From: _blackirish	Date: 11/08/2007 20:18:05

Seamus was meeting Siobhan for lunch, and predictably he'd gotten there well ahead of the petite blond. They had done some individual shopping earlier, and Seamus had picked up something for Siobhan he wanted to surprise him with.

The tavern seemed a good enough place to meet, though all Siobhan needed to do was sort of hone in Seamus anyway. Seamus picked a table, one of few left empty and ordered a drink while he waited for Siobhan.

It didn't take long for him to notice something poking at the edge of his awareness, a sort of ping that he'd gotten once or twice before. He glanced about, surreptitiously before his eyes fell on a boy who couldn't be more than eighteen, if that much.

He knew that feeling now. The boy, whoever he was, was fey, at least partly.

	From: augurypokery	Date: 11/08/2007 20:32:03

Edvin kept his eyes down on the top of the table, and thanks to the thick, dark make up he wore around those pools of blue, it was nearly impossible to see their color.

His juice was brought to his table which would be the first time that his eyes lifted from the table top since arriving. He thanked the woman in soft tones, but she was already gone to the next table.

It was then that he made eye contact with the man that was looking at him. At first he held the gaze which made his right eyebrow twist in ever-so-slightly. It unsettled him if only because there were so many people inside and he was the one that the long-haired man singled out to look at.

Edvin quickly dropped his eyes back down to his glass of juice, seemingly enthralled with the object in front of him...Even if he sneaks a peek at the man a moment later, just to see if he was still being stared at.

	From: _blackirish	Date: 11/08/2007 20:41:51

Seamus had still been looking, his own blue gaze resting curiously on the boy. He was shy, it seemed, if that darting glance and then stare down into his cup meant anything. Seamus sipped his own drink, pondering the best way to approach the boy without scaring him off. Siobhan was sometimes better suited to this, he mused.

When he caught the boy's glance again, Seamus offered him a smile, a genuine curve of lips he hoped seemed friendly.

	From: augurypokery	Date: 11/08/2007 20:48:32

For a long moment Edvin kept his eyes glued intently on his cup, making a true effort to keep from looking up to see the man's eyes still on him. He could almost feel the gaze still on him. It wasn't bad, or unwelcome, it was simple...odd.

Glancing out of the corner of his eyes at first, when the man smiled Edvin gave a slight pause before looking at the man directly. The right side of his mouth twitched and then turned up ever-so-slightly in return. Unsure of what to do next, Edvin lifted his glass and tilted it just a bit towards the man before taking a drink...Silently thankful for the slight distraction.

	From: _blackirish	Date: 11/08/2007 20:55:53

Seamus raised his glass in return and drank. After a moment he pushed his chair back, and stood moving across the room to towards the boy's table. "I don't mean to intrude but I'm waiting for someone. Would you mind a bit of company until she gets here?" He grinned and added. "You can tell me to leave if I get too annoying."

	From: augurypokery	Date: 11/08/2007 21:01:17

Edvin's eyes followed the other man's movements, and the entire time he was trying to think of something clever to say. With his eyes tilted up, he stared at the man for a moment before motioning to the chairs around him. "I don't mind," his words came out soft and low, barely loud enough to be heard over the noise around them. He cracked a small smile at those last words. "I doubt that would happen," he offered honestly in response.

	From: _blackirish	Date: 11/08/2007 22:19:02

"You sure you want to make that decision before you've spoken to me long enough?" Seamus teased, his smile still quirking his lips. "I'm Seamus," he said as he took a seat, holding his hand out. The boy's eyes were blue, Seamus could see now, and despite a clear difference in their personalities, Seamus was suddenly reminded of his own fey-touched cousin.

	From: augurypokery	Date: 11/08/2007 22:32:38

That question hovered in the air a moment before Edvin looked up at the other man again. His sparkling eyes shifted over the man's features before he spoke, again in that hushed tone. "It takes a lot to annoy me, though please don't take that as a challenge." He was rather glad for the stranger's company. A moment after the hand was offered, Edvin slid his fingerless-gloved hand into Seamus's. "It's a pleasure to meet you, Seamus. I'm Edvin."

	From: _blackirish	Date: 11/08/2007 23:00:25

Seamus shook his hand and settled back in his chair. "Pleased to meet you too, Edvin. And don't worry. I don't think I'm up for annoying you senseless when you've been kind enough to let me join you."

