NABC Chapter 218: Chapter XXII: A 'Spontaneous' Party
Chapter 218: Chapter XXII: A 'Spontaneous' Party
Chapter 218: Chapter XXII: A 'Spontaneous' Party
(Reyvin's POV)
I tug at the fishing line patiently, the tiniest of vibrations passing all the way to the bait and causing a chain reaction resulting in a rather massive trout landing into the half-filled basked floating next to me.
"That is 23 for me." I say smugly.
"It isn't a competition." Savos attempts to hide his childish pout with a disappointed sigh, failing utterly.
A loud crunching sound draws my attention to my right just in time to see Shalazar simply grab a fish straight out of the water and scarf the whole thing down, chewing it with bones and all like a complete animal.
"Right," I acquiesce, pointedly not looking at the visibly amused lizard wizard.
After some pleasant silence and a couple more fishes caught/devoured Savos comments "I do have to admit, this little exercise of yours is a great idea."
"Indeed!" Shalazar exclaims, his mouth almost disturbingly clean "To think there would be such a method both glorious and entertaining to advance my art!" Almost sensing my discomfort he gives me a toothy grin, almost shark-like in its appearance "Not to mention the food!" He does a chef's kiss "Absolutely decadent."
Suppressing the primal shiver of discomfort I seek anything to distract me from the ravenous lizard and soon notice a bunch of sailors gaping at our trio of fisherpeople, most of them looking completely baffled by the sight of us.
I feel like I should explain just why that is.
After a day of returning from the battlefield and just relaxing, I still didn't feel like jumping back into any of my projects so I decided to do something unusual to relax... And now Savos, Shalazar, and myself were levitating half a meter above water and doing our best to not disturb the fish while levitating for hours on end.
It was fun, especially when some of the apprentices tried copying us after a while and all ended up getting a free cold bath after a minute or so of levitation. All three of us got some free chuckles out of them looking at us with pleading eyes and their utter devastation as we refused to help them at all.
They lived.
As to how the three of us remained floating for almost the entire day?
Two words: Magic weed.
Still, all things must end and so did our little fishing trip, with six full baskets of fish caught by Savos and myself while Shalazar somehow managed to devour four times his bodyweight of trout in a short fourteen hours.
Bloody animal didn't even take a single bathroom break either.
Naturally, all that fish had to go somewhere so another feast at the Respite it was, we even invited the nearly drowned students as a bit of compensation!
The whole thing turned into a party as more and more people arrived and just started... vibing... with the atmosphere and the music grew more and more cheery. Many of the Masters and all of my colleagues/friends who were present joined in on the spontaneous celebration... it was almost supernatural.
'Wait.' My hand holding the completely ineffectual mead stops dead in its tracks as I scan the entire building within an instant.
Morrigan was drunk and attempting to make a very uncomfortable Thorfinn try out her potions as an... advertisement while a bunch of the guardsmen kept encouraging him to go for it.
Marwyn was still talking about necromancy with Phineas, even as the latter was barely listening while going over anatomical diagrams and pretending to drink simple water. Tolfdir was leading a crowd dance while disguised as a cheery young man, two women leaning on him from both sides.
And Savos was sitting at the counter next to a suspiciously familiar looking man.
No wait, that isn't a man, that is a bloody Dae-
Fuckmothering Sanguine turned his head and gave me a cheerful wink while patting Savos on the back and offering him another ale as the two talked like old friends, a newly formed Sanguine Rose already attached to one of Savos' pockets.
Noticing the staredown, my grandfather gave me a reassuring wave while his aura gave me a feeling of 'I know what I am doing'.
Instead of bothering with dissuading him I simply shrugged and looked back at the Daedric Prince getting drunk in my establishment, probably for free as well. With a flick of my hand, my blade appeared, visible only to the Daedra and I took great pleasure in the widening of his eyes as I caressed the blade causing artificial sparks to fly off of it.
With my message (Read: Threat of vigorous violence) sent to the rowdy fucker I returned to my own game of seeing who is doing the dumbest shit just in time for someone to sit down next to me, someone rather familiar.
"Why
I was so disappointed that you didn't invite me to your little get-together." Mephala disguised as a sinfully seductive Dunmer lady sat down next to me, a cup of sweet smelling poison in her hand while the other supported her perfectly proportioned face.
Not being bothered by her sudden presence in the least I shrugged "I didn't know about the cause of the 'little get-together' until just now so you will have to excuse my impertinence." "Oh, how could I ever stay mad at my favorite mortal?" She titters.
"And if she decides to get interested?" I deadpan, fully expecting the final third of the
Tribunal to be paying attention to me.
"Then you deal with her as you desire, she knows not to push too far." Mephala responds with
surprising amounts of steel in her tone.
"Right." I lean back into my seat "Another one?" I offer her a second cigar and she nods
eagerly, apparently taken by the neat little things.
My eyes drift over the gathered people, all of them falling into more and more ridiculous
drunken behavior, thankfully all of it harmless.
My eyes widen in sheer horror as I see Shalazar still. devouring. fish.
It is moments like this I regret my newfound immunity to alcohol.
(General POV)
"So that is the reason you don't visit nearly as often?" Sanguine asks Savos, not an ounce of
judgment in his voice.
Savos smirks "Indeed, life doesn't seem nearly as dull anymore."
Sanguine pretends to sniff and wipe off a tear "They grow up so fast!" He laments falsely
before sending another stealthy glance toward Reyvin, his eyes widening a fraction as he notices his drinking companion.
After a moment of silence Sanguine's eyes gleamed with interest "He does seem rather
interesting, maybe I should visit more often."
"Do that at your own risk." Savos deadpans with such certainty it outright scares the drunken
Daedric Prince for a split second.
"What do you mean by that Sav?" Said Prince asks, swiftly hiding his discomfort behind a curious gaze.
Savos merely takes a drink and whistles, pretending not to hear anything. "Come on man, don't blueball me here!" Sanguine begs after a bit more silence.
"Huh? You were saying something?" The Archmage looks at him, genuinely confused.
"Just give me another drink." Sanguine deadpans.
"That is what I thought." Savos Aren smirks.
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