Fantasy Cirque de Monstres (1941) second edition

"I-" Before he had a chance to reply there was a bottle forced to his lips and boy was whatever drink was in it strong. He was definitely not sober at all now, his brain had left the station to absolutely sloshed town. At least he might just get lucky and get some information on the cirque from her. "I.....I like your...definition of fun there..." He chuckled. Pulling away from the kiss with a crooked smirk.


@Kiyoko Tomoe

Both Emmaline and Daniel turned towards Nora, who had called out drunkly that he was a pervert. Before Nora said anything more, she seemed to be distracted by Marius and Kora with... other things. Daniel now looked a bit offended, but only for a moment before his confidence came back in an instant. He chuckled in amusement, shaking his head. Daniel dropped his hand from Lucas and placed it back onto his knee.


"You have interesting friends." He commented, a sly tone still lingering in his voice. He caught a bad drift coming from Lucas, but couldn't pinpoint what it was or why.


"They're just drunk. Although, sometimes they are like this nomally." Emmaline said while glancing behind her. While she wasn't looking, Daniel took the time to observe her body. His eyes lingered across her breasts, and her small curvy waist, which was accented significantly by her tight dress. As soon as she turned back towards him, he immediately glanced back up to her face and smiled. He shot Lucas a side glance, as if taunting him. Emmaline found herself worrying about Lucas, and why his attitude had changed so fast.


Feeling a bit uncomfortable with Lucas' presence, Daniel flashed Emmaline a sexy smile and shrugged his shoulders.


"I better go check up on my friends to make sure their not completely wasted. I'll see you later, Emmaline." He winked and leaned towards her face, kissing her cheek lightly before turning and walking away with a wicked grin on his face. He flashed Lucas a mocking before disappearing into the crowd of people. Emmaline's face immediately turned a bright red, and she found herself touching the place where he had kissed her. It was... surprisingly warm. Unlike her usual cold glass skin.


The doll turned towards Lucas to see his reaction, a dumbfounded expression on her face.


@Sungwonc01 @Lady Luna Ravenswood

Lucas went quiet as soon as Daniel left his presence. He seemed to be figuring something out. Eventually his face settled on a sort of sad, amused expression.


He sat down next to Emmaline, in Daniel's seat.


"I suppose the humans are getting bolder and bolder in their advances. I give him a gold star for effort."


He motioned to the barkeep for another drink. He slipped yet more money to the man.


"But a failure for subtlety. He might as well have had a sign say "Let me in your pants" throughout. He was like a dog slobbering all over a piece of meat."


He shook his head as he downed yet another shot like it was water.


"If you want to get a man or woman, you start at the hands..."


Lucas took Emmaline's hand delicately at first but growing ever firmer.


"And go from there."


@The Velveteen Rabbit

The doll's breath caught in her throat when Lucas reached out and grabbed her hand. She felt the same warmth, like she had felt with Daniel. But this, was much stronger, and more overwhelming. Emmaline glanced down at their hands entwined together, before slowly looking back up to him with her head tilted down and lips parted.


"And then what?... Surely, there must be something else after... starting with the hands." Her cheeks were a light pink, both from the alcohol and Lucas' touch. The uncomfortableness she felt with Daniel was now gone, and replaced with a more relaxed state. Something she didn't feel with just anyone. Not even with Palomar and Cenzio, who she had been with since the beginning. The bartender had poured another drink for her, the shot glass filled with a delicious mixture of alcohol. But she didn't even acknowledge it, and instead, was focused more on what Lucas would do next.


@Sungwonc01

Lucas let out a knowing smile. As if he had done countless times before.


"Nothing. At least for a little while. If they do not see you like that, they pull away almost immediately. But those that stay their hand..."


He downed yet another shot glass. Soon the feeling of anger and his normal self was now washed away by hard liquor and was replaced with a more colloquial, significantly less polite Lucas.


And less reasonable.


"Thats when the real work begins. Its a tentative dance, one I've perfected over my entire lifetime. Do it wrong and you'll be left with nothing more but a sore cheek and a tab to pick up."