Seamus paused as though he were about the say something, took a sip of his drink and said something else instead. "You know, it may be none of my business, but you're kind of looking a bit, oh I don't know, surprised maybe? Like you have something pretty heavy on your mind." Seamus knew the feeling.

	From: augurypokery	Date: 11/08/2007 23:31:25

A slight smile tried to toy with the edges of Edvin's mouth. He wanted to be polite, but he wasn't exactly overly chipper, either.

He sat silently, not uncomfortable with the silence that settled between them. His eyes lifted from his cup to Seamus, and for a moment he wasn't sure if he wanted to share. Still, the words came out nonetheless. "Someone very close to me died recently...Well, a month ago now. It's just, it's very difficult." A slight smile touched the corner of his mouth after those soft words came out. "I've never been this alone before," he explained a bit further.

	From: _blackirish	Date: 11/08/2007 23:46:33

Seamus gave him a sympathetic, commiserating sort of look. "That's never easy. I'm sorry to hear that. My father died when I was around your age." Younger actually: Seamus had barely started high school at that point. "Sometimes it's when you feel most alone you find there are people there for you you never realized."

Seamus still felt oddly drawn to him. Unsure if it was just the fey blood in him, Seamus kept talking to him, wondering if he could keep him there until Siobhan showed. "Was it sudden, or...?" Seamus trailed off, and then added, "Obviously you don't need to answer if you don't want to." But he was curious, and wondered if there was anything he could say or do to help.

	From: augurypokery	Date: 11/08/2007 23:57:02

That was a look that Edvin had grown used to over the past few weeks, though this time it didn't bring forth the usual annoyance that he generally felt when people gave him that look. "Thank you," Edvin nodded. At that last sentiment Edvin paused and considered it. "I certainly hope you're right, Seamus." The odd part was that he truly meant those words. Edvin would welcome the company.

Edvin felt comfortable speaking with Seamus, even though he wasn't sure why. Usually he wasn't such a talker, but he didn't mind speaking with Seamus at all. "No," he shook his head gently. "It was a long, drawn-out process. I know...I know that they say they move on to a better place, but he was like a father to me." He reached up to push some of his raven locks from his eyes. "So, in a way it's good that he's gone, because some good has come from it. I just..." He looked up to Seamus with another slight smile. "I miss him."

	From: _blackirish	Date: 11/09/2007 00:18:40

Seamus reached out to place a comforting hand over Edvin's. He wasn't at all surprised by the little jolt he got, as if he needed more hints that the boy was fey-touched. It made Seamus wonder if Edvin knew -- Seamus's cousin didn't, Siobhan had pointed it out to Seamus at the wedding. He ignored the sharper ping and just said, "You'll always miss him. It'll just get easier to remember him without it hurting so much as time goes by."

He exhaled. "I know people always say things like that, to make it easier. If They're suffering, it helps to know the pain's gone, finally, but it doesn't exactly speed up the healing process. Time and friends do. And the good." Seamus smiled. "Dwell on the good. That definitely helps."

	From: augurypokery	Date: 11/09/2007 00:39:57

Edvin's eyes shifted to look at Seamus' hand touching his own, silently amazed by the buzz that shot through his hand at such a simple touch. He stared at their hands in wonder, not moving in the least, and didn't look up until Seamus spoke again. "I figured," he nodded softly. "He taught me everything, he was an amazing man." He absently wondered if he spoke The Old Man's name if Seamus would know him.

A slight smile came to Edvin's mouth then and he nodded before glancing around and bringing his eyes back to Seamus. "I can only assume you're right. It's a difficult process, but...I know I'll get through it." He took a sip of his juice before leaning towards Seamus, wanting to keep the next bit of information between them. "He was Antal, the prophet..." That wasn't what Edvin wanted to share. "And he named me just moments before he died." That's when a small, but true, smile hit the young man's lips.

	From: _blackirish	Date: 11/09/2007 10:16:40

Seamus idly wondered if Edvin felt it to, the little tiny surge. It was so vaguely reminiscent of the very first time Siobhan touched Seamus. Vaguely. While this was like a small static shock, Siobhan's first touch on Seamus's skin had been a miniature lightning storm. Half of it was the attraction he'd tried to deny, but the rest was blood calling to blood.

