A Fox's Business [ReD]

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Mephis walked around the strip, his black fur blending a bit with the dark environment around him as his glowing green eyes scanned the place carefully. He wasn’t sure if animals were allowed at all, reason why he sneaked in…thing that wasn’t exactly that hard to do when you’re such a small animal and the security is too busy with the other creatures that want to enter as well.

This wouldn’t be his first time in a strip, and he knew it wouldn’t be the last one either, he could only think about several times on his past when he got some especially unusual requests from his old owners that would be more fitting of a place like this than anywhere else.

But even as a stray, he didn’t mind being here at all, it was quite a nice place after all, at least from his point of view. He jumped on a nearby counter, careful to be far enough from the drunk people getting all hot over the dancers on stage. He was considering to shift right there and then just to ask for a drink and enjoy the view as well for a while.

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Mephis perked his ears as she heard somebody talking to him. His demonic green eyes giving out that usual unnatural glow as they landed on the amber eyes of the girl. He just chuckled a bit, his deep mysterious voice being slightly muffled by the music “Thank you, I think a AMF would be nice” Most places like this wouldn’t consider the AMF as a good drink for someone that had just arrived and hadn’t eaten anything.

Yet, Mephis couldn’t care less about this, he had stronger drinks on his past and he just enjoyed the feel of the alcohol kicking in. As a demo, it was extremely hard to get him drunk, to the point where he had to take several cocktails made of things that would be strictly forbidden anywhere else but Hell itself…of clubs run by really high-ranked demons just to be drunk for a couple of minutes. He had heard that one of said clubs was around Manta Carlos, would that be true?

“You have quite a nice strip here” He almost purred as his eyes scanned the place carefully, he knew better than just let his demonic desires to overtake him everywhere he went like several demons usually did.

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Mephis’ eyes traveled across the strip, the point of his tail flicking a bit from time to time. Several sounds apart of the music reaching his sensitive ears, as well as many smells, some a bit more unexpected than others. As soon as the drink reached him he wrapped his black furry tail around it, not sure if he should transform into a more human form to not only being able to drink it a bit more easily, but also be able to ask for more drinks later, or if he should just stay a cat.

He nodded a bit when the straw was offered, still a bit too focused on the strip as a whole to talk. His ears were moving constantly in an attempt to catch all the sounds surrounding him and his eyes landing on anyone or anything that he considered interested enough.

A low deep chuckle made its way through his teeth, his demonic eyes once more landing on Yoka’s eyes “If you mean food, you don’t want to know. But if I’m right about the meaning behind those words, well…” His eyes traveled across the strip, landing on several dancers “…I think it’s pretty darn obvious, am I right?” If there was a demon out there able to fully control his desires, Mephis hadn’t met him at all, and he was feeling fairly tempted right now "What about you?"

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Mephis’ attention fell completely on the woman talking to him for a couple of seconds. So, she was of the kind that wanted the big prize, exactly the kind of people that was more willing to take him in, or any demon for that reason. He unwrapped his tail from the drink and jumped to the seat right in front of him, taking a more humane look as he sat, only keeping the claws and sharp fangs of his feline form, his demonic green eyes never changing.

He even allowed himself to get some fancier clothes that the ones that he usually chose when he transformed, the only part of his attire that never changed was his collar, the mark of his rank as a demon pet.

He grabbed the drink, giving out a devilish grin as he looked at Yoka “Well, now you got my attention. It’s obvious that you dream big, but tell me, you already have a plan to reach such thing, hm?” He drank from his glass, allowing the alcoholic drink to refresh his mouth. He had to admit it, the darn drink was good “You may be able to get anything you want, but you may need help along the way” He almost purred, carefully watching the girl and her actions.

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Mephis accepted the second drink with a smile after he finished the first one, not worried about the money at all, he always had enough with him thanks to…many reasons. Sometimes getting a couple of souls could come with unexpected extra bonus things that he wouldn’t hesitate to collect, cash of all kinds between those.

“Well, I may be able to help you out somehow” His eyes followed Yuka’s carefully, he could easily tell that there was a lot more behind what she was showing, and he obviously felt interested, maybe this was the owner that he had been looking for?

“But I need to ask first, are you comfortable around demons?” That question was a must, he wasn’t going to go on and try to make one of those extra-tricky demon pet contracts with this woman only to find out that he was going to get kicked out as soon as she found out what he really was.

Not that he really cared though, once the contract was done he got what he wanted, but still. Contracts were a bit too troublesome to just end them so darn quick.