wizardmanor | Floor 2 Room 5

That's a very good question.

[ It's not as though his little hovel between the walls back home was ever particularly tidy, either. Ah, but... it would appear his gratitude comes with a pre-requisite. Well then.

That does cause him to pause awkwardly in taking a seat at the table but, eventually, ]

O-oh. Uh. Sure? I. Yeah, I guess I. I did do well. Too.

That's better.

[Kiryu smiles a little]

You got plenty to be proud about. Try to keep that in mind.

[At least in Kiryu's opinion! He's pretty sure Bruno is a good man and considers him hardworking. Kiryu's track record on judging people's personalities is pretty bad, truthfully, but hey, he wants to think the best of Bruno]

I'm not saying that only so I get plenty of wine.

[The 'only' is a joke. He can make jokes]

I'll... try. I mean, people keep telling me that. So. Y'know.

[ Maybe he should start believing them. ]

It's weird, that's all.

[ But he came here to have some wine with Kiryu, not bemoan his past, so he pops that bottle open and gets to pouring them both a glass. ]

[Kiryu takes a glass, raising it in a toast]

To the old guys of this place.

[By now he's convinced the number of old people is far higher than it seemed at first, because, you know, young people turn out to be centuries old. For all he knows, say, Akira is like seven hundred fifty years old]

[ Someone really needs to inform Bruno of all the super ancient people around here. He's still thinking it's them and probably Yodarha, geez. Anyway, he, too, raises his glass. ]

Ha, yeah, to the old guys. Here's hoping we don't get driven mad by all the kids here.

[Kiryu wastes no time to drink his glass of wine, approving]

It's good, nya.

[He puts the glass down]>/small>

Kids are supposed to drive their elders crazy, nya. That's how--

[.......Oh. Kiryu is just noticing what's happening to him now]

[ Similarly, Bruno sips his wine, and isn't sure what he heard that first time Kiryu says it but the second? Yeah, he's noticing now. ]

Uh, everything alright there, nya?

[ ...wait... ]

[Turns out a secondary effect of the wine also is that it breaks my HTML, wow, how did I miss that mess]

...Bruno, did you know this would happen?

[Well, that Bruno drank it too kind of hints no, but hey, who knows, maybe Bruno is a jokester who wanted to do this. Not that it's a big deal, it's not like Kiryu is upset]

Wh-what?!

[ Oh no, does he seem that suspicious?! He gives his glass of wine a startled look before returning his gaze to Kiryu. ]

I would... I would nya-ever have brought this if I knew!

[ God, nya-ever? Seriously? That's terrible. ]

Relax, nya. You never know if someone is the pranking type, nya.

[Waste not want not, so Kiryu keeps drinking!]

I was unaware it could cause wordplay too, nya. I'll have to watch out, nya.

[He got odd looks when he was just saying 'nya', if he begins making puns everyone hearing them will be like a deer in the headlights!]

Edited 2024-05-14 00:52 (UTC)

I mean, I've tried to be the joking type before but, uh, that caused a whole lotta mayhem, nya.

[ Yyyeah, looking towards a certain wedding for a certain sister. Terrible. ]

Someone took it the wrong way, nya?

[Kiryu is thinking of someone not being amused at Bruno for some joke he said, but he certainly doesn't suspect the extent of the mayhem that actually happened, golly]

Mmmhm, something like that, nya. I, uh. I cracked a joke about it raining on my sister's wedding day and she... freaked out about it? And. May have caused a... a hurricane. Nya.

[ the nyas do not make that sound any better ]

...so you're not the only one with magic, where you're from? A hurricanya doesn't happen for no reason.

[Caused a hurricane, sans pun...then it means Bruno's family are very magical, apparently]

Yeahhh. Everyone in my family except... mom and my youngest niece has something they can do. Pepa can, uh, well, she can control the weather, but it reacts to her feelings, nya? So, as you can imagine, prophet brother joking about it looking like rain, and then...

[ He gestures off into the air as if to indicate the sky with his wine glass and then drinks from it, heavily. God, that was A Day. ]

I don't think it's your fault that much. Sounded like a harmless joke to me.

[Kiryu says this only because he knows absolutely nothing about how nervous a bride would be on a wedding day, geez]

I thought so, too, but clearly not.

[ Harm did indeed occur. ]

It's... more about perception? People are, well. I give out a lot of bad prophecies and Pepa was already super nervous...

Then you apologized, nya?

[Kiryu's tone is calm, patient. Definitely the tone of someone used to hearing others talk about their problems, past and present.

In a way, this is his main way of bonding with others these days -- having booze in the company of friends and listening to them]

Oh, I tried, nya. I.... super tried... nya...

[ Man, that's such a sad-sounding nya. ]

But she was so mad after the hurricane calmed down and... well...

[ That next 'nya' is a sigh. Kiryu can probably imagine how poorly it all went over. ]

...time heals everything, Brunya.

[Kiryu says. The calming tone is ruined a little by the quirk, but still...]

As much as some say they'll never forgive something, in the end time blunts any and all anger. If your apology isn't accepted now, someday it will be.

[It takes some convincing, sometimes, but it can happen]

Kiryu...

[ Buddy, pal. ]

It's been almost twenty-five years since that happened, nya.

[Goodness, your sister is the spiteful sort, then? Golly]

Seems to you she still is upset over it?

Well, she made up an entire song about how upset she still is, so, yeah, she's nya-t forgiving me anytime soon.

...that's a lot of dedication to a grudge, nya.

[Goodness gracious, an entire song...]

...it's really catchy, too, nya, b-but... y-yeah, anyway.

[ Bruno sure is going to empty his glass of all that wine. Time for another round! ]

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