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[bartenderbitch]

[Fucking dammit, he hates that he's going back and forth with all of this.]

Appreciate it.

[All of maybe an hour later he's knocking on his cabin door, somehow someone managed to just wear a pair of actual shorts and found an oversized (on him, somehow, amazingly) hoodie that's pulled over his head.]

[reargunner]

Door's open!

[It isn't always, but right now it is. Cain is lying on his bed with his feet up against the wall, his head propped up on a pillow, and a book balanced on his chest.

Full chaotic bisexual energy.

He twists around to sit up when he sees who is walking in.]

Well, look who it is.

[bartenderbitch]

[... Sir, what the fuck are you even doing right now? He slips in and makes sure to close the door quietly behind him and just blinks slowly at the sight of that before he's sitting up, well, sure.

He huffs rather loudly and shoves his hands into the hoodie, not that the hood does a great job of hiding his ears and just moves with them as his ears press back towards his head.]

Yeah, well. [Someone's evasive.]

[reargunner]

[He closes his book and points at the spot beside him.]

Sit.

[bartenderbitch]

[That... sounds less like an invitation and more of an order to him and he quietly goes to do just that, tail curling around his own waist as if to comfort himself. It's fine, he's totally fine, what do you mean he's not fine?]

[reargunner]

[After a moment of quiet while he silently observes Husk's face, he reaches over and clasps a hand over his arm.]

... You wanna talk about it?

[bartenderbitch]

[For the longest moment he remains silent, a frown plastered on his lips about... everything. Though slowly he lets out a breath he'd been holding, shrugging slowly.]

It's stupid. [Especially for someone his age and having been in Hell of all things, ugh.] I'm not... ashamed of any of that or of being interested in anyone but when it feels like everything is being aired out in public like that... [It's a lot.]

[reargunner]

[Cain's quiet again, not for quite as long this time, before he carefully wets his lips and speaks speculatively.]

Feeling a bit too visible, huh.

[bartenderbitch]

[He can't help a slow nod to those words, not quite sure what else he even really needs to say to it all. Used to being ignored and just looked past most of the time, especially since he had his "fall from power" or whatever the fuck people wanted to call it.]

Been a long time since I've been in the spotlight.

[reargunner]

Mm.

[He really does have a good read on the guy after all... and there is a little twinge of guilt for his part in it.

But hey, he thought Husk could handle it.]

Want to lie down for a bit?

[bartenderbitch]

[He's not the one that put him on there and he thought he could handle it until things got a little... much. Especially putting together just how many people actually seemed interested in him in such a short period of time and still not understanding why they would be or how they could be.]

... Yeah.

[A soft huff of breath as he moves to sprawl on the bed, tail slowly uncurling from his waist at least and it's a question of how he managed to fit his folded wings mostly in the hoodie, but that doesn't matter for the time being.]

[action]

[helluvamess]

[Eventually, Blitzø heads around to Husk's room, knocking lightly because he half hopes that he isn't heard and doesn't have to have this conversation.]

[bartenderbitch]

[BITCH, THIS MAN IS A CAT, WHAT ARE YOU THINKING. Which unfortunately means the smallest of sounds get caught by his stupid ears and he's just huffing out a laugh while going to get the door. He knows who it is, probably, and is not making the situation any better by answering with just a pair of shorts on.]

Come on in, ain't no reason to be timid about it. [He's not angry? He's not angry. If anything, he looks amused by the entire situation.]

[reargunner]

[The young man just chuckles lightly and settles down next to him, retrieving his book to prop it against his thighs as he leans against the wall. He holds it open with one hand while the other slips down against the back of Husk's head and scritches into his fur.]

Better?

[bartenderbitch]

[Shit, how dare he know exactly how to get to him. As soon as he's scritching into that fur he's purring once more, though the sound far lighter than he's probably used to from him at this point. His tail moves to lightly lay over him, making sure to avoid getting in the way of his book.]

Mhmm...

[reargunner]

[Cats gonna cat.

He turns a page carefully with his free hand.]

I know you're purring, but it's still bugging you isn't it.

[bartenderbitch]

[Excuse you, Cain. He pauses in his purring for a moment, looking up from his spot to look up at him.

He hates that he's right, actually.]

How the fuck? [As in: how the fuck did you know that?]

[reargunner]

[A soft snort.]

'Cause you're purring, but it sounds different. I'm not fucking stupid, sweetheart.

[Scritch scritch.]

You're not as hard to read as you think you are.

[bartenderbitch]

[Look, most people around him tend to be that fucking stupid. Or just won't push him on anything, for the most part. The scritches are nice, at least? So there's that.]

Dunno. Last time I was in any sort of spotlight it ended up piss poorly for me, so it's... got connotations, y'know?

[helluvamess]

[Blitzø blinks and immediately drops his gaze southwards. He is suddenly wondering if there's anything to hide or if the pants are just a fashion choice. Sinners are weird.]

Who's fucking timid? [Immediately he puffs up.] I just don't think you know what the fuck you're getting into.

[bartenderbitch]

[He just wants to be comfortable, what can he say? Though he raises a brow slowly at the sudden puffing and bites back a laugh as he motions for him to sit. Whether that's the one chair in the room or the bed, he doesn't particularly mind or care. It... looks like a normal-ass hotel room, oddly.]

You were the one acting like you didn't want me to hear you knocking. And I doubt it's anything I haven't dealt with before, though I can say I've never seen what an imp's packing, so feel free to surprise me. [Nor should he be so casual about everything, but that's pretty much how he's been with most of his "casual encounters". That's a lie.]

You really that interested?

[helluvamess]

[Blitzø pulls himself up onto the chair (so little furniture is sized well for him) and feigns a laugh at Husk's words.]

Who, me? Trying to sneak away? No, I was just trying to see if you were paying attention. I'm an assassin, I'm supposed to be all stealthy and shit.

[Technically not a lie, he never said he was after all.]

I mean, I was fucking around a lot but now I've been thinking about it, the fuck do you have down there?

[bartenderbitch]

While I was expecting you. And have cat senses. [He doesn't believe a word of that, but admittedly he's pretty curious to see how all of this goes. Especially since he does actually seem interested and he's letting his tail tip (which really is just a large feather) thump against the bed.]

Well, do you want me to actually answer that or do you want to see for yourself? Up to you, no pressure. [Which is... absolutely an invitation if he wants to take things further than this fucking around or not, especially given he's going to stretch for a moment with a low rumble that could be mistaken for a purr of all things. Along with stretching those wings, too.]

[reargunner]

Y'mean what happened with Alastor?

[The implications have been there even if he hasn't heard even close to the whole story. Husk used to be some kind of important but something happened, he got desperate, and then everything went wrong.

Cain sighs sharply and puts his book down again, curling his hand around Husk's tail instead.]

[bartenderbitch]

What led up to all of that, yeah. [His tail shifts to instead curl around his hand in turn, tight but not intending to cut off circulation or anything like that.]

Long story short is that I used to be an Overlord, myself, someone that dealt in souls and was considered one of the most powerful people in our slice of the Pride ring. Only people above us was Lucifer and his daughter, technically. [Yeah, he said that right and he's shifting a little to get more comfortable where he's at.]

I was called the Gambling Overlord, ran casinos and the like, the house always won. I... enjoyed my time doing all that shit until I ran into a streak of losing and when you deal in souls as a gambler, the stakes are pretty high. And when an Overlord is actively losing what's considered their strength, the whole ring has their eyes on you.