10-15-2022, 03:13 PM
There was something to be said as Astrid listened to Godric complete his tale, weaving together a scene that while painted him as the heroic knight he seemed to portray, it showed he had a strong dutiful heart. A few times she caught something in his eyes when his emotions shifted through the story and too be honest his laugh was mildly ringing in her ears. He had a good laugh, regardless of if it was just a staged one or his true laugh it made him more mortal then the image she had of him before. She had joined him with a light chuckle of her own as the scene was just too much not to. While it wasn't enough to give her the hint there could be something between them, it didn't completely tell her they had to stay in the position they were in now. Maybe getting to know him more than employer and employee wouldn't be so bad, friends at least if he wasn't putting on a show for her.
When he finished his story she slowly got up from her chair and approached the counter again. She really aught to just sit at the bar instead of constantly getting up just for a refill on her drink but while they seemed to be connecting a bit she didn't want to full on scare him off or cause gossip to rise up around the trading post about the two of them. While in the long run she couldn't care what was said about her, hard to avoid given she looked so different and out of place for the most part he was innocent to all of it and didn't deserve to be wrangled in to it just because they were having a good time, innocently chatting and maybe a little bit of teasing but nothing worth the gossip trails to weave into a scandalous intimate exchange.
Astrid set down her tankard for another refill, turning to Godric while she waited. It may have not been the wisest idea in her mind but she would chalk it up to being a few drinks in and her resistance was a bit loose. She moved her free hand towards him, placing it on his shoulder and giving it a gentle squeeze. "You don't give yourself enough credit and your recommendation means a lot more then your letting it be. You see something in people, enough to know if they should be given a chance to come to this magnificent school you and the other founders have put together no matter their background or class. To be taught by some of the strongest in the greater civil countries is a great honor that I'm sure everyone you have brought here feels."
"Don't be so hard on yourself, you did what your heart knew needed to be done and you shouldn't feel any doubt or regret. Sure, others may not see what or how you do things as being the right way or the smartest but if it gets the task done and innocent lives saved what does it matter how you go about it. If it works for you then continue to do it, no need to change yourself just to please others" she said a bit quieter so it was just his ears to hear what she hoped was a reasonable pep talk.
Offering Godric a smile she took her recently filled tankard as the barman returned and made her way back to her seat. While a few of the eyes had moved on she could still feel a few every so often against her back. She really aught to be getting back soon, the temptation returning to her mind to see how many more drinks before the handsome knight across from her truly loosened up in a drunken state but then again it wouldn't look so good to have to help him stumble back up to the castle. Again the rumors and gossip would begin to form on something going on between them beyond what was there but it would be a little fun to hover it over him for a day or two when he came to find out just how the pair had gotten back. Something about him just called out to her to tease him, maybe that annoying part that seemed to think she had a chance of something romantic with him.
Astrid looked down at the tankard in her hand, her mind deciding to think for a moment in the small pause of their conversation. While friendship seemed possible it was a whole other matter when it came to romance. As good looking and oddly more and more desirable Godric was becoming she just couldn't believe there could be anything between them. He was too good hearted for her, noble and wanting to do the knightly heroic thing right were she if not quite a viking herself had done some dirty and dark things in her past. She had blood on her hands and no matter how many innocent lives she saved or how corrupt and evil those she had taken were she still had killed, some of them not in a very honorable way either.
Her eyes took on a dark note for a moment as they stared down into the mildly foamy contents of her tankard, a few of her kills returning to her mind for a moment before she closed her eyes and took a slow breath, pushing them all away. Reopening her eyes she put on the small friendly smile again as she raised her head to look towards Godric a moment then lift her tankard up for a drink. Thankfully with the drinks help she would be sleeping a bit more soundly tonight, unless her mind decided to pay her back all the teasing she had been doing to Godric tonight and decided to fill her dreams of images of him instead. Sometimes her mind could just be that cruel, especially the deeper she sunk into the drinks she continued to knock back but there was always a chance it was willing to forgive her if it decided to.
When he finished his story she slowly got up from her chair and approached the counter again. She really aught to just sit at the bar instead of constantly getting up just for a refill on her drink but while they seemed to be connecting a bit she didn't want to full on scare him off or cause gossip to rise up around the trading post about the two of them. While in the long run she couldn't care what was said about her, hard to avoid given she looked so different and out of place for the most part he was innocent to all of it and didn't deserve to be wrangled in to it just because they were having a good time, innocently chatting and maybe a little bit of teasing but nothing worth the gossip trails to weave into a scandalous intimate exchange.
Astrid set down her tankard for another refill, turning to Godric while she waited. It may have not been the wisest idea in her mind but she would chalk it up to being a few drinks in and her resistance was a bit loose. She moved her free hand towards him, placing it on his shoulder and giving it a gentle squeeze. "You don't give yourself enough credit and your recommendation means a lot more then your letting it be. You see something in people, enough to know if they should be given a chance to come to this magnificent school you and the other founders have put together no matter their background or class. To be taught by some of the strongest in the greater civil countries is a great honor that I'm sure everyone you have brought here feels."
"Don't be so hard on yourself, you did what your heart knew needed to be done and you shouldn't feel any doubt or regret. Sure, others may not see what or how you do things as being the right way or the smartest but if it gets the task done and innocent lives saved what does it matter how you go about it. If it works for you then continue to do it, no need to change yourself just to please others" she said a bit quieter so it was just his ears to hear what she hoped was a reasonable pep talk.
Offering Godric a smile she took her recently filled tankard as the barman returned and made her way back to her seat. While a few of the eyes had moved on she could still feel a few every so often against her back. She really aught to be getting back soon, the temptation returning to her mind to see how many more drinks before the handsome knight across from her truly loosened up in a drunken state but then again it wouldn't look so good to have to help him stumble back up to the castle. Again the rumors and gossip would begin to form on something going on between them beyond what was there but it would be a little fun to hover it over him for a day or two when he came to find out just how the pair had gotten back. Something about him just called out to her to tease him, maybe that annoying part that seemed to think she had a chance of something romantic with him.
Astrid looked down at the tankard in her hand, her mind deciding to think for a moment in the small pause of their conversation. While friendship seemed possible it was a whole other matter when it came to romance. As good looking and oddly more and more desirable Godric was becoming she just couldn't believe there could be anything between them. He was too good hearted for her, noble and wanting to do the knightly heroic thing right were she if not quite a viking herself had done some dirty and dark things in her past. She had blood on her hands and no matter how many innocent lives she saved or how corrupt and evil those she had taken were she still had killed, some of them not in a very honorable way either.
Her eyes took on a dark note for a moment as they stared down into the mildly foamy contents of her tankard, a few of her kills returning to her mind for a moment before she closed her eyes and took a slow breath, pushing them all away. Reopening her eyes she put on the small friendly smile again as she raised her head to look towards Godric a moment then lift her tankard up for a drink. Thankfully with the drinks help she would be sleeping a bit more soundly tonight, unless her mind decided to pay her back all the teasing she had been doing to Godric tonight and decided to fill her dreams of images of him instead. Sometimes her mind could just be that cruel, especially the deeper she sunk into the drinks she continued to knock back but there was always a chance it was willing to forgive her if it decided to.
