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Post by lana on Jul 11, 2012 16:03:45 GMT -5
Lana almost didn't even realize that it was, in fact, wine she'd ordered. If that didn't send of odd messages, she didn't know what else could.
"I...err...it's..." she fumbled, watching him glancing over the menu, "i-it's just the way they make it here is all! You can't get it anywhere else lies in Nerezza, gets you a nice buzz!"
'Really! Settle down! We're looking over the menu, drinking, and going home! That's it, focus now dammit!' she mentally scolded herself as though she could just treat this as though it were some kind of fight. Psssh.
"Uh...y-yeah, the uh..." now that she thought of it, she looked through the menu herself, "t-the seafood here as far as I know isn't bad. Got a bit of a mild taste, I hear they bake it nicely..."
She eyed Kouichi again, him and his wanting to try everything. He was still fairly new to the land and all but dammit, he was too shy and not-so-pushy for his own good that she could already feel him backing out of whatever he wanted simply because he was too nice and didn't want to be a bother.
"You know, it shouldn't bother them to put a little of everything together. It's a restaurant, it's their job, and if they want good reviews leaving here and good money coming in they'll accommodate us!" she spoke firmly as she slammed the menu shut, "that's what you want, that's what we get!"
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Post by Kouichi - Yami No Kuro Raion on Jul 11, 2012 16:15:21 GMT -5
His eyes widened slightly, as the waitress came back with the bottle.
"Here it is, Lady Princel, our finest bottle. What have you and the young lord decided n for dinner? Or have you decided yet?" She smiled knowingly at Kouichi.
THere had been some gossip in te back room about the identity of the young man accompanying Captain Princel; he had, of course, been seen about, and there were always rumors regarding newcomers. Especially newcomers wearing cloth that was probably about as expensive as the wine, per yard. He was obviously, they thought, some favorite of the queen's; perhaps a pet, she was known to collect odd things and people, and he was being escorted by a captain, a captain on official business no less.
And they seemed to be getting along quite splendidly.
"My name is Tracy, by the way," she said brightly. "I'll be your server throughout the evening; if there's anything you like, we're happy to serve members of the Queen's court."
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Post by lana on Jul 11, 2012 16:24:59 GMT -5
Right on, they knew she and Kouichi were important so there shouldn't be any trouble at all!
"One of everything, nice tip waiting if a lot of care is put into it," Lana automatically announced to 'Tracy'. She liked when people just did as they were told, though sometimes just hitting something also felt quite nice. Right now she seemed to be oddly focused on keeping her dinner guest happy.
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Post by Kouichi - Yami No Kuro Raion on Jul 11, 2012 16:30:59 GMT -5
"Everything...?" She thought for a moment, then smiled her brightest smile. "Right! It'll be rather expensive, but I'm sure you have the gold, living up at the castle and all~ You both have a nice night~!" She winked at them, turned, and practically skipped out of the room.
"That was fairly easy..." Kouichi said with a bit of wonder. "I... I guess we do look.... very important..." He blushed slightly, not used ot the 'royal treatment'. "...shethoughtIwassomekindoflord..."
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Post by lana on Jul 11, 2012 16:36:29 GMT -5
"When people think you're important it's best to act like you're important!" Lana grinned and immediately got down into the wine, motioning for Kouichi to join in with her, "that way no one ever screws with you! Now come on and try this, it's uh..."
She was going to say great but honestly she'd never had this crappy wine before in her life. She raised an eyebrow and like nothing downed her first glass of it, making a face at first after realizing that oh wait, wine wasn't typically 'shot' material. Tasted okay, though.
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Post by Kouichi - Yami No Kuro Raion on Jul 11, 2012 16:52:06 GMT -5
He chuckled.
Lana was still Lana. He took a sip from his own glass, not particularly used to the taste or feel of alcohol. It was pleasant, though, and at least with wine he wouldn't get drunk as easily as he had on sake, right? Even though sake was sort of a kind of wine, rice wine, actually, but it was much more alcoholic.
"Shouldn't we eat something before drinking?" he asked, remembering some advice he'd been given, but taking another sip anyway.
The atmosphere of the place was getting to him; he felt a little more relaxed, and Lana, while still... Lana.... seemed to be relaxing a bit, too.
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Post by lana on Jul 11, 2012 17:21:38 GMT -5
Lana shook her head.
"Nah. I mean, you can if you want but I'm doing this now, I think it's better this way," Lana happily went on with her second glass and relaxed in her chair, "makes everything taste a lot better to me."
She watched him take, in comparison to her, little sips and felt her comfort level fluctuating again. It was almost entirely involuntarily that her eyes would drift to his lips, soft and gracing the lip of the elegant glass in his hand. She looked away promptly every time she did it for the next several moments, trying to distract herself with the drinking of her own wine.
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Post by Kouichi - Yami No Kuro Raion on Jul 11, 2012 17:28:51 GMT -5
Those lips quirked up into a smile. There was something just a bit silly and childish about Lana; something he found cute in a way he didn't think the fiery redhead would appreciate if she knew about it. Not many people would ever call Lana 'cute', but they didn't know her like he did. He took a larger sip of his wine, watching her, memorizing every detail of her that he could.
