31.Aug.12, 03:42 AM
R’nd was doing his best to keep an eye on everyone and to continue looking like this was just another normal dinner with friends. To be fair, it almost was, and probably could have been if he kept his mouth shut when he met N’gelt. How was he to know the brownrider didn’t like being reminded he was a loser? He won I’shan because of losing, that was all he meant and while R’nd was still beyond thrilled to have won B’jin’s flight, he thought his best friend would have been an amazing runner up prize. Or so he imagined; they had never done anything more than flirting in all their time of knowing each other. Much woe to that.
He complimented I’shan with enthusiasm that would keep him safe from a face full of fist as each dish came out and was sampled. They really needed to hang out some more again, especially with food involved! A covert glance to N’gelt reminded R’nd that that might not be such a grand idea. Being alone in a private setting would likely anger the brownrider that R’nd still wasn’t overly sure about. It really didn’t help N’gelt at all that I’shan seemed so determined to everything perfect for the man and seemed so eager to please and get some sort of praise. It was so …anti-I’shan. Of course his friend loved attention but he didn’t run around in circles and hope his lover was upset over not getting a drink right when he wanted it. And ‘baby’? Did he seriously just hear that word come out of that mouth in that tone? It was disturbing and R’nd had to raise his glass to hide the frown that he knew he was giving.
That also gave him an idea. “I’shan, why don’t you lead a toast for our new Weyrsecond?” R’nd was testing I’shan now. He worried for his friend being with a violent man and wanted to see how he would behave when it came time to flatter him in a fancy speech. It’d likely also show if I’shan truly was falling into a submissive trance or if the scene over the ale was a one-off.
He complimented I’shan with enthusiasm that would keep him safe from a face full of fist as each dish came out and was sampled. They really needed to hang out some more again, especially with food involved! A covert glance to N’gelt reminded R’nd that that might not be such a grand idea. Being alone in a private setting would likely anger the brownrider that R’nd still wasn’t overly sure about. It really didn’t help N’gelt at all that I’shan seemed so determined to everything perfect for the man and seemed so eager to please and get some sort of praise. It was so …anti-I’shan. Of course his friend loved attention but he didn’t run around in circles and hope his lover was upset over not getting a drink right when he wanted it. And ‘baby’? Did he seriously just hear that word come out of that mouth in that tone? It was disturbing and R’nd had to raise his glass to hide the frown that he knew he was giving.
That also gave him an idea. “I’shan, why don’t you lead a toast for our new Weyrsecond?” R’nd was testing I’shan now. He worried for his friend being with a violent man and wanted to see how he would behave when it came time to flatter him in a fancy speech. It’d likely also show if I’shan truly was falling into a submissive trance or if the scene over the ale was a one-off.