#and Smiler did some quality gaming and made another new friend

[victorluvsalice]

However, tome-searching ended up going even worse for Victor -- while he did find a book, it was a Tome of Delicioso -- a spell Victor very much already knows! So while Alice finished up her painting and took another nap, and Smiler parked themselves at the dining table to play some Ultimate Sports (aka Secretly FIFA) on their laptop, Victor tracked down Simeon in the "dorm" to try and butter him up for a potion recipe. Things SEEMED to be going well, with the pair getting along pretty smoothly --

And then Simeon just got up and walked away mid-conversation. And then did it AGAIN when I tried to have Victor chase him down. *grumbles* I decided I was done trying to talk to the Sages at that point and had Victor just fly off to Caster's Alley to see what was on sale there. Fortunately, he struck gold at the tome shop -- a tome for the Potion of Emotional Stability AND for that of the Nimble Mind! Victor purchased both, then checked out the broom shop and the potion ingredients shop -- nothing he particularly wanted at the broom place, but the potion shop had a spotted heart frog, so I had him pick up that. Even if he can't use it, it'll be a nice addition to Smiler's collection! He celebrated his victory in finding SOMETHING to bring home by Deliciosoing up a nice rack of lamb, yum. :)

Meanwhile, Alice awoke from her nap with a bit of a need to pee -- and as the house was a fair bit away, I decided to have her transform into her beast form and just, uh, mark her territory. XD She grabbed her painting and her easel, then kept trying to go on the hunt while I kept going "no, you can wait until we get home." Smiler was much easier to keep track of, happily, just playing their game and chatting to the visiting Minerva. I was GOING to let them finish their Ultimate Sports match before they all went home --

And then I saw Victor sleeping on the bench he'd had his dinner on. Welp, time to pack up that laptop and get back to the farm!