He reached closer to touch Emmaline's forearm.


"But do it right and you'll still be left, just with something else sore and bruised."


Lucas laughed heartily at his own innuendo, loose of all his past inhibitions.


@The Velveteen Rabbit

Emmaline watched, completely entranced, as Lucas outstretched his hand to touch her forearm. She felt a tingling sensation dance down her spine that she was not familiar with. She couldn't tell if it was the alcohol talking, or her emotions, but she was desiring his touch more and more. And she had a feeling Lucas knew it too.


Her eyes watched his hand brush against her forearm. Emmaline found herself raising hers as well, and gently cupping it against the side of his face. She leaned in a bit closer, but left some space for Lucas to do as he pleased. For once, Emmaline was not hesitant towards him.


"Or... you can always be a bit bolder, yes? But only if that person is willing to accept it..." Emmaline whispered to him in a soft, slightly breathless voice.


"It just has to be... the right person." Emmaline ran her fingers down his neck lightly, continuing to taunt him in an innocent, but devious manner.


@Sungwonc01

Lucas raised his eyebrows and chuckled. He looked thoughtful for a moment. Alcohol brought the best and worst out of him, and Lucas wasn't about to stop drinking.


"So the kitten wants to learn how to seduce. Well watch closely. I only get this drunk once a week. To be too bold brings its own risks. For example..."


Lucas placed his own hand on top of Emmaline's which was over his cheek. His blood ran hot with a passion other than anger for once.


"Getting too close, too fast is almost suicidal. Almost. Its like spending your last dollar on a lottery ticket. As seen here..."


Lucas then brought his body ever close to Emmaline's to demonstrate. By the time he stopped moving it was hard to believe they still weren't touching.


"And do you know what the craziest thing I've seen anyone do?"


@The Velveteen Rabbit

The porcelain doll felt her glass heart pound against her ribcage. Lucas grew closer to her, but she never took her eyes from his face. Both Lucas and the alcohol were spreading a fire through her that she didn't quite understand yet. Her lips parted slightly again as she gazed up at him.


"What?" Emmaline asked, her voice still breathless. There was a twinkle in those eyes of hers that was somewhat new, both to Lucas and herself.


Across the room stood Daniel, a drink in his hand. His expression was a deep frown as he watched Emmaline's 'friend' begin moving... very close to her. He felt anger inside of him, mostly because of how easily that man had wrapped her around his finger in such a short amount of time. He set the drink down on the table next to him, cracking his knuckles. The friends who had came with him to the bar were now staring worriedly at him.


"Hey, you alright man? You look pretty heated." One of them said, watching in astonishment as Daniel tried to walk towards the two. But someone stopped him. The bartender who had served him and Enmaline. And supposedly the other man as well. He had a serious look on his face.


"I'm not going to sit around and watch a man get into a fight with another when you have no good reason to. I suggest you sit down, before I kick you out." The bartender hissed at him, watching Daniel ball his hands into fists and glare at him. His eyes glanced back to Lucas and Emmaline, a wicked grin on his face suddenly. It made the bartender uneasy.


"Alright, man. Whatever you say." He threw his hands up in defeat and began backing away. The bartender gave him a look of warning before walking off. Daniel looked at the two sitting at the bar together, grinning to himself. He motioned to his friends that it was time to 'leave', and the group soon left.


@Sungwonc01

"This is insane." Lucas thought to himself. He had done far bolder and far crazier things, but none had him this anxious before the act. Despite his nervousness, Lucas grinned with a slightly devious smile. He had heard Daniel and his group leave the bar without any further incident, which let him be free to do...


"This."


Lucas then held onto Emmaline a little firmer. He wrapped his other arm around her back and pulled her in gently. The way he reasoned it, if he didn't act now, he was just waiting for someone else to sweep her off her feet. And Lucas did not like that, not one bit.


Lucas kissed Emmaline. Granted he was drunk as all holy hell and probably not in possession of his sense of judgement, but he still kissed her.


