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Riconus was slightly startled by the waitress who approached him with glass of hard liquor, strong enough that the alcohol could be smelled almost as soon as she left the bar. He was somewhat apprehensive of who might be giving him a drink in a place as crowded as this, considering that no one knew he would be frequenting the Crown that darkening; few even knew that he was outside Lauryl province. It had not been too long after his disappearance into the Gracelands, and so, most all his prior connections and companions were oblivious to his existence.
One of Riconus' guards was the first to take a drink from the goblet, to ensure that it was not hampered in a way that might effect the Syl'rosyan's ability past that of normal alcohol. The burly barbari coughed slightly, rubbing his forehead from the near immediate headache.
"Strong as Aetheria sir, but ain't nuthin wrong with it."
"Who gave me this?" asked Riconus to the waitress, who subsequently pointed to the woman whose deep red eyes had caught his attention before. It was her...... by conspiracy of the gods, the two had met up once more, in the Empire's largest city. What fate was this, that he could again be in the company of the woman he had parted from against his will?
"Get our rooms." commanded Ric of his two guardsmen, taking the pouch of crowns their superior had laid on the table, and rushing off to the Crown's inn. They asked nothing, despite the fact that they had not planned to retire to their quarters until the early hours of the morn. The two men knew well enough that the order was done to get privacy, so they wasted no time in vacating.
Riconus, however, rose from his table to sit at the one currently occupied by the dark elf, her scruffled white hair not hiding the beauty that he remembered from so long ago. He hoped that she recognized him despite the change in his hair color, while he placed his glass on the table, taking a chair without asking; he assumed that his permission to sit was already granted. With a small grin on his face, still amazed that he returned to the presense of the elven maiden, he coined her name for the first time in what seemed like an eternity.
"Opelya Kityre'veresi.. it has been too long, m'lady."
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