New Experiences [p]

[Forsaken]

As the lights dimmed along the back wall of the Hostess club, Rave had already downed his 5th shot of Malt Liqueur. He had heard about this place from some travelers passing through the ghost town that was now Sunagakure. There was a good chance that rave was the last remaining active shinobi within the Hidden Sand and that was a very sobering thought, so what better than to get un-sober?

This club seemed to be a cross between an actual club and a country club or something similar where they 'exuded elegance' the thought was humorous to rave as he watched the beautiful women walking to and fro the multiple tables with many wealthy men. However Rave was no slouch when it came to cash but he preferred to keep his funds on his person rather than risking someone Robbing him. With his recent arrival he still hadn't had his hostess how up yet but was surely drunk enough now for any woman they gave him to look appealing.

[Corvus]

"Hey, new girl," the on-duty manager said, "you got someone at table seven." The 'new girl', Akiko, nodded. She had henge'd into the appearance of a young lady, though much older than her actual appearance, with much the same basic traits. Blond hair, now grown out much longer than normal, allowed to fall near to the bottom of her shoulder blades. Her skin fair and unflawed, with her eyes turned from their normal barely heterochromatic green to a homochromatic aquamarine. "Right away, bossman," she replied rather casually, checking her appearance in a vanity mirror to ensure everything was as it was supposed to be, still finding it a little surreal to find someone barely old enough to drink, if even that much, looking back at her. Perhaps she'd never get used to that.

Regardless, satisfied that everything was as it should be, the hidden chunin began to leave the employee's area, when she was stopped by the manager. "Hey, take the guy into the VIP room." She was actually there on an undercover mission, the manager knew, as her contact, which was how she was even in the place to begin with. Apparently, this was her mark. She really, really hated having to kill someone, but she wasn't being given a choice about the matter. A mission's a mission. Akiko nodded to the manager and entered, walking over to 'table 5'.

"Sorry to keep you waiting," she said, leaning over slightly to make her illusory cleavage more visible, "I hope you weren't too bored." She slipped into the personality of a hostess without trouble, adjusting her inflections away from the much more casual tone she had used with the manager who shall not be named.

[Forsaken]

The voice brought Rave's gaze up to the girl who had come over to him, it was about time he thought as his gaze caught her cleavage before drawing up to her eyes. the girl was pretty as far as he could tell. "No its fine, I don't think that'll be an issue seeing as I have you for company."

With a light smile Rave watched her quietly pouring a shot and sliding it over to her, his gaze scanning her figure and outfit before finding her eyes again. His skin was flushed already from the alcohol in his system as he waited for her own approach.

[Corvus]

Akiko giggled a little at the complement, "oh, you." She sat down next to him, but didn't touch the shot. Given her status as a female, she lacked a certain enzyme in her digestive tract that helped break down alcohol, and her apparent body mass was all an illusion, so anything harder than cola would hit her like a ton of bricks. Besides, it just wouldn't be proper for a hostess to be drinking, especially with a guest she was supposed to be attending to. She graciously passed the shot back, saying as she did so, "so, is this your first time here?"

[Forsaken]

"Yeah I'm actually from the Hidden Sand but it's so dead there it's not even funny..." He said quietly as he took the shot while the blonde sat next to him. With that he would lean back against the seat picking up the bottle as he reclined in the seat watching the girl. "So what's a girl like you doing in a place like this?"

[Corvus]

Akiko giggled quietly at the joke, gently taking the bottle from him and pouring the young man another shot, "all the way from Kaze no Kuni? My my, you're quite a long ways from home," she said as she finished pouring for him. "So what brings you all the way out here?" She asked, setting the bottle on the table with a barely audible 'clink'. She noticed that the bottle was almost empty. Once the young man had finished answering, or avoiding, her question, she looked him in the eyes and asked him another question. "Say...would you like to go to the VIP room?" Once there, she'd try and convince him to order another bottle, like a good hostess would.

[Forsaken]

"I heard about this place from a wandering merchant in Suna." The girl's giggle brought a smile to him as he watched her pour him another shot which he gladly took it back though the hollow cling caught his attention. Then her eyes came up catching his before asking if he'd like to go to the VIP room. He was a little surprised by the offer but was too drunk too really think it over as he stood up using the booth for stability before offering her his hand. "Sure let's go."