Fey blood was whispering to blood now and it was intriguing. But more intriguing was Edvin's confession. The name meant nothing to Seamus -- he knew so little of Aylasia -- but the revelation did. Hamlin had given them some ideas of how the place was run, and they'd even attended to coronation to meet the new king. A young man, roughly Seamus's own age. And he'd learned about the prophets. How many were there again? Five? And so one had died and named this boy the next? "Bit of a trend it seems now isn't it? First the prophets name such a young king and then one prophet names such a young successor? That must have been a lot to take in, huh?"

He withdrew his hand to sip at his drink again. No wonder the boy seemed so distracted, so lost in his own head. to lose a father figure and be named as a figurehead, one who foretold things to come -- how was a boy supposed to handle that?

	From: augurypokery	Date: 11/14/2007 11:33:29

Edvin was curious about the touch, though he wasn't sure why he felt the little surge that he did. It had never happened before, though it wasn't unwelcome. It brought comfort with it, or perhaps it was more about the words that Seamus spoke. Either way, Edvin felt comfortable enough to be able to tell the beautiful man what happened.

As he spoke, his voice was kept at an even, quiet pace. His eyes swept the area before falling back on Seamus, and he gave a nod of his head. "One would certainly think so," he admitted. Maybe it was simply a sign of changing times. Out with the old, in with the new type of deal. "It has been, yes. I just...I wish that it would have been someone else who had passed it on to me. I know it's a great honor, but..." But why did he have to lose the one thing that was most important to him?

Edvin let out a soft sigh before taking another sip of his juice. He no longer felt the surge from Seamus, but he felt like there was something echoing inside of him. Every time he tried to focus on it, it would flee. Lifting his sharp blue eyes to the other man, Edvin tilted his head curiously. "So what is it that you do, Seamus?"

	From: _blackirish	Date: 11/14/2007 12:13:22

Seamus nodded, and let the subject change when Edvin guided it to. He chuckled and responded, "Well, I'm currently on a very extended honeymoon, but when I'm not, I'm a bartender." And a full-time fairy, but this wasn't exactly the right time to bring that up. Seamus thought it better to wait for Siobhan for that. He was careful about how much information he volunteered; he wasn't about to tell Edvin he and Siobhan weren't from Aylasia. From a distance away, or not from the surrounding areas, fine. But Seamus was taking Hamlin's initial advice to heart.

	From: augurypokery	Date: 11/16/2007 01:45:56

Edvin was thankful that there wasn't a struggle to hold to the previous conversation. He had a feeling that if he'd been given half a chance, he could have wept on about it all night long. At the mention of the honeymoon, Edvin's mouth twisted into a near-full smile. "That's wonderful, congratulations," he even went so far as to tip his glass to Seamus at that. "You must be good at your job," he offered once he set his juice down. "Talking to you comes so easily." Yes, that was meant as a compliment.

	From: _blackirish	Date: 11/16/2007 11:28:18

Seamus took it as one. "Thank you," Seamus said smoothly, finishing off his drink. "I guess I do have that air about me. People do seem really comfortable talking to me. And I'm glad. I like listening. Well that and I have the uncanny ability to always know exactly what they want to drink." Seamus winked at Edvin as he said that. It wasn't an uncanny ability at all; it was his clurichaun blood showing through even when he was still just fey-touched. He never ever got a drink wrong. It was one of the skills he touted.

He rubbed a finger along the rim of his glass, while his thoughts shifted back to Siobhan. Where was he? Seamus wasn't sure how much longer he could keep the boy chatting, and he really wanted Siobhan to meet him. His hand strayed to the necklace at his neck and he stroked the stone absently.

	From: unseeliebeauty	Date: 11/16/2007 14:04:04

Siobhan had been thinking of Seamus at that very moment as well. The blond fairy had just finished up a little shopping expedition, purchasing something he was certain his husband would enjoy, and Siobhan couldn't wait to show him. He'd just started to wonder where Seamus could be when he felt a little flicker of warmth around his heart and the little fairy smiled; Seamus was thinking of him as he touched his necklace.

