✓ Memoir 3 // Action in the Tavern

[hawkethat]

[The music is lively and the taps are open and flowing freely at Teeter's. It's a fantastic place to unwind after a long day of running errands. Hawke's got a table to himself where he can watch the dancing and keep his puppy pack contained and out from underfoot, away from the other patrons.

If he sees a familiar face, he'll wave and extend an invitation to join him.

If he sees an unfamiliar face, he'll pretty much do exactly the same thing, because that's how he rolls.]

Having a good time?

Comments

[incousinswithyou]

Hope springs eternal.

[implication that...maybe you won't get enough points. Whoops.

Togepi trills again, aaand may be trying to unabashedly pat Paladin's face with her stubby little arms.]

[hawkethat]

[As long as she doesn't revoke his friendship card, it's cool.]

Well, it wouldn't be very practical for it to spring temporarily.

[Oh yes hi, hello! Paladin closes her eyes to protect them from togepi pats, but otherwise is happy to encourage this interaction!]

[incousinswithyou]

[well, the policies of the friendship card are about to be changed without informing the holder of said card. That is, Michiru will be picking all the restaurants from now on.]

Hardly enough to leave an impression, really.

[what the heck kind of joke did Michiru just make?

Whee, fluff! She might also be bestowing a slightly used straw wrapper onto Paladin's nose.]

[hawkethat]

[Look, if he ever finds out how truly awful the wine is here, he will feel terrible, okay? And try to apologize with flowers and chocolate or something, who even knows.]

Exactly. Eternally springing is the only way for hope to be.

[What the hell are they even talking about anymore, who even knows.

Oh, there's something on her nose...! It...kind of tickles...!

A-ah...

...Aaahhh...

ATCHOO!

Well that was certainly the tiniest, cutest puppy sneeze. That straw wrapper goes flying! ...Only to land with a tiny 'pft' of crinkled paper sound on the table about a foot away from Togepi.]

[incousinswithyou]

[that just gets a quiet laugh. Most people don't expect subtle dick jokes from her.]

And how's the state of your hope?

[either a continuation of the terrible joke, or an inquiry into your search for your village. Or wondering if you're going to get even more puppies. Or anything, really.

Eggbaby blinks at Paladin, and then giggles and waves her arms around. Do it again!]

[hawkethat]

Mine? I'm going to go with cautiously optimistic, I think.

[That should cover all his bases, naughty and innocent. Right?]

Paladin blinks at the Togepi, then drops her jaw in a cute puppy smile. She's not quite sure how to get herself to sneeze again, but she'll try!

...Hawke, meanwhile, reaches for the crumpled straw wrapper and offers it back to the eggbaby. Try again?]

[incousinswithyou]

[heh. Michiru's smile grows fond as eggbaby looks up at Hawke and happily takes the straw wrapper. A toy!!

On a more serious note:]

I'm glad to see that you're doing alright.

[and Togepi is trying to give the wrapper to Paladin again. Unfortunately, it might be more accurate to say that the baby is trying to feed the wrapper to the pup, given how her mouth is hanging wide open.]

[hawkethat]

[It's the same toy you just had, silly eggbaby!

Paladin doesn't want the wrapper in her mouth, though. So she closes it and pulls back a little bit, somewhat puzzled by eggbaby's new attempts at interaction. Don't you want her to sneeze adorably again?]

It's amazing what regular access to a bit of hot water and soap can do for a person, isn't it? [Slightly less seriously, whoops.] I seem to have landed on my feet, at least. Getting home is still in the works, but you probably already figured that.

[incousinswithyou]

[eggbaby thinks you've really disappeared when you hide your face, so really, you're expecting too much from her, Paladin.

As luck would have it though, baby manages to bestow the wrapper on the pup's head like a crown! Or maybe a papery tiara!

Michiru nods, and chances another sip of that wine. Nope, it's still terrible.] At least there has been less interesting business of late.

[Caldera and Gigas and all that junk]

[hawkethat]

[Oh, okay, balancing the paper on top of her head is enough to make eggbaby happy? She can deal with that. She drops her jaw in a doggie smile again, since eggbaby no longer has ahold of anything that might be stuck in her mouth.]

Agreed. But how long will it last?