Cocktail Conversations

[Aurora]

Shrugging with a sip, “Maybe because they just like how they look. Or they think with more muscles they’ll score more.” Sounded legit. “I think we should implement a new rule. Everytime work is discussed or brought up, that girl has to take a shot.” Could that go bad? Maybe. Would it be fun? Oh hell yah.

“Cuddling?” another shrug. Was never her thing.

A nod, “Ah, interesting.” And that was all she had to say on that. Though it would have been great to be the fly on the wall for that conversation.

“See, I was on board to show you, but then you had to go and make fun of my lack of fighting.” She teases. “So me being flexible is cheating? Good to know.” Changing forms was on the table then.

Again with the spoon thing. With nothing to add, she enjoys her drink.

“The question, is this. Is trying to teach her better drunk or sober? Or more entertaining drunk?” she could go either way on that one.

“I hope you decide to roll with us, I’m rather enjoying drinking and talking with you.” And she liked her sense of humor.

[Phoenyx]

Phoenyx whirls around to Naga. "I did? That's good." She leans back on her wrist. "Not dirty... just. Um. If it helps. Maybe it would be a good thing to, y'know, learn."

Eyes look to Tyche. "How do you know when it's the moment?"

"Wait, no!" she protests earnestly. "That's not fair. I tried to teach punching. Why won't you teach flirting? Please?"

The Arrow shakes her head. " 'm not drunk. 'm just drifty. 't's niiiice. I just wanna learn...." She looks back over to the guy at the bar.

[Naga]

"Me?" The Warlock looked to Tyche and laughed lightly. "I don't know if I'd be a good teacher." She raised her glass to take a sip, and paused to mock whisper, "I can cheat at it. It's easy when you know precisely what the guy wants to hear." Perhaps she was kidding, and perhaps there was some advantage there.

"Are we all not vain in our own ways?" she mused. "We all work to appear more attractive to potential partners, do we not? We take pride in that."

"Hard to say," Naga surmised, looking the Arrow over as she spoke to Aurora, "Drunk would be more entertaining, certainly." She smiled in amusement, "I'm sorry, Alice, I should have said drifty."

[Tyche]

"Ditto, boo," she says to Aurora with a wink as the Thrysus orders her compliments.

This was fun after all, no reason not to do it again.

Then came Pheonyx's honest question.

Oh firebird. So pure.

She definitely wasn't picking up what Tyche was putting down.

"How do you know?" she asked, repeating the question in paraphrase as that mischievous smile tugged her lips, "Well to start, I'm definitely clothed. So that's, like, sign number one that the moment ain't here."

She'd stay where she was, leaned on the table.

"Besides, Madi ain't wrong," the Acanthus grants with a shrug. Learning drunk never helped anyone, "Might be better to, y'know, learn with a little less cocktail."

"I'll grant this first lesson free though? Be confident and, when you're in that heat? Maybe listen to your head every once and a while, gauge your partner, and, when they really seem to like what you're doing ask them a question that makes them confirm it," she said, throwing the Arrow a bone, "Like, fuck I dunno... Do you like it when I stroke your banana? But different words. Makes sense?"

The last bit was said for comedic value, but the advice was earnest. She just didn't want to turn the Arrow red by mentioning the other word, because she seemed the sort that might. What with the naivety and all that. Giggle fits were better.

Then a finger snap and a point to Val.

"That's a better idea. Do that!" Tyche said.

[Aurora]

“You could learn, I don’t think it would take that much time. But flirting can be fun!” she encourages.

Aww, poor Phoeynx. How to explain when it’s the moment? But, she asked Tyche, so Aurora was happy to let that one be in her court.

Smirking, “A lot of things aren’t fair.” She teases, “But of course I’m on board to help you. I was teasing you. We might have to work on understanding when someone is teasing you and being serious too.” Which was ok.

A snort, “Not drunk?” a nod, “Oh, ok.” The slurs were just added for fun?

“I bet you’d be a good teacher! I think each of us might have a different way to flirt, meaning Alice could see different techniques at work. Find one that works for her, or mix them all together.” As to what she said? She wasn’t sure if Naga was being serious or not, so she doesn’t say anything.

“That’s true.” Though for her, it wasn’t about attracting all the attention, just one. So maybe she wasn’t the one to help Phoenyx with this after all.

Laughing, “It would. But I also don’t think it would be a good learning experience. People tend to be more open when they’re,” a pause, looking to the Arrow, “drifty.”

Giggling, she finishes her drink.

Full on laughing now, “Always good to confirm that they like the banana stroked.” She said with a nod, laughing.

[Phoenyx]

The drunk Arrow watches Naga for a while, the sentence taking a few moments to process. Cheat at flirting? "I don't.... Oh. Ohhhh!" She starts grinning as the penny drops. She looks down at herself, smiling. "I can't do that. Reading people is hard. I lead. Be assertive. They always seem to like it."

The head cocks slightly to Penny. "You can teach me naked if you like. Probably shouldn't be here though. There are laws against that..." Phoenyx says in a terrible whisper, still smiling. "Confident I can do. That's easy. Know what you want and go," she fired her hand straight out in front of her. "I've just found they all like the same kind of thing..." the Arrow sticks out her tongue to suggestively catch the straw before sucking up the last of the pina colada, fixing Tyche with innocent dark eyes. Did she know a little more than she was letting on? The cracking of the innocent face into a very dirty-sounding giggle suggested she did.

She looks back to Aurora, swaying a little in the chair. "I'm trying, Madison," she says with a hint of a plead. "Just I learned from a lot of serious people. Was important to have discipline. and that doesn't go with jokes a lot." It also seemed to mean that she had missed on a few important social lessons and had to get by on the internet. She sniggers. "Never met one that didn't."

