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POSTED ON Feb 22, 2021 10:29:59 GMT

[attr="class","spiral"]"Sounds like a shitty strategy."

Fernando mumbles a laugh at her conjecture, well aware of the subliminal messages that slide across her tone. They stick like oil across a wet surface, never adhering on the sole fact that she makes it painfully obvious. Hartigan may remain ignorant but the third party's obliviousness is not one Fernando picks up on. He considers it too brash to entertain in front of another.

So he pivots.

"You much of a trainer, Lulu?"

His finger entertain the shot underneath him and on a whim he takes it. All the while, he never removes himself from the battle, but remains away of her taking the shot as well from the movement of her hands and the sound of it going down. As usual, Fernando winces at the sudden spike at intensity, nursing the burn with the green, chilled margarita that sits in the remainder of his mug.

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POSTED ON Feb 22, 2021 10:40:08 GMT

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If she could have taken back fucking him, at that moment, she would have.

She simply blinked, three fingers tap-tap-tapping once each across the cool, perspiring glass in her hand. It did nothing to chill the heat she felt. Her voice didn’t attempt to hide how irked she was at his treatment. “A bit, I guess.”

Lulu was decent enough to have two gym badges, but she would downplay that. The night wasn’t for bragging. This was damage control for that sort of behavior.

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POSTED ON Feb 22, 2021 10:49:18 GMT

[attr="class","spiral"]"Impressive."

He sounds less than impressed. If anything, he's straight up fucking with her now. The glee he gets from strumming her along gets harder to hide as a condescending smile leaks from the edges of his lips. "How many times have you purposefully missed a winning blow for 'strategy'?"

And, as if timed, the Drapion finally manages to land a POISON JAB. However, the Chesnaught breaks away at the same moment, pulling up the SPIKY SHIELD as punishment, impaling the poison type with numerous barbs as the bulwark withstands its jagged stinger.

"Ooo."

Even when gasping, Fernando seems less than impressed by the bout being played out. It doesn't dull his smile though.

Knowing that it bothers her, that she's on edge, brings a joy that very few things in life can match.

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POSTED ON Feb 22, 2021 11:08:34 GMT

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Her gaze fell from the screen to wander across the bottles on the bar, so she missed the way the results of the battle proved her wrong and him right. She chewed on her lip a tiny bit in irritation. Prick.

A small sneer. “Was just a theory.”

Lulu prickled more and more. She couldn’t do it. She couldn’t handle his condescending demeanor. A hand reached in her pocket and placed the fortune on the bar-top, sliding it in front of him with her index finger. She leaned in a bit towards him, and her tone was unwavering, and low so only he could hear.

“What is it you think I am, Fernando?”

Doubling down, he’d called it? She would not be shrugged off.

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POSTED ON Feb 22, 2021 11:15:01 GMT

[attr="class","spiral"]"Mhmm."

His victory comes in spades. The rest of the battle become uneventful in comparison. One opening is all it takes for the tempo to swing one-sidedly. His own interest dies once the Drapion falls. The rest of their banter and commentary mean very little in comparison.

Now she can have him for her own. And just in time! His eyes look down at the blank piece of paper and he shrugs. He knows what's written on it, having instructed his Pokemon to do so well ahead of time, but that would require her knowing as such. In practice, as long as she's presented it to someone else, they too would confirm it to be an empty slip.

"Right now?"

He pauses. The smile no longer remains.

"Rash."

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POSTED ON Feb 22, 2021 11:28:33 GMT

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Rash? And what followed? Consequences, right? Her jaw set at him. She maintained that she would no longer be chased. She would hold her ground. Lulu had killed the last wolf that had hunted her via steak knife to the jugular. She would not flee from the next. What was a councilman when you had slaughtered a queen?

She attempted to feel her own power, not let him get to her any more than he already had.

“Really? It’s just a question.” She moved away from him again, no longer leaning in his space. Attempting to soften the line of possible danger, she joked almost darkly. “Are you being odd because I never texted? I never got your number, so…”

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POSTED ON Feb 22, 2021 11:37:44 GMT

[attr="class","spiral"]Fernando scoffs. "I'm the same. It's you who's different." He raises the stake with four fingers, waving them about until Hartigan spots his hand from several feet down the counter. Once they make eye contact, Fernando calls out his order. Just to spite her, he coerces her along with his, tempting. "Surprise us with something hard and smooth! Lulu's back from her trip and looking to get smashed again."

Hartigan, bless his soul, gets wrapped up in all of this, none-the-wiser. All he does it pour up. He even has the foresight to go past that, anticipating the call forward when Fernando gestures for him keep'em coming.

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POSTED ON Feb 22, 2021 11:46:15 GMT

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She continued to speak more softly than usual, appearing to anyone out of earshot as though she was just having a pleasant conversation. She was good at this. “I’ve never threatened you before.” She didn’t make eye contact with him.

Then, the liquor started to pour.

Teeth flashed in a facetious grin and she looked down at her hands momentarily, shaking her head as he called out to Hartigan that she was looking to be intoxicated. “Ohhh, hardly. Thanks.” She wasn’t sure if there was any getting out of it, though.

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POSTED ON Feb 22, 2021 11:58:47 GMT

[attr="class","spiral"] "You say that like I have."

