Welcome to Gaia! :: [PRP] Reintroduction - Sean & Iris

"Quite a while, actually," Sean admitted, chewing his bottom lip a little. "He was there when I first met you, but he had not spoken to me or anything. He spent quite a while just staying silent. I only found out he was there when he tried to give me iron poisoning and put me in the hospital."

He tried to smile a little as he went on. "Yeah, I mean, I'm no more messy than any other guy you'd meet, I guess. Gelezis insists on dusting everything and keeping all my stuff in perfect order, though. I guess I wouldn't mind so much if his cleaning fits didn't sap my energy."

The antiquary watched her pour the liquor, trying not to think about just how long they really had. Or did not have. Would Gelezis still permit him to see her? And how much longer would Sh'khin allow Iris to remain Iris? Her deity seemed nicer than his, at least, he observed with a mixture of relief and jealousy.

Smiling, he took the glass when she handed it to him. "Right, to us, mortals but still people. And to the certainty of at least one more meeting between you and me." He raised his own glass, as well, then threw back a hearty sip of vodka.

"I showed you the stone in my hand when we first met, remember?" Sean brushed some rubbish aside on the counter to make room to set his glass down on it. Then he tugged off the glove he wore to hide the stone. "Well, maybe you don't remember," he added with a small chuckle. "Both of us had a lot to drink that night."

He held his palm out to show her again for a moment, then shrugged a little. "Gelezis wears us both out, really. Holding onto control of me until he's exhausted, then retreating again to silence, leaving me worn out, too. That's what he's doing now. He's asleep."

Picking up his glass again, the antiquary drained the rest of it, then coughed once. He looked around for a moment at the dingy shelves of bottles, and asked, "Do you see any tonic water around? While we're here getting drunk, I might as well have a gin-ton." He glanced at Iris and grinned, then started to laugh. "We should just keep getting trashed like this every time we meet. Then we'll have to keep getting together so we can remember each other."

Your face will change as much as hers has, and more, Gelezis murmured ominously in the back of Sean's mind. As soon as I am able, I will smudge your memory clean more quickly than any alcohol.

Sean's face fell and he sighed a little. "I should go soon, though, I think."