Late Night Drink

Writers: AL, Emma
Date Posted: 12th August 2008

Characters: Thanja, Quistador
Description: Quistador finds Thanja up late and offers a drink.
Location: Harper Hall
Date: month 11, day 15 of Turn 4

"You're up rather late, Master Thanja." Quistador drew alongside the Hallsecond, a gentle smile greeting her. "I must say, I would have thought you'd be in bed by now."

She looked up with a start. "Sometimes hidework needs to be done."

Quis leaned against the table and crossed his arms over his chest.
"Anything I can help you with?"

"I'm afraid not, evaluations have to stay confidential."

"Ah, those, yes." Quis chuckled softly. "No, I wouldn't ask to see those. Still, you shouldn't stay up too late. We all need rest, you know."

"And time to wind down before you take that rest."

"Perhaps you would care to join me and have a drink?" Quistador's eyebrows raised expectantly at the Master crafter. "It will help you to wind down before you rest."

"Only if there is some warmed milk, Klah would keep me up if I drink it at this time of the night."

"Warm milk it is." The journeyman straightened and held his hand out to her. "I hope you'll forgive me for indulging in a glass of wine.
I find that it helps me relax and I sleep better for it."

"Different things for different people. Everyone finds their own way to relax," she said as she allowed him to show her to a seat.

"I'll be right back." The journeyman flashed a grin. He returned a few moments later, a mug of warm milk in one hand and a glass of wine in the other. He offered the milk to Thanja. "There you go."

"Thank you. So what keeps you up this late then?"

"Oiling one of the printers." Quistador admitted after taking a sip of his wine. "I meant to do it earlier but I got distracted and it really needed to be done."

"It surely could have waited until the morning?"

"And then something else would have distracted me." Or a harper would have wanted to print something on it. Or something else would have surely gone wrong somewhere else which would have put the entire day at chaos. "It was better to do it while I had the chance."

"I'm not so sure, we do have notices you can put up saying 'out of use'," she replied half seriously.

"And then that would have just caused more problems." Quis sighed dramatically before taking another sip of his wine. "Besides, now that it's done and I'm partaking of this, I'll surely sleep well enough to make up for the lost sleep."

"Sleep well Journeyman."

Quis was startled at the sudden dismissal. They had barely started on their drinks and he had thought the conversation was pleasant. Perhaps Thanja was tired of him? He wasn't sure. Had he offended her somehow? If so, why didn't she say something? Why just the jarring brush off? Well, he wasn't going to push it. With a tight smile to the Master, he bowed his head respectfully to her. "As you wish, ma'am. A good night to you." With that, he turned and headed off. He supposed he would just finish his drink in his quarters and return it later. So much for genial company and conversation.

Last updated on the August 16th 2008

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