Break My Fall

He would have to look at the bags and decide which ones were lovemusk and which were speeddust, as they all rested in the communitive sack of his pocket. Shou nodded his head, figuring he had somewhere between two and three hundred dollars to make from the supply given to him. "All right. Thanks. So, how much were you wanting back?" Shou questioned the woman, his eyes meeting her own. Either way, the oni had figured to make his going rate at here at twenty-five for the substances, and fabricate some story of some recent drug busts. The stuff would, of course, be in rare supply in these troubled times.

His eyebrows lifted lightly, showing some surprise once she stated that he would be able to keep all profits. Of course he would have to buy off her once more if there was to money to be made, he wouldn't get too many worldly goods without consistent re-ups on stock. Shou noted the remark of company, and decided to remain silent, though he chuckled out loud. The female company was one to be had and enjoyed, though the oni surely thought better of himself to lay with Grunty. Maybe, someday, under the right light and the right influences, he figured.
"That's right. Are we still headed to the city then?" Shou asked, turning his head and looking the way of the faraway buildings. "By the way, this stuff.. just how legal is it to carry?"

Shou took in the very essence of the Lower Commons in those simple glances tossed around their own immediate area. This place had become its own society, without notice of the law, transforming into what he saw now. The oni wasn't surprised at all in Grunty's pride in this place, everything about her suited the area just fine. In a way, he admired it. "Slums.." Shou murmurred lightly, the memory coming to him now. "Hm.. forget I said anything then."
He regarded the building that Grunty indicated, turning towards it, it and all the activity it held within, commotion he could hear even out here. "A human gathering? Heh, it sounds fun. We should." Shou stated, more than a little curious to seeing the recreations the human people indulged in.

The song ended and the girl whirled about to face him once more, smiling. "This was a lot of fun. I got some things I have to do tonight, but I'm gonna give you my number, kay?" Shou had to pause for a moment and think what she meant by that, but then remembered the reference to a number were digits to get ahold of a person. What was happening was good, then. "All right. What do I do with that?" The oni questioned, and the girl looked to him curiously. "You call me, silly. Don't you have a phone?" The oni shook his head. "Wow.. well.. I gotta go. Maybe I'll see you in here again someday?" The girl left and Shou was alone just like that.
His being out of tune with the human race was at fault, of course, if he had been technologically updated then things would have gone a lot smoother than they had. Shou sighed, before glancing around the place, wondering where Grunty had gone off to.

Search wasn't neccessary as Grunty had come to walk just before him. Immediately he could tell something was different about the woman and noting the bottle in her hand, that mystery was solved as quick as it arose. "Yeah. I like it here. It's called Club Hype, right? Heh.. you seem to like it a lot too." Shou replied, taking a step forward and slipping the bottle away from the other's grasp. "Maybe you should relax on the drinking. At least.. until I've caught up some. Agreed?" The oni snickered, and took a swig of the hard liquor. He felt the burn in his throat as soon as it hit, lightly 'ahh'ing to get some air flow as soon as he had his head back down. "Is this the only drink they have here?"

Well, it was obvious that the woman was becoming smitten with him, her drunk condition fueling those feelings. Plus, this way she was pretty cute. Shou certainly was enjoying all the attention his crotch was receiving tonight, feeling the other's hand upon his clothed member. "Heh.." While she went on about the bar, the oni took another swig from the bottle, finishing about a quart to himself before handing it back to the woman, showing courtesy enough not to finish the Everclear off. "Well, don't really got any money, so I guess I'll buzz off that tonight." Shou stated, not interested in threatening the humans so soon while remaining as weak as he did.

Shou briefly closed his eyes, as he noticed things had begun to spin a little in his vision. It was odd.. he was certain it was a balance-oriented thing, though, a by-product of the liquor he had consumed. Certainly he knew he would be intoxicated, though, as an oni, it was the first time trying the stuff. "Hm?"
He re-opened his eyes, turning his attention towards Grunty. He couldn't help but notice the way she slurred her words was awfully cute. Perhaps it was the renewed lighting of the area, and how her yellow eyes almost seemed to shine with luster from the water glow off the floor, but he found the woman much more attractive than he had remembered.
"Blackbox..?" The oni questioned, as if an afterthought from his observements of Grunty. "Shit.. you lost that thing, or what?"

The other oni mentioned something about the Web 2.0 before she had closed her eyes and conjured her electrical powers outwards. Shou glanced down towards the floor as the tiny sparks came forward from the water below and they began to grow in size, as if charging in individual powers. "You're not planning on.. hurting anyone, right?" He felt compelled to ask, wondering if this night's fun would suddenly be interupted by the need to flee.
When the sphere's bursted in the air, they took on the shape of what looked to be fish, swimming through the air above them. Shou was surprised Grunty could manage that sort of thing while at the level of intoxication as she was. He chuckled lightly at the mention of a dragon, though, wondering how the reaction might have differed if that large, electrical being would have come down upon them.
"You've definitely given people a show tonight, haven't ya?" By now, he had definitely assumed her behind the light out and the sprinkler effects, her electricity seeming more than capable of accomplishing such feats. "Internet, huh..? What's that like?" Shou couldn't remember, for the life of him, what it was.

