@iumenhilare ⠀⠀⠀⠀ nyvie. both sound fantastic but my heart is saying phai in the real world. imagine it's your first day on earth and aven is your tour guide
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⠀⠀⠀⠀ shame, flattery is one of my many fortés. i assure you, though, i'm after no favours. except, perhaps, an exemption from your viral spread? ^^
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⠀⠀⠀⠀ aventurine can practically feel the scathing look his now-junior must be giving him. luckily he's far too gone for it to stir any shame in him. that'll be for tomorrow, when he wakes up feeling like he got hit by the astral express.
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the second aventurine responds, sugilite grimaces with a look of utter distaste.
his frivolous, self-destructive tendencies, while understandable were entirely unbefitting of a highly-ranked executive of the strategic investment department.
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⠀⠀⠀⠀ aventurine's shoulders hunch in on themselves a little as he gingerly sips at the drink, for a moment appearing much smaller without the mink fur of his coat's collar && his larger-than-life mannerisms.
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