He was a lot more relaxed now, he realized. It was probably the wine; otherwise, he wouldn't be so blatantly checking her out. He'd be afraid of getting socked in the jaw.
"I like you," he said, suddenly. "A lot of people don't, but I do." It was also, likely, the wine talking. "They think you're too mean, but you're only mean to people you don't like, and to people you do like, sometimes, but it's... different." He thought for a moment. "You're different, Lana."
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Post by lana on Jul 12, 2012 11:29:38 GMT -5
What a liar, saying he liked her. No one liked Lana, he had that part right! Only Ludro ever seemed to like her and for the longest time she thought it was because if he said otherwise she'd kick him in the face. Truth was he'd only ever liked her because he was really her older brother, and everyone knows unconditional love isn't very reassuring!
Lana was quite skeptical of Kouichi's sudden claims and her facial expression clearly showed it, lips pursed and and slightly twisted, eyes slightly narrowing at him (and yet she kept turning her head slowly away) and for once she had a long pause as she was at a loss for words.
"I am different, sure as hell better than being the same!" she finally spouted, confidence held high, "and you're..."
What, Lana? What was it? Was she going to say it?
"...uh...liking the wine...?"
Nope, apparently not.
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Post by Kouichi - Yami No Kuro Raion on Jul 12, 2012 12:46:26 GMT -5
"Maybe a bit too much," he said with a bit of a laugh. "I... I hope the food gets here before I get too drunk to enjoy it...."
He smiled. He knew she didn't believe him, but that was okay; she didn't have to. It had been a while since he'd really been able to relax and he was glad he was getting the chance now. With someone he... liked. Like. Like was a safe word.
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Post by lana on Jul 12, 2012 13:26:15 GMT -5
Drunk? Already? He'd only had like, a glass! How was that even possible?
'He wasn't kidding then when he said he was light-weighted. Dammit...' Lana raised an eyebrow then as she said, "Don't get sick on me now! I didn't come all this way and spend Ludro's money just to have you get sick on me!"
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Post by Kouichi - Yami No Kuro Raion on Jul 12, 2012 13:33:01 GMT -5
He shok his head. Uneknownst to Lana, he'd acutally had more than she thought; she just hadn't.. actually noticed. Which meant she was distracted. Of course he didn't realize that she was thinking what she thought.
He also hadn't eaten since.... well. Nerezza didn't really have a 'noon', but the equivalent. In other words - he was drinking on a completley empty stomach.
"I won't get sick," he promised. "And I'll stop until the food gets here."
And he also wasn't quite as drunk as he was worried he was - just relaxed. Very relaxed. It was nice here, with the people all around them but with them just alone. It was always awkward at the castle, if only because of how familiar it really was.
Familiar... His face darkened, his ears drooped... them he smiled, shaking off all the black memories.
"Maybe I'm drunk more on your company than on the wine."
Okay, maybe he was as drunk as he thought he was....
That, he told himself, was a stupid thing to say.
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Post by lana on Jul 12, 2012 13:54:19 GMT -5
Lana paused in mid-swig of her own glass. Something he said just now wasn't right. It sounded a lot like something a very mildly-drunk Ludro would have said just to get someone's attention...
"What was that? Are you hitting on me or something?" she blinked, "you really have had quite a bit."
She knew he was weird before but sitting here alone with him and watching him drink himself silly and say meaningless (to her, though she was convinced to not know better) things was a whole other ball park of weird...though in a way, kind of amusing.
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Post by Kouichi - Yami No Kuro Raion on Jul 12, 2012 14:03:21 GMT -5
Oh, man....
"N-no," he said. "That would be really dumb, because you'd... probably punch me in the face or something." Not that he didn't want to. Exactly. Well. There were those couple of times.... but, nah, Lana didn't remember those. She was nly putting up with hm because Elexa liked him, right?
This was a really, really bad idea... why'd I let her talk me into this? 'Her' being Elexa, of course. I wonder if this is how JP feels whenever he tries to talk to Zoe... of course, that implies that I like Lana in that kind of way, which... I'm not... too sure that I don't...
He looked away, flushing slightly. "I hope the food gets here soon."
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Post by lana on Jul 12, 2012 14:54:42 GMT -5
"Really? That's what you think I'd do, is just punch you? Not even...I dunno, say anything about it or anything positive coming from it it's just assumed I'm gonna wind up and pop you one?" Lana narrowed her eyes again and set her glass down, a definite show that she was somehow offended by what Kouichi had said. Though to be fair, anyone who ever really tried to flirt with her ended up getting punched in the face or worse, though those were people who she could find it within herself to actually hit. She'd tried several times in the past to raise a fist at Kouichi and that was ever as far as she'd gotten, to the raised fist and no following through. It was weird, though she'd long gotten the feeling that she had to protect him rather than fight him.
Really, Kouichi seemed to be the only person who could say anything to her (aside from Elexa) and not be attacked instantly. It was almost odd that in a way despite her bad reactions to them she seemed to actually want compliments...
"Yeah, whatever. No big deal," she said as she grabbed her glass again and leaned back in the chair, trying to sound like she really didn't care but there was an unmistakable pout to her tone that told a lot more than what she was trying to convey. She, too, tried to look away then but ended up giving a glance back now and then at him.
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