The tables turn as do their roles. Fernando now has his attention well invested into her, admiring her new look as well as the way it accentuates just how little he understands about her. It makes her interesting, which, in turn, makes her troublesome. Simple people are always the easiest to handle. People like her? Not so much.

"I'm paying," is just the quip he needs to keep Hartigan going. Whether or not Lulu just refuses, therefore wasting it, means little as long as their accounted for. How much is Fernando willing to hedge she won't waste liquor? Not much—he barely knows her—but should she, it'll give him another thing to ass her about.

As the shot glasses start to stack up, so does his inhibitions. One down the gullet for good luck, and he pauses, giving her the chance to follow suit or at least read her next move.

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POSTED ON Feb 22, 2021 12:16:39 GMT

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Lulu had left this bar early plenty more nights than not. Unfortunately, leaving early meant she wouldn’t be getting any sleep for days.

“Haven’t you?”

After a long moment, her eyes found his again, steely. “Obviously, there’s some sort of misunderstanding. I hardly know what it means, but this is a pretty strange game to play in times like these, wouldn’t you agree, Councilman?”

She then looked away again and took one of the shots in front of her, not allowing him to the satisfaction of eye contact as she bended some to his suggestion.

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POSTED ON Feb 22, 2021 12:22:26 GMT

[attr="class","spiral"]"Times like these?"

The juxtaposition in one probing the other could paint the landscape for some grim, trashy renaissance photo given the circumstance. Unfortunately, Fernando plays dumb in the same manner she tries to feint to probe him for more information. The most she gets is a swift defusal that comes with a question of his own.

"What kind of time is it, Lulu?"

He tinkers with his next shot, glass firm between his fingers.

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POSTED ON Feb 22, 2021 12:36:58 GMT

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This hurt a little, honestly. She always found herself unable to connect to anyone without somehow ending up on the opposing side of the field. It was a catch-22, really, though. Anyone who didn’t fuck with her at least a little barely got the time of day. That said, this was a bit much.

“You’re playing with me.” she said plainly.

She chewed on the inside of her cheek just a moment before grabbing another shot and readying to take it with him. “Speaking hypothetically, say I was…whatever it is you were getting at.” She paused, tilting her jaw. “Why would you want me to know and then be so dodgy? Is it a game?”

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POSTED ON Feb 22, 2021 12:49:39 GMT

[attr="class","spiral"]“Ah.” There’s a pinpoint moment of clarity that arises from his voice when she affirms just how much she knows. It’s beyond obvious by now but to have her state it outright gives him some ground to work with. There’s no way for her to deny her way out of this one. “So you’re aware—”

Fernando kills his second shot as a segue to his point.

“—and yet you keep pushing.”

A pair of empty shot glasses sit by his right hand and he pushes them forward. Anything to clear the space and give them some much needed elbow room. Fernando waits for Hartigan to be out of earshot before elaborating.

“Because there is a time and place for everything. Do not shit where I eat, Lulu. Some advice for the future.”

The spare extras that go beyond their order is enough for a last set and Fernando brings it up to her, level headed, gaze as empty as it is sharp.

“Cheers.”

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POSTED ON Feb 22, 2021 18:21:53 GMT

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Lulu scrambled to mentally jam together whatever puzzle pieces he threw to her, but nothing fit perfectly. If one thing seemed hopeful, as annoying as it was, it was that he was getting a kick out of this. People didn’t normally try to wipe out those who entertained them. Question was, was he just playing with his food?

She took the shot with him, considering her situation as she did so. After addressing the issue, there was no going back home without resolution. No returning to the sub without answers, safety. Fernando’s head, maybe?

Who was the greater predator?

Her nose wrinkled a little at his advice and she didn’t hide it from him, although did soften it with a smile. “Then leave with me, again.”

Slowly, her torso leaned into him once more, and she eyed the man from under her studious-looking glasses. “Give me something tasty, Fernando.” The look challenged him. It was meant to meet him, egg him on. It wasn’t entirely sexual, but it’s wasn’t entirely not, either.

Fear? She decided she’d already been a dead woman too many times. What was one more sticky situation? Time to prove she could make it out alive, again.

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[attr="class","spiral"]Three's a good middle ground. Taking them back-to-back without setting aside time for them to ferment is a fool's game. Despite his words, Fernando has no intention of getting too loosey. Not with this type of company, not without reason. Last time, work, an external factor, had pushed him to his limit. She won't find such a chance today, requiring her to pull some magic Scorbunny out of her hat to convince him otherwise.

Tempting him with something physical, with herself, is good bait and one that should be commended. The fact that he considers it, apparent with the way his eyes glisten at her words, goes to show how much weight she has on him. It's rare for Fernando to turn down someone's advances. As long as they're forward, to the point, and don't jeopardize anything else he has brewing, it's not hard to coax him out.

However, Fernando relishes one thing that physical pleasure can never match: the absolute joy of fucking with someone to the point they unravel themselves before you.

"Look, I don't mean to give you the wrong impression, Lulu." His posture stiffens and his back straightens as he takes a proper pose. He even waddles in his seat in a faux jest at being prim and proper. "But I'm a simple man." He can only hold it for so long before a small chuckle slip between the cracks. The whole time he's beaming, not one of confidence or hidden behind some kind of snark. It's a genuine smile that comes with the antagonistic joy of mockery.

"What we had was nice. But it's done."