Investigating a Griffon Pipe

25 October 2015

17:57 Saewin sits under the parasol of a small dockside cafe's outside table, a cup of tea in one claw and smoking pipe held in the other. Every so often he takes a draw from the pipe, the mouthpiece cleverly crafted for a griffons beak, and blows the smoke out with long, lingering exhales. Anyone passing by would be able to smell the pungent scent of the burning herbs, specially selected to soothe fraying nerves.

18:01 < Ruqyo> (griffon weed woooo)

18:06 Ruzeth wanders his way back from the docks, heading back home after a nice lunch with his boyfriend Lucent when an unfamiliar scent catches his nose. One that smells quite herbal and pleasant. Scanning the surroundings as he trots he notices a feathered figure sitting under a shaded table. Curiously the zebra steps forward to see a strange looking device he hadnt seen before, the griffon's pipe. His eyes linger there for a while, long enough that he could be mistaken for staring.

18:14 Saewin takes a few more puffs and then a sip of his tea, savouring the mingling herbal scents and tastes, when he feels eyes on him and looks up. After a moment he spots him, a very young looking zebra, little more than a colt, standing on the street and staring his way. He blinks, staring back, then clears his throat as he knocks some ash from the bowl. "Can I help you, lad?"

18:21 Ruzeth blinks and shakes his head to regain himself and then steps forward to teh griffon and smiles at him. "Oh ummm I was just noticing your thingy there. I've not seen on one of those things before and well, I was wondering what it was? I dont recognise the smell of those herbs..." He says with curiousity. Ruzeth steps forward as he talks, nearing the point where he was violating Saewin's personal space, though he didnt seem to mean anything by it.

18:25 Saewin scowls a little and leans away from him, just enough to make the point, as he lifts the pipe to his beak and sucks in a draught. "It's a smoking pipe," he says as he blows a stream of blueish smoke from the far side of his beak. "You put herbs or tobacco in the bowl here, light it, and the smoke comes through the stem."

18:31 Ruzeth doesnt catch the point and steps ever closer to the intriguing pipe. He's close enough now that he can take deep breaths of the intoxicating smoke. The Zebra twitches his ears at the word tabacco. He was familiar with the name but he'd never seen it in use before. "Is that what you're smoking then? Tobacco? That one doesnt grow back home. Can I give it a try?"

18:34 < Ruqyo> (drugs! :D)

18:34 Saewin scowls harder and puts a firm but gentle claw on the zebra colt's chest. "You're getting a little personal there. For the sake of decency, buy me a drink first," he teases, covering his irritation as he puts a soft pressure on Ruzeth, pushing him back a little. "And that wouldn't be wise. There's some tobacco in here, and come other herbs, but I doubt they'd agree with you. They can be a little rough for a first-timer."

18:43 Ruzeth pauses as he feels a claw on his chest and then is forced to take a step back at the insistent pushing. He giggles at the tiercel's words and shakes his head. "You're funny mister..." He then frowns as his request is rejected and then begins to pout addorably. "Oh cmon, I'm no stranger to insense and stuff! I'm an expert on herbs, I'm a shamman afterall." He brags, stretching the truth just a tad.

18:48 Saewin cocks a brow and tilts his head, regarding the colt with an expression of pure skepticism. "A shaman, are you? You burn a lot of herbs? Inhale their smoke? Even concentrated smoke, like this?" He smirks and shrugs, flipping the pipe around in his claw so that the stem and mouthpiece point towards the zebra. "Fine. Have a puff. But you should let me buy you a drink, because you're going to need it."

18:53 < Ruzeth> /me nods at the tiercel and then pronks in place excitedly at he agrees to let him a have a try. reaching up he takes the pipe in his hooves and nods affirmatively at Saewin. "Yes...well maybe not super concentrated, but its nothing I cant handle~" He says with a grin, and then also adds, "I'll take a chai tea if they have it and if you insist." He can feel the heat of the fire burning within through the walls of the pipe as he raises it to his lips. The zebra takes a long drag on it, inhaling sharply. He holds the smoke in for longer than the griffon expects, but then soon its too much and he begins to cough it out in painful hacks, causing him to drop the pipe.

18:53 Ruzeth nods at the tiercel and then pronks in place excitedly at he agrees to let him a have a try. reaching up he takes the pipe in his hooves and nods affirmatively at Saewin. "Yes...well maybe not super concentrated, but its nothing I cant handle~" He says with a grin, and then also adds, "I'll take a chai tea if they have it and if you insist." He can feel the heat of the fire burning within through the walls of the pipe as he raises it to his lips. The zebra takes a long drag on it, inhaling sharply. He holds the smoke in for longer than the griffon expects, but then soon its too much and he begins to cough it out in painful hacks, causing him to drop the pipe.

18:57 Saewin winces as the zebra takes a drag as if he's drinking through a straw, inhaling the pungent smoke immediately without even taking some air in to help it down, and knows exactly what's coming next. Which is how he manages to catch the pipe before it hits the ground, and stands to smack the colt on the back as he offers him some of his own tea. "Don't say I didn't warn you, lad. Come on, drink some of this. I'll bet you won't be able to wait until the y make your drink."

19:05 Ruzeth gives another hard cough as the tiercel smacks him on the back and it slowly subsides though he feels an unpleasant burning in his lungs. He takes the offered mug and gulps down some tea and looks down on the ground panting. "W-wow...thats...some strong...stuff. How do you inhale that? Its not soothing and calming like my insence..." he says out of breath.

19:10 Saewin shrugs, setting the pipe on his table as he rubs the colt's back. "There's a technique to it. You don't even have to inhale it, but you can do. And if you do... You really have to hold it in your mouth and take some air down as well. And anyway, it's an aquired taste." He takes a drag and sucks it down, demonstrating."

19:20 Ruzeth arches up against the talons and continues to suck in deep breaths of clean air, occassionally letting out with a cough and weeze. He turns to watch as Saewin takes another puff of his pipe and wavers on wether he wants to give it another go. Instead he takes another sip of Saewin's tea, waiting for his own chai to arrive. "So...why do you smoke it anyways? Tobacco doesnt have any magical properties..."

19:24 Saewin smiles, but with a hint of sadness to it as he looks down at the smoking bowl. "It's not magical, but it does have some real soothing qualities. Especially when you combine it with these other herbs. So I smoke it because it helps my nerves. They can get a little frayed sometimes. Unjustifiably, since I live the easy life, but that's just how it is..."

19:36 Ruzeth watches as his tea arrives and he quickly swaps out Saewin's cup for his own and begins to drink it softly. "Soothing huh? And an easy life? Dont you work out here on the docks, or have someone you love who does? It seems like it'd be quite a bit of hard work..." He says, staring up at the tiercel. Now that he has his tea he holds a hoof up to recieve the pipe once again.

19:39 Saewin shakes his head with a smirk. He'd much rather move on from thinking about the real reason he uses his pipe, and so he takes hold of the admittedly small change in topic. "No, I'm usually around the docks because of my travelling. Though I'm actually down here today to take care of some business. I have some stake in the shipping companies here, you see. In fact my family owns a few of these ships. That's my easy life, see? Born into wealth and all that..."

19:47 < Ruzeth> (Ehh...I'm not feeling this... sorry >.< )

19:47 < Saewin> (No? Okay)