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Xera would leave the Raven, Cleo at her side, the snow crunching under her feet. What she'd been told, it'd hit her hard, so hard, like a semi truck to her emotions.

As she walked she'd almost stumble, her foot catching on a clump of snow. "Fuck....," she'd say a few stray tears escaping but stopping after that.

"Need...need a bottle," she'd say, standing up again, "think I have...only half at my dorm." @Big Jeffe
 
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Cleo

Cleo blinked when Xera stumbled. She wasn't exactly sure what had brought this on, it sounded to her like typical mage stuff, but she also wasn't about to let Xera stumble around in the snow drunk. That was asking for something bad to happen.

"If you want, I know a place nearby we can get some Vodka. The good kind too." She said, trying to keep Xera upright.

"That said, are you alright?" She asked, noticing the tears. "I could call a taxi if you do not feel like walking back to the school." Honestly that might be easier.
 
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"Yeah," he'd take a deep breath, "that sounds good, some decent fucking vodka." She'd chuckle a bit. "We can share a bottle of you want?" she'd offer with a sigh, "maybe..maybe shots will be nice."

She'd shake her head. "No taxi....I don't want to go....go back to the dorms," she almost said home, but she didn't really have one. "I wanna stay out."

The tears started then, slowly streaming, but she didn't really cry. "And I'm fine...I'm always fine," a lie of course, and not a very good one.
 
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Cleo

Cleo led her towards a liquor shop not far from the Grey Raven. She needed a new bottle of wine anyways, and she already knew what to give her. A bit of shameless self promotion couldn't hurt, right?

Making a mental note mention it to Xera later, Cleo passed the bottle of Volkov vodka to the girl. "Here, drink up." She said with a shrug. Narrowing her eyes at the weak deflection. Even if she wasn't good at reading people, she could tell that Xera was not ok.

"You're not." She said, taking a step back from Xera, who almost looked to be sobbing at this point, and gave her a soft pat on the back. "Are... are you alright? Do you want to talk about it?"
 
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Taking the bottle she'd quickly pay for it and would head out, making sure Cleo followed. Once out she'd unscrew to the lid and take a couple of good swigs before stopping when she coughed.

She'd sniff. "Don't matter....'m just an exile," she'd sigh, closing her eyes. "Mom said...I could go back for an event....but she said the events weren't happening for a while.....Anne said they all happened like normal."

Another swig from the bottle. "She....mom....she didn't angry like dad...she was just disappointed....still.....still calls me Xavier." The tears kept flowing.
 
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Cleo just shrugged when Xera paid for the vodka. That worked too. Paying for, and carrying her wine in one hand she'd stare at Xera when she immediately started taking swigs of it. "Okay, slow down. I know it's good, but you don't need to get alcohol poisoning." She said with a small chuckle.

She gave a look around when Xera started opening up. "Er.. There, there?" She asked, giving a small pat on the back. She didn't really understand what Xera was talking about, at all. But she wasn't going to leave her alone.

"So they kicked you out.." Cleo muttered. She could understand why that would hurt, especially with how much these mage families seemed to emphasize family. "Well, you're here right? At least you don't have to deal with them. And maybe you could go back with Anne or something." She said, trying her best to be reassuring while also not knowing what to do. "Xavier? Who's that?"
 
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She'd freeze up when asked that, finally she'd press her back to a poll and slide down to a sit. "Xavier....is me, or at least it used to be," she'd wipe at the tears and take another swig from the bottle.

"It...it was my name......before I told my parents I was trans," usually she was incredibly secretive about that, but alcohol and emotions wasn't allowing that. "That's why they made me leave."

Xera would sit there, not noticing how cold the snow underneath her was. "Mom said that I can come back during the get togethers...but they they keep getting canceled...Anne, she said they had all still been happening."
 
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Cleo

"Oh. Shit." Cleo gasped, covering her mouth. "I had no idea.." She listened as Xera began to open up about everything. About being cut off from her family, and then them lying to her about what was going on.

Slowly, Cleo would pat Xera on the back. "It's going to be alright? Maybe you can still go back? Not to your family of course, but now that you know what's going on.."
 
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"Yeah.....maybe....," she'd sniff, "I could go back." She wondered what the mages would think of it all, if she just popped up unannounced, many probably wouldn't recognize her at all.

She'd take another swig from the bottle, coughing when some of it didn't quite go down proper. "Could just use the portal hub," another swig followed by more coughing.

Xera would lean back, in the snow the bottle in her hand. "Thank you," she'd say, her voice slurring some, all the alcohol taking hold.
 
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Cleo

Cleo shrugged. "I mean, they clearly don't want you there, right? Well, what better way to rub it in their faces?" She asked with a grin and snicker. She'd love to be there to see all the reaction Xera got when she showed up.

"That's the spirit.. Of course you might want to do a little shopping first, the whole point is to showoff who you are." She imagined if Xera showed up looking the way she was now, it probably would defeat the purpose.

Letting out a sigh, she tried to slip the Vodka away from Xera, since it was pretty clear she had too much. "Alright, alright, let's let off the alcohol for now." She said, cringing a little at the smell.
 
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