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 Posted: Mon Aug 03, 2015 8:53 pm
Ray snorted, rolling his eyes at Shaye's playful comeback. "Good to know. I don't suppose you have a thing for injured strangers?" he chuckled, scratching under Nightshade's chin to make her eyes get squinty and contented purr rumbled from her chest. He raised a brow at the other man's comment, carefully gathering up the aforementioned tea. He paused the squint at it suspiciously, nose scrunching up despite the rather pleasant aroma. Ray took a quick gulp of the golden amber liquid, fighting the urge to gag. Instead, he peered over the edge of the cup at Shaye with humored eyes. "Weren't you supposed to get me a salve for what ails me?" he said, hiding a grin as he took another gulp of the tea, lips beginning to tingle from the soothing, nearly-numbing herbs within it.
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Posted: Tue Aug 04, 2015 7:01 am
"Only when that stranger gets injured helping someone else," he laughed. Shaye watched him drink the tea and smiled as he asked his question and chuckled, "I decided to be nice... the salve wouldn't have smelled pleasant." He looked down at the content cat and shook his head knowing that Nightshade would keep rattling on about the male later.
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Posted: Sat Aug 08, 2015 6:27 pm
Ray raised a brow and decided not to comment on the fact Shaye hadn't known his injuries were just until he'd told him. Unless... He had? Mentally shrugging, he decided that was a thought for another time. He couldn't really rule out the idea that Shaye could've very well have been on the same train or heard about it from somewhere in the track system.
He tilted the cup back and quickly drained it of the rest of the contents, making a disgusted noise dramatically as he set it back down on its saucer. Truly, tea wasn't the worst drink in the world. Too much of it had been forced down his throat as a kid for it to a favorite, though. Only a special blend known only to his grandmother could he be caught enjoying. 'I should visit her soon. Maybe my next leave?' he thought, shaken out of his own mind by Shaye's sly comment, which he then snorted at. "Not sure if I should thank you for that, mate. Stinking salve is preferable to tea - for future reference." Ray said, inclining his head.
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Posted: Tue Aug 11, 2015 2:43 pm
Shaye watched Ray down the drink and chuckled at his words. "I'll make sure to remember that." He was rather flattered that Ray assumed there would be a next time. He stood and stretched, "And now.... I owe you that drink." He led the man back out of the shop and locked the door behind them. "So what kind of whiskey do you like?"
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Posted: Fri Aug 28, 2015 9:26 pm
Ray's brows rose when Shaye suddenly stood, quickly rising and following the other man out of the shop. He didn't even bat an eye when the little black cat started after them. "I take it you'll be joining us this evening, huh?" he asked her very seriously, waiting outside and just off to the side as Shaye made sure to lock his mothers' shop. He took a moment to inspect his new acquaintance, utterly baffled as to how his hair stayed neatly braided. He snapped out of his pondering when Shaye spoke to him again - 'Holy mother protect me, I need to focus!' - and he grinned. "Good sir, you wound me! The day an Irishman worth his clovers drinks anything other Powers is the day I'm switching nationalities!" he said with a laugh.Kyriana Razian (Sorry this took so long! I guess Ray's muse got a little drunk lol.)
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Posted: Tue Sep 01, 2015 6:15 pm
Shaye felt the males gaze but thought it better not to bring it up. He laughed when Ray spoke and nodded, "Powers it is then. I'll give it a try. I'm not an Irishman but I've always liked Jameson personally. There is a pretty decent bar nearby or I can follow you to your preferred watering hole."ChibiWrites ( it's alright lol I'll be gone for a little in a bit anyway)
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Posted: Fri Oct 23, 2015 6:21 pm
Ray's face split in a wide grin at Shaye's admission, chuckling lightly as he followed the other man down the street. He ducked down for a moment, gently rubbing Nightshade's head before picking her up (she'd meowed at them for walking far too quickly for her taste and he'd felt bad about it). "I'm fine with your local pub, bud. You're already getting me drink - there's no need to make too much of a fuss over the location." he said, nodding to his own words and scratching under the chin of the cat who was currently enjoying a ride in his arms. It was a nice night, dark and sparkling, the stars unseen for the light pollution yet their presence seemed somehow more pronounced that usual. If he were the superstitious sort, Ray would've blamed Shaye for the peculiarity of the evening.
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Posted: Tue Oct 27, 2015 4:57 pm
Shaye looked over and laughed a bit, "She really has taken a shine to you and you to her it seems." The bar wasn't particularly big but was clean and cozy with a fireplace and couches towards the back. "Shall we?"
