2023 catch-all

[sterngaze]

Who: Liem & various
What: Catch-all for non-event threads
Where: Various
When: Throughout the rest of 2023
Warnings: Will be in headers as appropriate

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[affal]

Stubborn? ( he seems to ponder that for a moment, though the contented smile hooking in at the corners of his mouth seem to promise a slightly different story. as he had spoken to several of the other individuals within the bar, several had taken note of liem sitting and drinking alone (and makoto had brought it up to a few others... perhaps some of the attention that liem had glowered away had been the demon's "fault"?), and he'd managed to instill an aura of mystery to him that he likely didn't want somewhat pervasive throughout the room.

his shoulders roll into a demure shrug. ) If that's the way you wish to view it. Personally I find cornering you here a little more interesting than cavorting with the other patrons of this fine establishment.

( they were all too easy. too boring. their faces blur into a revolving door of all of the demons he had had to entertain when working at datenshou's establishment; all the barons and marquises that he had had to hang from the arms of and make distinguished and important of, given how widely it was known that this young up-and-coming demon was none other than the new ward of archduke J. giving one's attention to those that covet it eventually becomes colorless and flavorless.

so, yes. maybe he does prefer those that bare their fangs.

in reply, makoto smiles smoothly, revealing a sharpened set of his own; not quite vampiric, but rather a set that had been inspired by his dealings with the werewolves he'd met while investigating J's past. )

Of course.

( his elbows rest on the table; he leans forward onto them. )

This place and its clientele are the stage and actors of a well-known, carefully-performed play. They limit and ration out their own instincts and essences, obfuscating and misleading about the rest, all for the sake of appearance. Propriety. I'm no stranger to this myself. ( a brief pause. ) To bare one's fangs is far more honest and exciting than that, isn't it? And what should life be if not exciting?

[sterngaze]

[As the stranger speaks, Liem can't help but feel that he is the most false-faced actor of all, even among the other patrons at this rather unique bar. Those here rein in their own monstrous inclinations to present a mask of controlled danger and civility, wearing the facade of culture over their savagery, but the truth remains apparent beneath that thin veneer. He is likely the only one with the pathological need to plaster entirely over his more beastly instincts, as if by denying their existence he could erase them entirely.]

There is a difference between honesty and shamelessness.

[Scorn is audible in his voice when he says this, but for once, propriety sits low on Liem's list of priorities. He drains the rest of his glass in one fluid motion, setting it down on the table with a click. Liem catches the eye of a passing server, and they disappear towards the bar to fetch him a replacement. He still doesn't agree that the point of life is to be exciting, but clearly he wouldn't have come to an establishment like this if he wanted to spend the night pretending to be tame.

At the same time, if he was looking for a fight to pick, he would have been better off going to Kowloon.]

I am not here to revel in such things.