Let's do the time warp again (for Jean-Claude)

[dredefulchilde]

Joscelin finds himself back at Guilty Pleasures barely two or three days after his last visit. That's not like him. He's not usually this...dutiful. But part of him wants to check in on Jean-Claude, make sure he's not still drowning in the flood of maudlin sentiment that had threatened to overtake his friend earlier in the week.

It's four o'clock in the afternoon; the club is dead and no one pays him a second glance as he ghosts past the bar towards Jean-Claude's office. They know him here by now. He stands in the doorway, paying lip service to formality with a perfunctory knock but not really paying attention to the answer. If Jean-Claude doesn't want him here, he'll tell him.

He holds up the expensive--and very well aged--bottle of cognac he'd brought with him. "I come bearing gifts." He plunks it down on Jean-Claude's desk and smiles. "I suppose it's rather gauche of me to bring my own liquor to an establishment such as this, but this is quite interesting stuff. Found it amongst some old things."

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[baisant]

Jean-Claude is less surprised to find Joscelin letting himself into his office than he is to find him letting himself in his office bearing gifts. Especially alcoholic gifts. He raises his eyebrows slightly at the other vampire's introduction before reaching forward to wrap his fingers around the neck of the bottle and pick it up, examining it closer.

"Amongst some old things?" he asks. It is an awfully old bottle. He has no doubt that the liquor itself will be expertly aged at this point. Jean-Claude hardly has a taste for food or drink in general these days, but every now and then he appreciates a good drink, especially one such as this. Especially shared among friends, though he isn't quite certain whether Joscelin is really the sort to partake with him or not.