Hadn't they just had a trip? Leopold's face was sour, arms crossed infront of him as he approached. He did not want to go on a trip, no thank you. He was perfectly fine with staying home and doing nothing but snacking. "Will this trip be a long one?" His gaze settled on Cain after he looked to see who was already there. Jeong was here, that was good. Leo slowed to a stop before them and waited for Cain's answer.

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Leo was already wasted as fuck. He'd drank before coming here and continued to drink when finally showing up. His cheeks were flushed, balance fucked up as he stumbled over to Thomas. "No no, me- me first, actually!" Crumbs flew out of his mouth as he spoke. Gods, if sober Leo remembered any of this he'd be unable to leave his house for days just from the embarrassment. But Leo was not sober and he was the kind of person to forget everything when he got drunk, so the chances of him remembering and being embarrassed beyond belief were slim to none.

He looked with glossy eyes to Amren and Rainier, watching them drink and talk. Leo squinted and took a step towards them, opened his mouth to talk. "You're not.. You're not talking without me, are you?" The disbelief in his voice was so ridiculously clear, as if he took true offense to this terrible crime. "Because if you are-" And here he paused as he stumbled to the side, reaching to steady himself against Thomas before he pushed away and continued towards them, "If you are, I'll have you know it's.. It's freaking illegal! You can't- It's against my laws!"

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"Oh, good! I'm sure that was good for you, you look like you're in need of some rest." A jab at Frederick's appearance, although not meant to be completely rude. Leo was sure he didn't look his best right now either. The beard, though- That's not important, don't look at his beard dammit that's weird. Leo smiled for a small bit longer as he shook Frederick's hand, oh gods his palm was sweaty as hell was that noticeable?

As he drew his hand back and wiped it on his pants, he looked away and let his face fall into something more neutral. "Yes, well.. Even in a rush I'm not the kind of person to just.. Accept an invitation and then, uh, desert you with no word beforehand." Except he really was the kind of person to do that and the fact that he'd even shown up at all was probably a miracle. If he was back home he probably would've stayed in his house with his dog and pretended his plans didn't exist. This, however,  wasn't home and he didn't really want to piss anyone here off.

The long awaited question. Leo had in fact realised that he'd probably be asked about that. He moved to take a seat on one of the stools. It didn't really matter if he told Frederick, right? It's not like he was here to commit a crime or anything.. So he spoke, "Ah.. I had to meet with some family, check on them. I hadn't seen them in quite a while so I wanted to confirm that they were doing well."

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As much as Leo thought himself above doing actual work, he did need to further familiarize himself with the other Blackfallen and this seemed one way to do so. So, despite being lazy as all hell, Leopold was quick to come over to the small group of already gathered people. "Give me one of these 'assignments'." Oh, just asking for work to do was horrible. It was too late now, Leo would just have to sacrifice some lounge time for whatever task he got.

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Another walk with Peanut, another few hours of following the pom pom wherever she went. Leo wondered why he still had stomach chub when he walked so much with his lovely pomeranian. Shouldn't it have burned off by now? The blueblood sighed to himself as he walked along behind his pooch, pausing when she paused, speeding up when she did. And then the little ball of fluff ran off and the supposed-to-be prince was forced to run after her, scuffing up his shoes and messing up his clothes.

The man ran around a corner after her and paused, seeing.. A tiny woman?? This was what Peanut had been so interested in?? The little dog jumped up against Amren's legs, yapping loudly as she seemingly danced around her. Leopold ran a hand through his hair and straightened his clothes as he tried to walk calmly over, icy eyes squinting to see whatever the lady was carrying.

"Is that a puppy??" His voice squeaked as he gave up all attempts at appearing like the well poised prince he was supposed to be. Leo rushed forward to look closer at the dog, lifting his own dog into his arms in the movement. "Can I pet it? What's it's name? How long have you had it? What breed is it?" This would've been the only situation that Leo would actually ask permission to do something in, free hand hovering over the puppy as he awaited Amren's go ahead to pet the little thing. The man was even slightly slouched, too excited and happy about the dog to care about his current appearance. "Ohh, please please please let me pet it ma'am!"

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"Yes, I'm terribly sorry- It's just, I have very time sensitive business, you see- So.." He took a moment to consider, although with the way the man spoke it didn't seem much like a question.. Perhaps those were just his nerves. "Of course we can meet at the bar- I'll, uh, I'll head there once I've finished? Yes, I can wait." That was a horrible idea, why would he say that?! He should've said no, fuck, he was making so many mistakes.

Leopold clapped his hands together and began to walk away, setting the same brisk pace he'd been at before. He glanced back once to call, "See you then, I guess!" and then stared forward as he left.

yeah of course! want me to make or you?

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Leopold's eyebrows furrowed as he frowned, his arms crossing over his chest. He glared at Jeong, "Thank you so very much, Jeong, you've given me a lovely confidence boost. I love appearing okay while others can see me. It truly gives off a good impression to people who've never met me before." He was most certainly pouting at this point, although it was unintentional.

He almost didn't respond, too set on being salty over Jeong's comments, but then a twinge of pain hit and he gave up. As much as he wanted to be bitter and mean, he didn't really want to deal with these cramps longer than necessary. "Uh.. I know there's a girl rooming down the hall? I don't know about anyone else though, because I didn't bother to pay attention to where everyone I know is rooming." Leo shrugged and straightened his back, setting off to the end of the hall. "I suppose we could just ask her, and then if she has none ask if she knows anyone who does?"

sksksj so sorry for the late + short response,, ive been procrastinating everything hella hard

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