That made it far easier to find him, and Siobhan did so, stepping into the little tavern just a few minutes later. The fairy drew more than a few appreciative glances in his little blue dress as he made a beeline for Seamus.

"Hello, darling," he purred with a little smile, settling himself qutie comfortably on Seamus's lap then leaning down for a kiss. It was brief because he'd noticed his husband had himself a pretty little companion. A fey-touched one at that, if Siobhan's senses were anything to go by. He blinked bright blue eyes at the stranger and offered a warm smile. "And who's this? Found yourself a friend?"

	From: augurypokery	Date: 11/16/2007 14:36:12

The more he spoke with Seamus the better Edvin was feeling. Sure, it wasn't a complete fix-all for the young man, but it was good to get his mind off of his grief. He gave a small bit of a smile and even a slight laugh when Seamus mentioned the uncanny drink ability that he has. "That must make your job easy then, hrm?" He gave a soft shrug. "Or at least I'd think so. I'd be impressed if my drinks were brought to me without me having to tell what I wanted..."

His already soft voice became quieter as he watched the blond making his way towards his and Seamus's table. His eyes shifted to Seamus because Edvin knew that the blond couldn't possibly be coming over to see him.

The right side of Edvin's mouth tilted up just slightly as he looked down at his drink, wanting to give the two at least a small bit of privacy. When the blond spoke, Edvin's gentle blue eyes lifted once more and he offered a nearly shy smile. "I'm Edvin Sándor. I was just keeping Seamus company until you got here." His voice was soft and low, but somehow managed to be loud enough to be heard over the other tavern-goer's noise.

He finished his juice and carefully set down some money for his drink before looking to Seamus and the attractive blond. "I don't want to intrude, so I'll be going now. It was a pleasure meeting you both." He struggled to give a full smile, but managed only a soft little up-turning of the corners of his mouth.

	From: _blackirish	Date: 11/16/2007 14:54:15

Seamus kissed Siobhan back, his hand immediately coming to rest on bared back. "Mm, there you are love. I was just thinking about you." Seamus smiled, knowing full well Siobhan knew he'd been thinking of him. He took Siobhan's bags and set them down alongside his next to his chair before looking back at Edvin, smiling at him again. "Please, Edvin, don't be in such a hurry; it's not intrusion at all. I'd like to you meet Siobhan." He glanced at Siobhan as he spoke, his eying saying volumes more than his words. "Edvin and I've been talking while I was waiting for you. I wanted you to meet him."

	From: unseeliebeauty	Date: 11/16/2007 15:35:47

"Yes, please stay Edvin," Siobhan was quick to agree, trying to reassure the boy. "Any friend of my husband's is a friend of mine." The words were perfectly true. Siobhan had yet to dislike anyone Seamus had introduced him to.

Leaning against Seamus, Siobhan reached for his empty glass, and magic had it refilling before it reached the blond's perfectly glossed lips. Swirling te liquid in the glass, Siobhan gave Edvin a considering look. "Besides, you're very special, aren't you?" He glanced at Seamus briefly; he could sense it as well, the fey blood.

	From: augurypokery	Date: 11/16/2007 15:57:21

Edvin nervously rubbed his palms on the sides of his jacket, his eyes switching between Seamus and Siobhan. "If you insist..." He gave a nod and sat back down. He didn't have anything planned for today, he simply figured that the couple would have preferred to be alone.

"It's nice to meet you, Siobhan." Of course, the question threw Edvin for a small loop. Tilting his head just slightly, his bright eyes shifted from Siobhan to Seamus quickly, and back again. "Well...I suppose so..." His cheeks actually flushed ever so slightly when he admitted that. "I am the youngest, you know?" He spoke quietly still. "I would assume that it would be special for anyone to be named." Of course he was talking about being a prophet. His eyes lifted to Siobhan once more. "How did you know?" He wasn't upset by any means, simply curious.

	From: _blackirish	Date: 11/16/2007 21:56:03

Seamus chimed in before Siobhan had a chance to question that. "Siobhan has this amazing ability to find out things almost as soon as they happen." His tone was teasing and he moved his fingers up Siobhan's back as he spoke. "Being named the next and youngest prophet and so soon after the youngest king was crowned -- not exactly news that can stay quiet for long, is it?" He smoothly explained the situation to Siobhan even as he glanced first at him and then back at Edvin. "But that wasn't the sort of special Siobhan was referring to."

