Completed Yay! Drunken Revelry! (Reila)

[Vaas]

Time Stamp: 25th, Summer, 512AV, Time: Evening

Vaas normally doesn't come to the Courtyard of the Sky in the middle of the day, but today he made a exception. Vaas didn't come to the market to buy wares. He came here to play his music for the all the Inarta shopping in the square. Avora Selia came up with the ingenious idea of playing on the huge chuck of debris in the center of the courtyard. In the morning Vaas jumps out of bed, put on his bryda, grabs his staff and backpack, and heads out the door. When he leaves the apartment, he starts walking towards the Courtyard of the Sky and humming a simple tune along the way. As Vaas gets closer to the market, Vaas can hear the crowds are starting to grow eager to spend the pinions they earned from the previous season. Vaas makes his way into the crowd using his staff to guide his way through the crowd occasionally but accidentally hitting people with his staff. He apologizes just in case an Endal or Avora was wearing their bryda way to tightly.

He stops, taps the closest person on the shoulder, and asks in a polite voice, “Sorry for bothering you, but can you direct me to the largest piece of debris in the courtyard?” A man turns around and looks at the blind young man and says with a jovial tone, “The eyesore is over by the fountain. It hard to miss. It looks like a large pillar. Wait your blind, petch, sorry. Let me just turn you in the right direction.” The man walks behind him, puts both hand on his shoulders, and turns him in the direction of the pillar. The man continues, “If you go straight from this direction you should hit it in a matter of minutes.” Vaas smiles at the man in appreciation and starts walking straight towards the pillar.

Remembering the man said something about a fountain being by the pillar. Vaas listens for the sounds of falling water. When he starts to hear the sound of water, he realizes he was getting closer by the volume of the falling water. As he got closer the sound of the water was clear to him, and he could feel the refreshing mist on his bare chest. He walks a little closer and his staff hits the side of something hard almost unmovable. He leans his staff on the pillar and starts feeling around the side of the pillar. To Vaas it feels like a wall about six feet high with designs etched into the stone. He grabs his staff with his right hand and glides his left hand down the side of pillar as he walks along it. When he comes to the end of the pillar and he notices the base of the pillar is rough and jagged. He smiles at the realization he can get up onto it from here. He tightens his backpack, leans the staff on the pillar, and hoist himself onto the top of pillar by grabbing a hand hold by the top of the pillar.

Once he is up he leans down, grabs his staff, and slowly and carefully walks along the center slowly using the staff to balance him. Once he is in the middle of pillar, he sits down cross legged, and pulls out his flute case. He takes out the flute and cleans the inside with his rag. When he done cleaning it, he brings it to his lips, closes his eyes, and starts playing songs he knew from the nursery to songs he just starting to learn from his mentor Selia. For the better part of the day, he just sat on pillar playing anything that came to mind at the time, and by the evening the music turned into melodies he just made up. He didn't care as long as it sounded like music.

[Reila]

Ah... What a perfect evening for a quiet drink... Reila thought smugly to herself as she made her way into the Courtyard of the Sky. The courtyard itself was where most of the city’s events and marketing had taken place but now only a few store booths lined the once, grand walls that had been destroyed by the Djed storm. Regardless of this there was always a constant crowd of people here. The smell of cooked squirrel filled her nostrils and Reila could feel the saliva build up in her mouth. The truth was, Wind Reach was a city half starved. The Djed storm had either frightened off or killed most of the wildlife within the mountainous region. Rumours of violent, mutated animals and vegetation was common news around Wind Reach and no one knew if the food brought in by the hunters was safe to consume anymore.

The soft, melancholy notes of a flute began to fill the courtyard. Curiously, Reila traced the music back to its origin where she saw a young man atop a broken pillar fiddling with his instrument. Is that Vaas? … Pushing and squeezing her way through the crowd she came upon the large pillar that clearly had been knocked clean out from under an archway to rest lopsided on the courtyard floor. “Vaas! What are you doing up there!?” Reila found herself a foothold and thrust herself up onto the pillar. “Hey, It’s me Reila! Where have you been!? You need to keep in touch more!” They hadn’t seen each other since their first encounter by the common rooms. Vaas seemed lost in his own tunes, experimenting with different notes it seemed. “Drink?” Reila grinned wickedly as she dropped a wine skin into Vaas’s lap. Pulling the stopper off her own wine skin she took a seat by the blind man, her legs dangling from the side of the pillar. “Do you do this often? ...You know, sit on pillars and play with that instrument of yours?” Reila took a long gulp of thick wine, sighed and wiped her mouth with the back of her hand. “Come, drink, I hear it’s good inspiration for musicians...”

