Closed starter for @aemonvelxryon Location: King's Landing, New Valyria. With the upcoming wedding of Aemon to Lady Vivienne Penrose, Ulises pays his old friend a visit. Context: When Aemon fled King's Landing at the start of the Dance of Dragons, Ulises and his family took him in Gallowsgrey. The two of them became close friends after that. Also, Vivienne was Ulises' first love, oop.
The door to Aemon's study was ajar, and he gave a few quick knocks as he pushed it open. “How are the preparations coming along?” the Lord of Gallowsgrey asked, having seen his friend merely staring at some papers and ledgers. He could only imagine the amount of planning an affair of this kind took, with many choices to make and various things for the bride and groom to approve. Especially with the big day approaching, new and unexpected variables could arise that needed smoothing over. Seeing his friend's expression, somewhere between tensely focused and silently overwhelmed, he couldn't say he envied this part of the process. “You look like you could use some time to clear your mind”.
Ulises stepped inside, closing the door behind him. Walking through that door almost marked a threshold of sorts, the lord's demeanor turning slightly more relaxed, as it often did in Aemon's company. “Well, I have some good news for you. You asked me once which was my favorite drink when I showed you the agave fields at home,” he said as he approached the wooden desk and showed the Velaryon lord the dark amber-colored bottle he brought. Back when Aemon was in Gallowsgrey, Ulises had shown him how the jimadores harvested agaves and what the tequila-making process was like. And with full certainty, the Trant lord had told his friend that out of the different varieties of tequila, the very best one was the most aged. “So, here it is. Eight years in the making,” he added with a subtle, proud smile as he set the bottle on the desk. “I wanted to gift this to you to celebrate your wedding, my friend”.
Aemon thrived in a bachelor's life that it was strange to think he would be a married man soon. But life kept advancing and changing. Ulises did not stop to think too much about the ceremony that was fast approaching, hoping not to revive anything that had been steadily kept in the past. He was content for his friend, genuinely so, even if a part of him did feel a certain way when he paused and thought about the woman Aemon was marrying. If he did, he evoked a sort of nostalgia for a time in which he felt truly content with his life. But that man and that life had drowned too long ago, and he'd learned instead to keep his sight forward. “You can toast with your bride, or with your family,” he mentioned, “Keep it mind it's strong. It's very strong”.
