|| video | @ciscodelamancha | feb 10 ||

[franciscoramon]

[ The video starts off shaky, clearly taken using the front-facing camera on a phone being wielded by a deeply intoxicated Cisco Ramon. He is pink-cheeked and bright-eyed and giggling so much he has difficulty speaking. ]

Heyooo Quarantine! Sup! Guess what?! It's my birthday today! That means I'm twenty fuckin' five, which means I'm totally old, and wise, and stuff. So I thought it'd be fun if y'all sent me, like, questions! For advice! You know, like Dear Abby, only instead it's Dear Cisco. I've been around a whole quarter of a century now so you best believe I've got plenty of knowledge I can drop on ya like that!

[ He lifts the hand not holding the phone, clearly meaning to snap, but realizes belatedly he's still holding a glass. He turns away from the screen, muttering a quick Babe, babe hold this for me- before handing off the drink to someone outside the shot. Then he looks at the camera once more and snaps, not loudly enough to be heard and late enough that it is unintentionally very comical. ]

It's cool if you send them anonymous or not, anything goes. Lemme help you make some good-ass choices in your life! Or if you're not feeling the advice game you could just like do some shout outs and holler at your loved ones.

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[franciscoramon]

Oh, okay. I get it.

[ At least, he kind of does. It's not so much that their days don't always come in the same order every year - which would be too wild to believe - but that people aren't as concerned with getting the exact date right, and didn't keep careful records. Or something like that. ]

Dwarves sound cool. I can't believe I've never met a dwarf.

[ He's got elf friends and liches and aliens and all sorts of folks, but never a dwarf. Just because he comes from a world with a whole lot less variety than Dorian. ]

[tevinteraltus]

Nor can I, to be honest. They're merchants, craftsmen beyond compare...damned good at brewing ale and liquors strong enough to curdle the blood.

(He laughs.)

They also run an impressive battle arena, or "Proving Ground". It's a dwarven rite of passage, but also a source of great entertainment, at least in Minrathous...which is the capital of the Tevinter Imperium. The Prove is an annual event, there are bets, festivals, it's all rather extravagant.

[franciscoramon]

[ Cisco has managed to curdle his blood just fine on a large volume of non-dwarven liquors, and his replies are starting to come more slowly, with more distraction and slurring: ]

Mmmmmm I don't know, Dorian, man, to be honest that sounds like sports... but more violent... and I hate sports... and also violence.

[tevinteraltus]

You're a pacifist? That's...well, to each his own, I suppose.

(Dorian, on the other hand, rather enjoys the provings, and also a good bit of, as Cisco says, "sport". Maybe too much of a bit.)

I shouldn't keep you longer. Enjoy your birthday celebrations, my friend.