01[16:06] <Allistir> It's a beautiful day to be outside. The sun is shining, the birds are singing, and the water is warm. Which explains the many people down at the waterside, swimmers and fishers alike. Allistir, standing next to Verity up on the top of the river bank, lays his fishing pole over his left shoulder and hmm's to himself in thought. "Kind of crowded down here today, isn't it?" he mentions somewhat casually. In his other hand is the pair's picnic basket, and over the other shoulder is slung the Alchemist's swim trunks. He'd learned his lesson quite nicely, thank you very much. "Not really a promblem, though. I've never seen anyone down where we're headed. Same place as before." He smiles down at Verity, tail swishing. "We'll have plenty of privacy."
06[16:10] * Verity_ simply pauses to breath in the aroma of this fine spring day coupled with the laughter of families and friends with the gentle sounds of water rolling over stones and sand alike. She returns the alchemist's smile tenfold, nodding vigorously. "That is very good, Allistir. I would hate for us to be interrupted... and besides, the less people, the more fish. A great birthday celebration
06[16:10] * Verity_ indeed..." She giggles lightly and leans against Allistir, allowing him to lead her down to their previous spot once again. A quick shrug of her shoulder and that cloth bag she's carrying readjusts itself, no longer in danger of falling off and shattering the cider bottle contained within.
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01[16:19] <Allistir> "I'll try to make it the best birthday you've ever had," Allistir replies happily, walking the girl down the path they had taken not too terribly long ago. As the man had predicted, the spot in question is as empty as last time, narry a human in sight. The sounds of the populace have faded away by now, and the only thing to meet either feline's ears is the soft flowing of the river itself. "It's too bad Nat couldn't be here," the Alchemist sighs, setting down the picnic basket and laying his trunks down nearby. "But I guess you got plenty of time with her yesterday." He looks over at Verity, giving a little grin. "How'd that go, by the way. Looks like you haven't died of embarassment." The alchemist sits down on a nearby rock and begins baiting his hook.
[16:23] <Verity_> "Oh! Oh... oh... sir..." Verity flushes with color at that, the girl gently placing her cloth bag down in the grass and carrying her pole beside Allistir, taking a seat on the sand beside his rock. "...Oh, sir... it was very, very embarrassing, sir... Natasha even... sketched a picture of my, um... my rear end... and everything else." She bites her lip at that, chuckling nervously thereafter
[16:23] <Verity_> as she fiddles with the hook of her instrument. "But, um... the two of us had a lot of fun. I enjoyed the time that we spent together, sir... and I was more embarrassed by the compliments she threw my way than by the fact I was... well, you know..."
06[16:28] * Allistir feels his face redden at her description and nods his head. "Oh...I see." He chuckles a bit awkwardly. "Well, I have no doubt she was quite happy doing that. And, um, it would be hard to imagine you not getting many compliments about your...yeah." Blushing profusely, he clears his throat and stands, casting his line off into the water. "It's, um, it's certainly not unpleasant to look at." He doesn't meet her gaze, seemingly too embarassed.
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[16:35] <Verity_> "Oh, um... yes... We've discussed this before." The girl stares at his back for a few moments before also standing and casting her line, chuckling in a nervous faction. "...Thank you for the compliments, Allistir... you know that you are very handsome, too... I've told you this before. Veas is very lucky to have you indeed... I feel a bit jealous.." The girl feels a bashful expression overtake
[16:35] <Verity_> her face as she giggles in a timid fashion before memories of another night come flooding back into her mind and as such a sullen look overtakes her visage, the girl heaving a distressed sigh at that and falling to her rear, lazily taking the rod in her hands and watching the line in the water.
[16:36] <Verity_> (*fashion)
01[16:39] <Allistir> "I'm lucky to have her," Allistir chimes back, seemingly very happy as thoughts of the bird come to his mind. With his back to Verity, he is unable to see her change in mood. "I've been thinking. Maybe I should take her down here soon. Would be a nice chance to break in her bathing suit...." He blushes all the more at that thought, something obvious even from behind. "If she even likes it...I really hope she does." A soft purr escapes the man, then he seems to shake himself out of whatever reverie he had fallen into. "But really, I'd like to just spend some time with her out and about. Haven't really gotten to do something together since winter. I wonder if she knows how to swim?"
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[16:44] <Verity_> "...Um, Allistir..." Verity says feebly, her ears drooping heavily as she fights the urge to ball up, pole gripped loosely in her hand. "...I... I think... you're going to have to have some serious talks with Veas... and that's all my fault... I'm sorry. I'm sorry I've hurt you two..." Verity bites her lip and sighs, reeling in her line to simply lay the pole beside her, the girl not really
[16:44] <Verity_> in the mood now and she tucks her knees under her arms, resting her chin atop them. "...I'm sorry, Allistir... I'm such homewrecker..."
