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Post by Noa | Nikoli on Nov 20, 2018 21:37:08 GMT -6
NOA
It was a quiet morning at the port, a respectful and peaceful quiet it was. Noa was glad for it. She took in the cool breeze and the tired hum of the streets with a new sense of soul. Something in Noa changed, but she couldn't quite describe it. Something inside her made her feel whole again. Was it the rebirth of her and Alister's relationship? Noa liked to think so. It was only a short walk from the inn to the pier, thank goodness. It had been routine of her to take a walk there since they had gotten to the port. The sound of the waves against the shore and the cries of the gulls brought back memories of home. [INSERT ONE OF YO BOIS TO WALK IN]
NIKOLI
A night of drinking and drunk shopping with a group of the most incompetent people had Nikoli passed out once again in his inn room. He was that much closer to bringing back whatever lovely ladies that would've loved to have a night with him but he was too upset to do so at all. So he just lay in bed, not speak to anyone. Maybe he'd try later, leave a message at teh tone please. But then there was a creaking at the door, but no footsteps to follow them up. "Mnghh..." Nikoli groaned from beneath the covers. "Get out--"
Post by Ada ♡ Basel & Cyril on Nov 23, 2018 15:11:17 GMT -6
Thankfully, as the days went by, it was easier to overcome the trauma of the events previously. On this particular day, Basel found himself wandering out in the chilly morning. He hadn’t quite planned on going anywhere in particular, but it seemed he walked towards the pier. Soon enough, he was met with the familiar sounds of the ocean, waves swishing back and forth. It was quite early and Basel hadn’t expected to see anyone he recognized, simply a few of the ship workers.
So as he walked out on the pier, the pleasant sound of his footsteps on wood paired with the waves, he came upon a familiar face. It was the girl Ali found himself fond of. He should have been happy for his bro, but something felt a little off. What it was, he wasn’t quite sure, but he wasn’t going to let that get in the way of his bro’s happiness! At that, Basel approached behind her, making himself known as he did so.
“Pleasant morning for a walk.”
Noa | Nikoli Note: (( I'll probably toss Onel in later, maybe )) Basel - Cyril
Alistar was walking to see Noa but he saw Basel first. "Basel" Alistar said as the sun glimmered in his eyes. He continued onwards and then also saw Noa. Why did these two look so tense ? Alistar ignored the awkward atmosphere two of his favorite people with him this morning...What could possibly go wrong? Alistar thought to himself. "Noa You've met Basel before right?" Alistar smiled at the two of them. "We should go see pops... I haven't seen him since..." Alistars mind went back to a very blurred event....
LANCE Lance peeped his head through Nikos door. "Niko`Niko`Niko!" he said like a pestering little kid. Lance had heard about what Niko had been through... it sounded like a lot but here he was not to ask but to bring him back from the past to the present. "Niko...I brought some really nice herbs to make tea and How have you been. You should get up and not be a bear in hibernation Im sure others aside from me want to see you." he said teasingly in a sing song manner. he tilted his head and gave Niko a warm smile to shoot some dokie dokies in his heart yes.
Post by Noa | Nikoli on Nov 27, 2018 21:41:49 GMT -6
NOA
A voice hummed to her from the side and she turned to meet the pleasant face of someone she had met in the battle days ago. Noa returned the smile, unable to detect any of the strange feelings Basel might've had. "Yes, it is!" she replied. "It's always best by the sea." Noa took a moment to gaze off at the waters before looking back to her blonde compatriot. "I never got your name," she said, tilting her head. "I'm Noa!" What perfect timing Alister had! Noa had no idea both him and Basel already knew each other, but then again Alister had spent more time at the Keep than she had. "No, not formally," she replied. At bringing up "pops," Noa cacked (cant put an o in there otherwise IT BECOMES cockadoodledooADOODLEDOO SMMHH) an eyebrow. "You mean Nikolai, right? I think Lance has been tending to him lately. Quite often actually..." Her expression grew calculating. "Right after I helped heal Niko's hands, Lance was already shoving me out of the room, saying "he needed space." I think he forgot who the actual healer was..."
