I've made a promise with Zack after the nonsense with these insignias pass.
To keep it, I would have need of your abilities, but I dare not ask you to do it for me.
Despite what differences that you and I have, you have assisted Joshua and continue to help others here. Thus I do not feel as though it is a blow to my pride to ask.
[ Huff! It's not like he wants to make a habit of it. But, oh, how can he resist setting these two boys up? He'll make it the sappiest, most extravagant shower of petals they've seen. ]
Oh, fine. I suppose without your Ocular you wouldn't know how it's done. I shall need to see the room you wish to use for this glamour.
[ Look, there are a lot of things that G'raha will tentatively trust Emet-Selch with. Doing what is necessary to assist someone so that his pride wouldn't be tarnished? That's absolutely one of them.
However... G'raha isn't sure about inviting the man to his home. ]
[ He leaves succinct details on his availability for the week. Following confirmation from G'raha, he will present himself outside the miqo'te's domicile at precisely the right time. No earlier, no later.
Are you not concerned about when the potion wears off?
[ It's fine if you are only taking it a couple of times. However... repeatedly? Just how much pain would Emet-Selch be in if he's doing so every time he needs to interact with the opposing faction.
He shouldn't be bothered by it, he knows. But G'raha is. ]
[ He probably won't be, actually. But they'll address that if or when it happens. For now, he will gesture for G'raha to lead the way and follow the other man upstairs to the room. ]
I suppose I should ask ahead of time: do you intend this to charm young Zack into a night of intimacy?
[ There's a nod, but that doesn't mean that the concern is immediately dismissed. They might have been enemies at one point, but here they have been assisting one another. Their dynamic has shifted.
Still, he takes them both up the stairs. In actuality, it is the entirety of the hallway that he intends to use. Not the guest room or other rooms. There actually is a place to just lounge in the hallway. That's where he stops. ]
Excuse me? [ There's a brief moment of his ears shooting upright as he whirls around to Emet-Selch. G'raha's face colors briefly. ] Ah... I needn't charm him for something like, um. That.
[ In other words, there is no problem with engaging in intimacies. ]
[ He smirks broadly. Something about their dynamic certainly has shifted at some point. With no life-or-death, world-shattering events to orchestrate, Emet-Selch really is just another man (a man with almost god-like powers but still). The walls haven't completely come down - who knows if they ever will - but the banter is surely preferable to their original sniping. ]
Is that not why I'm here? Teaching you to create an illusion of petals showering down upon your beau? I could teach you other things as well, if you're interested.
[ They will always be at odds on some level. However, even G'raha would agree that their current relationship - if you can call it that - is more agreeable than what it once had been. Are they close friends that will confide in one another? No. Would G'raha at least consider them friends on some level?
Probably. ]
I wished to recreate a very meaningful night for the both of us.
[ In other words, they had made vows under the trees last year and wish to do it again this year. Only they couldn't because of the pain so here we are.
But then he looks at Emet-Selch. Slightly suspicious... ]
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I require your assistance for a. Ah. Personal matter.
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Oh yes? And what might be so personal that you would come to me, your former mortal enemy, for assistance?
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To keep it, I would have need of your abilities, but I dare not ask you to do it for me.
Despite what differences that you and I have, you have assisted Joshua and continue to help others here. Thus I do not feel as though it is a blow to my pride to ask.
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[ Well, that's a bit unkind - especially with Joshua being namedropped. So after a moment, he follows up: ]
Your own magecraft isn't terrible for one of your kind. What sort of promise did you make that requires MY help?
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[ Emet-Selch had been the one to tease G'raha a bit about Zack, after all! ]
You see, I need to make the ceiling of my home appear to be raining glowing petals.
[ Like the trees that only bloom at night once a year! ]
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Oh, fine. I suppose without your Ocular you wouldn't know how it's done. I shall need to see the room you wish to use for this glamour.
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However... G'raha isn't sure about inviting the man to his home. ]
Even if the place were my house?
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[ Emet-Selch doesn't realise G'raha may have reservations about inviting him over. After all, the Exarch had tolerated him within the Tower. ]
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Knock knock knock! ]
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Zack doesn't have to know, right?
So there he is at the door, opening it to allow Emet-Selch in.
There are no firearms present, right]Are you going to be all right doing this?
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He looks askance at the miqo'te as he steps in. (Don't worry, he's unarmed.) ]
As in, will I be alright setting foot in a former enemy's home? Please. I've strolled into enemy citadels and walked through their standing armies.
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[ Excuse you, they have been in the Crystal Tower on the First unsupervised many a time. That's not something that he actually fears?
...Only it is a little different as this is his HOME. ]
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I drank the potion Cid offered. My work at the Forge requires me to interact with members of both armadas.
[ And now he actually takes in G'raha's home properly. After a moment, he crosses his arms. ]
So, which room requires these falling petals?
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[ It's fine if you are only taking it a couple of times. However... repeatedly? Just how much pain would Emet-Selch be in if he's doing so every time he needs to interact with the opposing faction.
He shouldn't be bothered by it, he knows. But G'raha is. ]
Hmmm. The hallway up the stairs.
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I'll be fine.
[ He probably won't be, actually. But they'll address that if or when it happens. For now, he will gesture for G'raha to lead the way and follow the other man upstairs to the room. ]
I suppose I should ask ahead of time: do you intend this to charm young Zack into a night of intimacy?
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Still, he takes them both up the stairs. In actuality, it is the entirety of the hallway that he intends to use. Not the guest room or other rooms. There actually is a place to just lounge in the hallway. That's where he stops. ]
Excuse me? [ There's a brief moment of his ears shooting upright as he whirls around to Emet-Selch. G'raha's face colors briefly. ] Ah... I needn't charm him for something like, um. That.
[ In other words, there is no problem with engaging in intimacies. ]
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[ He smirks broadly. Something about their dynamic certainly has shifted at some point. With no life-or-death, world-shattering events to orchestrate, Emet-Selch really is just another man (a man with almost god-like powers but still). The walls haven't completely come down - who knows if they ever will - but the banter is surely preferable to their original sniping. ]
Is that not why I'm here? Teaching you to create an illusion of petals showering down upon your beau? I could teach you other things as well, if you're interested.
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Probably. ]
I wished to recreate a very meaningful night for the both of us.
[ In other words, they had made vows under the trees last year and wish to do it again this year. Only they couldn't because of the pain so here we are.
But then he looks at Emet-Selch. Slightly suspicious... ]
...What other things are you speaking of?
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I'm sure you know what I'm speaking of.
[ Look, you don't have as many relationships as he does over x number of lives without actually having SOME skills to maintain them. ]