Phoenyx stands up. "Why doesn't one of you show me? Just show me. Like, I'll be the, the, the person, and one of you be you." she points in front of her. Her stance is a little unsteady in her small heels.

[Naga]

"You don't need that sort of advantage. You've got plenty of others." She nodded solemnly at Phoenyx, "Many men like it when the woman takes charge. Submissives, I believe they're called? Guys who appreciate a firm hand to guide them." Did she speak from experience?

Naga inclined her head towards Aurora, "Granted. I'm sure we'd all have something to share. Experiences that would be to Alice's benefit." The Warlock let out an unexpected chuckle at the banana stroking comments from the Acanthus and the Thyrsus. "I'm pretty sure they all enjoy that," her shoulders shook in suppressed laughter.

She raised an eyebrow at the Obrimos, "So you're playing the guy?" The Arrow might not know what she was getting herself into here, but it would be quite entertaining to see.

[Tyche]

"Well I guess it's less about confirming an more about reminding them?" the Acanthus muses, "Like, sure you phrase it is like a question, but really what you're saying is... 'I know you like this and you know who makes you feel this way, right? Me.' All. About. Control."

Then a shrug.

"Of course you can always use it to encourage them too," she says, "You like something they're doing. Tell 'em as sexily as possible. And repeat it til they get the point?"

Tyche has never had to explain dirty talk. Pheonyx had to have internet right?

That said, Tyche wasn't sure what was more frustrating. The fact that Pheonyx wasn't picking up on the fact that she was being flirted with right now or that she felt an obligation to at least try and help the lost little bird. To be far, Tyche was trying to play it subtle and Pheonyx, despite her protests was drunk.

Then a quizzical look to Pheonyx.

"I can't just flirt on command. Gotta feel it for it be real," she offers.

"Besides," Tyche continues, her tone lowering, edging on the side of sultry as eyes rest on Pheonyx, "Sometimes it's less what you say and more what you do."

Tyche remains seated, bringing up her glass. Lips touch delicately on the rim, pulling in a brief, measured drink before setting it down. Then her eyes are back on the Obrimos, her mouth slightly agape, but the look itself is brief. Soon the Acanthus looks away, feigning bashfulness as she pushes a loose strand behind her ears and grants a soft smile to her glass. The eyes, though, are quick to return, granting Pheonyx an appraising look before Tyche's expression turns almost inviting, rotating her form to face the Arrow more directly.

1 success

Date	Action	Roll	Result
2020-04-27 20:02:30	Tyche rolls 4 to Seduce the bird! Pres+Persuasion (10 Again)	4, 4, 2, 8	1 success

And scene.

"Get it?" she asked Pheonyx, her tone and expression shifting back to her usual casual self, before looking to Naga and Aurora, "Am I explaining this right? Help me out."

[Aurora]

Assertive? She could def see the Arrow being the assertive type. “I think you being assertive takes the pressure off them. Like, they know you’re into it, so no pressure.” Which made sense to her. A lot of pressure with the whole dating thing.

Eyebrows raise at the naked comment, well well well. “Yeah, naked is best reserved for a more, private location.” But they all already knew that. “Confidence is great!” now, if only she had some. Then maybe she could get her feelings sorted out and shit. “Now from that giggle, I think you’re holding out on us here. Come on girl, share!” why not? The Arrow seemed ok with sharing more now.

“I know you are, I’m just teasing you.” She tries to reassure the drunk girl. Cause come on, she was almost drunk. “Discipline is very important.” But so was humor.

Laughing, “Yup, that’s what they’re called. If you want to see a few in action, there are some clubs around for it.” She’d tried a variety of clubs in her years.

Holding her glass, she leans back in her chair, eager to watch this unfold.

“Oh yes, always encourage.” A sage nod.

And then Tyche performs, and not too badly either.

A fanning motion over herself, “I think you did very well, explanation was on point. Anymore and someone might have to get a room. Though," she adds, pulling out one of the lapels of her jacket and moving it slightly, not enough to show much, just enough to showcase there was no shirt underneath, and continues to fan, "it is quite warm in here now."

[Phoenyx]

The Arrow nods to Val in agreement. "That seems to work. In my experirnts. Experienteds. Sexy times." She barely seems to acknowledge the mistake. There's a nod, though. "Yep! Me- I'll be the guy."

She continues to watch Tyche with a head cocked. "Control is good. Show me."

failure

Date	Action	Roll	Result
2020-04-28 14:59:01	Phoenyx rolls 2 to Resist temptation? Wits+Comp -3 (drunk and confused) (10 Again)	4, 1	failure

Dark eyes watch the enchanter as she shows off her moves. It's when the eyes shift to Phoenyx a second time that she blushes, starts giggling, and takes the few sashaying steps to where Tyche sits and leans on the table next to her, still smiling sweetly.

"Tha's a good look," she says shyly. "I bet it works a lot."

THe Arrow giggles again. "Whaaaat? I'm not clueless!" She says brightly to Aurora. "I know what to do when I get there! I just have, um, I'm not, um, Good at talking. Like I can talk work or philolosphy or stuff but like talking about that is easier when I'm like now because drinks made things easier. Oh! And when things are tense. Somehow that's easy too."

She watches as Aurora tugs on her top, giggling again. "I think I get it.... I can try... Um...." She looks down at her dress. "Do you... think my dress fits properly?" She asks, tugging slightly on her neckline and looking down, then up at Tyche and twisting slightly, putting her shoulders back.