[Vaas]

“Vaas! What are you doing up there!?” Reila found herself a foothold and thrust herself up onto the pillar. “Hey, It’s me Reila! Where have you been!? You need to keep in touch more!”

Playing a melancholy tune, Vaas ears perk up when he hears the sound of Reila's voice yell to him. He stops his music, opens his eyes, and gives her a warm smile. Reila made a impression on him when they first met two weeks ago. It was educating experience for Vaas to say the least, but at least tonight, he can talk to her without the shadow of awkwardness hanging over his shoulder. When he hears her sit down beside him, he looks to the place her voice was coming from and says playfully, “Here and there Reila. I tend to blend into the scenery. Plus I looked around everywhere for you, and I just couldn't find you anywhere. However, it good to hear your voice again, Reila.” He feels something fall into his lap and hears her telling him to drink. He gives her grin knowing her water skins are never filled with water. He sets the metal flute in his lap, and he picks up the wineskin, takes the stopper off the wineskin, takes a small gulp of wine, and coughs not anticipating the taste of alcohol. He laughs at himself and says to her, “Honestly, I am not much of a drinker, but I have to say this tastes really good.”

“Do you do this often? ...You know, sit on pillars and play with that instrument of yours?” Reila took a long gulp of thick wine, sighed and wiped her mouth with the back of her hand. “Come, drink, I hear it’s good inspiration for musicians...”

Vaas looks at her and laughs at her pillar comment, and says to Reila, “Well, I didn't know about this pillar till a friend of mine told me about it last night, but I tend to practice my music where I can. I am not good enough to play for crowds of people, but I figure if I keep playing in the street. Somebody will take a interest in my music.” He hold his breath and takes a another small drink, looks at Reila, and tilts his head questioningly, “I never heard that, but it does make sense. “ This time Vaas takes a longer gulp of his wine. He wipes his mouth, puts his hair behind his ears, and asks her jokingly, “So.. are you a music lover, Reila, or do you make a habit of sitting next to strange musicians on the street.?” He taking a gamble with that joke, and honestly he cringes to himself at awkwardness in his voice. He wouldn't be surprised if she just jumped off the pillar in left. He decides to dull his anxiety with another small drink of wine.

[Reila]

Reila studied Vaas, amusement flickered in her eyes as she watched him pull the wine skin to his lips and take a swallow. She was unsurprised to see him cough soon after. ...First time? She wondered curiously, a smirk creeping up the left side of her face. The blind youth chuckled to himself and admitted that he wasn’t much of a drinker but the wine had tasted good none the less.

“So.. are you a music lover, Reila, or do you make a habit of sitting next to strange musicians on the street.?”

Reila threw back her head and laughed whole heartedly. Some of the commoners stopped to give the two a queer look but most chose to ignore the sudden outburst and carry on with their normal lives. When finally she brought her head back tufts of rich red hair tumbled and bounced over one shoulder. “Aye... I suppose I am a lover of music in some ways, though I have never owned an instrument and probably never will... Oh... and sitting next to strange musicians is a common way for me to pass the time these days...” She shrugged, took another swig of her wine and watched as Vaas took a longer, deeper gulp of his. “I’d be careful Vaas if I were you, that there that you are drinking is the infamous ‘wife beater’ wine as the locals of Ravok like to call it... enough sips of that and you’ll be drunker than a fair maid on her wedding day.” She grinned to herself wickedly and edged herself closer to the blind Inartan. “...Enough talk of music though, other things come to mind such as...” She leaned in close, the wine strong on her breath, “...have you ever kissed someone before?”

[Vaas]

After listening to Reila warn him about the effects of the Ravok wine, Vaas laughs at the slang title for the wine, and Reila joke about him becoming as drunk as a fair bride on her wedding night. He starts giggling at the joke, but he doesn't understand why he it is still funny. However, her question almost made him fall off pillar, and he looks over at her slowly and says quietly, “No... I never really touch a woman..before..y” Vaas stops and inwardly swears at his bashfulness. Reila for some reason has the uncanny ability to make him incredibly self-conscious. Turning red and takes another sip of wine, he says without looking at her, “Honestly, I don't think any woman would want to kiss me. I am not the most ideal Inarta male.” Vaas thinks to himself, “Way to go Vaas just depress her. Good job.” Trying to change the subject, He starts thinking of happier things, starts humming to himself, and remembers what she said about music.

