#t; noah & adelaide 004

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Closed for @fadedstarsfms | Noah & Adelaide @ White Willow Winery - Movies Beneath the Stars / Victor's, technically

There had been plenty of times that Noah had ventured out to Victor's place when visiting Raven's Peak, whether or not Victor was in town as well. It was touching, though he'd probably never put voice to the thought, to find that Victor had been here at one point or another stashing bottles of wine that he thought Noah and the rest of them would appreciate. Even if their paths hadn't physically crossed.

He was only slightly surprised to find Adelaide amongst the bottles in Victor's personal cellar as he made is way down to find a fresh bottle to waste away a little more time with. He hummed in acknowledgement of her presence as his eyes roamed over to where Victor typically stashed bottles for him. "Great minds think alike, I suppose. But what are you doing down here all by yourself?"

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"They can be my new specialty," Noah jested, though...if they were as good as Adelaide was boasting them to be, perhaps it would become the new favorite dessert of the club. Maybe it didn't boast high class or quite fit in to the aesthetic he'd curated, but that was neither here nor there. It was his business, he could do what he liked with it, couldn't he?

"That is where you hire people to do all that stuff for you. You just supply the creative ideas." He smiled a little as she went on to explain that she'd personally invented the scooter on multiple occasions. Or, reinvented, so it seemed. "I feel like that may be something that easily phases in and out of obscurity over time. One year all the kids are begging for the newest scooter and the next they can't be bothered to even go outside anymore."

Time. Time was such a tricky thing. It just kept on ticking forward and they stayed perfectly stationary. The world constantly changed around them, and yet not a thing had changed about either of them. At least, not physically. Physically, they were forever stuck. But that didn't mean they always had to stay lost in it. Sometimes...sometimes they could find a way to make it worth their while.

Noah set the bottle on the shelf nearby, nearly forgotten now as he reached for her. His fingers brushed through her hair, tucking the strands behind her ears and cupping her cheeks with his palms. His touch was gentle, slow, as his fingers brushed along her cheeks, smoothed over her skin. They had all the time in the world, after all. His hands dropped from her face, trailing down her neck, across her shoulders, to loop around her waist and press to the small of her back, pulling her to him. "There is so much I can show you, Addie. So much that you deserve to be loved for," he breathed, leaning in close to her now and capturing her lips with his.

Adelaide grinned when he said they can try to recreate the recipe together. "I'm sure that all of your patrons would love to have the original sandwich cookies. That is what they're going to want to come to experience." She joked but thought it was sweet that Noah would want to help her out with this silly little mission.

It was nice to connect to someone about how much technology has passed. It felt like it was too fast yet she loved it all the same. Figuring everything out was a whirlwind and it gave her something to do instead of just coasting through the world. "Right? I'm really surprised with them. Like the movies are fine, not as believable but I'm just hoping it gets better eventually." She shrugged, she was curious where movies would go with that technology when they really figure it all out.

"Honestly I couldn't be assed to learn coding and all that shit that's necessary for things like that. I will have you know one time I accidentally reinvented the scooter so that has to count for something right?" It actually happened more times than Adelaide cared to admit. Sometimes she just forgot that a scooter was a thing that the world had currently.

Adelaide tried not to feel too sorry for herself, after all she was just speaking the truth it wasn't like she was exaggerating any of it. Frankly she wouldn't have been even mentioning it if it was anyone but Noah. Adelaide always felt more vulnerable with the Morgraves, she figured it was the nature of the beast. But then Noah was saying he loved her and she couldn't help but take some of it to heart. Sure Adelaide knew it wasn't really in the way that they both were talking about but it was that love that ran for centuries at this point. Someone she could trust and frankly that meant more to her than some romantic love most of the time. When he stepped closer she smiled and looked him over just as much. "I think you should, Noah."

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Noah hummed in agreement, head bobbing in a nod. Noah hadn't exactly been blessed with your typical artistic talent, either. That was more Elizabeth's area of expertise. And Victor, in many ways, with his craftsmanship. But when it came to drink and food, even when Noah couldn't quite appreciate it in the same way anymore, that was something he could work with. At least after experimenting over the years. "How about this? We'll work together to make your silly little sandwich cookies some day. Maybe when Mirage is back in working order."

