Open to all!

[suetekh]

🧙 WHO: Set and all
⚔️️ WHAT: Magic learning, selling finger nails, drinking
🕒 WHEN: Throughout April
🗺️ WHERE: All over
⚠️ WARNINGS: Drinking warning!



a. never meant for a green thumb

[Set's had an emotional time of it, having the same magic as Osiris. With healing and now being able to grow things, it feels like he's in some body that doesn't belong to him at all. None of it feels natural but nothing about any of this feels natural. But still, he's here to help his world and as king then he will do what is necessary.

With it being so rainy out then he can't practice his green magic as much but walking past a garden with an umbrella, he gets a feeling from the garden near by. He stops, frowning.]

What good will it do for you to complain about the sun being hidden? None of us can control the rain here apparently. [He looks crazy, talking to the garden.] Stop complaining.

[It may sound like he's talking to somebody else or maybe your character.]

b. it isn't nail polish

[As a god, Set's fingernails are pure gold. Even if, physically, he is no longer a god here, his nails still grow golden.

And apparently, the faeries like finger nails? They like weird things and he's been arguing with the faeries.] Why would you want my finger nails? What good do they do for you...? [But one faerie is near his feet too, pointing.] My toe nails? No.

[But they will pay him, even if only a little bit, and he has very little money...he sighs. This is ridiculous. As your character passes by, Set calls out:] Get me something to cut nails with. [Sorry, he's not used to not being royalty and having to be polite.

But also it's raining a lot and he wants to get out of this bad weather. These faeries have been harassing him for a bit and even he's learned that it's a bad idea to kill them even if he's not opposed to the idea.]

c. this body ain't what it used to be.

[In ancient Egypt, beer was simply what you drank. Water couldn't always be trusted and so it was beer. Beer for kids, beer for adults, beer for everybody. Set prefers wine, being a god and all, but he can't get wine so easily. These other drinks? No idea. But he knows beer.

But he has always drunk alcohol being a god, not a human. He downs two glasses of beer and as he walks home, he immediately feels the difference. Being a human is different in many ways and as he tries to head home, he feels really dizzy as he leans on a wall.]

Why...? [He puts a hand to his head and takes a breath, trying to go again but tumbles and falls down.] Why do I feel like the world is spinning? [To whoever is going by him, he calls out:] Hey, what does it mean when you can't stand because you feel like you're twirling?

[It means he's drunk for the first time.]

Comments

closed to claude

[suetekh]

[Set's never been asked to hang out before and it was strange to train with somebody. The rest of his family had never been ones for combat, only Set had been, so he'd always trained alone. Not that Set was much of a training partner as he barely spoke as he he worked with his bow and arrow (it made sense to use the same weapon? and luckily, for Set, his bow came with him). He was here to train, not talk, but he does still agree to go out after and eat and drink. It makes sense, he thinks. You want to refuel after training.

Although as Set sits down across from Claude and is given a menu, he has absolutely no idea what he's supposed to ask for.]

I've never had tea.

[It was not something available in ancient Egypt but what a great start to this conversation.]

[leicesters]

[Training isn't exactly Claude's idea of fun, but if it was a way to Set to hang out, that was fine by him. The guy's oblivious and dense, but he's still piqued Claude's interest, and pestering him even this far is more than he anticipated to get out of him. Maybe someone just needs to teach the guy to let loose... In that regard, he's reminded a little of Byleth in their early days together, so he's not too daunted.

Claude's scanning down the menu, though he looks up at Set's admission.]

Oh-- well, first time for everything. What sort of tastes do you like? There are bitter teas, sweet fruit teas, herbal teas, floral teas...

[suetekh]

I think I'd like the fruit teas. [Maybe Set doesn't seem the type but he likes fruits. They're a treat usually only allowed to royalty. It's more familiar, and might be more of a comfort, than some of the other teas.]

There's more options than back in Egypt and everybody can drink all of these things. It's so different here. [And it's kind of uncomfortable? He looks around the dining area.] Is it like this in your home?

[This is more chatty than Set usually is if he's asking a question.]