	From: unseeliebeauty	Date: 11/16/2007 22:15:58

Siobhan smiled slowly, partly because of the warm little shiver Seamus's fingers had sent down his spine and partly because of how cunningly the dark-haired fey had handled that.

"He's right," Siobhan said with an intent look. "I'm a bloodhound when it comes to gossip. And you..." He leaned forward, closer to Edvin so he could lower his voice and leaving his back exposed to Seamus's wandering fingers. "You have a bit of the fey folk in you."

	From: augurypokery	Date: 11/17/2007 00:24:54

Edvin's eyes shifted between Siobhan and Seamus curiously. He wasn't in disbelief, he was simply curious about the situation he's found himself in. "Well that's certainly true," he agreed with Seamus, shifting his eyes about to make sure that not too many others heard the "youngest prophet" thing. He still wasn't quite comfortable with the title.

At Seamus's last words, confusion lit Edvin's features. His eyes shifted, watching Siobhan as he leaned closer. Edvin resisted the urge to pull his head back. Those words -- about fey folk -- didn't shed any light on Edvin's features. "Pardon?" Edvin blinked slowly, his eyebrows drawn together. "I assure you, I have no idea what you're talking about." His voice was softer than normal, barely audible at all, though he had no doubt that Siobhan heard him.

	From: _blackirish	Date: 11/17/2007 00:37:02

Seamus walked fingers up Siobhan's back, letting his eyes rest on all the pale flesh exposed to him. "You may not have any idea what we're talking about but that doesn't change the fact that it's true." Seamus tilted his head, looking at Edvin frankly. His tone was soothing as he spoke. "We're not wrong, Edvin. I can't tell you how strong it is, how far back in your family, nothing that specific, but I know, without any doubt -- we know -- there's faerie blood in you." He sat back again and his fingers kept wandering, growing a bit bolder, more dangerous. "It's a lot to take in, everything in such a short time, I bet. But it just one more thing to learn about yourself."

	From: unseeliebeauty	Date: 11/17/2007 11:42:34

"Mm," Siobhan hummed in agreement, words lost to him for a moment what with Seamus being so distracting. He wriggled a little in Seamus's lap to retaliate.

"It doesn't have to be a big deal. Think of it as discovering you have your great-grandmother's smile or your great-great uncle's nose," the blond fairy explained with an airy wave. "Nothing has to come of it if you don't want it to. It's just good to know."

	From: augurypokery	Date: 11/17/2007 15:19:44

Edvin dragged his hands through his hair slowly, though it wasn't because he was stressing about this new information. He was letting it sink into his mind, his eyes shifting back and forth between the man and woman.

"So then...You two..." He simply nodded at them. They were fey, too. His eyes shifted to Seamus and he gave a curious tilt of his head. "Was that what it was? When you touched my hand earlier, I felt this...buzzing." He wasn't sure how to explain it other than that.

He gave Siobhan another small, but meaningful, smile. "I'm not upset," he offered gently. "What could come of it?" He arched his right brow slightly.

	From: _blackirish	Date: 11/17/2007 15:28:44

Seamus nodded. "I felt it too. That's how I knew for certain. I suspected, why was why I came over to begin with. Well, that and you did look like you needed someone to talk to." He shifted beneath Siobhan, that little wiggle of his calling attention to the fact that he was very nicely seated on Seamus's lap. Seamus let his fingers dip just under the low back of Siobhan's dress. Fingers pressed there as he spoke. "Maybe nothing," he responded to Edvin's question. And maybe something. Maybe that was up to Edvin.

	From: unseeliebeauty	Date: 11/19/2007 11:05:26

"It's up to you," Siobhan murmured, eyes closing briefly at Seamus's entirely scandalous touch, before forcing himself to focus on Edvin. "You could spend your entire life simply being fey touched and it having no real impact on your life other than other fey would be able to recognize you if they got close enough. Or..."

The blond fairy paused, taking another drink from his borrowed glass. "Or, you could decided to have a full-blooded fairy work a changeover for you, make that fey blood of yours runs true for the rest of your natural life."