Starting the feel the effects of the wine, Vaas starts humming to himself, and he just starts smiling. He doesn't know why he is smiling, but at this moment, smiling feels like a good idea. He takes another sip of his wine and remembers listens to Reila tell him about she likes music, but she will never own a instrument. He frowns at this statement and says to Reila, “Well.. this will have to remedied, Reila. See my friend listening to music is well and dandy, but to really experience music is to play it or sing it. Tell you what Reila. I will teach how to sing.”

Vaas is starting to realize by now the wine is starting to kick in, and he says to her with growing excitement in his voice, “Yes. Once you can sing, you and I should sing a duet together and start singing for whoever walking down the street.” He random points forward in some random direction towards the street and yells, “Hey you!Yes you! Turn around!” Some random guys stops and turns around looking annoyed at Vaas. He sort of looks like the avora poster child. He yells up to Vaas, “What do you want, boy?” Vaas grins in the direction of the man's voice, and Vaas not liking his tone says overly polite, “Fine sir would you like me to sing you a melody?” The man looks at both of them and says to Vaas, “Not really. Why don't you sing to the beautiful woman sitting next to you.” After saying that the man walks away and Vaas turns back to Reila and says to her, “I still think its a good idea. You learning how to sing.”

[Reila]

“No... I never really touch a woman..before..y”

Reila watched curiously as Vaas almost lost his balance on the pillar, turned as red as a ripe pomegranate and take a sip from the wine skin all in the course of about three seconds. “Honestly, I don't think any woman would want to kiss me. I am not the most ideal Inarta male.” The blind Inartan sputtered. Reila almost spat her wine out from the ludicrousness of it all. Fool, you are comely enough. The inability to see just adds to the exoticness... was what she wanted to say but Vaas had began to hum and smile to himself and so she thought better of it. Does he really have that low an attention span or has the drink already started to kick in? She wouldn’t be surprised if it had, she had seen grown men pass out after one glass of the infamous ‘wife beater’. Not that Reila wasn’t beginning to feel the effects herself, she had already started on one beforehand and so this was simply icing on the cake.

“Well.. this will have to remedied, Reila. See my friend listening to music is well and dandy, but to really experience music is to play it or sing it. Tell you what Reila. I will teach how to sing.”

Teach me how to sing? As far as she knew Vaas had never heard her sing, for all he knew she could be the best singer in the world. She wasn’t though. Reila had never been to fond of music especially after the headaches had arrived. None the less the concept intrigued her. Reila was just about to give her reply when all of a sudden Vaas points, shouts at a random commoner in the square and offers to sing him a melody. Clearly displeased of having his daily routines interrupted he refuses the blind musicians offer on the spot and barks back with: “Not really. Why don't you sing to the beautiful woman sitting next to you.” Which sounded to Reila more like: “Don’t be stupid and take a hint” Reila chuckled to herself at the thought and took another swig of wine.

It was starting to get dark and judging by the weight of her wine skin she assumed it was two thirds of the way gone. She had one more full skin on her, perhaps they could share it if Vaas could finish his first. She doubted it the way he was going. “So Vaas... where do we start?” She placed a hand on Vaas’s knee and gave it a good squeeze.

[Vaas]

Putting his flute on his lap, Vaas decides to take a chance and puts a hand on hers. He looks over at her and says to with a grin, “What would you like to do Reila? I have nothing planned tonight other than feeding Wind Dancer.” Vaas unfamiliar with the concept of body language starts to feel self-conscious about how long he should be leaving his hand on hers. With his free hand, he decides to take another drink from his wine, and he asks to her, “You know Reila. We should go dancing tonight. I never done it before, but maybe you could teach me some dance moves.” Vaas never really dance at all in his life. Yes sometimes he caught himself swaying to the music, but he never dance with anyone before. It might be the wine talking, but he kind of wants to dance with her tonight.

Now feeling a lot more confident from his wine, Vaas looks over at Reila and ask to her with a playful grin, “Sometime tonight you will have to tell me the reason. Why you asked me if I ever kissed anyone before?” Vaas is kind of curious why Reila has taken interest in him. Vaas is really nothing special other than his musical talent. Maybe Reila see something in him he doesn't since he is blind. He disregards his last thought realizing he is thinking to much into it. He gives her hand a squeeze and says to Reila, “Wanna get down from this pillar and have some fun?” He lets go of her hand and puts his flute in his backpack and turns back to her waiting for a response.

