How ya been
I wanna just say, this one is important to me. I know none of y'all will really know the ocs in this besides Veritas. But yeah. V is having a talk with a friend he had missed for a while now.
“So let me get this straight, you don’t fuckin know the name of yer hometown?”
“I didn’t live there long”
“Fucking told me otherwise before”
“I doubt I did Veritas”
“WELL EVEN IF YA DID YA COULDA TOLD ME BEFORE”
“Proszę pana, przestań krzyczeć”
“Odpierdol się, po prostu zabierz mnie do tego cholernego miasta”
“Tak jest”
“Anyways, sorry for that petri”
“It’s fine, but please don’t yell I can hear you fine”
“Well ya know I just get mad”
“I’ve known you for too long to not know that your voice raises with your anger”
“Sorry man”
“Your fine Veritas”
“Hey what’s goin on with ya?”
“How do you mean”
“Y’aint...Well I don’t know you don’t really, I don’t know sorry”
“Jesteśmy tutaj”
“dzięki sir, przepraszam, że krzyczę coś ekstra”
“Dzięki”
“You think that guy still hates me?”
“Your likely the only person who tips”
“How do you know?”
“I didn’t tip in the past”
“now that’s just a dick move”
“Do you want help with those bags?”
“Nah, no offense but don’t think you could hold them”
“We are in a city and you got married because someone tried to pickpocket you”
“What’s your point?”
“Nothing, I want to help you”
“And I want to remind you that I’m the one who can kick any animal’s ass”
“I swear sometimes you act like an animal”
“Would an animal try and find a nice place to be with his best friend”
“In Poland?”
“It’s where you were born”
“And a place I’m sure you understand is…awkward to be in”
“And that’s why I didn’t try findin your hometown and rather one I could find that is nice and in the general area”
“How did you even figure out the ‘general area’ as you put it”
“Nico talks when drunk”
“Of course he does”
“He misses you, ya know”
“Yes well I do too but I didn’t have a choice on leaving”
“Well so does Milo, me too”
“Again, had no choice”
“Coulda stuck out for a bit longer”
“Is this all you brought me here for? A guilt trip”
“Nah, wanted to see you again. Been way too long since I saw ya in relatively good terms”
“ON relatively good terms”
“Stop dodgin everything I say”
“I will speak how I want, thank you”
“When did you get an attitude”
“It’s your fault”
“Well good thing I’m a very forgiving person. We got a place ta be”
“Where would that be”
“Old ass bridge overlooking a river, I wanna share a drink there with you”
“Hmmmm. Nothing significant about the bridge?”
“Does there have to be?”
“No no, it seems odd considering this is-“
“Anyways, we should get moving”
“Now who’s dodging?”
“Shut up”
“Why should I? No one else here can speak English”
“You don’t know that”
“Would you bet money on it?”
“Hell no”
“So then you think someone might speak English?”
“No, I'm just saying the money could be bet on something more interesting. Like how long it takes for me to drink…a keg of beer”
“You mean a keg stand”
“Ok how the fuck do you know that”
“Yet again, you are my friend”
“Well fuckin stop being all weird n shit”
“How do you mean”
“You know too much”
“You know too much as well”
“Well I did my research”
“And I’ve helped you get back from many night of drinking”
“That was one time”
“Ten times”
“Those 3 of those we were mutually hammered”
“I wasn’t”
“Doubt that, we had to get 3 bottles of vodka one time cause you wouldn’t share the first one”
“…”
“What”
“Sorry”
“Don’t say sorry”
“Why shouldn’t I?”
“Cause usually I’m the one that has to apologize. It’s odd”
“Well either way, the river looks nice”
“How’d we get here so fast is my question”
“You were leading the way”
“Cause I knew where it was”
“Still makes no sense, now what exactly did you bring to drink”
“Some rum”
“Really? Hm”
“Do you not like it?”
“No it burns a bit is all”
“Fuck, I brought some tea just in case”
“No no, it’s fine.”
“Alright. Just let me know”
“Know what”
“That I fucked up, the usual stuff”
“You don’t ‘fuck up’ often”
“Then what was with the whole...Ya know”
“I felt it was the right decision”
“You coulda done anything else”
“I was...just worried”
“Worried of what? That I’d cry”
“No I just didn’t want you to feel as bad”
“Fat load of help that did man”
“You can’t blame me for trying to look out for you”
“Yeah but still, after you left I- well I cried a lot. Since Cassida died well-”
“Oh, so that’s what this is all about”
“I just wanted to spend time with you”
“...”
“I’m glad you are my friend petrichor”
“I could say the same”
“Can you?”
“This is good rum”
“Yeah, shoulda known”
“Veritas. I’m glad your my friend”
“Thank you, I’m sorry you can’t be here with me”
“It’s not your fault, we all meet our end eventually”
Veritas looked down at the empty bottle, pushing it over the railing. Watching as the empty bottle falls down into the river below. Vision burred he turned to his side empty streets and streetlights were all that greeted him.