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[color=00F8FE]Time: Morning
Location: Papa Edin’s big important tea party!
Interactions: Mina [@Tae], Alexander [@FunnyGuy][/color]

[color=9FA1A4]Callum bowed in return and once his hands were freed from holding plates of cake, he pulled a flask from his jacket pocket and drank from it as Mina talked him up. He’d never really talked to Mina much, mostly because he avoided talking to people he didn’t know very well and thus didn’t know very many people at all. So he wondered if he had still managed to give Mina a good impression or if she was just being nice out of obligation. 

[color=00F8FE]“Oh, Mina, you’re too kind, I don’t know if you heard but it sounds like my partying days are done. I’ve sworn off the booze.”[/color] He said, not looking back at Edin but gesturing toward the man with his head and wearing a grin that revealed that such a thing was absolutely absurd. He took another drink from the flask. [color=00F8FE]“An unfortunate predicament since nothing pairs better with cake than whiskey.”[/color] He offered up the flask with a shake in case either of them wanted some. 

[color=00F8FE]“And wonderful to meet you, Dr. Deacon, but I think Mina here over-exaggerates; it is my sister who is the life and beating heart of every good party, and I, its disgruntled liver.”[/color] Callum smiled more at his own joke before he turned his head and offered a smile and wave toward Mrs. Deacon as Alexander pointed out his wife. 

He then looked back at Alexander with pause; wondering why the man’s wife was alone while Alexander chatted with, in a way that looked like flirting with, Mina. It only made Callum think about how Edin would have his concubines fawn all over him while Alibeth just stood there, watching, not saying a thing about the lack of loyalty. Callum momentarily asked himself if he even wanted dealings with nobles who so quickly reminded him of Edin.

[color=00F8FE]“You look like a well-dressed man with a charitable heart.”[/color] Callum focused on the goal, he needed to be someone who got things done, and how it happened, and who he dealt with, didn’t need to matter. Deacon had money, Callum could lie, and those two things could add up to more people in Sorian getting to eat. [color=00F8FE]“I can think of no better way for you to properly introduce yourself to the people of Sorian than by letting those qualities shine through. Your support for an ambitious charity project would certainly make that happen.”[/color] He broached the offer to Deacon. 

[color=00F8FE]“And you as well Mina, though I’m sure people many kingdoms over know of your kind heart, I hear the Blackwoods have always treated their people well.”[/color] The insinuation that this was not the norm for the rest of nobility, was left unsaid. [color=00F8FE]“I’d be thankful for the support.”[/color] He glanced over to wear Wulfric was, wondering if his brother could see him doing just fine handling this on his own. Cal almost wished Wulfy was here for this conversation, so he could hear just how much people liked someone who knew how to have actual fun at a party. [/color]