Shou tilted his head to the side, regarding the woman a bit more carefully. "Damn, you're drunk.." The oni noted out loud in the form of a mumble. She even seemed to be dozing off on the spot, in the middle of her words. All he could really make out was that the web was a fake reality, a game to play. Shou supposed it was an interesting idea, though the real reality seemed pleasant enough. Especially with the intoxication aiding.
"Maybe we should find a place to rest, tonight. You look about spent."

His brow lifted, noting that the drunk seemed to wash away from the woman's face, matters growing more serious apparently. She moved through the crowd, her hold on his wrist ensuring that as she pushed through people, he would be right behind her in the trail she was creating out of here. Shou caught sight just in time of the female dancer being knocked onto the floor, a scowl coming there way, along with some shouts of complaint from a couple of the other dancers.
"Lets go there, then. It'll be fine." Shou said, deciding that leaving her was now becoming priority as she was drawing the negative kind of attention towards them.

Coming back to the streets, Shou felt a little more secure in their privacy, now stepping out of that big place filled with people. "Maybe it's better -not- to blow things up." The oni pointed out, though such sense seemed as if it would just fly right by her head. When they began to head north, Shou followed at her side, listening as she continued on the topic of the club. "Heh.. exactly what part of the price does that save?" The demon was amazed at the woman's wreckless attitude, though she seemed at least capable of getting away with it. Shou smirked, yearning for such destructions, though he felt less privilidged at his level of skill. Someday, though, his flames would grace growing chaos.

"Take over that club?" Shou questioned, looking back to the building that was someways behind them now. Was it really something within capabilities, he wondered? It was a pretty hot human spot, a takeover would certainly attract the law-keeping orders of the city. No wonder the woman had been on the move the whole time while in the club. "Damn. That's unfortunate." The oni replied, before glancing her way, raising an eyebrow.
"Well, I mostly found myself content in just protecting that damned blade.. remember?"

Strolling into the room behind her, he took a moment to look around the place, his eyes squinting as they adjusted to the darkness. Shou took a couple of steps in, closing the door behind him as he did, noticing how spacy yet plain the design of the room was in. Good a place as any. The oni lifted his shirt up over his head and off of him, tossing it to the side. The demon's tensed body had not a speck of flab on it, an athlete's build just barely making the weight class.
"It's been a while since I got some rest." Shou stated out loud, walking over to the bed. There was only one, but the demon wouldn't allow himself to sleep on the floor.. besides, the thing could be used for a lot more than just sleeping.
Boarding the bed himself, he didn't make much effort to give the other oni one's preferred space, crawling up on the bed until his hands came to rest on either side of the woman and he hovered above her. "Are you tired?" Shou asked, a smirk spreading across his lips, his intentions as obvious as he could make them. "I'm not right now."

Shou would have to admit there was some charm in the woman, and he supposed doing such a thing wasn't so unlike him. As she removed more clothing, she gave the graceful reminder of just how female she was, possessing a pretty damn good body by his standard. The thud of the coat surprised him though, as it struck against the ground, but his hearing picked up on the clink of bottles in the thing, catching his attention easily. "Hmm.. are you holding back on me, Grunty?" The oni swung around to the side of the bed, a hand slipping into the fold of the coat. When his fingers pressed against glass he knew the answer, producing another bottle of hard liquor from the inner pockets of that article of clothing.
"Bakerdy?" Shou questioned, taking a guess at what the bottle might have said, as it held the unusual title of 'Bacardi', something he couldn't much recall having seen. The oni turned his attention back to the woman, giving some notice to the rum in his hand. "What do you say to some more drink first?"

The oni remained seated on the side of the bed, looking to the woman with some measure of curiousity as she took a drink from the newly produced bottle. "All of these things.. are they what you did when you were a human?" Shou asked, his own bottle remaining in his hand, forgotten and untouched at the moment. Shou had been more interested in what constituted a spirit's transformation into a demon and, if her mortal life matched the habits displayed now, she had certainly earned her place. But then what about him..? He couldn't remember his own sins, the deeds that had earned his place.
Such serious thoughts always seemed to take the fun out of things, he noticed, looking to the Bacardi in his hand now, unscrewing the cap and letting it down the hatch. The burn was there once more, though by this time it had lessened, the alcohol from earlier already serving to have numbed his throat somewhat. It would make drinking more all too easy.

It had been a well-justified theory, but one that didn't go any further there. The seriousness of his thoughts were beginning to offset his mood. "Hmm.." Shou would allow himself one more chug off the bottle, forcing more of the harsh liquid down his throat than he had before. The last drink should always be the one to send off, right? And surely the demon would be feeling good, as, after a moment the bottle become more empty than full. Removing it from his lips, he lightly sighed out and replaced the cap onto the thing.
The demon allowed his stomach to rid itself of its gases, and belched louder than he had expected, something that caused himself to grin. "Heh.. I forgot about that kind of stuff.." Shou lightly mumbled, his eyes looking Grunty's way. The change of his thoughts were beginning to battle the depression that had killed his horny. A glance at that body, though, and he was reminded of his purpose. "Shouldn't we be using this bed all ready?" The demon asked, beginning to feel the encouragement of rum empower him, leaning down to the female oni that was on her back and pressing his lips against her own.