Lendri shook his head. "Gods, don't make me say it again. Yes."
"And you left them alone there, in the house," continued Niruin, raising a thin red eyebrow.
"And they haven't seen each other in ages." Delvin added.
"They're going to--" Niruin began, but Lendri cut him off.
"That's not what bothers me. What do I care who he takes to bed? What worries me is that he actually feels something for that man."
Niruin looked at him pityingly. "If love can be said to be a disease--and it can, I assure you--then you, my friend, are sick to death. You usually show a little more spirit."
Vexx was sitting at the other end of the table, and Ravyn was sitting next to her, cleaning his set of lockpicks and sneaking looks at her chest while pretending not to be interested in the goings on. Dirge hovered nearby. Though Lendri had started out just talking to Delvin and Niruin, it was beginning to feel like half the damn guild had wandered into the conversation.
"For once, I agree with Niruin," Vexx said. "You need to stand up for yourself."
"Stand up to what? Dagvald? That man was choking me with one hand. I can't exactly beat him in a brawl. Maybe bashing him over the head with a shovel or a pick would work," Lendri said, looking pensive. "It's always worked in the past."
"In the past, eh," said Ravyn, looking up with a fiendish grin. "Now, you never said you had this brutal side."
"That's not at all what I meant," Niruin said, raising both eyebrows this time.
"No," Lendri admitted. "He's not done anything really wrong. I've never killed anyone just because they were...inconvenient."
"Well, this is one of those things there shouldn't be a first time for," Niruin said. "Really, no murdering. I meant, don't feel like you have to let Teldryn do whatever he wants, and tread all over your feelings and self respect, just because you're a couple. Do that and you'll find yourself left not with a companion, but with a boarder who pays you nothing and manipulates you in the name of love. It goes nowhere good. Trust me, because I speak from bitter experience."
"Teldryn wouldn't do that though," Lendri said uneasily, looking to Delvin for reassurance, but the man was carving his initials into the table and didn't notice. Ravyn scoffed and Vexx smirked.
"Gods, listen to him! We all think our loves won't betray us. Then again, I don't know everything," Niruin said, relenting a bit. "Maybe Teldryn is really the saint you believe he is. But be careful."
"Yeah. We don't want to watch you get your 'eart broken," Delvin said, still intent on his carving.
"Just, if you need someone to teach him a lesson, you know where to find us," Dirge concluded.
Lendri looked at him with despondent skepticism. Well, it was the sentiment that counted. "...Right. Thanks."
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An Unwelcome Visitor 3/3
Date: 2014-01-12 01:47 am (UTC)Lendri shook his head. "Gods, don't make me say it again. Yes."
"And you left them alone there, in the house," continued Niruin, raising a thin red eyebrow.
"And they haven't seen each other in ages." Delvin added.
"They're going to--" Niruin began, but Lendri cut him off.
"That's not what bothers me. What do I care who he takes to bed? What worries me is that he actually feels something for that man."
Niruin looked at him pityingly. "If love can be said to be a disease--and it can, I assure you--then you, my friend, are sick to death. You usually show a little more spirit."
Vexx was sitting at the other end of the table, and Ravyn was sitting next to her, cleaning his set of lockpicks and sneaking looks at her chest while pretending not to be interested in the goings on. Dirge hovered nearby. Though Lendri had started out just talking to Delvin and Niruin, it was beginning to feel like half the damn guild had wandered into the conversation.
"For once, I agree with Niruin," Vexx said. "You need to stand up for yourself."
"Stand up to what? Dagvald? That man was choking me with one hand. I can't exactly beat him in a brawl. Maybe bashing him over the head with a shovel or a pick would work," Lendri said, looking pensive. "It's always worked in the past."
"In the past, eh," said Ravyn, looking up with a fiendish grin. "Now, you never said you had this brutal side."
"That's not at all what I meant," Niruin said, raising both eyebrows this time.
"No," Lendri admitted. "He's not done anything really wrong. I've never killed anyone just because they were...inconvenient."
"Well, this is one of those things there shouldn't be a first time for," Niruin said. "Really, no murdering. I meant, don't feel like you have to let Teldryn do whatever he wants, and tread all over your feelings and self respect, just because you're a couple. Do that and you'll find yourself left not with a companion, but with a boarder who pays you nothing and manipulates you in the name of love. It goes nowhere good. Trust me, because I speak from bitter experience."
"Teldryn wouldn't do that though," Lendri said uneasily, looking to Delvin for reassurance, but the man was carving his initials into the table and didn't notice. Ravyn scoffed and Vexx smirked.
"Gods, listen to him! We all think our loves won't betray us. Then again, I don't know everything," Niruin said, relenting a bit. "Maybe Teldryn is really the saint you believe he is. But be careful."
"Yeah. We don't want to watch you get your 'eart broken," Delvin said, still intent on his carving.
"Just, if you need someone to teach him a lesson, you know where to find us," Dirge concluded.
Lendri looked at him with despondent skepticism. Well, it was the sentiment that counted. "...Right. Thanks."