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Back Alley Potions


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Magical potions are a bit of a risk in Tendaji, believe it or not. It might be because most are used to working with natural items, or that many potions don't always have their intended effects. Some of the more dubious ones have been rumored to cause scales to grow, or blindness. So if you pass by someone in a back alley saying they have a potion to help you grow two feet taller, it's often better to look the other way.

Or is it?

What would you find if you looked over at what they had to sell? Is it really all that strange? Or maybe you'll find a fun hidden gem worth taking home.

[ What might you find someone selling if you approached a back-alley potion shop? Note: Potions that change appearance with growths are event-limited and may not be purchased/used from this prompt ]

Side-tracked. That's what had happened. Alfhun had been walking down the street-or rather, strutting as was more accurate to how he walked-his mind clear on his destination. Meet with Skadi. Have a bit of innocent fun you could tell your momma about. Than part ways and find something less innocent to hide from the same momma. Or he would if he had a mother to hide anything from. Just a father who probably didn't give a Duruf's a** about anything he got up to. So long as it was discreet and didn't soil the family name or whatever. Personally, he hoped everything he did soiled the family name. They could go bankrupt for all he cared. The sooner it happened the better the world would be. He'd just pack up and go live out in the wilds, just like he was already half doing. Free of obligations. Free of responsibilities. Free of nagging fathers.

Course, there were lots of other ways to distract the mind. Things one couldn't find as easily out in the forest. Pretty things that liked to lean out of windows and wave at him. Just a little distraction of kisses in the alley wouldn't hurt no one. Skadi would understand. As if she'd have done any better.

The hybrid could see her now, leaning against a city lamp. His face took on a smirk as he approached and he leaned his arm against it, towering over her and arching one eyebrow. "Hey there, cutie. I always have fun. More now that I'm here with you."

"Mm....Hey." Aelfhun was about to say something, to agree with what she'd said when Skadi started moving away from him. Oh. So she wanted to play at being a little coy, huh? That was fine. That was fun, too. The chase was just as much fun as the end result. He straightened himself up to follow, until he caught the eye of another pretty lady across the street. He raised a hand to brush back his hair, giving her a little smile that promised he'd find her later before following behind on the other hybrid's heels. One distraction was fine. But allowing himself to get distracted twice wouldn't do.

"Pretty ladies should be made aware they are beautiful," he finally got to reply, easily catching up to the shorter woman in a few long strides. "It is only polite. Speaking of, where exactly are you taking me? Not somewhere too dark and mysterious I hope. I would not like to make my father sad by suddenly disappearing."

Perhaps, the hybrid man thought to himself. Provided he could find the lady again, later. Not that he minded that. Time spent with a pretty little thing was well worth a little hide and seek. He quite enjoyed the ones who played a little hard to get, as well. They were often the ones who lured him into dark places for a little bit of kissing.

Oh, if his could hear his thoughts now, how appalled he would be. Which only delighted Aelfhun ever the more. Even had he not been the hot piece he had grown to be, he would still try to cause as much trouble for the old man as he could with his behavior. Maybe one day Ymir would finally give up and disown him, leaving him free to find his own place in life. Or maybe Aelfhun would be the one to get fed up and run away forever. Whichever came first, it would prove to be interesting he was sure.

"So long as I can be in the presence of beauty, every place is brightly lite," he easily flirted back, playfully reaching a hand out to her. Only to be stopped by the motion out of the corner of his eye. Retracting his arm, Aelfhun looked to the side to see a strange man on the ground. Among some others. Sneaky sellers trying to hide their wares. He smirked. This was fine, too. "An audience? I never minded being stared at."

Aelfhun kept any further comments to himself, merely giving a knowing smile back. Soft, but full of promise that he spoke nothing but the truth. Usually. He wouldn't admit to anyone, but he did occasionally lie to get his way, telling some girl she was the prettiest thing he'd seen all day just to butter her up. Not that a woman shouldn't be appreciated. In Skadi's case, it wasn't too far from the truth. The blue of her skin was like the smoothest ice over a pond.

To the seller, he gave an arrogant smirk, all confidence in his abilities to woo. No, he didn't really need anything to help with that. He still had a long time yet before he was fully out of the game, when old age would slowly creep in.

"I would say I'm hardly of an age to have trouble, old man," the hybrid agreed, intentionally raising his hands to his hips to flex the muscles on his arms. "But interesting you should think so. I don't know what part of me is giving you the opposite impression."

The hybrid grinned, showing a lot of teeth. "No offense felt," he answered, leaning his large body over the selection of different potions and knickknacks. Was this what Skadi wanted to show him? Didn't seem all that interesting. At least not as interesting as other things could be. Still, he couldn't help his curiosity as his golden gaze swept over them, taking in everything slowly. Was he trying to put on a bit of a show of interest? Maybe. Was he also a bit tempted to buy something? Of course. He could only imagine how angry his father would be to find something like this in the house. Something of such lower value and unknown ingredients. He could blame it on one of the staff.

"What would I have need of a sharper mind for?" Aelfhun asked, his tone of voice serious. He was young and handsome. He had the world at his fingertips, so long as he had at least two of those two things. And he had all intentions on holding onto at least one of those for as long as he could. When would he do when he had neither? Well, that was a problem for the future, of course.

"At least I'm not hiding away in an alley," Aelfhun shot back, feeling quite proud of his dig. With a smile and an arrogant nod of his head, he allowed himself to be shooed off, following along behind Skadi. Hoping that wasn't what she had been wanting to show him after all. That had been no fun. Maybe a little insulting, but he wasn't quite sure.

"I assume that's not what you wanted to meet about?"

The grin the young man shot Skadi's way was full of arrogance, her laugh boosting his ego. Not that that was too difficult to do. Aelfhun could do that easily enough on his own, as he was still mentally patting himself on the back for that comeback. He entered back into the light of the street, shielding his eyes a little from the glare of the sun after the darkness of the alley. He gave a careless shrug at her comment.

"Gods only know with you," he teased back, flicking his eyes over the crowd before settling back on her, darting away before she could do anything to him for the response. "Are they, now? That's never good. Unfortunately, you know I never like to plan things. But I'm sure I can think of something to take your mind off it."