Motion pictures and all of that was one thing, but even beyond that they had found ways to put books into thin little tablets that could be toted around with you wherever you wished. They basically had full computers in their pockets. Sometimes Noah missed the simplicity of writing a simple letter as a means of communication rather than having it constantly at one's fingertips. It all moved too fast.

"It seems like with the rate they were pushing new technology out that 3D would've been easily achievable," Noah mused, nodding in agreement. "But I would assume those who are interested are waiting for the best. It doesn't surprise me at all that you'd find a way to be in the front row to experience it." His head tilts as he considers her 'library' predicament. "I'm almost surprised you didn't design your own more efficient 'mobile library' of sorts by now. You could've had your own company, made millions." Of course it's a joke. By now, each of them had found their own ways to get their hands on any kinds of funds they'd needed. "Missed opportunity, tsk tsk Addie."

Noah considers her words, swallowing down another mouthful from the bottle in hand. It hits home, every bit of it. There had been times when he'd thought love was possible, where he had someone to spend nights with. But again and again they were snatched from his fingertips until he'd built up a wall so he couldn't feel it all again. The heartbreak was too much. It was easier not to care. But Adelaide was someone he knew he could trust and he knew wouldn't be slipping through his fingers any time soon. Perhaps she'd go off to the other side of the planet one afternoon, but she wouldn't truly be gone. She always came back. A constant, just like his siblings and the rest of the Morettis.

It may not be the same as falling in love, it was not that same kind of love between them. But it was still love of some twisted sort of kind, built over centuries of time spent together. And Noah wanted to feel something, again. "I love you, Adelaide." It seemed like a simple statement, one that could just as easily fit into their joking. But it carried a heavier weight as he stepped in closer to her, his eyes flicking over her face. "I can remind you what it's like. If only for a little while."

"See I can never be assed to. I've come to realize that I just shouldn't be making things. Love art. Love consuming it. Haven't been blessed with the gift of creating it." She said with a slight shrug. It always made her a little sad that she couldn't add to the beauty of the world but she figured maybe her role in all of it was just to appreciate it around her instead. And maybe that included silly little sandwich cookies.

"Oh I bet you were shaking in your boots when you saw it." Adelaide laughed, still teasing him. "Honestly I'll be right there in the front row when they figure it out. I really thought 3D tvs were going to be more popular by now. That was like a weird little blip in technology that never caught on."

"Usually I just carried a list of my favorites and then started my library in whatever new house I had. And the ones that couldn't be replaced came along with me in a trunk that I never let out of my sight." It worked for a while until she started losing track of which houses had which books. It wasn't her fault that it all got blurred together over time. The ereaders just made it that much easier for her.

"I think he still holds out a little bit more hope then I do. Might not say it much but I know he does. I'm afraid I'm just destined to be an old hag." Adelaide knew she did the whole love thing and it was clear to her that maybe she just wasn't meant for it. Which was why it was hard for her to be actually vulnerable with most people. Sure it made a lonely life that Adelaide was so tired from, but there was nothing that she could change about it. She would never admit it but she missed falling in love with someone. Missed being cared for and in return worrying about them, knowing she would do anything in this world to protect them and make them safe. "At least if he doesn't go and fall in love with someone else first. He'd be braver than all of us."

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"Oh, c'mon. They can't be that unique. You haven't figured out how to make your own?" He teased. Things certainly came and gone with immortality, but the gift of time also meant more than enough of it could be spent experimenting, too. But some things weren't really worth wasting the time on, either. Not to mention, Victor wasn't the only one who had managed to 'brew' a good drink or two. Midnight Mirage hadn't only been known for the volunteers he brought into the back to safely be fed from. He'd come up with quite a spread of mixed drinks to serve the various clientele who walked through those doors.

"Hey now, I never claimed to be scared by it," Noah pointed out with a smirk, taking the bottle from her as she offered it and swallowing down another mouthful. "At the rate they've been going with media, I wouldn't be surprised if one day the train did come off the screen." Sure, there was all that 3D nonsense these days, but it still wasn't quite perfected.

