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[kingofunification]

Name: Claude von Riegan
Date: 7/3
Format: Video

[At first, nothing appears in the video aside from the expanse of sky and the hint of a stone wall at the edge of the image—-soon enough however, something large and white encompasses the screen, a muted snuffing noise filling the audio.

Soon after, a gloved hand appears in the frame as well, pushing what appears to be a scaled snout out of the picture with some indistinguishable words before the face of a tan man appears in the frame, hair mussed from what appears to be a large reptile nuzzling its snout against the back of his head.]

Sorry about that, I’m still working out the kinks of how this thing works. [A hand gestures to the screen.] I’m in a bit of a bind though, and I figured this would be the quickest way to get answers.

[The white creature shoves it’s head under his arm, resulting it a bit of a scuffle before Claude settles for scratching its chin.] See, my girl here is getting kind of antsy, and I was wondering if there were any good places to let her go flying, as well as hunt for food. Of course I could buy her meat at the shopping district, but-- [he’s temporarily shoved out of frame before pushing the scaly head away] --stop for just a second would you--but I think some exercise would do us both good. Does anyone more familiar with this place know somewhere to stretch out your wings?

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[kingofunification]

[The sigh he gives is all dramatics, rubbing his face against white scales.]

Alas, I guess I'll have to network on my own. What a struggle.

[crestfallenfor]

[He sees your dramatics, Claude, and raises you his own, putting the back of his hand to his forehead and all that jazz.]

Oh, I hate to have let you down, I know how much you can't stand networking. How can I ever make it up to you?

[kingofunification]

[He pretends to consider it for a moment, a drawn out hum in his throat.]

I don't know if anything could make up for the pain and inconvenience, but I suppose I could settle for access to some of your books to take home and study.

[crestfallenfor]

[Okay, he can't keep up the fake dramatics at that. There is a time and place and all, and being warm and welcoming is much more important at the moment.]

Why, Claude, you're always welcome to come over and study, and should books disappear, I'll know who to hunt down.

In fact, I'll do you one better. If there's any magic you'd prefer to study first, I'll set aside what tomes I have on the subject, just for you. I'll even copy down any notes I've made, if I've begun to study the field.

[kingofunification]

[The smile he wears pulls at the corner of his eyes--nothing like a chance at some good study material to warm his heart.] You know what, I think any grievances I have could be settled with an offer like that.

[He pushes back the wyvern's snout so he can better look at his watch.] I have plenty of interest it several fields that I can send you a message to look for, but the quickest thing I can ask you to search for is any books on alchemy--specifically those requiring magical circles and the like. [He gives another wink.] I'm already pretty familiar with the potion brewing side of it, after all.

[crestfallenfor]

I'll have to keep in mind that you're much more easily bribed than I remember, Claude~

[It's teasing. He knows that any serious grievances would take much more than a peace offering of a few loaned books, but all the same... the banter is fun.]

Ah, I have some of those. Haven't delved into them much, myself, but they're on the shelves, at least. And I'll even give you a couple potion recipes I've picked up here, as a bonus, to add to your vast repertoire.

[Does he want to know or care what Claude would do with a nasty stronger-than-coffee moss reduction or an aprho (blame aef-valentine's)? No. But he'll share the knowledge anyway. For funsies.]