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Posted: Wed Oct 28, 2015 6:27 pm
Ray grinned, scanning the room with interested eyes. It was quaint, as State-side pubs went, and rather a lot cleaner than most. He still missed the pubs of his home - pungent smell of new brews wafting from the tap, and older, subtler liquor scent suffused into floorboards and giving the place a sense of fragily-held antiquity. This place was too new to have such an aura, but Ray with blithely optimistic as they made their way to the back of the front room. He set Nightshade down gently on the plush green felt couch they claimed, running a hand down her spine to make her arch. "Eh, what can I say? She's special." he said, shooting Shaye a smile.
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Posted: Fri Nov 06, 2015 2:34 pm
Shaye chucked and shook his head, "She really is... be right back." He moved over to the bar to get some drinks making sure to grab the Powers for Ray. Nightshade really had taken a liking to the male. Though he did not know what would happen when they parted ways for the night. Nightshade, in the meantime, was eating up the attention Ray gave her constantly nuzzling and bumping into his hand. Shaye smiled as he came back, "Here we are my friend, enjoy."
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Posted: Tue Nov 10, 2015 11:32 am
Ray was silent as Shaye flounced off to the bar, indulging the fussy kitten at his side by gently scratching the top of her head between her picked black ears. Honestly, she was a tiny little thing. He stared at his hands as he pet her, fingers that could be gentle enough to make a cat purr had also pulled the trigger to end another man's life. For an instance, he thought he smelled smoke and gunpowder, and the sweet smell of burning saffron shadowed by the sound of- Ray jumped slightly when Shaye came back, staring distractedly at the glass of amber liquid that the other man set on the table in front of him. He resisted the urge to knock it back, hands trembling that he tried to hide by petting Nighthade a little more vigorously, but he smiled warmly at Shaye nevertheless. "Thanks, bud."
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Posted: Sat Nov 28, 2015 11:14 am
Shaye could see the troubled look on his new friends face and even a look at Nightshade confirmed that the male's mind was troubled. Ray had already admitted to being a solider and so the pair could guess that it may be related to that. Still it was not Shaye's place to pry, even though he wished to help. So he projected a soothing aura from himself hoping it would help relax Ray. "Not a problem my friend, enjoy it, the night is still young," he said with a friendly smile as he sat down. Nightshade did her best to put up with the more vigorous pets but as it soon got to be too much she batted a bit at his hand with out clawing him and moved to curl up on the couch. ChibiWrites ((sorry about the delay))
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Posted: Tue Dec 01, 2015 12:15 pm
It took a few moments of sitting in uneasy silence before the tension in Ray's shoulders started to lessen. Something about Shaye being present helped him tuck away the last vestiges of his memories - for now, at least. He knew they'd come back (they always did), but it would do him no good to worry a nice stranger and his cat over something no one could change or erase. Not that he would want erase those memories - mourning his lost friends was worth the occasional nightmare if it meant he could remember the good times they had. Besides, his grandmother had always said all memories were precious.
Speaking of precious - "Where did you get Nightshade, by the way?" he asked, smiling a little when she batted at his hand and moved off to conquer section of the couch as her own. "I've been thinking of getting an animal of my own - you know, someone to be there for me when I get shore-time." Ray paused, taking a quick drink of his whiskey, pleased at the fiery, honeyed sting it produced sliding down his throat.Kyriana Razian (Oh, you're fine love! I understand that RL is sort of a pain sometimes! <33)
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Posted: Tue Dec 01, 2015 2:02 pm
Shaye was glad to see the tension lesson in Ray's shoulders. He let a smile slide over his face at Ray's question. "One of my mothers, Rowan, has a cat named Isha, Nightshade is one of her kittens. An animal companion is a wonderful choice I think. They can sense when someone needs comfort or calming even when you don't." Shaye took a drink of his own and smiled, "Were you thinking of a cat or a dog?". ChibiWrites (( yeah and the holidays are rather ugh lol ))
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Posted: Sat Dec 19, 2015 10:54 pm
Ray nodded to Shaye's words, wane smile slowly becoming a genuine grin. "Well, if Isha's half as great as her daughter, then your family can count a pair of wonderful feline's in its numbers." he said, mischievously reaching over to the feline to playfully tug at one of her back feet. "I originally intended on a big ol' puppy - something that would knock me down at the airport and slobber all over my face."
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