002||video; my warden is gone and I am drunk

[lovesleather]

[If there is a run down dive of a bar/tavern/anything that sells alcohol then Zevran Arainai will find it. And once he finds said dive, he will of course order industrial quantities of the cheapest and nastiest drink available, you know, the ones that are really for stripping off the walls - right now they're probably eating through the stomach

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[milesawayfrom]

video;

[ A good thing Desmond is on his way to work, isn't it, Zevran? Yes, yes it is. ]

Somehow, I don't think it's really her you're hating. [ Talking like he knows what's going on. Since he himself is still struggling to come to terms with why the alien bitch made him stab his girl. ]

[lovesleather]

[Hang on, gotta retrieve the phone thing before it drowns in the cheap booze. He can't have his phone dying on him too, that'd just be the icing on the sadness and 'Zevran's life sucks balls in the bad way' cake.]

You would be mistaken, I hate her for her selfishness [but it sticks in his throat when he says it] for managing to be so cruel. [His eyes glaze over for a moment, he shakes his head and huffs out a sigh through his nose.] Cruel to the end, dear Warden.

[milesawayfrom]

[ At least have the dignity to let it die in expensive booze. ]

Maybe she didn't mean it that way. [ Buddy, at least a Cher alien didn't make you kill her okay. ]

[lovesleather]

[He's a depressed elf who watched the woman he loved sacrifice herself to a dragon, there is no dignity here.]

I knew her, not as well as I thought, as if love would change how she saw the world. Nobles. [There's a smattering of Antivan cursing that follows that one, no translation will be forthcoming.]

[milesawayfrom]

[ That's rough, buddy. ]

Sometimes it can. [ From what he gathers of his ancestor's relationship with his wife. She was a templar at one point. ] Don't knock yourself out, alright? I don't want to clean you up from the bar during my shift.

[lovesleather]

[Have some free advice Desmond.]

Not when duty is involved. Do not get involved with a man or a woman who would marry their sense of duty if they could. You think I cannot handle my drink? [He can - when he hasn't spent most of the day drinking and moving from bar to bar.] You work here? [Might as well attempt to get in with the bar staff.]

[milesawayfrom]

[ Why does he get ALL THE ADVICE ever. ]

Looks like I'm pretty screwed then. [ Given he's the one basically married to his Creed. Lucky for him, his girlfriend understands that. Even though Desmond wouldn't call Kate his girlfriend. He's relationship backwards and still feels something for Lucy, even if Kate is a good center for him and he does feel something for her. ] More like I don't want to miss you diving face first on the bar counter. [ He nods. ] Yup.

[lovesleather]

[Because there is a neon sign that is invisible to you stationed just above your head that flashes ADVICE NEEDED.]

We are all screwed. Sooner or later. Your heart will be broken or you will break it yourself. [Like when he believed lies and laughed when Rinna had her throat cut] I assure you that I a lithe and agile man [wonk] and it would be the most graceful [a hiccup] swan dive you will ever feast your eyes upon.

[milesawayfrom]

[ What, really? Shit. That explains basically his entire life. ]

Yeah... it's, already done that. [ Desmond's carefree expression falls at that. He was trying not to think about how Juno made him kill the first person he really ever trusted. Just wait until he learns the why behind it. He'll be in his own drunken stupor. ] Alright. Just don't swan dive into the worst night of your life without me there. [ If anyone is gonna drag this guy out of the bar? It'll be him. ]

[lovesleather]

[Everyone is too kince to tell you as you are a rather nice chap Desmond.]

Then you understand why I drown my sorrows in alcohol tonight. [Zevran offers a tight smile that looks like it hurts to make because really, it does. There's a lot people won't understand tonight because they don't know Zevran and his whole torrid tale of love and loss and death but at least he's not alone in this.] Will you be coming along soon? You do have such broad shoulders.

[He might feel you up Desmond. Sorry about that. But it will be the saddest grope in the world and he will apologise later.]

[milesawayfrom]

[ Here he thought he was a big jerk. ]

[ Desmond just nods. He doesn't talk about Lucy much. Especially to people he doesn't know. Ezio knew the most, but also the Apple showed him and it's just cheating. ] My shift starts in about twenty minutes.

[ WELP. Awkward city. ]

[lovesleather]

[People can look deeper. Also Alistair does the sense of humour shield deflection technique, Zevran knows how this goes.]

Fate is a tricky whore. [So he says that a lot but a) it's fucking true and b) it's not going to change any time soon so people should remember that fact.] Well you will find me in the darkest corner surrounded by a sea of alcohol.

[Isn't that your whole life Desmond?]

Ah, a moment - I did not catch your name.

[milesawayfrom]

[ Desmond does not want someone looking into his feels. ]

[ And just as Desmond is about to cut the feed to get to work, he pauses at the statement. He's going to get through one of these sessions one day without giving his name. ]

[ Awkward City. Population: Desmond Fuckin' Miles. ]

Desmond Miles.

[lovesleather]

[Oh! He knows this name and that is a lopsided drunk smile for you Desmond.]

You are the one who helped Isabela with the Port!

[Isabela has good taste in friends always.]

[milesawayfrom]

[ Oh shit. ]

You know Isabela?

[lovesleather]

Isabela and I have been friends for many years now, we met through odd circumstances [Zevran killed her husband, she thanked Zevran vigorously and a beautiful friendship of deadly and gorgeous rogues began.] she is very dear to me, a woman to be treated with the utmost respect.

[If you value your valuable bits and pieces that is.]