NSFW [Temptations I][Open]

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Dorian hadn't called the bouncer in to work today. The entry way would stay unlocked and he would have redirected the traffic to come into the Imaginary part of Temptations. Reality side was locked and the lights that usually were lit, would be turned off to discourage those to go the wrong way. The podium that usually housed the bouncers were empty and the soft moody music played softly above anyone that would come in. He usually wasn't open this early but he figured someone always needed a drink for something, at any time and there as no law as to when he could open and serve.

He wore a white short sleeve button up, a vest thrown over it casually and left open. The boy tie he wore laid lop sided under his chin and the smell of a cigarette hung the side of his lips. The small santa clause like reading glasses laid low on his nose as he snapped the newspaper to straighten it out and going into reading about what was going on in the city. Random building destroyed, some muggings, and what not. The usual was going on, nothing interested him in the least. Boy did Dorian wish something interesting would happen today.

He removed his reading glasses with a sigh and folded the newspaper and set it on the end of the bar counter. Looking around the bar area, the few patrons that had started to frequent were here to read the news, enjoy the quietness, and have a drink, made him wonder if maybe he should open one of those cigar places like they did in the other countries. No talking and speaking, just quietness. Well that would kill the mystery thing he did behind his little door there. At the thought of the door he glanced behind him as if expecting that wooden door to be open and someone sneaking in. Of course that wouldn't be possible since it was locked but didn't have a keyhole to lock it. There was just a knob there.

Turning back around a man stood there waiting for his next drink. Dorian smiled happily and poured the man a new drink before marking a mark on his tab sheet and went back to cleaning the glasses and counters. The smile had dropped from his face when he turned his back and a small irritated look came across his face as a thought crossed his mind.

RE: [Temptations I][Open]

@"Just_A_Myth"

Where Sekai entered had changed since their last meeting. When he entered the building there would be a podium there and a hallway that stretched behind it and then splitting off left and right. Small lights hung on the walls to guide the way. If Sekai followed he would only see that the left side of the hallway was lit and the right side, not so much. There were red doors on both end of the hallways. The right side would be locked if Sekai wanted to try and go down the unlit side. The left would be unlocked and would lead into the bar that Sekai came in only a month ago. The door where he was picked up from was gone and shifted.

Dorian was pouring someone a drink, someone that had been a bit more intoxicated then they should be. The man grunted a little and whined about how little Dorian poured for him. He was the only in town to have this brand of liquor in and he was selling it at a high price to get his money's worth. "If you don't like it then get the hell out of here." He said with the attitude of him not giving a crap. He slammed the bottle back onto its place making the partially drunk man jump and grumble before walking back to his little table to drink and mope. The clothing that Sekai had left had been refolded, placed in a bag, back in the far end of the living quarters. The boy would come eventually but every time the door opened he would hope the young man would show up and give him something to gripe about. School was in session so it was fine, he wouldn't be too grumpy about it.

Therefore, when Sekai came through the first door Dorian didn't see or hear him. The boy would have to follow the lights to gain access to the bar owner.

RE: [Temptations I][Open]

@"Just_A_Myth"

The man was getting more and more annoying with the way it grumbled. Dorian had a good hold of his temper, most days, but at the moment it was slightly irritated with the constant gripe of how little he poured and how much the man had to pay for so little alcohol. Just as the door opened, Dorian's hand slammed down on the counter in front of the old man and the other hand reached out and grabbed the man's shirt yanking him towards the bar owner.

The nasty man reeked of alcohol and nasty garlic breath that made Dorian want to gag. Fortunately for him, his ability required the using of breath but that didn't stop him from wanted to gag, he just had a better tolerance of bad breath then probably anyone around that came through his bar. The jerk that Dorian put on the man's shirt lifted the man's feet off the floor a couple of inches. Dorian himself hadn't moved to had to stand on his toes to do this. He brought the man closer to make sure the man saw his face clearly. "Look here you little shit, I don't give a fuck if your drunken ass wants more liquor. You pay what I make the price out to be for what I pour. Don't like it? Then go pay for the Jenever elsewhere...if anyone else has it." He highly doubted it but if they did good for them, the drunk face fat man would stop coming here to drink it and causing a ruckus about it.

The drunken customer's feet flailed a little being lifted off the floor and Dorian would let go of him with a push of his hand. The man fell to the floor and scrambled back, onto his feet. The breath of the man coming in panting rhythms was starting to irritate Dorian. "Your done, get out, don't worry about paying the last drink." Instead he took it himself and threw the drink back hating that he drank this from the glass of the nasty man, to prove a little point. The drunken man whipped out his wallet throwing a few $100 bills on the floor before bolting for the door. The fat man would crash into Sekai if the boy didn't move away in time, however it was more of a stampede over the young one to get out of the way.

"You'll regret humiliating me!"

Dorian scoffed and screamed back with just as much irritation. "I LOOK FORWARD TO IT!" When his eyes settled on Sekai he blinked a moment his face then relaxed and he turned away to put the nasty glass into the sink and to walk around the other side to gather the money off the floor. "Finally made your way back here huh?"

RE: [Temptations I][Open]

He hadn't seen Sekai, yet, but he had a gut feeling that something else was around. The man that left had now made a little mess. He set the drinking glass aside and rubbed his forehead a little. Turning to the left he made his way to the end of the counter when the sudden urge to look towards the door. There stood the young man he saved just a month ago, standing there not a sniveling brat but one that seemed unnerved and ready to bolt if someone else came through. No it wasn't often he picked up a customer, but it want the first. Dorian walked to where the boy stood. His glance towered over the boy a dark and stormy feel eminatting from him. He reached up and tilted the boys head first right then left. Leaning forward he gently closed the door behind the boy checking the boys clothing for dust.

"No it's not normal."

He said finally and leaned back giving a good look at the boys face. It had been a while but he could see the changes the boy was going through. He wasn't as skinny, boney, or dirty and wet as he had seen the first night. He didn't apologize 6 times in the first moment they reunited and that was an improvement. Turning on his heel he gestured for the boy to follow bending down to pick up the money the man had dropped and stuffed it into his pocket. He walked to Sekai's pace not that it matter since the boy could flit from one spot to another but he enjoyed the fact that he could walk a stride for Sekai to walk to.

"But it's not the first. How's school?"

@"Just_A_Myth"

RE: [Temptations I][Open]

@"Just_A_Myth"

When he stood he boy was sitting on a barstool, turned and facing the bar with his hands planted on the counter as if waiting to be served. He smirked a little and watched his posture, hunched and looking as if to shy away from life. He stopped up behind him and putting a hand on his shoulder, the other on his lower back. The hand on his shoulder jerked him back while the other hand pushed into his back. It would straighten the boys back and make him sit upward. Leaning down he whispered into Sekai's ear.

"Sit up straight at a bar or you'll be picked on."

Letting the boy go he patted the head and walked along the bar again back to the other side where he finally stood across from the boy. Yes the age limit wasn't ready for Sekai to drink yet but he had other things he could make. However the boy wanted advice so he would grab a glass scooping ice into it. Taking a shaker he filled it with some juice into it.

"What advice do you need from me?"

He added the club soda and flipped it between the shaker and glass before leaving it in the glass in the end. Flipping a napkin in front of Sekai he set the drink on top of it after throwing some cherries and a straw into it. He didn't pour anything for himself but leaned his elbow on the bar and his chin on top of his palm watching the young man waiting for what advice he could give him.