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((heathcliff a**... he has no social skillz save the ones bred in to him by being a noble. Best way to describe him = frigid))

"Hmm, yes. They start skulking around, giggling like mad and having whispered conversations just out of earshot. Soon, they're jumping at me behind corners and tying me to posts. It's quite trying,"

Asher took a look around, but it seemed that the women had moved off a bit and the silence was heavenly.

"I don't mind children. They're not hatching nefarious plans about attacking me in a dark alley and holding me hostage whilst they get the 'wedding' planned."

Asher looked over at the other man and smiled slightly.

"What dragged you in to this crazy mess that we're in?"

((ha ha, changing Asher's personality a bit. Comfortable around men... not around women. He lived in a monastery for a time, for goodness sakes!

... DO NOT QUESTION HIS SEXUALITY. I have no answers.))

"I was a priest in a Temple and I was thrown out. They were... worried about me," Asher realized that he wasn't explaining himself very well, and was probably giving Calder the wrong idea, "Well, they seemed to think I was mad. I didn't speak much and I would often wander around after hours. They sent me on a quest. That was about 4 years ago."

The English language was devilishly hard, which Asher knew quite well since he had to learn it himself several years before. He learned it well, but he still said the wrong things sometimes and would try to correct himself as best he could. His mental view of Calder went up somewhat. A scholar was an upright position for a man of knowledge.

Asher frowned slightly, "I am at a loss, regretably. I am renting a little house down the way from the Liberty Center, but I do not have the funds to rent it for much longer. My esteemed parents are very far away, and they also disinherited me some time ago," Asher fixed Calder with his icy stare and continued, "I have not spoken of this to anyone else. You seem to be a man of knowledge. Have you any ideas?"

((I LOSE at RPING. BTW he reproduces using cabbages, thank you very much))

Calder listened intently, truly fascinated by the confidence of Asher's history. He thought part of being a priest was being quiet, and spiritual rambles? Oh well, he'd never been much one for religion of any sort. It was religion that had unseated him from his home, after all.

"Hmm... I'm living in an apartment just a little way from here myself," he said, brows creasing as he puzzled on Asher's situation, gazing off into the distance and looking rather like he was daydreaming. At least, until he opened up his mouth again, speaking to Asher but still staring into nothingness. "Well, what are you good at? You could find something you like to do. The only way you'll find a proper income is to get a job... I write critiques and editorials. It's not much, but it keeps me fed. Well, besides the teaching, of course."

((Nah, you're fine XD Asher makes me giggle like a schoolgirl.))

"A heist?" Calder looked right back towards Asher. "What do you mean, a heist? Like... a bank robbery?" The sidhe's brows furrowed even more than in thought, and he shook his head. "No, no, I won't be involved in any sort of tomfoolery like that."

He frowned intensely for a while, eyeing Asher for just a moment, then brightened again. "There's an extra room I'm not using in the apartment. We could set you up for a few days until you find out what to do about your money problem."

((Really? :00 Your first time RPing a guy? I couldn't tell at all.
Calder is... such a dork. *prods at him* He's like, "I SHALL FIX YOUR PROBLEM <3"))

((Most of my guardians are women, but this is the first time I'm playing Eri. xD))

Eri smiled slightly at Ahneta, nodding slightly. "And you're Ahneta," Eri confirmed that she'd been listening earlier. "I... you remind me of someone, Miss Ahneta." Why had she said that? It wasn't important, wasn't relevant, and she was fairly certain that Ahneta wouldn't care.

The woman from before had come over! Eri blinked before giving her another smile, nodding slightly. "Ah, you're quite welcome," she murmured, glancing between this newcomer and Ahneta. "I don't believe I know your name, Miss?"

Because in this time, place, world, conversations happened in multiple instances at the same time. It was a trait which Eri had to become adjusted to...

((ha ha So long))

Alder bowed to Calder.

"Good sir, I would appreciate that very much. Since you have offered me the room not under charity but under the impression that it is to help me receive an income of my own, I would be more than happy to accept. I am in your debt."

Asher straightened back up and rearranged his clothing. He started to talk, hesitated, and then continued,

"Would you perhaps like to see a couple of pieces of my pottery? i didn't bring much with me, but I'd like you to take a look," Asher looked down, "I am sorry to bother you so much, but its a pleasure to speak to one so learned. You remind me of a friend I once had, a priest."