[Reila]

“What would you like to do Reila? I have nothing planned tonight other than feeding Wind Dancer.”

Vaas placed a hand almost hesitantly on top of hers, his palm was extremely warm to the touch. Oh, what’s this? Perhaps Vaas had a little more courage in him than she had originally believed. Vaas took another sip of wine with his free hand and Reila decided to do the same, only she finished off what was left of hers in one deep gulp. The blind Inartan was muttering something about dancing and how she might be able to teach him some moves by the time Reila had pulled the wine skin from her lips to wipe her mouth with the back of her hand. Dance moves? I could teach you some dance moves Vaas but it depends entirely on the location... She thought wickedly to herself as she placed the empty wine skin back into a pouch on her Bryda.

“Sometime tonight you will have to tell me the reason. Why you asked me if I ever kissed anyone before?”

Reila was shocked at how slow men were to grasp situations, blind or not. The wine had really started to kick in now and Reila could feel her head begin to swirl. When Vaas placed the flute back into his backpack and asked if she wanted to jump off the pillar and have some fun it was all she could not to push him off the bloody thing. Instead, she cupped his cheeks with her hands and with surprising strength pulled his lips to hers. She came on forcefully, one hand on his shoulder the other combing through his hair. Her tongue found his and... OOCI’ll leave it up to the imagination ...she finished by biting down hard on his bottom lip before drawing her head back. Her face flushed. Some of the Inartans stopped to take a quick glance at the two on top of the pillar but no longer than that. Couples making out in public was not uncommon in Windreach being the short-lived passionate people that they were. “You’re a fool Vaas...” She grinned wickedly. “So how was it... your first kiss?”

[Vaas]

Vaas is taken by surprise at the abruptness and forcefulness of Reila's kiss. Vaas eyes widen for a moment, but his eyes soon relaxes as the her kiss lingers on his lips. Time seemed to disappear for him as her tongue searched for his. All his focus was on the tenderness of her soft lips on his lips. Vaas' heart skips a beat as Reila bite down on his lip while she pulled away from him. He just sit there with his eyes close still lost in the unexpected moment. He opens his eyes when she called him a fool, and asked him how he enjoyed his first kiss. He sits there for a moment letting his wits get in order again. He looks up at her and smiles impishly at her, “Yes, I guess... I am a fool.” He laughs at himself for a moment and takes a sip of his wine.

Vaas sits there trying to think about his first kiss and how answer her question about the kiss. He turns to her and says softly: “Honestly, I don't think I will ever forgot my first kiss, Reila. I thought about it many times before now, but all I have to say now is... wow!” He sits there for a moment and another impish smile creeps to his lips, “However, I might need some more practice.” He reaches up with his hand and touches her silky hair. He run his hand down cheek till his fingers glides over her soft full lips. He leaves his finger over them as he leans forward and gently touches his lips to Reila lips. Vaas' hand glides over her bare shoulders, up her back of her neck, and entangles his fingers in her hair as he pulls her to him gently and passionately lets his tongue search for hers.

Moments later, Vaas pulls away from with a blush on his face. Thinking to himself, he really needs to work on his bashfulness. He takes his wineskin and takes a long drink of the wine. Thinking to himself as he taking a drink. How Reila wasn't like all the other women. He knew in Wind Reach. Her aggressiveness towards intimacy is intoxicating to him, and her forwardness really helping Vaas get over the unsureness he has towards women. He says to her with a slur starting to creep into his speech, “Well beautiful..Shall we go somewhere else and starts some trouble.”

[Sphinx]

Vaas

Experience

Skill	XP Earned
Playing Musical Instrument	1 XP
Climbing	2 XP
Socialization	2 XP

Lores

•	Lore Earned
•	My First Kiss
•	My First Alcoholic Drink
•	Intoxicated by Aggressive Women

Reila

Experience

Skill	XP Earned
Socialisation	2 XP
Seduction	3 XP

Lores

•	Lore Earned
•	Identifying Vaas by the Sound of his Flute
•	Vaas's Responses to Teasing
•	Kissing Vaas

Riddle Me This

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It's kind of cute, y'know? The fact that Vaas can't hold his wine, and that he just experienced his first kiss. A lovely read!

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