[Archer stops, narrowing his eyes. It suddenly clicks - he does remember the legend of Cú Chulainn and the various geiss placed upon him. Including the one where the said hero can't refuse offer of hospitality.]
[ Seriously? That's bold. Easy to ignore or not there is a big distinction between "when" and "if" ] Now I'm almost curious to see what time you'll pick.
[ Timing is, after all, everything. ]
And as for the True Name. Not many have realized that yet.
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[Archer may not remember, but he's quite sure his education lacked that part.]
So you decided to spend the night on the Near Shore?
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[ His idea about dancing was very different until today ]
No, I somehow ended in Odin's temple. [ That "somehow" is there because it wasn't part of his original plan ]
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Somehow you say.
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Yeah, certain someone invited me to stay over.
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[Archer stops, narrowing his eyes. It suddenly clicks - he does remember the legend of Cú Chulainn and the various geiss placed upon him. Including the one where the said hero can't refuse offer of hospitality.]
You can't refuse because of the geiss, right?
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Hospitality is a sacred thing, you know.
[ That's as close to an official "yes" as it gets ]
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[Archer ponders with a frown. Of course there's no Grail War here, but such knowledge can be used to gain unfair advantage.
There may be a possible way to avoid such outcome.]
I have an offer to make - if anyone invites you to spend the night with them remember that my offer was first. So come home and sleep on my bed.
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You'd need to make that offer literally every day, and I'd have to abide it and kick you out of bed for a night.
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Bed is big enough for two. That, or I'll sleep on the floor.
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[ This is both teasing and a sort-of-honest question ]
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Too bad you can't tell the future where such situation might happen. [ Cuz this one wasn't uncomfortable, oops ]
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[Bed may be comfortable enough, but Niles?]
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You haven't considered one thing: it will limit my options.
[ Not that he's working hard to sleep around, but what if- ]
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[Yes, Archer does seriously ponder.]
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But he's not going to voice that. Seeing this guy get so serious about figuring out how to be helpful is kind of amusing. And nice. ]
With geis, you don't get to choose. You either follow it or not- and then it breaks.
[ And then it generally hurts, but ah, if Archer did so much research he knows that ]
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What if you have two offers of hospitality and can follow only one?
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Either sleep part of the night in one place, and second part elsewhere. Or break one of the promises.
[ and thus break the geis ]
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[Have a disappointed sigh. Archer really hoped it's going to work.]
Unless you're fine with spending most of the night in the bed you prefer and teleport elsewhere when you wake up.
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[ But the attempt to help him is appreciated, really. ]
Fortunately, it seems you're the only one aware of how it works. That's the perk of keeping the True Name hidden.
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[When and not if. Easy to ignore.]
I'm not so sure. You had to accept the offer of hospitality, and you're using your True Name here.
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[ Timing is, after all, everything. ]
And as for the True Name. Not many have realized that yet.
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Not many here represent themselves.
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[ Hiding in the plain sight or something ]
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[And have your back in case something happens.
...which will certainly do, knowing that Cú Chulainn is known for making worst decisions. But sssh, no one's going to mention it.]