Lucas noted that her lips felt like a ice sculpture which, as far as Lucas was concerned, he could learn to deal with.


@The Velveteen Rabbit

"Should we explore your definition a little now, or explore mine a bit more...?" Sayuri asked, taking another drink of her absinthe over Sisceal's shoulder. She started giggling drunkenly a little, definitely having inherited a few of Nora's traits thanks to having been with Nora a long time. "Though, would you prefer we do it here with everybody, or privately...? I don't mind either way~" She giggled drunkenly again, giving him yet another little drink from her bottle.


@Axel1313

"Yours sounds more....exciting." He grinned. Tilting his head back as she gave him another drink of the powerful alcohol. "I...I dunno..what would you like?" He hiccuped and polished off the rest of his own drink. "Although...I don't think the bartender or other patrons would appreciate whatever it is.."


@Kiyoko Tomoe

Emmaline's eyes widened slightly as Lucas pulled her close, and gently pressed his lips against hers. Her eyes fluttered shut, and she leaned in towards him more, returning the kiss. She wasn't sure what this feeling she felt was, but it made her heart race at a million miles an hour. After what seemed like an eternity, they broke away. Her cheeks were flushed with a light pink color, and her eyes soft. The doll's face still lingered close to his. Her body was pressed against him, with Lucas' arm pulling her closer. Emmaline did not say a word, as if too entranced to put together a full sentence. She still had a hand cupped against the side of his face, staring thoughtfully at him.


"Do you still wish to dance with me later?..." Emmalie asked in a quiet voice. Her lips hovered very close to his, but did not touch, unless either of them chose to lean forward.


@Sungwonc01

Jorah sat up after a few minutes of cuddling with Fiona and shook his head and arms lazily as he looked around. "You know we should really go do something, the others might have.... issues, around the Cirque. You know I see this place as my safe haven, and I'll protect everyone here, especially you and Paul. I owe him a lot," he said with a sigh as he stood from Fiona's bed, his talons clicking against the floor. Gripping his robe he slipped his hands through the sleeves and tied the cloth belt lightly around his waist. Looking at himself he lightly pulled at the sleeves to hide any showing scars or any of his inhuman bodily traits.


@Yuuki Kuran

"What kind of issues, my pet?" She turned over and placed her feet on the cold ground. "I wish you didn't have to suffer so much torment with your scars." Fiona snapped her fingers and giggled as twenty or so little friends of hers covered her body with web and made a new dress for her, a robe really. "It isn't fair for one man to go through so much alone. You won't be alone again." Fiona grasped Jorah's hand and led him out.


@jole875

"Before my scars I was a boy, a weakling, though I did not think so at the time these scars are a gift. I am much stronger than any of my race for the simple fact I am pure, though my true power was absorbing pain like a sponge in a sink," he mumbled as he cleared his throat. "Issues as in the investigators I saw looking all of us over," he said with a slight smile ducking his head under the door. "I didn't like the loneliness and its honestly great to be with you now, being alone for so along makes you understand that with out others around to support you or pull you down you feel as if you are a god," he glanced lightly around the encampment and smiled. "I really like your spiders, they love you like felines love me I believe, they have an undying devotion to you," Jorah mumbled as his thoughts drifted to random events in his past.

Lucas chuckled softly at Emmaline's question. His cheeks were still flushed from the kiss and his heartrate had no intention of slowing down. He was just relieved that Emmaline decided to return the kiss, as many others did not.


He stood up from his chair.


"My dearest Emmaline, I would do anything so long as it involved you. Well almost anything. Opera is a big no-no." He said matter of factedly.


He sighed as he turned away the rest of his liquor. If he became even more intoxicated he was afraid he would pass out on the dance floor.


He took Emmaline's hand and led toward a quieter corner of the bar.


"I'm afraid I won't be able to dance to my best ability. If I faint I'm counting on you to save my face. Any other part of the body is expendable."


