A bottle of white, a bottle of red

[fleurdesel]

WHO: Open to anyone that wants wine and warmth and a little company.
WHAT: Wine and no whining.
WHEN: After the mage meeting wraps up.
WHERE: Close to the healing tents, specifically the Orlesian section.
NOTES: There will be wine, drinking, unwinding, and nibbles.

The meeting had been stressful for just about everyone involved. Tempers had flared, opinions made known, a few rounds of confetti and arguing before some manner of accord. Whether it would last or however long it might? No one could truly say. In the interest of being quite done with the stress and headaches such debate brought on the Orlesian healing tents clearing out the potions, bandages, and poultices in favor of what cushions and braziers they had on hand for light and for heat. The space was open, warm, and inviting with an odd assortment of tin mugs or clay glasses set around flat side tables propped up with stones to keep them from wobbling and tipping the whole mass onto the ground. There are some dried fruits and hard cheeses, dried meat and hard crusted bread- whatever scraps they could scavenge or spare and a few bottles of wine or brandy. Across the entrance to the tents there was a sign:

Bring a bottle or food to share for entry.

Tacked below was a list of rules:

• Everyone is welcome, don't make a fuss
• Don't hog the wine
• Don't hog the food
• Don't fight or argue
• If you finish a bottle open a new one, don't recork it for someone else to find
• Clean up after yourselves

Comments

[salvatore_underfoot]

He lowers his cup and gives it a swirl. "Necromancy." Shrug.

[fleurdesel]

"...what?" Necromanc- Necromancy? Necromancy. "...why?"

[salvatore_underfoot]

"Why not?" Honest question. "I'll admit, it's not as altruistic as healing, but it's just magic."

[fleurdesel]

"It is playing with death." And that- well the philosophical questions alone would keep either school of magic debating forever.

[salvatore_underfoot]

He shrugs. "I have a keen interest in death. We'll all get there soon enough." It's not something he likes debating. He knows how some - a lot of? - people feel about it. He'd like to not have to defend his chosen ability.

[fleurdesel]

"Does it not confound the spirits?" She's never spoken at length with a Necromancer- understanding their motivations and the means is- well. Fascinating. Strange, but fascinating.

[salvatore_underfoot]

"In what way?" He's never really talked about this. He never had to in Nevarra, and after, well... "I only call on spirits that are drawn to death. I would never ask a spirit to act against its nature."