NIKOLI
At Lance's voice, the man groaned from beneath the covers. Nikoli turned over onto his back, looking to Lance with bleary eyes. With another audible exhale, he rubbed his eyes. "'Feel like shirt," Nikoli said, sitting up as he said so. Not so important info but yes he was shirtless, Lance. He grimaced in pain, massaging his forhead now. Those herbs better have some healing remedy for hangovers, Niko thought. Did Lance really have to make that look at him? Something inside Nikoli stirred, just like it had on that day in Corith. He averted his gaze, letting out a sigh. "Yeah, you're right," Niko said. "Thanks." At this point, Kaza, Nikoli's dog, had her sixth sense going, and it told her that there was gay. She lept off the bed before excaping through the door in a white blur. "H-hey! Kaza!" Nikoli called. He shook his head hopelessly, knowing that pooch had a mind and motive of her own. She'll be back, he thought.
As Noa, Basel, and Alister talked, Kaza came bounding right up to them, particularly Alister (I assume that Al has probs met Niko's dogger). She stopped at the halfling's feet, smiling wide and staring up at him expectantly. The husky let out several small, short, and respectful barks. It was quite obvious she was a well mannered girl and knew she was only aloud so many borks a day. "Aw hello there!" Noa said. "Where did you come from?"
Post by Ada ♡ Basel & Cyril on Nov 28, 2018 0:54:50 GMT -6
“The sea brings a richness of life. Alas, I didn’t get to experience much of it growing up.” Basel returned the smile her way. When she inquired about his name, giving hers in the process, Basel was about to speak up when he heard an all too familiar voice. He turned and beamed at the entrance of Alistar, introducing Basel in the process.
“Noa, it’s a pleasure to meet you.” He simply stated before the conversation moved onto “pops”. Who this person was, Basel wasn’t entirely aware. At least, not under that title. And then it was revealed that it was Nikoli. So that’s what the man’s full name was! Basel took a mental note as Noa carried on. Lance? There were simply too many people he’d need to meet more properly. Either way, the golden boy chuckled and looked between the two, his eyes probably lingering a little too long on Alistar.
“I never had the opportunity to properly thank you for healing Alistar and Iliya the other day. Your healing capabilities are extremely impressive.” He praised, perhaps trying a little too hard to give her a compliment. In that moment, a pup bounced on over to them, coming to a halt right at his bro’s feet. A cute little bork escaped the little critter, demanding for attention. Basel’s eyes immediately lit up and he crouched down to give a proper greeting.
He held out a hand for the dog to sniff before attempting to pet him, if allowed. In this moment, he realized that the pup only had three legs and one couldn't help but wonder what happened. However, he was soon distracted by how fluffy and energetic she was.
Noa | Nikolialistar Note: (( Looks like Alistar might need to fight for attention from Basel now! jkjk )) Basel - Cyril
Alistar did things in this forum response that is trying to type. Alistar noticed Kaza aaaaa she was cute. He patted her and pulled a very infamous one liner from a very terrible movie that will not be named. "Hi doggie". Alistar smiled and asked for her to show them where the pops was. He chose to ignore how awkward Basel and not were being around each other. "yeah Niko is Pops." he added. The he smiled when Basel gave his girlfriend a nice compliment wow what a guy. "yeah if it weren't for her and Leahanna I would have been dead" he laughed nervously. "I owe Lehanna a lot especially since the last time we spoke, I confronted her for getting in the way of you and your person of interest." He sighed. "That guy is really dumb. Why do you Love him? He can't even read...Also who reads a book in a hot spring? There other places o learn to read..." Alistar sighed. "It was still a very enjoyable bath with you....and with what happened afterwards. Almost on par with me and not in the honeymoon suite. You guys sure know how to have fun."
LANCE Lance went up to Niko and looked as kaza had exited. that was too fast...whatever now they were alone thats all that mattered. Lance continued to look at Niko very shoji like. "Im glad you're Ok... Im sorry I haven't been around these days especially when you needed me... Im sorry I'm a really terrible person aren't I? he gently smiled and reached his hand over and planted it softly on Nikos hair running his fingers through the mans very soft hair. "I've missed you Niko. Im here now and I'm not going anywhere ever again." he promised.
