[Seeing someone choke isn't usually funny for him but drunk Ciro is more open to the humor in watching a man try to laugh through a little bit of suffering. Before he knows it the sushi is done and the jug of beer he's been drinking from (that he hasn't bothered to pour into a glass) is also nothing but foam at the bottom.]
Ah, I see. What refined preferences you have. [Ciro adds a snooty sort of lilt to his voice as he teases him, wondering if he really needs more sushi but the man's naked backside is staring them both in the face.]
I don't think furniture life is suitable for just anyone, honestly. I can't with a good heart let you put a lightbulb in your ass when there's better things to do with it. Not the lightbulb.
[Cassidy keeps pace with Ciro's drinking by draining his bottle of sake, shovelling down carefully balanced sushi and, once again passing back the joint as it nears the end of it's life.
It's likely he could keep at this all night, but the vampire's always had quite the voracious appetite for all things.]
Aw, love, that's a real sweet thing to say. Maybe you'll have to give me a demo of what's better for me arse later, 'cause right now I'm really stuck on that lightbulb idea. Enlightening, y'could say. Heh. Think I still owe you some magical vampire fluids too, do I not?
[Ciro tries to get the most he can out of the last of it, but when it's spent, it's spent, and he's not going to singe the tips of his fingers when there's nothing but paper left. He has quite the appetite himself, but it seems so mild in comparison to Cassidy--which is to be expected, really.]
I'd be glad to occupy your time by occupying you. Although now I'm a little concerned about this budding fixation on light bulbs. [He laughs, shouting a little as he rubs his face in overly dramatized misery at the pun.]
[He suggests before following it up with a snorting cackle, shaking his head slowly at his own light bulb fixation before waving it all away with a flick of his hand. Okay, no more bulb jokes. Probably.]
Private seatin', right? What's so we get out front side up sushi platter, and then have a bit of fun once we finish that off, eh? I mean, shite, I'll be sluggish as anything after all this, but I might be able to squeeze somethin' out.
[Ciro can't even play at being mad, he's laughing to hard, having to wipe tears from the corners of his eyes. This has to be at least 60% the fault of the grass they'd just smoked. It has to be.]
Good idea, I'm still hungry. [Or he has a mild case of the munchies. Either way, his response is going to be the same. He calls for the next wave of sushi to be served, and instead of moving their human tray from the room, they flip the poor bastard over and just artfully place the sushi over his body.
If Ciro didn't know any better, he'd think the man was at least at half mast for seemingly no reason at all. Clearly he enjoys his job to some extent.]
We don't really have to do it tonight. It could be an excuse to get to see you again.
[He chuckles along with Ciro's laughter, reaching for some of the recently topped up beer and swigging from the jug like the classy guests they've proved themselves both to be.
The little show of their 'table' flipping over and the servers delicately balancing a new load of sushi across his body is actually interesting as hell to Cassidy, enraptured for a minute or two by the bold display of a semi-chub surrounded by nearly floral looking food.]
That's feckin' art. [He decides, before finally turning his attention back to Ciro cheerfully.]
See me again, eh? You sure you want another night spent talking 'bout sexy lamps and the ins and outs of vampirism?
[Ciro has seen many a dick in various states of arousal, but he finds he keeps glancing at this one in particular. Not for any perverse reason, just purely curiosity. He wants to know if he’ll waiver, get harder, or just stay like that. Maybe he’s a little too invested, but he doesn’t say anything about it until the employees finish setting up the second sushi player.]
It is a nice sight. I can’t deny that.
[His attention returns to Cassidy again, tempted to reach across the human table to give him a swat for bringing up the lamps again, but instead he just laughs.]
I think we’ve covered both those things thoroughly, but yes. I’d do this again in a heartbeat. Don’t think I’ve had this much fun since I got here.
[There's a slight bit of surprise behind his voice like he doesn't quite believe Ciro, because believing he's actually worth a second hang out and not some easy clown around for a single night is a hard thing to wrap his head around.]
Obviously not been around here long, hah. [Bit of self deprecating humour before he swings to some genuine questioning.]
How you finding it all so far? Enjoyin' it well enough?
Of course it is. A body like that is meant to be on display.
[Ciro doesn't realize he's missed the mark there. Not right away, anyway. It's only clear that Cassidy isn't talking about their human table, but the suggestion that he's looking forward to doing this again. He's surprised that Cassidy is surprised, and his brows raise up as if to question why that would be so odd.]
This is my second month. [Was it really so obvious?]
