Open Log + Closed Prompt

[a_better_man]

Who: Mat Cauthon, Jaskier, & Open
When: January
Where: Caste Thorne, Horizon
What: Late January catch-all with open and closed prompts
Warnings: Will add where needed



[OOC: Specific prompts in comments below! If you want to do something else, hit me up and I can throw up a starter! Or just toss one at me.]

Comments

[londonbound]

Maybe that last explosion is slightly Rhy's fault. As he enters the bath and sees Mat already there, he's crept up slowly behind him, until he crouches at the edge of the pool with Mat still none the wiser. And catches him suddenly by the shoulders.

"Whoops."

[a_better_man]

"Blood and ashes!"

Mat laughs, half in surprise and half in amusement as he turns his head. That had been going rather well, till Rhy startled him.

"Don't sneak up on a fellow who's channeling magic! You ought know that."

His tone is teasing, though, and he rakes his sodden hair out of his eyes with a grin. It's just water, after all, the bathing chamber is full of it. No harm done.

[londonbound]

"I just wanted to see how you'd do. You passed my test!"

He's bullshitting. There was absolutely no thought put into this. He's not even trying to hide his laughter.

[a_better_man]

"Oh did I? Are you petitioning to be my teacher now, too? I've got three of'em you know, I'm well full up."

It sounds so decadent to say! He has three whole teachers. For two different things! Only rich people get anything like that where he comes from. Education is not widely or freely available in his home.

Though it's probably not terribly impressive to Rhy, considering he's royalty and probably had all sorts of tutors and things.

"Come on, join me. I'm supposed to be relaxing."

[londonbound]

"I don't think I'm qualified to teach anyone magic."

Rhy barely waits for Mat to finish the invitation before he's sliding into the water with a pleased shiver at the temperature difference. Laughing, he rubs his legs and arms to get them used to the water, and scoots closer.

"But I might have some other knowledge I can impart. Something more... relaxing."

[a_better_man]

"Is that so?"

Mat lifts his eyebrows teasingly and shifts, laying one arm along the edge of the tub. Magic time, he thinks, is very much done for now. He really ought to take a break, anyhow. There's such a thing as too much practice - magic is tiring. He's been using his abilities a lot more lately.

And Rhy is such a very welcomed distraction.

"I'm intrigued, my friend."