((After some certain OOC things going on I feel like I had to handwave some things... :/ Some things were omitted now...))
Roen’s words had bothered him. If he had been attacked, surely Suri had or would be as well? Wouldn’t they go for her too? If they attacked him then they knew that Suri hadn’t done anything to him, that she hadn’t “silenced him†as they had told her to after breaking her ankles and leaving her. Kage was conflicted, he liked Suri. He did. But how could he not feel angry when she confessed that the biggest reason she was involved was because under pressure she agreed to a plot to lure Kayah away from the ball so that the people involved could attack him; just so that Suri could have a chance at killing Natalie? Of course Suri had told him that she had no idea that Kayah would be attacked. She told Kage that the deal was that these people just wanted to talk to Kayah. She hadn’t followed through, the group attacked Kayah, and when she confronted them about it once Kage told her Kayah nearly died… she was tortured for betraying them. For not getting Kayah alone for them to talk to him. For telling Kage just one more detail so that they could try to get a lead on who had attacked Kayah, leaving him for dead.
She cared for Kayah. It almost terrified Kage how enraged Suri had become when he informed her of what happened to Kayah. Why did Kayah believe she hated him when it was so obvious that she didn’t? Why… was it always so complicated? Was it just a Miqo’te thing that he really didn’t understand?
Having decided that since he was on medical leave he should be free to leave Ul’dah, Kage left in search of Suri La Noscea. Having tracked her down due to her drinking, he found her drinking down rum in Wineport. He entered one of the buildings, finding her sitting at a table drinking away alone. He took the time to take a good look at the scene before him. A pile of bottles littered the table top and Suri’s head was held up by one of her hands. She seemed to sway slightly as she sat at the table. He sighed, inaudibly, before heading to the counter to order.
Kage sat down at Suri’s table, sliding two mugs of rum onto it. Her eyes were blood shot though oddly still alert. Her eyes narrowed at him, as if she was upset that someone sat at her table.
"I said go to hell, Artorias....I'll meet you......" She blinked a bit. "You’re.....not tall...enough..."
Kage blinked. Perhaps he should not have given her the rum… knowing that she was drinking so heavily. Artorias? Was he the blue-haired Paladin Hyur that he’d seen with Suri so much? He looked at his banged up arm and remembered his head bruising and decided it would be better to just let Suri have the rum. "No Suri... I'm Kage. The lalafell."
".......You look like ......." She frowned a bit and growled as she tossed the empty bottle that she had over her shoulder, starting a new pile. She took the mug Kage had placed on the table and started to down it. “You looked better sweety...Hmm...Wh...how...how? Did....you...?"
Kage gave a small smile as he wiggled his injured arm that was in a sling. “Ah, I got jumped. By a damned Miqo'te fistfighter."
". . . . . " Regardless of her overconsumption of rum, Suri’s ears perked up and her head snapped as she turned to look at him more seriously. She looked a bit alarmed as she looked him over. "Oh?"
Kage frowned up at Suri and replied, "I'm on medical leave so I needed to find out if you were ok...Think they'll try and get you again."
Suri snorted in response. “I'm still alive. Oddly enough. I think know....why," She muttered before turning back to the mug in her hand. After she took a gulp she frowned at him, and chastised him, “You didn't listen....to ...what I said.....yet I ...feel this is my fault..for not being there.â€
Kage thought Suri looked as if she was inviting death. Did she not worry? Suri told him, “And let them come."
Kage winced at her chastisement. She was right. He -had- been walking near the Quicksand too often after she had warned him. But… "I was jumped when I was heading from Hustrings Strip going into Pearl Lane." He shook his head, “I don’t want you getting tortured… hurt by these people again.â€
"...My apologies...Well..." Her voice trailed off as she swirled the rum around in the mug. "I had to get my bow and haven't had time to see if I could get a name that matches the Roe's face...I'm looking for." She winced.
Kage tilted his head back, tapping his chin with a finger. "You got your bow back? I'm glad to hear that." He frowned as he thought of his own lack of leads at the moment, "I haven't had any leads myself.â€
Kage saw a strange look on Suri’s face as she hiccuped a bit, wrinkling her nose. She shrugged and said, “Glad....you’re ...alive. Hate to think your death be my fault too and on my hands." She didn’t notice anything Kage did, such as finishing his own mug’s contents. She downed the mug in a large gulp and tossed it, knocking over the bottles in front of her at the table. "I can't get drunk off this watered down ....choco spit." She muttered and lowered her head before standing up. Before Kage could react Suri was running away, leaving him in her wake.
