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dutyroulette2017-08-03 05:09 pm
heiresy) wrote in dutyroulette2017-08-03 05:09 pm
A Glorious Wine Tasting
[With the new Alliance came eager merchants and expanded trade routes. The Limsan wine makers and sellers snapped at the chance to expand their markets; and what better way to sell wine than a wine tasting? The tables were lined all around the ballroom, ready-set to host the moneyed of Ishgard.
The Lord Commander was certainly invited, and he felt obliged to accept. His wine cellars could use some replenishing anyway...
The merchants poured him a little glass at every table, pushing it on him. He drank every glass, and with each glass the next seemed more reasonable. He had worked himself at least halfway around the room before he was starting to eye a way out. His exit is cut off. Nowhere to run-
A woman with a tray of wine stands before him, offering it directly. He can't refuse. He takes it, trying to seem as sober as possible. He thanks her, stepping away. At least with a glass in hand, they aren't making him take up another.]
The Lord Commander was certainly invited, and he felt obliged to accept. His wine cellars could use some replenishing anyway...
The merchants poured him a little glass at every table, pushing it on him. He drank every glass, and with each glass the next seemed more reasonable. He had worked himself at least halfway around the room before he was starting to eye a way out. His exit is cut off. Nowhere to run-
A woman with a tray of wine stands before him, offering it directly. He can't refuse. He takes it, trying to seem as sober as possible. He thanks her, stepping away. At least with a glass in hand, they aren't making him take up another.]
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I fail to see what would be so fascinating. [His reply is stiff. It's hard to tell if it's because he's embarrassed or if he just finds it odd. Maybe a bit of both. He also doesn't make eye contact with the other.]