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[ action | OPEN ] and if I told you everything, would you call me crazy?

Who: Tannusen and whoever!
Where: Genessia City - Velvet Lust (Please read that link if you're gonna tag in!)
Warnings: Heavy innuendo in the first two threads. Will add if any others are needed.

🌟 OTAs and closed threads between people who aren't Tannusen are also welcome! Just mind the security.

A. anyone ICly over 18 [OPEN] (18 meaning adult. If your character IS an adult and is just technically younger, they're still okay for this!)

It was night-time, Velvet Lust was open for business. Tannusen could be found either at the bar downstairs, sitting on one of the stools instead of helping pour drinks, or upstairs at that bar trading commentary with the snarky bartender on duty. Either way, he was drinking tea, thank you!

B. anyone ICly under 18 or who just wants to [OPEN]

Day or night, if anyone lingered for long enough just outside of the bar, it was going to eventually draw Tannusen's attention.

C. pre-hours on assorted days [locked to Velvet Lust staffers]

Before the bar opened for the night, Tannusen could be found on either floor of the establishment. Stocking things, fixing something, or... even lounging around as a tiger. Staff were always allowed to come and go for several hours before opening time.

D. pre-hours one day [locked to Cassian Lynch]

On one specific day, shortly after the first incident with Ni, Tannusen found himself eyeballing the downstairs area while it was free of people. Maybe... he had an idea. He pulled his phone out of his suit jacket, and dialed Cassian.

Of course, he couldn't just be serious right from the get-go, so his first words when the guy picked up were an artfully-breathy, "Hey babe, what're you wearing?"

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Tannusen was smart enough to make the connection, especially after having recently made a minor bargain of his own. "Ah, you opened a subarchway as well?"

As for Szel's own question, the blond smiled. Sure, he wouldn't be able to see it, but it came across in his voice. "Yep, a pretty nice oolong. I don't actually drink alcohol myself, anymore. Funny as that may be for someone who owns a bar."

"I did. It was a touch on the fancy side." ... Okay he has part of an entire ring of hell sitting in Everglade. Fight him, it was all necessary.

The smile did come across quite clearly, and it allowed him to invent a picture in his head of the man he was talking to. "Oh I'm sure you have reasons." Probably in the 'can't' category.

"I hear you had a nasty fight in here a day or two ago. Just some tittering from some patrons I picked up on. I hope everything is alright."

"You? Did something fancy? I'm shocked," Tannusen took a sip of his fresh, hot tea. His ring clinked faintly against the cup. "Mhmm, although I'd say one incident in four months is a decent record for any bar."

Let alone one with a rowdy dance club upstairs.

"Oh I know, as humble a man as I am." In his slick Italian suit and calf skin shoes.

"I'd have to agree, I've been frequenting the upstairs club and it can get quite wild up there." What with the event organizer apparently getting off on starting shit.

"It can, can't it?" Tannusen was up there quite often, himself, though he usually just watched. "I'm surprised it's not too noisy for your tastes. Or is that part of the draw?"

"I try to divide my time between up there and down here according to my tastes of the evening. There are the occasional fascinating guests up there that I like talking to."

Like a dark haired man in a shabby lab coat with a stuffed rabbit.

"Is that so?" Not much happened in Velvet that Tannusen didn't know about, so he probably... already knew. "And you've yet to come talk to me up there? I'll try to contain my hurt feelings."

That pretty voice of his was gently teasing, and amused.

"Perhaps I can drown them in this tea."

"I've tried to hunt you down but I keep getting sidetracked." Mostly by trying to keep his attention on Telsen. And looking for Ni in the same breathe. He doesn't have a control problem, shut up. And yes, there was a good chance Tannusen knew about his little liaison with Ni, considering he'd left the corrupt Sanzo half paralyzed and numb in the club. Not oops. Totally intentional.

Can't wait to find him again.

"Well since it is partially my fault, I'll put some money down to make up for the loss in stock."

It was okay Szel, Tannusen often left the guy in a similar state. Perhaps not as dazzled spiritually, but often bleeding profusely from puncture wounds instead... right on the verge of losing consciousness. The guy was covered in scars, and Tannu had added quite a few of his own making.

Because Ni had one use, really, and only time would tell if that use would be outweighed by the guy's awful personality or not.

"Well, if you insist, I'd hardly turn down having my drink bought by a handsome guy like you."

It's a shame Szel couldn't indulge comfortably in those physical meetings, he'd definitely end up killing someone. Life is hard when most of your fluids are poison.

