It is not quite morning, the quietest time in the bar, when the door opens and two short, slight figures walk in. One gives an overall brownish impression, the other is somehow purple, and they both carry only a few small and light bags that should not give the impression of laden-ness that the have about them
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"Oh yes we did!" he declares, happily. Despite yesterday's dissent, he basically had a week's holiday, and that has done him good.
Also, stacks of books are happiness.
"Gil's got a new wand, I got shushed by a librarian and arm-wrestled a drunken warrior, we ate lots of interesting things and bought lots of books, as you can see. Here, this one is for you!"
He hands her a tome inscribed "The Origin Of Magic", the publishing company is noted as 'Flourish & Blott's'.
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"This is amazing!" she says. "From Gil's universe, yes? Thank you!
"What other books did you get?" she slides off her chair to sit in front of the table, not knowing what to look at first.
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He's a few seats away, carefully sipping from a cup of tea and smiling his usual smile.
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Asar-Suti gets up and comes over. "We enjoyed ourselves a lot, most of the time, and bought lots of books, as you can see. I think it was a good thing to go away with Gil to spend some time just with him, but in the end, he got homesick for his kitchen. Well, I think that's the best sort of trip where you enjoy going away but like coming back just as much."
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"I suppose that is the most pleasant."
And he leans against the bar.
"May I ask what you got Richard and Armand for their wedding today? I'm just curious, you understand."
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"It was one of the first things that we got in Gil's world, and he found it very funny, and I copied quite a lot of coins to pay for it - but I have no idea what the thing is. It was in a large box that Gil put into his bag. It was... Something to do with... It made a lot of sense at the time."
Something is slightly weird about Loki. "Is everything all right with you?"
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Asar-Suti looks with mock-astonishment at Lestat, to whom he said goodbye only this morning.
"Are the others coming for the wedding as well?"
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He pauses, and looks troubled. "What are you going to wear tonight?" Of course he looks troubled, this is a troubling matter for this vain little vampire.
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He looks at Lestat with a bit of worry.
"Or is one supposed to wear a certain sort of thing for a wedding?"
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