The image of her attempting to haul a personal library of physical books on her travels did paint an interesting picture in his mind and a smile grew on his lips. "How did you used to do it? Tuck your favorites in your back pockets? But I see what you mean. An e-reader is probably a nice travel companion." He could think of better ones, he thought. Like the pair of them, getting out of Raven's Peak while they still could. Not that he would right now...not with the demon attack still so fresh in their minds. Or the fog that was filling the woods. Or with all of their siblings making appearances. None of that sit quite right with him.

"You've both learned by now that relationships aren't in the cards for those like us, haven't you?" Those like us was a rather small number of people, the Morettis and the Morgraves alone. Souls who could never fully live or die, could they? Some sick joke, it was. Poetic, maybe, but in the worst of ways. Heartbreak. That was all they could really have, wasn't it? Because everyone else ended up dead, eventually. Or building up resentment day after day. "But no, I suppose you're right. Victor may be your best bet. Least he won't die on you. Father would be proud."

"Sometimes being immortal really sucks. Do you remember those Oreo cookies that Oreo cheated off of and stole? And then they became non existent? I miss those little guys." There were so many different stories that Adelaide could use to drive her point home. "Oh true, we can always count on him to not disappoint us with this. I think we can get the others to join our cause and make it bigger if we have to convince him." Adelaide laughed knowing that it probably wouldn't even be needed.

She laughed, taking another sip of the drink before handing it back to Noah. "Of course I've seen it! But I still don't get scared by it." Adelaide knew the two were just teasing, it was something they always did with each other. They were close enough to know that it wasn't anything personal and frankly Adelaide loved making things not as serious for Noah all the time. She shrugged slightly, knowing it was a bit of a shock from someone who reads as much as her. "Sure I love reading a physical book and would do that over ebooks but it definitely makes it easier when you move as much as we do. That way I always have my favorites with me wherever I go." She didn't mention how the books that were her favorites she associated with someone in the Morgraves or Morettis in some way.

"Well more like pre-engagement." Adelaide said with a laugh. "One night we got so drunk together we made a pact to get married by the time of some anniversary or other, honestly I can't remember which one, if we were both horribly single. Figured both of our fathers would love to know that the original arranged marriage went through." In truth she used it more as an excuse to see Victor throughout the years than an actual engagement, knowing he felt the same way. "Oh really? Then who do you think would be right for me? Because everyone I actually loved is either dead or hates me."

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"Enjoy it while it lasts," Noah said thoughtfully, considering. How often had it happened to him, as well? Coming across something that he appreciated only to have it go out of business or no longer be produced. Sure, he had his ways to convince if he needed to. "We can at least harass Victor to continue making wine. At least that won't disappear on us. I think we can be a mighty convincing front, should we have to." But Noah was rather doubtful they would ever have to - at least not any time soon. Victor seemed to enjoy the work he did at the winery, almost as much as he enjoyed stocking the personal cellar with drinks he thought they would favor.

Noah laughed right along with her when they spoke of the magic of movies. It was funny, knowing that magic was a very real thing and that there was nothing magical about movies at all, really. But they had lived through times when motion pictures were only dreams, when taking a photograph had meant sitting for endless hours for the exposure to take. "Of course the train was coming right off the screen. Have you seen it?" He jested right on back with her, amused. As she went on to speak of ebooks Noah's eyebrows shot upwards. "Oh, really? You're not a purest, requiring the need to flip each physical page? I'm surprised by you, Adelaide Moretti." Though truthfully he could very much appreciate the concept of expanding one's library infinitely in the virtual world.

"Engagement?" Noah echoed, feigning shock, "and no one told me?" He gave her a look, a tip of his head, "Nah, Victor's not right for you. You can't just settle."

"You know that's what I always tell myself until some of my favorite things aren't made anymore." Adelaide laughed knowing it had happened to her more times than she cared to admit. It was always a horrible feeling but she just moved on and tried to find a new favorite thing.

