Back to the World [Tag: Phoebus]

It was Eric's first time in town since he lost his mother... He spent a couple of days at Belle's, studying some of her magic books, but he wanted to walk a little, and he ended at the tavern.

He was with his hood up, and nobody could see his face. He sat onto the bar and asked for a Scotch.

Phoebus walked in to the tavern and took a deep breath when he felt the usuall smell of beer and sweaty old guys, but this time he wasn't here to drink. He still kept his promise to Charlotte that he wouldn't drink, but it was hard. He ordered some food by the bar and sat down as well.
"Had a rough day, eh?" He asked the man with the hood next to him as he saw what he was drinking.

He took a sip from his drink, feeling the alcohol warming down to his troat. He turned his head to the side when a man began to talk to him.
''Rough week to be more exactly'', he said blankly and studied the guy, noticing he was a knight. Great...

"Ahh, I see.. I feel for you man.." Phoebus chuckled and leaned his arms on the bar.
"Me too.. Sadly I can't drink the pain away any longer" He joked with a little smile - even though he kinda meant it.
"So, what has happened to you?" He asked

''Why... a man should drink whenever he wanted... Is it about a girl?'', he teased and drank from his scotch... ''I lost someone closer to me recently'', he said quietly. He wouldn't say his mother was killed by his father to this stranger.

"I want to drink because of a girl, but I can't drink because of another girl" Phoebus chuckled in a breath before he smiled up at the waitress that came with his food.
"And I'm sorry to hear that.." He sighed and glanced at the man.
"I know how it feels. I lost someone I loved too not so long ago"

He smirked, but the knight couldn't see it... ''Do you like this new girl? I would only stop drinking because of a girl if I liked her...'', she said quietly, sighing lightly when Cinderella crossed his mind.

''Who did you lost?'', he asked, turning his body slightly to the man's side.

"Uhm.. I don't know. It's mixed feelings about her" Phoebus said as he started to think about Charlotte. She was cute, and different- but he didn't know..
"My fiancee" He said and sighed. Now he really wanted to have something to drink.
"She kinda broke up with me- and now I found out that she's together with another man" Phoebus shrugged and took a bite from his food.
"Love isn't easy.."

''That sucks also...'', Eric said blankly, ''But I lost a different kind of person... My mother, she was killed'', he said with a small shrug and drank the rest of his scotch. He waved to the waitress and ordered another one. ''You're really sure you don't want a drink?''

[Going back home... I'll be on in 1 hour :3]

Phoebus looked at the drink like if he hadn't seen water in a week, but then he just shook his head and cleared his throat.
"I'm sure. i'll just stick with my-- food" He said in a little chuckle before it faded.
"I'm sorry to hear about your mother though. Do you know who did it to her?"

Eric hold a bitter laugh... ''Yes. But I'm not sure if you can get him... No offeding you, but the knights are useless in this kingdom'', he said quietly.

"You underestimate me, my friend" Phoebus chuckled, but knew what he meant..
"I'm Phoebus, Captain of the guards. If someone can catch that man, then it's me" He said with a wide smile.

Eric laughed because of the irony... So this is Odette's ex-fiance? he drank from his second glass and shook his head... ''Are you sure you can catch Joseph Korso? I mean, before I catch that bastard myself?''

"Korso?" Phoebus frowned, but wasn't really suprised that it was him.
"Well, I'm trying now. But he's clever" He said bitterly and glanced at Eric's glass. Maybe he could just take one?!-- no, he shouldn't.
"Who are you, by the way? I haven't seen you around" phoebus said curiously

Eric pursed his lips... ''I'm Jason. I've just arrived town...'', he hid his identity in case anyone told the captain about what Eric did at the woods.
''You better catch him first, or you're going to arrest me for killing him'', Eric laughed lightly, trying to joke about it, but his laughes sounded so bitter.

"No, you'll not kill him" Phoebus said quickly, and almost growled and grabbed him in his coat.
"He's mine! I promise that if you kill him, I will make things very bad for you- is that clear, Jason?"

Eric smirked, knowing this time Phoebus could see it because he took his coat... ''So, it's better if you do your work fast...'', he said nonchalantly... ''Seein your reaction, I presume he did something closer to you too, maybe to your fiance'', Eric said balnkly, with a small shrug.

"Ex-fiance" He said simply before he let the man go from his grip. But it wasn't just because of Odette he wanted to catch the Korso's, just think about the respect and power he would get if he captured them..
"Stay away from him, Jason.. Or you will be dead too"

Eric shook his head and turned to his drink again, but he didn't feel like drinking more at the moment... ''I really have nothing to lose, Phoebus. So if I catch him before you do, I can't promisse I would let him go easily'', he said seriously and twirled the glass on his hand a while before drinking from it. He didn have his mother, or Cinderella for that matter, the only person that would miss him was Belle, but she had Flynn and her brother, so she would move on.

(Odette: O-o PHOEBUS ARREST THE RAPIST!!! )

[He doesn't know it's him !! xDD]

Phoebus snorted quietly and turned to his plate with food to take a bite. He hoped that this Jason wouldn't be in the way, but if that man really wanted to find Korso - then Phoebus could follow him and step right in once he had found him..
"Well, good luck to you then.." He said simply and glanced at him. He thought he had seen him before, but it could just have been another one..
"So what will you do when Joseph is dead?"

[Shhh, Odette... ]

''I don't know... Maybe the brightest thing I should do is running away from his twin. If I do kill Jospeh, Michael would certainly go after me.'', he said with a small shrug. Eric glanced briefly to Phoebus, and started wondering if the Captain knew about Odette. He wasn't sure of what happened after he blacked out, but she would be dead for now.

"Probably.." Phoebus said with a little nod. He had even heard that Michaels son was in prison now because of the Council. That was some interesting news..
"Soo.. What do you think about the Carnival?" He asked bluntly to change the subject.
"Have you ever been on one before?"

When the captain said about Carnival, Eric understood why the streets were decorated. ''It's just a party, an excuse for drinking and having a girl on your bed'', he said blankly, ''I've been on a few, but they were different from here''

"Well.. Yeah" Phoebus chuckled with a little shrugg.
"It used to be like that for me, but this year it's different.. No drinking- and no girl in bed" He said with a playful pout.
"How about you? Will you forget about the Korso for a moment and have some fun?"