[leicesters]

I came here from a place called Fodlan, and the nobility there are fussy about tea like you wouldn't believe. They want the most expensive leaves, the nicest pots and cups, the best cakes to eat with it... and there's all these rules and etiquette...

[He gives a long-suffering sigh and shakes his head.] Common people drink tea too, but it's the nobles that are crazy for the stuff. I just like it because it tastes good and it's nice to drink with friends, you know?

[suetekh]

[Set does understand this. Long before he was a king, he was just a prince that was never given a second glance. There were rules, ways to act, and Set had wanted no part of it. But because of that, it had only made him stand out more in all of the worst ways.]

Wine is only for those that are part of my court or anybody else that can afford it. It isn't why I like it, though, it just tastes good. Date wine tastes the best but I haven't seen it here. [Which is a shame because it's his favorite. But he also hasn't been looking too hard because he has very little money.]

But rules for things like that are annoying. I never liked it either.

[leicesters]

Date wine sounds good. I'll have to try some sometime.

[Then he laughs.] Most kings love rules and good manners and stuff. I suppose you're the exception?

[He flags down a waiter as they talk, and orders some pine needle tea. Hopefully Set's decided on a particular fruit tea by now.]

c

[worldsokayestdad]

[Naturally, most people would approach someone who's just fallen down out of nowhere. It would be kind of a dick move to just ignore them and leave them on the ground, after all. So, upon watching this guy totally beef it, Kratos approaches and kneels down to offer a hand up.]

It could be a number of reasons, perhaps you've taken ill. Did you hurt yourself when you fell?

[He will most likely very quickly realize that this dude is just drunk, but first thing's first. Gotta make sure the guy isn't all banged up.]

[suetekh]

Ill? [Right, that's a thing he can be now. Now that he's human.] And no, I don't...? [He's trying to think and make sense of everything happening but it feels like nothing is connecting.

He takes the hand offered to him although he's a big guy and right now, he's only a little better than dead weight.] I feel like I can't get up. Is this what being sick means?

[worldsokayestdad]

[Well, the guy doesn't seem to be bleeding or anything, so that's good.

Kratos may also just be human himself now, but he's still pretty decently strong on his own. Which just means that he is eventually able to help this guy to his feet, but with how... disoriented and floppy the other man is, it's no simple task. It does, however, clue Kratos in on what's probably actually going on here.]

Sometimes. However, I think I've figured out what your problem is.

[suetekh]

[Standing upright does not help how dizzy he feels in the slightest. If anything, it only makes it feel like he's spinning more and more now. Usually he would never lean on anybody like this but Set can't help it.]

You do? What's wrong with me? Was I poisoned...? The only time I have felt like this was when I was given sleeping aids but even that was nothing like this. [He had been giving sleeping aids but it had only made him feel a little tired. Right now, he didn't even feel tired.]

[worldsokayestdad]

[Whoof, yeah, this guy is way worse off than Kratos had expected. Well, he can't just leave the guy here in this state. He pulls one of the guy's arms around his shoulders to better support him, and to better keep his own balance because I guess this is a thing now.]

I suspect that you've had too much alcohol. You'll be all right, you just might feel off for a while.

A

[originaldragoon]

[The rain never bothered Rose. She actually liked it, which was why she was out walking without an umbrella. So by now she was drenched and probably looked strange to other people on the street who were probably trying to stay dry.]

[Though, probably not as strange a sight as the man who appeared to be talking to no one.]

[Rose paused and arched a brow.]

Who are you talking to?

[From where she was standing, it looked like he was facing an empty garden.]

[suetekh]

[Set usually paid no mind to the people around him and so of course he didn't notice that he had an audience. He looks to her.]

The plants. They're complaining about it only raining and there not being any sun. Like there's anything their whining to me will do. [Hearing another whine from the plants, he continues.] You heard me. You're annoying. [He would be crossing his arms right now if he did have an umbrella.] This new magic is a nuisance. Lord Brother probably never heard the crops crying like children.

[originaldragoon]

You were talking to plants? [Rose had seen a lot of strange things throughout the millennia, but seeing someone talk to a plant as if it will talk back is a new one.]

