#scholev

Solev (to Wesselo): Come over here [moves to the corner]

Solev (to Schpood): Schpood, could you return to your seat.

Solev (to Wesselo): If you ever think you can steal [Vice] President Schpood from me, I will see [to] it that you will sit the rest of your life in those fucking dungeons, alright? So you better mess up this date. If he is stolen from me, it's your head, it's your head. The imperial government will find you. They'll find your business.

Wesselo: Okay—

Solev: Alright, you understood? Is this understood?

Wesselo: Okay, of course, of course.

Solev: Alright, yeah, yeah. Make sure he's not stolen from me. Go.

[Wesselo sits across a table with Schpood while Solev and his guards leave]

Schpood: Wesselo~ How are you doing?

Wesselo: Oh yeah er—!

Schpood: I've really—I've really enjoyed this so far.

Wesselo: Oh! uhm I've enjoyed it too! It's been um, really good!

Schpood: Oh great!

Wesselo: I have something to tell you. Unfortunately, you might not like me very much after hearing this.

Schpood: Why's that?

Wesselo: I'm actually… alcoholic [takes a sip of a drink labeled 'Old Fashioned']

Schpood: ME TOO! I have multiple Old Fashioned's in my inventory!

Wesselo: Oh!

Schpood: I'm gonna have three [bottles] because its pretty bad

Wesselo, nervously: Oh! I'm so glad we can bond over this!

Schpood: I wanna just—I'm holding your hands, Wesselo.

Wesselo: [sighs] Can you please tell Solev that the date was really bad? He's gonna execute me.

Schpood: Oh— [VC cuts out here] But, no, Solev's fine even though we're publicly together, we both have side things, you know?

Wesselo: Oh okay, okay

Schpood: Well, we're not—not publicly together but like everyone kinda knows, you know? Like, he has his public thing, you know— [First Lady] Alt.

Wesselo, nodding: Yeah.

Schpood: But they're not really a thing. It's me and him. But even if we're a thing, you can't be my public one either because, you know, that would embarrass Solev and he'd get jealous and probably murder [First Lady] Alt and then we'd have to run away together and then it'd be a whole thing? So—

Wesselo: That's fine, that's fine.

Schpood: ...See you tonight, Wesselo.

Wesselo: See you...

[Schpood leaves, stops in the doorway]