Well, last month I drowned to death, so...still on the fence there. [But this month hasn't been so bad. He has a job lined up with Ignacio, and is making one or two friends. That's..better than death-- by a lot.] But well enough, sure..
[Cass at least has the decency to look sympathetic about the whole drowning thing, maybe even slightly apologetic despite it not being any fault of his own.]
Not always an easy adjustment period in this place, 'specially with the dying thing. Some folk take real issue with all this sex stuff, but I don't see it as much worse than any other place. Back home it's money as the main currency, here I can get just 'bout anything I need with a good enough fuck. Think I prefer the latter.
[Sure, there's the authority issues, but Cassidy was being arrested nearly weekly back home and he's barely been in trouble here. Who'd have thought there'd be a world where he could almost behave.]
Once yeh get a job and a contract, life is pretty feckin' breezy here.
[Ciro can feel it without looking up at him, and shakes his head, waving a hand dismissively of the topic pretty quickly. He doesn't want it to bring the mood down.]
I don't mind sex. If I meet the right people it won't be an issue, at least it was never a problem at home. I do like not having to work, but choosing to anyway. Definitely got lucky in being a Dominant, but it's also nice that I can use that to help people.......or, in this case, share drugs with them over expensive sushi.
[He laughs, deciding that the good and bad of the city are just about at a draw. Still, he prefers it here to home where his kind doesn't have a whole lot of freedom.] I contracted with my business partner from home.
Heh, see I think I got lucky with this whole sub gig. Christ, it's like the easiest damn ride out there once you find yerself a sugar daddy. Or even just a few generous doms...
[Like Ciro, who really is helping with his drug, booze and sushi sharing. This entire evening is why Cass can't help but enjoy this world and the life of a sub. He's never been adverse to sucking dick for drugs back home, and this place is barely any different from that. For once in his life he's practically legally required to be a leech.]
Yer business partner? The quiet fella you mentioned, yeah? You folk bangin', or is this more of one o' them "for convenience" type arrangements. I hear some folk are contracted with their bleedin' family.
I think it's easier for certain types of people than others. [Ciro gestures between the two of them. He also, doesn't have any compunctions about a quick quickie to get something he wants or needs.]
Yeah, that's the one.
[He's a little hesitant to talk about Rune, but Cassidy has been an open book so far even when he asked personal invasive questions about being a vampire.]
We're not related, but it's a little bit of both. Kind of an unrequited love situation that's been going on for a bit. I think it's been like this so long it feels normal. For me, not him. He hates being here. [And now he decides it's a good time to light himself a cigarette.]
[Cassidy picks away idly at the sushi they've got left, plucking a few from their 'table's' washboard stomach as he listens. There'd have been no offence if Ciro had kept information to himself, Cass is used to that sort of thing, especially on first dates, but he'll gladly and openly hear what has to be said if presented to him.]
Huh. Must be tough. Don't think I'd manage too well if one of me own crushes decided to show up. Might get a little awkward. [Between Tulip's attachment to Jesse and Cassidy and hers past, shit could go south really quickly. He's not sure he'd ever want her in a place like Dup, for her sake just as much as his own.]
[Ciro is a chronic over-sharer. He's always been like that, and he's found it usually ends better to be completely open and honest with people as opposed to closed off. Or, more reasonably, he's as shitty at respecting boundaries as he is putting them in place.]
It's not so bad. We lived together before this, but the sleeping together thing started here. [And that was the awkward bit.] The universe is toying with me. Giving me the guy I've always wanted to be mine--literally. Like.. I contractually own him for a few months according to this place.
[He laughs, reaching for the ash tray to keep in his lap for the moment.] Trying to, but there's just a lot of fighting. [Ciro shrugs at that point. Not much he can do about that.]
Wouldn't you like to see them though? Whoever it is you left back home?
[Some distant noises of agreement and understanding as Ciro speaks, Cassidy nodding along like he sort of gets it. Not all of his own relationships have exactly been easy, in fact most have been somewhat tumultuous at times, even when he's trying to actively avoid it. He's not so sure he'd have the necessary patience to keep at it though, not usually.
Except maybe for this 'friend' of his back home.]
Nah. I don't think I would. [Although it's not something he has thought about too much. Better to live in ignorance.]
She's already taken, sorta lifelong relationship kinda deal, so I don't think this place would be too good for her. That ship's sailed anyways, so's I might as well enjoy what I got here.
[Ciro nods, also having a strangely easy time understanding that perspective as well. If he were stronger, with a better handle on how not to be a complete masochist when it comes to love, he wouldn't want to have Rune around either.