Roen’s words had bothered him. If he had been attacked, surely Suri had or would be as well? Wouldn’t they go for her too? If they attacked him then they knew that Suri hadn’t done anything to him, that she hadn’t “silenced him†as they had told her to after breaking her ankles and leaving her. Kage was conflicted, he liked Suri. He did. But how could he not feel angry when she confessed that the biggest reason she was involved was because under pressure she agreed to a plot to lure Kayah away from the ball so that the people involved could attack him; just so that Suri could have a chance at killing Natalie? Of course Suri had told him that she had no idea that Kayah would be attacked. She told Kage that the deal was that these people just wanted to talk to Kayah. She hadn’t followed through, the group attacked Kayah, and when she confronted them about it once Kage told her Kayah nearly died… she was tortured for betraying them. For not getting Kayah alone for them to talk to him. For telling Kage just one more detail so that they could try to get a lead on who had attacked Kayah, leaving him for dead.
She cared for Kayah. It almost terrified Kage how enraged Suri had become when he informed her of what happened to Kayah. Why did Kayah believe she hated him when it was so obvious that she didn’t? Why… was it always so complicated? Was it just a Miqo’te thing that he really didn’t understand?
Having decided that since he was on medical leave he should be free to leave Ul’dah, Kage left in search of Suri La Noscea. Having tracked her down due to her drinking, he found her drinking down rum in Wineport. He entered one of the buildings, finding her sitting at a table drinking away alone. He took the time to take a good look at the scene before him. A pile of bottles littered the table top and Suri’s head was held up by one of her hands. She seemed to sway slightly as she sat at the table. He sighed, inaudibly, before heading to the counter to order.
Kage sat down at Suri’s table, sliding two mugs of rum onto it. Her eyes were blood shot though oddly still alert. Her eyes narrowed at him, as if she was upset that someone sat at her table.
"I said go to hell, Artorias....I'll meet you......" She blinked a bit. "You’re.....not tall...enough..."
Kage blinked. Perhaps he should not have given her the rum… knowing that she was drinking so heavily. Artorias? Was he the blue-haired Paladin Hyur that he’d seen with Suri so much? He looked at his banged up arm and remembered his head bruising and decided it would be better to just let Suri have the rum. "No Suri... I'm Kage. The lalafell."
".......You look like ......." She frowned a bit and growled as she tossed the empty bottle that she had over her shoulder, starting a new pile. She took the mug Kage had placed on the table and started to down it. “You looked better sweety...Hmm...Wh...how...how? Did....you...?"
Kage gave a small smile as he wiggled his injured arm that was in a sling. “Ah, I got jumped. By a damned Miqo'te fistfighter."
". . . . . " Regardless of her overconsumption of rum, Suri’s ears perked up and her head snapped as she turned to look at him more seriously. She looked a bit alarmed as she looked him over. "Oh?"
Kage frowned up at Suri and replied, "I'm on medical leave so I needed to find out if you were ok...Think they'll try and get you again."
Suri snorted in response. “I'm still alive. Oddly enough. I think know....why," She muttered before turning back to the mug in her hand. After she took a gulp she frowned at him, and chastised him, “You didn't listen....to ...what I said.....yet I ...feel this is my fault..for not being there.â€
Kage thought Suri looked as if she was inviting death. Did she not worry? Suri told him, “And let them come."
Kage winced at her chastisement. She was right. He -had- been walking near the Quicksand too often after she had warned him. But… "I was jumped when I was heading from Hustrings Strip going into Pearl Lane." He shook his head, “I don’t want you getting tortured… hurt by these people again.â€
"...My apologies...Well..." Her voice trailed off as she swirled the rum around in the mug. "I had to get my bow and haven't had time to see if I could get a name that matches the Roe's face...I'm looking for." She winced.
Kage tilted his head back, tapping his chin with a finger. "You got your bow back? I'm glad to hear that." He frowned as he thought of his own lack of leads at the moment, "I haven't had any leads myself.â€
Kage saw a strange look on Suri’s face as she hiccuped a bit, wrinkling her nose. She shrugged and said, “Glad....you’re ...alive. Hate to think your death be my fault too and on my hands." She didn’t notice anything Kage did, such as finishing his own mug’s contents. She downed the mug in a large gulp and tossed it, knocking over the bottles in front of her at the table. "I can't get drunk off this watered down ....choco spit." She muttered and lowered her head before standing up. Before Kage could react Suri was running away, leaving him in her wake.