But Ni definitely had a use so far! Maybe he'd have more!

Optimism!

"Flatterer." Buying drinks for the bar owner was a bit on the redundant side, but the man had to make bank somehow. A few bills handed over to the current tender to make up for all the tea that was going to go missing tonight.

"You're lucky I'm easy."

It was redundant, but in a mildly amusing way that Tannusen found entertaining enough.

"Is it flattery if it's true?" Tannusen asked, fully knowing that yes, yes it was. And also flirtation. "Lucky indeed, I prefer the company of the easy. That way, I almost fit in."

"Yes." Sorry, gotta ruin that with facts, it's his thing. But the flirting he liked. He could happily go along with the flirting.

"Oh come now, someone with a voice like that? Not fitting in? I'm surprised you're not a celebrity."

"Celebrity is almost the definition of not fitting in," Tannusen countered, amused. "But I'll cheerfully accept the comment about my voice. It's gotten me into so much..." and that voice hit a lower pitch, utterly conspiratorial, "delightful trouble."

"At least you'd be popular as well." Goddamnit though, he'd gone to begrudgingly sip at his bourbon when Tannusen's voice hit that rumbling, lower pitch.

A delighted shiver shot down him, followed by a far too pleased purr from the demon.

"Delightful, you say?"

Tannusen watched that shiver with interest, smiling one of his slow and lazy smiles. Lost on Szel, perhaps, but a few of the regulars noticed. That fucking smile always meant he was up to something.

"Mmm-hmm," his voice matched that smile, however. Slow and lazy and just so full of promise, because Tannusen knew how to actually use that pretty voice of his. "Just how easy are you, Szelhamos?"

Look at that, he could even pronounce the full thing. Not even a hint of trouble with it, as smooth as the finest silk.

Now that's a treat right there. His full goddamn name, no stumbling, and the pronunciation was perfect. Too many people missed the hard sh at the beginning.

Even if he couldn't see the smile, it bled into the words, his ears were sharp enough to pick that up, and a roguish smile was sent Tannusen's way, vaguely too wide for him.

"For you? Like a drunk coed at spring break."

And Tannusen had only heard it the once, to boot. While he was certainly no Kani, he made for a pretty decent musician; part of that was being able to listen correctly. Just like a visual artist had to learn how to see things without just approximating them.

"Flatterer," Tannusen turned the comment back on him with a soft laugh.

It was just such a rare treat. He'd never bothered speaking the whole name to most people anymore, it was far too annoying listening to them stumble over it and mangle it. He was rather proud of it personally. Earned it, even.

"But at least it's true~."

Tannusen had only been using the short version before because the guy had immediately said to. Using the long form had been a bit of a gamble.

It was so nice when those paid off.

"Indeed?" The tiger didn't try to touch; he wasn't half that crass. No, he just leaned a little closer. "Well, consider me intrigued..."

Not touching was also a plus for Szel. Ni after all had immediately reached out and tried to lay a hand on the spider. As pleasing as he found the black priest's company, he'd never deign to allow him to put his hands on him.

Tannusen was currently just as equally unallowed, of course. But at least he wasn't trying. The serpent like smile grew, bearing a few uncomfortably sharp, straight, white teeth.

"I'd dare say, you're so delightfully charming, I'd be half tempted to break a few self made promises for you."

The Fae just wasn't a grabby guy as a general rule. That worked out in his favor more often than it didn't; case in point.

"Only half tempted?" Have an exaggerated pout, Szel, it was right there in his tone. Playful, the auditory version of putting a hand to his own chest in 'dismay', fingers splayed dramatically.

"Well being fully tempted would ruin the fun of me pretending I need another drink to convince me."

Not that he could even become drunk, but it was the thought that counted.

Tannusen chuckled, the sound a soft rumble that benefited greatly from the properties of his voice. "Well then... in the name of broken promises, I suppose I'll buy your next drink."

It was as redundant coming from the bar owner as being done for the bar owner. But also still just as amusing, and so Tannusen slid the appropriate bills across the bar at Bob.

"How chivalrous of you." The demon purred right back. Not as deep a pitch, and the vaguest hint of an almost ashy feeling hiss in the back of it.

It was rather funny to have the bartender himself buy the drink, he couldn't help the amusement in his smirk as he took the offered glass, taking a sip.

"I hope you don't mind if we move.the conversation to more private quarters."

Tannusen had Bob refill his mug of tea again, because why not. "I don't mind at all."

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