[Corvus]

Akiko stood up first and helped the young man to his clearly drunken feet. She wrapped her arms around one of the man's and lead him towards the back. Carefully, she took him into a rather large private room with dim lightning, leading him over to a rather large, comfortable love seat, and sitting down beside him. "Now, then, isn't that better? Would you like to order something else?" she asked, handing him a rather well-rounded menu of assorted liqueurs. More expansive then the regular menu, at least. "Go ahead and order whatever you like."

[Forsaken]

Rave's sense of time seemed to slow as the blonde got up first to assist him over to the back where she laid him back into a love seat before sitting in it with him. Next she produced a menu with a very wide assortment of alcohol taking up the entire space of the laminated paper. Without thinking and blaming it on the liquid courage he would wrap one arm around the blonde's waist holding her while his eyes shifted making it harder to read. Tightly clenching his eyes he would then hand the menu back to the girl. "I'll stick with Vodka, so what's your name cutie?"

[Corvus]

Akiko giggled gently at the complement and set the menu on the table. "My name is Alice," she said, giving a name that better fit her fair-haired appearance better than her actual name. She stood up as she spoke, "I'll be right back with your vodka then, I hope you won't be lonely without me." She stepped out of the room and headed to get the requested beverage. While she walked, she surreptitiously performed three swift handseals, preparing her chakra scalpel, but just holding the jutsu in stand by, leaving her hands glow-free. She returned to the VIP room before long, a full, unopened bottle of Vodka for the client.

"I hope I didn't keep you waiting," she said, opening the bottle and pouring him another glass with a smile. "You said you were from Suna, right?" she confirmed as she handed the glass to him, "That's an awfully long way to come. You must be really tired from such a long trip."

[Forsaken]

"Nice to meet you then Alice." He would say smiling lightly though his body shifted and swayed ever so slightly watching the girl as she got up to get the bottle. His eyes watched her petite lithe body move as she walked away, while she left he leaned back in the seat feeling so weak and slow. The alcohol was seeping into his system to a severe degree that the light left streaks in his vision before he closed them tight feeling. Shortly Alice returned with a full unopened bottle and poured him a glass as she sat back down next to him while he threw back the shot.

She then confirmed that he said he was from Suna as he had stated earlier to which he nodded lightly. Alice then said that it was a long way to travel and that he must be tired which brought another light nod. "Yeah but the harder part was the trek through the dessert."

[Corvus]

Akiko looked astonished when she heard about his desert trek. "Oh my," she said, pouring another shot of vodka, "that sounds like quite the tale. Would you like to tell me about it?" She asked, somewhere between wanting to keep him talking, and drinking, and being genuinely curious. Despite being a chunin, she had never been to the desert. Heck, she had spent almost her life in a highly humid environment; one so arid was almost impossible for her to imagine.

[Forsaken]

Alice seemed genuinely interested in his travel though it wasn't nearly as exciting as she thought it was. He remembered the blazing heat and churning sand the most out of the entire journey which brought a shudder of faux pain. He took the next shot of vodka down finding relief in the liquid that the dessert air had scorched down his throat. His gaze lifted to catch her curious and excited eyes which made him smile faint. "It isn't as amazing as you make it out to be honestly, it's hotter than hell, like you're walking through an oven."

[Corvus]

"Oh my," she said, pouring him another glass, "that must have been quite the experience." She sat back down next to him on the love seat, designed to leave rather little space between the two of them. A moment passed and she shifted a little closer to the young man. "I'm quite glad you made it through that." She smiled again, "I bet you have a lot of interesting stories," she said. "Eh..?" she knew he was getting quite inebriated, and with this much vodka, he'd probably be passing out before too much longer. Certainly by the end of this bottle.

[Forsaken]

As the girl moved closer he held her lightly faintly aware of her warmth under the effects of the alcohol. She said that she was glad he had made it through the dessert with a soft smile. Alice then wondered if he had anymore interesting stories, his thoughts ran back through his mind trying to pull from his experiences and he found in particular that had happened just about a year ago. His gaze fell back on the beautiful girl as he held her waist close. "Well in particular, I had fought against the Two-Tailed Demon Cat."