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[vulcanblazer]

[...It has not been a good few days for Adell.  Horrible Malnosso experimentation and emotional instability.  Not fun.  Also, they've seen fit to deposit him unceremoniously in the village unconscious.

After getting some help at first... he'll be trudging around the village, heading back to his house briefly.... and then to the bar that night.  He

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[hotheadedidiot]

[Stahn himself was headed to the bar that night. Sometimes, he needed a good drink to ease his mind, especially when his friends were having so many problems, he couldn't help but worry about them.

Too bad he hasn't noticed Adell yet.]

[hotheadedidiot]

[Whoa... Now that's... not normal. Definitely weird.]

Well... If you need to relax, you could try drinking some hot milk. That's what I'm doing right now. [Stahn tips his cup a bit in Adell's direction to show him the contents inside, and it is indeed milk. No alcohol for Stahn tonight.]

[vulcanblazer]

[...Seeing this does amuse Adell, and he smiles a bit, letting the flame fade.]

Oh, Stahn. [He's somehow not surprised he'd come into a bar and order hot milk.] I might give it a try, but... whiskey's been working pretty well so far.

[hotheadedidiot]

Well... If you're sure. [He takes a sip of that hot milk. Ahh, delicious.]

[vulcanblazer]

I am. I've been taking it easy with it. So it's not like I've been drowning myself in it. That wouldn't do any good either.

[He leans back in his seat.]

...Did I miss anything while I was gone?

[hotheadedidiot]

Uh...

Not really? [He lets out an awkward laugh.] Things are about the same as usual here.

[vulcanblazer]

That's good to hear, if nothing else.

How've you been yourself?

[hotheadedidiot]

Pretty good, I guess. Feeling a bit better now that you're back. Maybe I won't even need this milk!

[vulcanblazer]

...Thanks, Stahn.

[He can't help but crack a bit of a smile.]

Sorry, I know I'm not in the best of moods right now. Been kind of a rough...

...Long while, actually.

[hotheadedidiot]

Yeah... [He heaves a sigh.] I know you've had it rough the past couple months.

[vulcanblazer]

I could handle a lot of them leaving when they did. ...But Luka and Charle...

That was the worst. I know I'm not the only one to have to live through that, though. Far from it, here.

[hotheadedidiot]

Yeah... It's always losing the ones you're close to that hurts the most. [Stahn knows that feeling well.]

...But you're gonna get through it. ...Right?

[vulcanblazer]

[He chuckles at that.]

Of course. [A bit of a nostalgic smile, too.] ...Charle would never forgive me if I didn't.

[hotheadedidiot]

Yeah. [That gets a smile out of Stahn too.]

So what are you gonna do now?

[vulcanblazer]

...That I don't know. I haven't gotten that far yet.

[hotheadedidiot]

Ohh... Well, I'm sure you'll figure it out.