[But then he mentioned magic and that started to explain some of it.]

So the type of magic you have allows you to hear and speak to plants... That is something I have never heard of before.

[suetekh]

It isn't so much words I can hear but...feelings? I guess. [Set is very bad at explaining himself and also empathy like this sure is new.]

I can sense they're unhappy and I know it's about not seeing the sun. [He sighs when that feeling immediately overcomes him again.] And every time I say so, they only whine more.

[originaldragoon]

[Rose gets an idea about what Set was talking about. There was something similar between her and dragons back home. That ability was lost now that her Dragoon Spirit didn't have any power any more.]

Well, [She looked up to the sky letting to rain fall onto her face.] I cannot really blame them for being unhappy. It has been raining since I arrived here, and plants do need the sun to survive. They probably just want someone who will listen to them.

C

[arsonal]

[Okay, Azar has to admit it. Seeing this guy stumbling around like a drunk idiot? Pretty funny. She's maybe sounding a little amused as she answers his question.]

...It means you're a lightweight.

[suetekh]

[Set’s way too drunk to take offense and usually he would. It’s like things cannot connect as well as they used to and he feels more apathetic than he usually ever would.]

What? What do you mean by that? [The fact he could get drunk hasn’t been something that has come to mind at all. After all, he’s a god that could drink as much as he liked. He’s never been drunk. There has been no tolerance to build up.

Right now? Yeah. He’s a total lightweight.]

[arsonal]

Too much drink for you to handle.

[She may reach down a little, almost as if to help him... and maybe just give him a gentle push. Or not so gentle.]

[suetekh]

[It doesn't take much for Set to stumble back and immediately he feels anger and embarrassment flood through his system. A bad match for a drunk god. Or, well, former. His body is human and that's entirely why he's drunk at all.

He sits up, ready to attack, but wobbles and falls back onto his ass.]

Not only are you speaking like an idiot, you're acting like one. Don't make an enemy of me.

b. it isn't nail polish ( this might be really cursed im gunna cry )

[lunarchain]

EXCUSE me ? Are you absolutely out of your mind? [ The absolute gall of this man, the rain is pouring and he has the audacity to ask something so disgusting of her? The Lunar Moth of hers is also very excitedly crawling all over him, she wants some golden clippings too. ]

this is super cursed but thank you for doing it

[suetekh]

[By now, Set is used to people getting angry at him. Back home, his advisor was always like this and now? Set's getting it worse considering he really comes off as absolutely unbelievable here. But being a royal god doesn't do him many favors and he didn't have many manners in the first place.

Set frowns at the moth and tries to move it away from him.]

These things won't leave me alone until I give them my nails. [Like that's an explanation?!]

dsjfajkldsfmads

[lunarchain]

WHAT? [ Mona looks at him with absolute disbelief. ] Why do they event WANT your nails in the first place!?

[ She almost REGRETS asking that but she is so naturally in need of evidence and answers, there's nothing holding her back from inquiring so suddenly. ]

[suetekh]

[He shows her his hand so she can see his nails, that are literally pure gold. It's not that weird to Set but that's because where he's from, he's a royal god and this is just part of that.]

They like them and won't stop bothering me. They'll pay me. [And he does need the gold...

Even if it's like...5g for all of it.]

[lunarchain]

FUFHCUCHC -

[ The noise that Mona makes from her mouth when she sees literal gold conceptualize out of his fingers. Is. Something. Incompressible, however she immediately attempts to retract the weak display of humanity upon her and tries hard to control herself. However she is trembling. EVery bit of her is trembling. ]

*A-AHEM* O-OH... I-I SEE... W-WELL.... P-PERHAPS THE FAERIES... ARE IN UNDERSTANDING...

[ Mona tries to keep herself calm, but she keeps thinking about all the food she could potentially buy. Or Books for that matter to study - and scientific instruments for that matter. ]

I-I WILL OF COURSE, gladly HELP you so long as the faeries know that I TOO will be taking some of this GOLD for HELPING you OF COURSE.