Jigano's expression tightened at Ezra's name, the memory of another life lost to LongNight. He hadn't known the flamboyant beauty well, but then he hadn't been given much time to between the scourge of the blight and then LongNight's descent. He toasted the memory of the briefly-invested last barkeep of the Rathskeller before giving the whiskey a taste, and deciding that he'd live if he drank it.
"I'm not sure it initially was a bar," Jigano admitted thoughtfully. "The Northhaveners who came here in numbers first only arrived last Leafchange. Barely a year and a half ago, now. As I understood it, they took a mostly-abandoned space and spruced it up, turning it into a bar because the Temple was as much a town meeting place as a place of worship and the location was convenient. Their world didn't have gods either, from what I've heard, so I'm not sure it really bothered them they way it might a more pious bunch."
At the agreement of not enough time - never enough time - Jigano nodded and shot the whiskey back, swallowing past the burn. "Thanks," he said, setting the glass gently back on the table with a crooked smile. "It hasn't been easy. But... it's been worth it, if it can help." Sunjata's compliment warmed him far more than the alcohol. He'd been feeling the futility of his guild lately as he let it fall to pieces around him, losing members due to his own attitude problems and the natural predations of Caido as sickness or disappearance stole his guildmates as surely as Lusea had been taken. Even such a small note of recognition meant a great deal to the provost, and he tilted his head at Sunjata, nodding to his bracelet in return. "Speaking of that... have the Advocates had much work lately?" Adam had come to make overtures and they'd struck up an improbable friendship over LongNight, but he hadn't seen the guildmaster since. "Adam hasn't been by in a while and I wasn't sure what more he really wanted of the Loreseekers."
"I'm not sure it initially was a bar," Jigano admitted thoughtfully. "The Northhaveners who came here in numbers first only arrived last Leafchange. Barely a year and a half ago, now. As I understood it, they took a mostly-abandoned space and spruced it up, turning it into a bar because the Temple was as much a town meeting place as a place of worship and the location was convenient. Their world didn't have gods either, from what I've heard, so I'm not sure it really bothered them they way it might a more pious bunch."
At the agreement of not enough time - never enough time - Jigano nodded and shot the whiskey back, swallowing past the burn. "Thanks," he said, setting the glass gently back on the table with a crooked smile. "It hasn't been easy. But... it's been worth it, if it can help." Sunjata's compliment warmed him far more than the alcohol. He'd been feeling the futility of his guild lately as he let it fall to pieces around him, losing members due to his own attitude problems and the natural predations of Caido as sickness or disappearance stole his guildmates as surely as Lusea had been taken. Even such a small note of recognition meant a great deal to the provost, and he tilted his head at Sunjata, nodding to his bracelet in return. "Speaking of that... have the Advocates had much work lately?" Adam had come to make overtures and they'd struck up an improbable friendship over LongNight, but he hadn't seen the guildmaster since. "Adam hasn't been by in a while and I wasn't sure what more he really wanted of the Loreseekers."
