i tried to start caring like you and like them
when you said that i was killing myself
when you said that i was killing myself
It is the first time Astaroth has invited someone to come with him in manners that weren’t solely for his job as security, and so he can only imagine as Thal makes her playful claim that a few of the patrons do get the idea. And who is the Dusklight staff to tell them otherwise, even if they knew the truth? It was far more fun to let everyone believe the stories they came up with anyway.
But they reach the office space and the heat of the fireplace begins to grow, cozying it up quickly as she gets comfortable and Astaroth does the same once he’s poured the glasses – sliding hers to her side before he cradles his in his hand and leans back, head tilting as his dark gaze focuses on her as she begins to explain. “Hmm.” Comes the low hum as he thinks and considers.
“I am under the impression that the more often you do it, the better it will result in over time. However, I would like you to start by saying a few words and perhaps a different tongue twister?” He suggests, pausing to nurse the whiskey in his glass and humming his quiet approval before he clears his throat and speaks again, his accent growing a touch deeper. “Start with say, sun, sat, see, zoo.. Then try messy, classy, dressy, fizzy.” Waiting long enough for her to test these words out on the tongue of hers that doesn’t appear to work, he’s masterful at keeping himself neutral despite the obvious attempts that would very likely go south as soon as the S leaves her lips.
“Now, try silly Sammy swiftly sipped six sodas.”
But they reach the office space and the heat of the fireplace begins to grow, cozying it up quickly as she gets comfortable and Astaroth does the same once he’s poured the glasses – sliding hers to her side before he cradles his in his hand and leans back, head tilting as his dark gaze focuses on her as she begins to explain. “Hmm.” Comes the low hum as he thinks and considers.
“I am under the impression that the more often you do it, the better it will result in over time. However, I would like you to start by saying a few words and perhaps a different tongue twister?” He suggests, pausing to nurse the whiskey in his glass and humming his quiet approval before he clears his throat and speaks again, his accent growing a touch deeper. “Start with say, sun, sat, see, zoo.. Then try messy, classy, dressy, fizzy.” Waiting long enough for her to test these words out on the tongue of hers that doesn’t appear to work, he’s masterful at keeping himself neutral despite the obvious attempts that would very likely go south as soon as the S leaves her lips.
“Now, try silly Sammy swiftly sipped six sodas.”
Astaroth
healed everything but my shame