Post by Noa | Nikoli on Nov 28, 2018 22:11:32 GMT -6
"And you as well," Noa said in return to Basel with a little bow. At their gratitude, she blushed lightly, looking down briefly. "There's nothing to thank me for, it was a matter of what had to be done." She crossed her arms. "You and Iliya weren't supposed to die that day..." Noa's expression brightened once again. "But I couldn't have done it without Lehanna. I probably would have passed out from over exertion." Noa listened to Alister go on, raising her brow in surprise. Ah, this Basel was in love? So sweet :'>. "Alister you shouldn't judge--" Noa stopped as Alistar kept on. The color drained from her face. Was she hearing this right? On par with the night at the honeymoon sweet? Noa's smile twitched as she slowly looked to Basel. "How lovely," she said. Kaza took all the love she got from them, wagging her tail wildly. The husky let out another bark and turned, trotting off. It was obvious she wanted them to follow. Noa was ready to get on with it. She hooked her arm around Alister's, giving him a light tug closer to her. "Well let's go look for pops then!" Noa said.
Nikoli stared up at Lance as he spoke, his expression still hard and stoic. It might not have looked it, but Lance knew that Nikoli was captivated to some degree. When Lance ran his fingers through his hair, Niko grabbed Lance's wrist firmly. Surprisingly, the elf's skin was soft, despite how toned he was. It was almost fragile in Nikoli's hand, which made him come to realize just how fragile elves could be. For a moment, Niko pulled Lance's hand down to his cheek, the scent of green apples immeidately hitting him. He fought the temptation press his lips to Lance's hand, a sudden insecurity sending a pang through him. Nikoli dropped Lance's hand. "You don't have to apologize," he replied, looking away from Lance's shoujo gaze. Moving his legs off the side of the bed, Nikoli exhaled and looked back up at Lance. He pondered a lot of things then. Something inside him just wanted something, but he was unable to decide if he really wanted to grant himself such chances. Spending what time he had with Lance made him question a lot of things.
Post by Ada ♡ Basel & Cyril on Nov 30, 2018 16:25:33 GMT -6
The conversation seemed to be pleasant enough until Alistar kept on talking about the incident in the hot springs. Basel’s pleasant demeanor slowly faded to that of one completely embarrassed. It took him a moment to realize that Alistar remembered things rather differently as well. “W-what?” Being accused of loving Tuon of all people! Sure the guy was cool in a sense, but there was no way that Basel had eyes for him.
“I think you have it wrong Alistar. I don’t love Tuon.” Of course, when he said this, he was looking right at Alistar himself. He certainly would have explained further if it weren’t for his bro mentioning the events of afterwards as well. Who knew Basel’s face could turn even more red than it was before? Not only did his bro reveal things happened with the both of them, the man saw nothing wrong with it at all! Golden boy couldn’t believe the awkwardness of it all and glanced at Noa in a panicked fashion. There really was no salvaging this situation so he focused his attentions on the little pup instead. Oh Alistar, WHY?
Noa seemed to be cool as a cucumber in this entire situation, though, and suggested they find out where ‘pops’ was after doggo trotted off. There was no way that Basel was going to disagree seeing how he was rather eager to move onto a different subject. “Yes, let’s!” The man stood, his golden locks catching a bit of breeze as it gracefully swept to one side. He could clearly see that Noa and Alistar were in a typical couple walking stance and he pleasantly smiled at them both before following after the three-legged husky. At this point, he remained silent not entirely knowing what to say.
Noa | Nikolialistar Note: (( They're off to see the wizard! )) Basel - Cyril
LANCE Lance was a bit confused and nervous when silence befell him and Niko. Why was Niko looking at him weird...Did Niko feel like this whenever Lance looked at him for long periods of time?? Lance could feel blood rushing to his head and his hands jittery. he was trying to hide how happy he was- how he was a flustered frenzy of a man right now. Lance looked into Nikos eyes and then adverted his eye contact... that man was always so intense. Lance was desperately trying to cling onto whatever courage he had to do what he was thinking...certain risks in life were worth taking. this was one of them. He could no longer hide his feelings or what Niko meant to him. "When I had heard what happened I was so relieved to hear you were alright in the end....but then I thought what if something else...Something bad had happened." his voice cracked. "I dont think I would ever have forgiven myself for not being there. Especially not for you." Lance looked at Niko once more and then leaned in softly lip locking on impulse.
