under twenty minutes.
"Jotun! Just where the hell have you been!" Hissed Azelett, who was as angry as I had ever seen her, her tail fur bushed out like a bottle brush.
"Sorry, I didn't want to make you guys worry. Strike that, yeah I did want to make you worry at first. Now I'm sorry I did. But you were right, all of you. And I really did need some time off. Have a drink, relax, accept my apologies, okay?"
"You're drunk aren't you!" Accused Azelett.
"Damn straight!" I slurred. "But I'm on vacation, you said so yourself. Now are you going to make me drink alone?"
"Nah," Said Shotoon smiling and sitting down. "But you did have us worried there you know. Nobody knew anything, or at least they weren't talking!" He picked up one of the glasses I had sitting on the table and helped himself.
Rieselle sat and looked at Azelett who sighed and joined us. She picked up one of the other drinks and sniffed it, "what is this stuff anyway?"
"Velvet bomb. Guaranteed to take out a rhino. Try it!" I grinned lopsidedly.
"How many of these you have so far?"
"A lot, come on, try it."
She did, actually they all did, thought only Shotoon had two. We switched to beer after that, I didn't protest, I didn't want to pass out anyway.
"So where'd you go?" Asked Azelett icily, "And where's your little playmate?"
I was surprised she didn't say Bitch! She was steamed all right.
"I went and saw a play, heard a Wolf recite his own poetry, met some nice people with typical jobs, and went rafting in the mountains." I took a gulp of my beer, "Great huh?"
"And the Barmaid?" She asked again, just as icily.
"She's at school I guess," I turned and starred at Azelett. "I haven't hurt a fly since I saw you last. I've been very, very, very, good. Would you please accept my apology and let us all move on? I said I'm sorry and for once I actually mean it."
She wasn't ready to buy it yet, but I saw her jerk a little, so I think Rieselle had kicked her under the table.
"Okay," she said sullenly, "But we're still going to talk later!" She warned.
"Yes," I sighed. "There is much I need to say. But we have tomorrow for that, tonight lets party!" I laughed and called for another round.
Rieselle and Shotoon loosened up, and Azelett didn't try and play the ice queen all night. So I had fun, and I think they did too. We were unmolested the entire time, and made it back to the rooms they had rented by midnight .
I was actually able to walk without too much help, but then I had thrown up in the Bar's bathroom before leaving, so there wasn't too much alcohol left in my gut.
The next morning found me with one hell of a hangover, I had forgotten to take any de-tox pills the night before. I was looking around for something to take when a knock came on the door.
"Who is it?" I asked quietly.
"It's Azelett, who else?"
"Quit screaming and come on in, it's open!" I went back to searching my bag.
"What's with you?" She asked coming into the room.
"Headache, got anything?"
"That's what happens when you drink too much!" She said sternly.
"I'd pin you to the floor and make you come clean if I didn't feel so bad," I muttered. "What is your problem? Don't you like me anymore? You want off the team?" I sighed the last part.
"That wasn't a nice stunt your going off like that, it would have been my neck and you know it!"
"I don't see Rieselle and Shotoon holding any grudges," I retorted. By this time I found a pain killer and swallowed it without water. Hopefully it'd take effect before my head exploded. Corporate knows Azelett wasn't helping my head any.
"It wasn't their idea, it was mine! They wouldn't have gotten in half the trouble I would have! And who knows just how much that could be!" She was building up power like a ship getting ready to jump, and in my present condition I sure didn't want to see what would happen then.
"I would not have skipped, or left you to face the company alone!" I almost shouted it out. "I do not, and will not ever abandon any member
"Jotun! Just where the hell have you been!" Hissed Azelett, who was as angry as I had ever seen her, her tail fur bushed out like a bottle brush.
"Sorry, I didn't want to make you guys worry. Strike that, yeah I did want to make you worry at first. Now I'm sorry I did. But you were right, all of you. And I really did need some time off. Have a drink, relax, accept my apologies, okay?"
"You're drunk aren't you!" Accused Azelett.
"Damn straight!" I slurred. "But I'm on vacation, you said so yourself. Now are you going to make me drink alone?"
"Nah," Said Shotoon smiling and sitting down. "But you did have us worried there you know. Nobody knew anything, or at least they weren't talking!" He picked up one of the glasses I had sitting on the table and helped himself.
Rieselle sat and looked at Azelett who sighed and joined us. She picked up one of the other drinks and sniffed it, "what is this stuff anyway?"
"Velvet bomb. Guaranteed to take out a rhino. Try it!" I grinned lopsidedly.
"How many of these you have so far?"
"A lot, come on, try it."
She did, actually they all did, thought only Shotoon had two. We switched to beer after that, I didn't protest, I didn't want to pass out anyway.
"So where'd you go?" Asked Azelett icily, "And where's your little playmate?"
I was surprised she didn't say Bitch! She was steamed all right.
"I went and saw a play, heard a Wolf recite his own poetry, met some nice people with typical jobs, and went rafting in the mountains." I took a gulp of my beer, "Great huh?"
"And the Barmaid?" She asked again, just as icily.
"She's at school I guess," I turned and starred at Azelett. "I haven't hurt a fly since I saw you last. I've been very, very, very, good. Would you please accept my apology and let us all move on? I said I'm sorry and for once I actually mean it."
She wasn't ready to buy it yet, but I saw her jerk a little, so I think Rieselle had kicked her under the table.
"Okay," she said sullenly, "But we're still going to talk later!" She warned.
"Yes," I sighed. "There is much I need to say. But we have tomorrow for that, tonight lets party!" I laughed and called for another round.
Rieselle and Shotoon loosened up, and Azelett didn't try and play the ice queen all night. So I had fun, and I think they did too. We were unmolested the entire time, and made it back to the rooms they had rented by midnight .
I was actually able to walk without too much help, but then I had thrown up in the Bar's bathroom before leaving, so there wasn't too much alcohol left in my gut.
The next morning found me with one hell of a hangover, I had forgotten to take any de-tox pills the night before. I was looking around for something to take when a knock came on the door.
"Who is it?" I asked quietly.
"It's Azelett, who else?"
"Quit screaming and come on in, it's open!" I went back to searching my bag.
"What's with you?" She asked coming into the room.
"Headache, got anything?"
"That's what happens when you drink too much!" She said sternly.
"I'd pin you to the floor and make you come clean if I didn't feel so bad," I muttered. "What is your problem? Don't you like me anymore? You want off the team?" I sighed the last part.
"That wasn't a nice stunt your going off like that, it would have been my neck and you know it!"
"I don't see Rieselle and Shotoon holding any grudges," I retorted. By this time I found a pain killer and swallowed it without water. Hopefully it'd take effect before my head exploded. Corporate knows Azelett wasn't helping my head any.
"It wasn't their idea, it was mine! They wouldn't have gotten in half the trouble I would have! And who knows just how much that could be!" She was building up power like a ship getting ready to jump, and in my present condition I sure didn't want to see what would happen then.
"I would not have skipped, or left you to face the company alone!" I almost shouted it out. "I do not, and will not ever abandon any member
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