open: a little rain never hurt no one.

[charmoffensive]

WHO: Loxley, Tony Stark, Marcus Rowntree
WHAT: Three awkward ferry rides. (Or more, if I get more tags, but you know.)
WHEN: Drakonis
WHERE: The Kirkwall docks
NOTES: Tag any of these! I don't mind double ups. This is also just a general catch all post if you want to do something slightly different, or drastically different.

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[hornswoggle]

Prior to boarding the ferry, John had been considering whether or not he might stay in Kirkwall. There is still a fair amount of time before the taverns begin to fill, yes, but Emlyn would have given him his usual space in the upper balcony. John might have done some work there.

But he'd made the decision to return to the Gallows, spend these last hours before evening looking in on his own office, climbing the stairs to the Division Head offices, taking advantage of the time to initiate some conversations before he need return to Lowtown.

Now it seems, a bath is going to be in order.

"Long day?" John queries, dry humor in the words. There's nothing to be done for the aftermath of the wolfhound's dramatic entrance, apart from a brief swipe at what few flecks of mud landed on his face.

[luaithre]

Given the proximity of offices, desks, and people, Vysvolod is recognisable as Petrana's companion, once seen through his current state. In turn, Silver is recognisable to Vysvolod, and the wolfhound pushes his shaggy head into the other man's space for no reason save for the purpose to breathe at him, loudly, tongue long, chops dripping with whatever puddle he had gotten away with drinking from before getting nudged along.

It's good for him, these outings, as Marcus will have to later defend.

Marcus settles, unselfconsciously reaching out to encourage the dog backwards, hand on spine to get him to sit. "It will be," he says. "I'll have to see to the dog before myself, or neither of us will make it as far as our room."

[hornswoggle]

"Yes, I imagine neither of you would be permitted to go dripping into that chamber."

After all, as sporadic as his presence may be, John does share an office with Petrana. He has some sense that Vysvolod replicating this trick inside would not be any more well-received by Petrana. Or Julius.

"Was this outing for his benefit, or for your business?"

In which business might be Captain of the Guard, or it might be simply Riftwatch, or it might be something else, something other beyond both of these things.

John isn't owed anything beyond the first two, regardless of all that lies between them. But the question is an open door, testing to see what Marcus might send through.