He lets out a sigh as he soon puts out a cigarette and looks over to Cassidy, understanding. Ciro gets up out of his seat, leaning over their "table" to kiss him again, this time out of the blue, and a little too literally to get the taste of this conversation out of his mouth.]
No sense in wasting what's available to you. [Which is not Ciro specifically, but the abundance of options provided by Duplicity. There is no shortage of things or people to enjoy there. For either of them.]
[Cassidy would be fooling himself in thinking he was ever really 'over' it, but he can at least shove the memories to the back of his mind with his good friends drugs and alcohol. He never really forgets much, that's the trouble with a big heart, but he does what he can to always move on. Keep moving forward, never look back.
The kiss takes him a little by surprise, brows lifting as he barely has time to even consider returning it before Ciro pulls back to speak, leaving Cass looking up at him, blinking.]
Y-yeah. Exactly. Can't change what was, but yeh can do shite in the here and now...
[More than making moves, Ciro is trying to make a statement. Of what exactly he's not quite sure, but something along the lines of not giving too much of a fuck about anything while they're here. There were plenty of things to be thankful for--not being dead is one of them. And good company is another.
Ciro sits back down, nodding in agreement to Cassidy's words. Sometimes forward is the only way to go.]
[He watches silently as Ciro returns to his seat, perhaps lingering on those broody thoughts of people in his past a little more than he'd like to admit. If he could truly erase people from his mind, he wonders if he'd take that chance.
But fuck it, he just said about the here and now so he better follow his own damn advice.
Thankfully the offer of drinking to it is enough for him to force forth a smile, reaching for his own refilled pitcher of beer and raising it.]
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Ah, I see. What refined preferences you have. [Ciro adds a snooty sort of lilt to his voice as he teases him, wondering if he really needs more sushi but the man's naked backside is staring them both in the face.]
I don't think furniture life is suitable for just anyone, honestly. I can't with a good heart let you put a lightbulb in your ass when there's better things to do with it. Not the lightbulb.
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It's likely he could keep at this all night, but the vampire's always had quite the voracious appetite for all things.]
Aw, love, that's a real sweet thing to say. Maybe you'll have to give me a demo of what's better for me arse later, 'cause right now I'm really stuck on that lightbulb idea. Enlightening, y'could say. Heh. Think I still owe you some magical vampire fluids too, do I not?
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I'd be glad to occupy your time by occupying you. Although now I'm a little concerned about this budding fixation on light bulbs. [He laughs, shouting a little as he rubs his face in overly dramatized misery at the pun.]
Ah, yes. But how to get them out of you..
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[He suggests before following it up with a snorting cackle, shaking his head slowly at his own light bulb fixation before waving it all away with a flick of his hand. Okay, no more bulb jokes. Probably.]
Private seatin', right? What's so we get out front side up sushi platter, and then have a bit of fun once we finish that off, eh? I mean, shite, I'll be sluggish as anything after all this, but I might be able to squeeze somethin' out.
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[Ciro can't even play at being mad, he's laughing to hard, having to wipe tears from the corners of his eyes. This has to be at least 60% the fault of the grass they'd just smoked. It has to be.]
Good idea, I'm still hungry. [Or he has a mild case of the munchies. Either way, his response is going to be the same. He calls for the next wave of sushi to be served, and instead of moving their human tray from the room, they flip the poor bastard over and just artfully place the sushi over his body.
If Ciro didn't know any better, he'd think the man was at least at half mast for seemingly no reason at all. Clearly he enjoys his job to some extent.]
We don't really have to do it tonight. It could be an excuse to get to see you again.
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The little show of their 'table' flipping over and the servers delicately balancing a new load of sushi across his body is actually interesting as hell to Cassidy, enraptured for a minute or two by the bold display of a semi-chub surrounded by nearly floral looking food.]
That's feckin' art. [He decides, before finally turning his attention back to Ciro cheerfully.]
See me again, eh? You sure you want another night spent talking 'bout sexy lamps and the ins and outs of vampirism?
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It is a nice sight. I can’t deny that.
[His attention returns to Cassidy again, tempted to reach across the human table to give him a swat for bringing up the lamps again, but instead he just laughs.]
I think we’ve covered both those things thoroughly, but yes. I’d do this again in a heartbeat. Don’t think I’ve had this much fun since I got here.
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[There's a slight bit of surprise behind his voice like he doesn't quite believe Ciro, because believing he's actually worth a second hang out and not some easy clown around for a single night is a hard thing to wrap his head around.]