@The Velveteen Rabbit

Fiona brushed her hair behind her ear. "Of course they do. They are my friends. The only ones I've had for years, in fact." She flinched at the sound of those blasted investigators. "Nosey good for nothing imbeciles. That's all the humans are." She held Jorah's arm. "You will never be alone again." Spiders pooled around her feet. "I want to rip them apart. How much longer must we put up with this?"


(@jole875 )

Emmaline giggled softly as he grabbed her hand and led the doll away from the front of the bar. She weaved around others while following after him, gripping his hand gently. When he told her he might faint, Emmaline's eyes widened slightly and she arched an eyebrow.


"But... you might be too heavy for me. I don't know if I could catch you." She said in an innocent voice. The bar seemed to grow a bit quieter as he pulled her away. Emmaline felt an intense throb in her head, and she felt herself begin to grow dizzy. But she pushed on and continued to follow Lucas, concealing the fact she was feeling a bit woozy. Emmaline jolted as she heard a few men begin to catcall her, and she ended up moving closer to Lucas.


@Sungwonc01

"Hmm, the way I see things is different. I try to put myself in the shoes of others, these investigators have a probable reason to be suspicious of us. Although they have a much larger reason to fear us if we were ever backed into a corner," Jorah said with a wide goofy smile swinging his tail left to right. "I don't mean to make myself a self entitled elite but...I think I could hold more than my divided share if we were to ever fight the humans," he mumbled as he leaned over and kissed Fiona's head.


@Yuuki Kuran

"You'll have t' earn it then." She said, kissing his nick a little. She gave him the last little bit of her drink, clearly enjoying her time with the guy. "Maybe I'll give you a little more for free first though... I don't mind what it is though...~" She started giggling a little again, pointer finger of the hand holding her empty bottle poking his cheek gently in a playful and teasing kind of manner. She couldn't wait to see what the guy would do next now that she'd given him a sort of okay.


@Axel1313

He got goosebumps when she kissed his neck. "Earn it?" He looked at her with a big, goofy grin and giggle drunkenly. His red eyes moving all over the place as he tried to keep his focus on her. "Lets.....*hic*....let's see jus' what I can do to earn it." He smirked and leaned in to plant a kiss right on her lips.


(@Kiyoko Tomoe )

Lucas shrugged his shoulders as they maneuvered their way through the bar towards a more calm part of the bar. He raised one of his eyebrows and laughed at Emmaline's response.


"No, I suppose it would be difficult to support a fantastic specimen such as moi. All that toned muscle is a burden to bear."


He frowned a little bit however when he started to hear jeers come in from the general din of the bar. He quietly got closer to Emmaline in a defensive manner.


"Gentlemen please, I'm obviously the far better catch over here."


@The Velveteen Rabbit

Emmaline bit her lip to stifle a laugh. She heard a few slurred responses from the drunken men to Lucas, but they were mostly gibberish. The group seemed to get distracted, and they forgot about her immediately. Like she was never there.


Gently, Emmaline nudged Lucas with her shoulder to move him forward a bit.


"Ignore them." She said quietly, flashing him a small smile. The doll moved in front of him and began leading Lucas away herself. When they were near the quietest part of the bar, Emmaline turned towards him. Her hand squeezed his.


"Well?" She asked with a smile, tilting her head slightly.


@Sungwonc01

The large, imposing man approached the entrance of the cirque. Black satin fedora fit on his head to help hide the horns and tail wrapped around his waist like a belt he walked up without a single hesitation. So it was finally in town. Great! Finally some change from the humdrum everyday life he'd been enjoying for a while now.


It was a little late and looked as if things were being closed down right now, but what was the harm in having a little look around? If they kicked him out then he could always come back tomorrow to see the shows. He couldn't wait, he had heard many rumors of this place being more than interesting.

"I've no doubt about that." Fiona watched his tail for a little while. "As I've said before, there are strong creatures here, but, Jorah, you could give anyone a run for their money." Fiona was glad that the night's show was dying down. She was getting a migraine from the bright lights and too much alcohol. "Where do you think the investigators are now?" Her fingers danced through his fur. "Or anyone else for that matter."


@jole875