introducing him to it, if he ever gets around to seeking the guy out again. (After everything that went down with Bobby, he's... not so sure.)

"Ah, I see. I wouldn't mind hearing more about your people. Where I'm from, most non-human races don't resemble humans very much... my own species being an exception."

Yeah, he'll definitely need a bourbon.

"There aren't enough hours in the day," he says, a little jaded, a little disillusioned, and resists the impulse to pull out another cigarette. He slides the menu over to Zohvin. "What're you having? I'll see if I can flag down a server."

[zohvin]

Zohvin picks up the menu, giving Kit a bit of a wry look before turning his attention to it. "Well, I don't need a full analysis. I'll take the short, basic version. Things like, are your race omnivores? Do you have telepathy or other mental abilities? Are you hiding any tentacles?"

He doesn't drink often enough to know which of the local brands were better than the others, but some of those cocktails looked interesting. "I'll take... this 'Tintasa Sunset' one," he decided, setting the menu back down and resisting the urge to wipe his hands on his pants. Zohvin definitely missed the convenience of things like holomenus and waiter droids that you didn't have to make small talk with.

[bestofthevein]

The server jots down both their orders and then saunters off; he'll bring back something, that's for sure, but whether or not it's what they ordered remains to be seen.

"Tentacles? Shit," Kit chuckles, leaning back in his seat. This place is enough of a dive that he doesn't feel too guilty fishing out another cigarette, though he holds off on lighting it for now. "No, nothing like that. Least, not without the blight."

Broodmothers. He masks a shudder well, then is quick to try to change the subject. "What about you folks? Any weird quirks? Besides, you know, being blue."

[zohvin]

"Blight?," Zohvin echoes curiously. It sounds like it might be some sort of disease, and that definitely peaks his interest. It wouldn't be the first time he's heard of some kind of contagion mutating its victims.

Zohvin then folds his hands on top of the table before going into a halfway-practiced spiel for clueless humans. Chiss were rare enough, particularly in the Republic, that he's had to explain himself many times before. "My people are called the chiss. We don't have very many notable quirks, unless you count a faster metabolism and different vocal chords. Our homeworld of Csilla is a freezing wasteland - we were forced to live underground thousands of years ago, and to this day most of Csilla's cities are below the surface. We also have the honor of being the only official ally of the Sith Empire."