Obviously not been around here long, hah. [Bit of self deprecating humour before he swings to some genuine questioning.]
How you finding it all so far? Enjoyin' it well enough?
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[Ciro doesn't realize he's missed the mark there. Not right away, anyway. It's only clear that Cassidy isn't talking about their human table, but the suggestion that he's looking forward to doing this again. He's surprised that Cassidy is surprised, and his brows raise up as if to question why that would be so odd.]
This is my second month. [Was it really so obvious?]
Well, last month I drowned to death, so...still on the fence there. [But this month hasn't been so bad. He has a job lined up with Ignacio, and is making one or two friends. That's..better than death-- by a lot.] But well enough, sure..
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Not always an easy adjustment period in this place, 'specially with the dying thing. Some folk take real issue with all this sex stuff, but I don't see it as much worse than any other place. Back home it's money as the main currency, here I can get just 'bout anything I need with a good enough fuck. Think I prefer the latter.
[Sure, there's the authority issues, but Cassidy was being arrested nearly weekly back home and he's barely been in trouble here. Who'd have thought there'd be a world where he could almost behave.]
Once yeh get a job and a contract, life is pretty feckin' breezy here.
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I don't mind sex. If I meet the right people it won't be an issue, at least it was never a problem at home. I do like not having to work, but choosing to anyway. Definitely got lucky in being a Dominant, but it's also nice that I can use that to help people.......or, in this case, share drugs with them over expensive sushi.
[He laughs, deciding that the good and bad of the city are just about at a draw. Still, he prefers it here to home where his kind doesn't have a whole lot of freedom.] I contracted with my business partner from home.
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[Like Ciro, who really is helping with his drug, booze and sushi sharing. This entire evening is why Cass can't help but enjoy this world and the life of a sub. He's never been adverse to sucking dick for drugs back home, and this place is barely any different from that. For once in his life he's practically legally required to be a leech.]
Yer business partner? The quiet fella you mentioned, yeah? You folk bangin', or is this more of one o' them "for convenience" type arrangements. I hear some folk are contracted with their bleedin' family.
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Yeah, that's the one.
[He's a little hesitant to talk about Rune, but Cassidy has been an open book so far even when he asked personal invasive questions about being a vampire.]
We're not related, but it's a little bit of both. Kind of an unrequited love situation that's been going on for a bit. I think it's been like this so long it feels normal. For me, not him. He hates being here. [And now he decides it's a good time to light himself a cigarette.]
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Huh. Must be tough. Don't think I'd manage too well if one of me own crushes decided to show up. Might get a little awkward. [Between Tulip's attachment to Jesse and Cassidy and hers past, shit could go south really quickly. He's not sure he'd ever want her in a place like Dup, for her sake just as much as his own.]
Workin' through it though?
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It's not so bad. We lived together before this, but the sleeping together thing started here. [And that was the awkward bit.] The universe is toying with me. Giving me the guy I've always wanted to be mine--literally. Like.. I contractually own him for a few months according to this place.
[He laughs, reaching for the ash tray to keep in his lap for the moment.] Trying to, but there's just a lot of fighting. [Ciro shrugs at that point. Not much he can do about that.]
Wouldn't you like to see them though? Whoever it is you left back home?
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Except maybe for this 'friend' of his back home.]
Nah. I don't think I would. [Although it's not something he has thought about too much. Better to live in ignorance.]
She's already taken, sorta lifelong relationship kinda deal, so I don't think this place would be too good for her. That ship's sailed anyways, so's I might as well enjoy what I got here.
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He lets out a sigh as he soon puts out a cigarette and looks over to Cassidy, understanding. Ciro gets up out of his seat, leaning over their "table" to kiss him again, this time out of the blue, and a little too literally to get the taste of this conversation out of his mouth.]
No sense in wasting what's available to you. [Which is not Ciro specifically, but the abundance of options provided by Duplicity. There is no shortage of things or people to enjoy there. For either of them.]
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The kiss takes him a little by surprise, brows lifting as he barely has time to even consider returning it before Ciro pulls back to speak, leaving Cass looking up at him, blinking.]
Y-yeah. Exactly. Can't change what was, but yeh can do shite in the here and now...
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Ciro sits back down, nodding in agreement to Cassidy's words. Sometimes forward is the only way to go.]
Now there's something to drink to.
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But fuck it, he just said about the here and now so he better follow his own damn advice.
Thankfully the offer of drinking to it is enough for him to force forth a smile, reaching for his own refilled pitcher of beer and raising it.]
To good company in the here and now, yeah?