( SEMI-OPEN ) may catch-all

[gynvael]

Who: Geralt + Various
When: May
Where: Aefenglom; The Wilde
What: Quests, events
Warnings: n/a

[ starters in comments. plot with me at discontinued. ]

Comments

[adventageous]

[Alice can't help but laugh a little. Sorry, Jaskier.]

I hope he isn't.

[It's a sincere wish, and one with a high chance of being true given his steady return to sociability. (Of course, she has yet to learn that there are other forces compelling him out of the house--that's a conversation for after the full moons' arrival tomorrow night.) If she has to be honest, her knowledge of his going-out habits is more due to what she's been told than what she's observed, but increasingly that's becoming less true. It's heartening to see him heal as much as he has. Even before all of this romantic entanglement, it's all she's wanted for him.

The two of them are keeping a fairly decent pace, so it won't be much longer before the arrive at the home she shares with Karin and, sometimes, Rikku.]

Is that so? I'll leave it to you to decide, then.

[She's not entirely sure if he's being serious, so she's keeping her response open-ended. Geralt's a hard man to read, and despite the interaction largely going well she still find herself occasionally uncertain how to respond to him.]

[gynvael]

[ Hm. So does he. It's not a thought he voices out loud, but the look he gives her is one of understanding.

He follows her all the way to her street, realizing at this point he's effectively walked her home. Which he supposes is just as well. The night's been rowdy enough. He hovers just outside where her gate sits, a twitch in his tail. He can't help but sense he leaves her a little unsure, in some way. It neither surprises him nor bothers him, but it does mean he's less inclined to press too hard. ]

Don't let me keep you.

[adventageous]

[In time, she may be more able to read him--or, at least, more likely to simply roll with things and not stress about what he's thinking either way. But in this moment, Alice wants to make a good impression. Geralt is, after all, very important to Jaskier. It would be terrible for them to get off on the wrong foot and make things difficult.

As they arrive to her gate, she gives him a polite bow of her head.]

Thank you, Geralt. It was very nice to finally meet you, after all I've heard from Jaskier.

I'm sure we'll be seeing more of each other. So please, take care.