THEN A DOOR OPENS WIDE
ALISTAR Alistar followed kaza. "Hey Kaza slow down.." he followed after her... running in heels was hard and this three legged doggo was faster than he initially imagined. Somehow Alistar had taken the lead infront of Noa and Basel...far ahead of them Kaza had lead them to pops...Alistar was so excited and without patience kicked the door wide open. without looking in he announced himself until he opened his eyes clearly and saw AN AFFECTIONATE SCENE. LANCE DOES IS GAY? POPS DOES IS GAY TOO!! Alistar froze in embarrassment as the couple looked up at him.... "Oh ho hohohohohooo" Alistar Laughed fakily and in pain. "I just came by to say Ive made a swift recovery pops...Uh-- Um...Im gonna go now." Alistar turned away and decided to walk back but it was too late Noa and Base had caught up and NOW THEY WERE INTRUDING... "He's not there guys hahahahahahahahaha LETS GO NOW." Alistar suggested firmly.
Post by Noa | Nikoli on Dec 4, 2018 21:47:30 GMT -6
OK SO FK IT IM SUMMARISING ALL MY REPLY JUST GOT DELETED SO HERE WE GO Noa gettin all suspisicious yo. Alister goes on ahead so she sneak dis in: "You've been a very genuine person, Basel, ever since we met," Noa said. "I hope that you can continue being genuine and that we can be good friends, and that you'll respect Alister and I's...deeper ties. Things have changed." IS THAT A PASSIVE THREAT??
Niko is questioning his sexuality. BAM KISS. HE QUESTIONS SOME MORE. Niko internally: do i is gay?? Why am I remembering my past lover?? Bonbons aka Al walks ina nd niko is like oh no.....not my sonbro. "Alister..." Niko says, but doesnt know whatelse to say. Al is about to leave and niko is like: "Alister-- wait!" Niko says, standing up and laying a hand on Lance's shoulder.
Noa is like Al wtf wdy mean they aint here. "Al, what do you mena they're not here? Why would Kaza lead us here?" Kaza goes in barking and noa is like > she enters in and is like whoa... "...Hi you two," she greeted. "So...this is where you've been Lance."
Post by Ada ♡ Basel & Cyril on Dec 8, 2018 2:39:47 GMT -6
As Alistar goes on ahead and followed the little pup, Noa complimented Basel for being a genuine individual. However, as she carried on, the man raised a brow in curiosity. Deeper ties? “Certainly.” He responded, not entirely knowing what she meant. Was she talking about their relationship, their past history, or something else? Either way, he fully intended on remaining on pleasant terms, even if he didn’t particularly like sharing Alistar. After all, whatever made his bro happy, made him happy.
Once they caught up to Alistar, he had already opened the door and immediately wanted to leave. This piqued Bagel boi’s curiosity so he, along with Noa, pushed past Alistar to see what was going on. O-oh. The two men were quite close together and the vibes he was getting from the situation was rather questionable at best. Basel’s eyes widened, a blush adorning his cheeks as he stared at the two rather dumbfounded. Not for the fact that it was two men, but because they had seemingly walked in on a rather private moment. Or maybe they had simply been wrestling? Who knows!
“So sorry!” Basel quickly backed away into the hallway and looked to Alistar. He clearly recalled when he had danced with Niko and the man ran off afterwards. Or how Niko tried to kill them all and Basel ended up decking him in the face. Such extreme situations that included this man and it was difficult to pinpoint how he felt about it all.
“Well, we found pops. Want to get some food or something?” Basel asked his bro, inquiring loudly enough as an extended invitation to anyone else. Yes, his mind always defaulted to food.
Noa | Nikolialistar Note: (( Please teach Basel how to wrestle properly LOL)) Basel - Cyril
? Alistar ignored the awkward atmosphere two of his favorite people with him this morning...What could possibly go wrong? Alistar thought to himself. "Noa You've met Basel before right?" Alistar smiled at the two of them. "We should go see pops... I haven't seen him since..." Alistars mind went back to a very blurred event....
she enters in and is like whoa... "...Hi you two," she greeted. "So...this is where you've been Lance."