Adelaide couldn't stop laughing when Noah said it seemed like magic. "Let me guess you were one of the people that thought the train was coming right off the screen." She teased slightly. But she definitely understood what he was getting at, sometimes the world seemed to evolve in the blink of an eye no matter how much Adelaide tried to keep up with it. "I'll give you that one. Sometimes it gets to be too much. Though I need to give a big kiss to whoever invented ebooks. My already large library got so much bigger as soon as that was introduced."

She grinned as soon as she saw they were going sans glasses, grabbing the bottle as soon as it was handed to her. "If he still has magic he'll be dead to me and our engagement is off." Adelaide joked. "He'll be no better than the Krauss or Ravenlocks."

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Noah chuckled at her words. "Listen, what would be the point of skimping on the finer things?" With all the time they'd spent on this damn planet, at least they knew what they liked. What was worthwhile. And shit booze most definitely was not worthwhile.

Maybe one of these days Noah would let Victor teach him a thing or two about making wine, or any of these other selections he stashed down here for them. It wasn't as if he didn't have the time to learn, after all. But maybe he didn't have as much patience as Victor did, allowing it to ferment as long as necessary to achieve a result they wanted.

"I didn't say I don't appreciate them," he pointed out, giving her a cheeky smile as he began opening the bottle he'd selected from the collection. "They seem like magic," he said jokingly, though in a way it was true. They had lived through times where these screens that people carried around in their pockets, the videos that they played without a second thought - they couldn't even dream them up as a possibility at one point in their lifetimes. "All this technology lately. I have a hard time keeping up."

Once the bottle is opened he didn't even bother finding glasses. It isn't going to last long. He tipped it to his lips, pondering appreciatively over the mouthful before holding the bottle out to Adelaide. "You know, maybe the bastard's lying about losing his magic. He's a wizard with these. At least he has that going for him."

"I have to say that is one of the worst drawbacks of living forever. You get used to the finer stuff in life like this." She laughed knowing there were a lot of stuff she could settle on but alcohol was definitely one she always splurged when she had the chance. Plus it was always so fun to go down into Victor's stash and see which ones he thought she would like, it made it all the more special for her.

Fingers danced across her own section of the cellar as she tried to read the labels that were for her. When Noah said movies weren't his thing, Adelaide gasped and turned towards him. "Oh now that just can't be. Some of the best pieces of art out there are movies." She walked closer to look at the bottle in question and grinned. "Oh that's perfect!"

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"Can't blame you there." Not that what Victor was offering back at the winery was bad by any means. But even Addie knew that he kept the special concoctions aside for the special people in his life - and evidently, to some extent, Adelaide fell into that category. Noah couldn't blame his brother in that regard; she was nearly an extension of family in some strange, unexpected way. So much so that his brother had gone out of his way to begin storing up bottles he thought she'd favor, too, as marked by her name on an engraved plaque in the storage.

Noah, of course, gravitated towards the section that had been set aside for him, his fingers trailing through some of the dust that had collected. It had been a while, he supposed, since he'd visited last. But that wasn't nearly comparable to the section dedicated to Ronan. That had gone untouched ever since it began, only having more and more bottles added by Victor's hand over the years, and none taken.

"Movies have never really been my thing. Guess I'm a bit...old fashioned." Noah admits, looking back at Adelaide as she moves in his direction. He plucks one of the bottles absently from it's resting place, turning it in his hands before holding it up. "What do you think, worth cracking into tonight?"

Adelaide and Kai had already parted ways for the evening, she had taken him back to where the movies were playing but went back to Victor's for some more rummaging around. She would never admit it but sometimes the town events were a bit much for her and it was comforting to have her own space among it. Plus she felt like everything in the house was a reminder of the people she cared for.

She made her way back down to Victor's personal cellar to look at what bottles she could snatch for herself. Her head whipped towards the entrance as she heard someone approach but relaxed when she saw it was Noah. "What can I say I needed the good stuff." She grinned, making her way towards Noah. "I wasn't always alone, he just had to go see his other friends. Though I could say the same about you. Not enjoying the movies?"