	From: augurypokery	Date: 11/23/2007 17:22:29

For a long moment Edvin remained quiet, simply taking in what the couple was telling him. "So...this is really happening." He let out a breath, one that he felt he had been holding in for forever. It almost seemed like too much.

His eyes centered on Siobhan and he touched two of his fingers to his mouth, thinking on the idea of being a fey. "Would I still be a prophet?" He wasn't entirely sure that right now was the right time for yet another large change in his life, any way. Besides, it wasn't like they were telling him that he had to decide right now.

	From: _blackirish	Date: 11/23/2007 17:35:42

Seamus exchanged a glance with Siobhan before he responded in very low tones, letting Edvin in on something he hadn't told anyone else yet. "I don't see why not. I didn't stop being a bartender when I had Siobhan work a changeover for me. It didn't stop me being who I was; it woke up a part of me that was sleeping. It's not a decision to be made lightly, and there are consequences you'd need to think about if you're even considering it." Seamus looked evenly at Edvin. "There are a number of changes already going on in your life. I don't think you need to think about making a changeover anytime soon."

He leaned forward and pressed a kiss to Siobhan's neck. "Becoming a prophet is something you have to work on, right? Maybe that should take your focus. Mm, what do you think?" He posed the question to Siobhan, sweeping blond hair off a shoulder to trail fingers along smooth skin.

	From: unseeliebeauty	Date: 11/23/2007 23:50:19

Siobhan couldn't help the giggle that escaped - Seamus really was too good at teasing him like that - and he tried to school his features into a more serious expression. The blond fairy's bubbly nature wouldn't allow it, though, and he was smiling a little distractedly as he addressed Edvin. "He's right, you know. It's definitely not a decision to be made lightly. Live, learn, you're still very young and it's not like your blood will change over night. You have plenty of time to think about things."

	From: augurypokery	Date: 12/16/2007 20:22:23

Edvin's bright eyes shifted between the two curiously, but he wasn't about to point out the distraction. He merely sat quietly, doing his best to keep from watching the exchange...Even though it was going on right in front of him.

At one point his mouth parted to respond to Seamus, but the other man was going on before he could get another word out. So, Edvin fell silent again, looking between the couple as they spoke to him.

"I wasn't thinking that it was something I would jump into right now," he admitted finally. "But, I do suppose it's good to know...I never..." He shook his head and dropped his eyes to the table finally, finding some touch of comfort for the briefest of moments before he spoke again. "I never imagined that I had fey blood running in my veins..." That wasn't exactly what he was going to say, but he wasn't entirely sure if he was quite ready to admit that he knew nothing about his birth-family.

	From: _blackirish	Date: 12/16/2007 21:05:14

Seamus slowly let his hand come to rest in the middle of Siobhan's back, before he wound up giving Edvin an entirely new lesson altogether. He smiled. "Neither did I. Well, that's not exactly true. My grandmother once told me so, years ago. As I grew up, I sort of let it slip from my mind, though I never forgot the other things she told me. And then I met Siobhan and things started falling into place."

Seamus smiled at Siobhan again before he continued speaking. "And that's when it became the right to time do something about it. Not before. I didn't have to, but I wanted to." He cocked his head. "I hope we haven't given you too much to think about."

	From: unseeliebeauty	Date: 12/17/2007 18:41:28

Siobhan polished off the glass he'd refilled while Seamus spoke, watching the boy and his reactions.

When his other half stopped speaking, Siobhan sat up and wound an arm around Seamus's shoulders to keep himself there as he addressed Edvin. "Like we said, you're young still. Don't worry yourself too much about this," he said gently. "But if you ever have any questions, I'm sure you'll be able to find us. Just ask Hamlin Graves. For now..." Siobhan pat Seamus's chest. "My husband promised to take me to lunch."

	From: augurypokery	Date: 12/17/2007 19:05:11

Edvin's eyes constantly shifted between the two, and at least now he was looking less confused than before. He nodded when Siobhan gave her suggestion -- again, that he not worry himself over it -- and he knew that this new information, on top of everything else, was something that he would have to think on.

"Thank you both," he offered a light smile, "for helping clear this up for me." Not that he knew about it before, but still. He was thankful that someone told him. "Well, don't let me keep you any longer." Edvin rose and gave a bit of a bow to the two of them. "Eat well," he offered, before turning and heading for the door.