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06[16:51] * Allistir blinks, turning his head so that he can give Verity a side-long look of confusion. "Homewrecker? What?" Seeing the girl's distress, Allistir sets the handle of his pole down in a crack between several large rocks and steps over to the girl, brow furrowed. "Verity, what do you mean? What happened?" He sits down next to her, tail flopping against the ground. He moves to scoop her up in his arms as he's often done before when comforting the girl.
06[16:56] * Verity_ doesn't fight it and eagerly allows herself to be taken in his arms, her blue eyes staring up at him as her lip begins to quiver. "...Allistir... when we were downstairs eating pie... Veas... Veas was down there..." The girl can feel fat tears welling up in the corner of her eyes as she averts her gaze, her tail wrapping itself around his torso, a sigh following. "...I... I think
06[16:56] * Verity_ she saw me give you a kiss on the cheek or... or something... I don't know how long she was down there, but that noise we heard... she threw her chair back and gave me such a horrible death stare... and she stormed out... I'm sorry, Allistir... I've only made things worse for you... I'm sorry..." She closes her eyes at that, a few tears rolling over her cheeks as she once again bites her
06[16:56] * Verity_ lip, frowning heavily. "I'm sorry..."
01[17:11] <Allistir> "...Oh...." It's a quiet sound, only coming forth after a few long moments of silence. The look on Allistir's face is almost blank at first, though apprehensiveness is somehow both clear here and very much so in his voice. The man unconciously hugs Verity tighter, staring off into the river, fear beginning to cross over his features. "She...and when I've been...V must have thought...." His entire being seems to deflate, and he covers his forehead with a palm. "Dammit, she must think I'm actually...oh, hell." Slowly, he begins to rub his temples. "She must have misunderstood everything."
[17:17] <Verity_> "I... I'm sorry, Allistir... I... I'll just..." Verity pulls herself out of Allistir's grasp and approaches her fishing pole, sniffling, as she slings it over her shoulder along with her cloth bag. She simply turns her back to the alchemist so he does not see her cry, sadness evident in her tone as she speaks. "...I... I'll... I'll just go, Allistir. I'm sorry... I'm sorry that I hurt you
[17:17] <Verity_> and Veas... I really am. I'm not good for anything... I'm sorry..." Both her ears and her tail droop, the latter lifelessly hanging behind her and dragging along the grass as she slowly begins to move away from the alchemist.
06[17:23] * Allistir sits there for a moment, still stunned by Verity's revelation. He only seems to come half-way back to the real world when she pulls away. The Tabby feels his brow furrow further as the girl starts off back the way they had come, dejected beyond measure. Pushing himself up onto his feet, the Alchemist walks up beside Verity, then turns and stands right in her path. He stares down at her with those amber eyes of his. "Verity, stop," comes what sounds fairly close to an order, albeit a kind one. Then the Angora feels his hands upon her shoulders, gently clutching them. "This isn't your fault. You never meant to do anything wrong."
[17:30] <Verity_> "No... no..." Verity pulls out of his grip and takes a step back, not daring to look up at Allistir's face. "...I'm sorry... It's all my fault, it always is... It's my fault for letting my feelings for you escalate and not holding back my affection... though I don't want to, Allistir. I don't want anything to change between us... but I can't change how I feel. You're too good a man for that,
[17:30] <Verity_> Allistir... you deserve the affection I give you and much more. In trying to keep things normal, I've only made things worse... things for you and Veas, and things for Natasha and I. I'm... I'm just a homewrecker and an unfaithful lover... surely you don't wish to associate yourself with me, especially after all I have done to hurt your relationship and Natasha. I'm sorry... I... I should
[17:30] <Verity_> just go... I'm sorry."
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01[17:39] <Allistir> "Verity, I don't want you to go." Allistir kneels down so that he's more or less at eye-level with the girl. Reaching forward, he gently tilts her chin up with a few fingers and smiles reassuringly, even though he's still clearly stressing about the Veas issue. "You're a good friend, and even if you have those kinds of feelings, I don't mind. Really, it's my fault for being so physical with my own affection. Making you feel better was always my first priority." Putting his hands back on the girl's shoulders, he gently pulls her into a hug, sliding his arms down and around her waist and holding her there. "I love Veas, and I thought that she would understand that you are simply a friend in need." He winces visibly, averting his eyes. "But maybe I've been sending the wrong messages. I guess seeing me let you kiss and snuggle...it probably looked pretty bad, right then and there, now that I think about it."
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