“I know. Every weekend wouldn’t be healthy,” Bash said with a little smile. It probably wouldn’t be all that hard to get Theo to come up and visit him, but he knew he should make an attempt to get to know people as well. It was one of those things that would probably come naturally, even if it seemed intimidating right now. Bash watched as they drove through Overlook, familiar with every house in the neighborhood on some level. If they had a teenager, he’d likely been inside, even if he wasn’t close friends with them. “Not this one, no,” he said. “I mowed the lawn though, and the couple that lived here tipped well. They were older, non-witches. They had kids, but they were, like, ten years older than me or more.” If Victor had grown up there, he’d probably have known them. Bash recalled very little about them now, so there must not have been anything special about them. Victor was a much better addition to the neighborhood, in his opinion.
“Yeah, I felt the lack of magic when I walked in the first time,” he chuckled. Victor definitely didn’t expect to impress Sebastian with his house -- he’d grown up in one that was quite similar as far as comfort and luxury went -- but it still felt kind of nice to show it to someone. He’d had a lot of opinions and vetos for the interior decorator, so it almost felt like he’d decorated it himself, and he loved how on display all of his books were. Victor was curious to see what Bash would take interest in. He let them into the house once they were out of the car and tossed his keys onto the small table in the foyer as he led his younger cousin into the living room. “I keep the important stuff downstairs ... but are you thirsty or anything?” he asked, glancing back and making a vague gesture toward the kitchen.
It was always fun to be inside a house he’d never been in and, since this was his cousin’s, Bash wasn’t shy about looking around. It was tastefully decorated, but in a style different than his mother’s, a touch more masculine, while still inviting. The books drew his attention first and Bash’s eyes scanned over the titles, looking for any that were familiar to him. He’d only read a fraction of them, and a good half of those had been for school, but he was still young, and he still had a good number of distractions he fell back on before reading. After the books, he moved on to the pictures, and then eventually the curious knick-knacks on the coffee table. All the important stuff was downstairs, so he knew they should be safe, but he was still careful when he picked up a marble that seemed to glow. “I’m okay,” he said, cupping the marble inside his hand to see if it continued to glow before putting it back down. “What’s the important stuff include?”
Giving Bash some space to have a look around, Victor went into the big open kitchen to get himself something to drink, sauntering back over with a water bottle in hand and a faint smirk over Bash’s interest in the glowing marble. It was just a little magical bauble, nothing special, but it was kind of cool to have out as a conversation piece. “Let’s see ... the rare books, the expensive artifacts, the dangerous stuff. Cursed objects, things I haven’t cleansed yet. My best finds I just can’t part with.” Victor grinned faintly, then gestured for Sebastian to follow him as he headed for the door to the basement stairs. On his way down he flicked on the lights ... and hit the switch for the outside light over the basement door as well. Victor didn’t think Aidan would be lurking around anywhere at this hour, but just in case. Now wasn’t the time for him to show up. He led Bash down into the finished basement and toward his workroom. “You’ll want to touch less stuff in here,” he said as he unlocked it, glancing back at his cousin with a soft laugh. “But I’ll find those talismans for you.”