There’s far too many bars, taverns, and pubs in Hive City to keep tabs on all of them regularly, but it doesn’t keep Oz from taking a longer route home each day just to pass by a good number of them. It’s not exactly likely that he’ll spot a tattered cape as he spares each location a glance whenever he walks by, but there’s always a chance and thus hope that he will. He’s been doing this for so long now, however, that he’s not really looking anymore. It’s too automatic now, with no sign of it ever changing. He wonders if he’ll ever see his friend face to face, at least in this body, ever again.
Well, at least until one evening.
Ozpin almost misses him completely. He’s a few paces past the bar when what he noticed in his peripheral vision finally sinks in. He retraces his steps and sure enough there he is, alone, back towards the door and facing the bartender. Judging by his posture, he’s just started drinking for the night. Relieved and somewhat amused that his trick for finding Qrow should he ever re-enter the city actually worked, a smile spreads across his face. Quietly he enters, slowly making his way to the bar-stool beside the huntsman.
“Pardon me, but this seat isn’t taken is it?” Oz asks, a playful glint in his eyes, before sitting down regardless, “I’d like to catch up with an old friend you see…. Do you know if they sell cocoa here?”