[hotel verse]

[duke_of_illusions]

The masquerade ball has taken over the second floor of the hotel. People move about, beautiful and glittering and masked.

Barma watches Al quietly, from afar.

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"Just because you're a tease doesn't mean you aren't a virgin."

[al_truism]

A dark blush stains Al's cheeks, but he frowns up at him, then pulls off the cloth covering him.

No teasing now. Al takes him deeply into his mouth and begins to show him exactly how much he knows what he's doing.

[info-barma.livejournal.com]

Barma growls in pleasure, and reaches down to wind a hand through his hair. He lets Al remain in control for now.

/slips in

[hero-of-sabrie.livejournal.com]

Jack will have come around the corner by now, dressed to the nines in woman's gown, hair down, and mask in place. He's laughing quite a bit as though someone has just told him the funniest of stories, when he sees the two.

"Oh-oh my, excuse me," he says in his normal voice, and turns on his heel to go back in the other direction.

He is not just tipsy- no, he is quite wasted.

[al_truism]

Oh, hell. Al gasps softly, gripping Barma's robes for a moment before he gets up, shielding him-

Until he realizes whoever it is can barely walk.

"... oh dear," he whispers, giving Barma a glance before going to help "her". It wouldn't be good if she passed out in the maze like this.

"Are you all right?"

[info-barma.livejournal.com]

"Jacqueline."

Amused, he tucks himself away.

"What brings you out here this late?"

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Jack will need to get a better look at both of them, maybe under better light, to tell who they are. Or maybe he'd just need a taste.

"Oh well, my escort was just telling me a rather funny joke about a salamander walking into a pub!" He laughed for a moment and then stopped- "Or was it a duck?"

He looked at Al a moment since he was closer and his eyes widened a bit, "I know you." He put a gloved finger to Al's lips flirtatiously, a bit of his hair falling in front of his face.

He would have made a prettier woman . . . had he not been so drunk.

[al_truism]

"Walking into a duck?"

Al reaches up gently to take the lady's hand, kissing it politely. She looked so familiar, and the voice sounded like him, but...

Jacqueline? he looks back, mouthing the name to Rufus.

[info-barma.livejournal.com]

"Al, this is the person I told you about."

He explains, quietly.

"-well, sort of. Jacqueline, this is Alphonse, my close companion."

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Jack moves to get a better look at the red head, and nearly falls into him.

"Rufus," he's pouting, "Love, you were having fun without me?" Jack isn't standing well, especially considering that these are the highest heels he has ever worn.

"Wait a minute," Jack tried to clear his head and stand straight at the same time, "Alphonse?" It clicked.

Jack leaned over and practically giggled into Barma's ear, "Darling, please do go back to what you were doing. I'm sorry I interrupted."

[al_truism]

Al mostly concerns himself with the fact that Jacqueline looks as though she'll fall, and a twisted ankle usually comes from heels like those. He knows.

Though he goes quiet and defers utterly to Rufus in this matter, subservient and sweet, his hand hovers around the small of her back, guarding her.

He hasn't quite put it together. But somehow, this is Jack. What he doesn't know is if it's the Jack he knows.

He clears his throat. "Are you feeling all right?"

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"Let's get her sitting down."

He suggests to Al, moving Jack carefully towards the altar they'd been playing up against a moment ago.

"Give her a second to find her balance, then we can get her back inside and to bed. Silly goose."

Utterly indulgent.

:/

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That would not do. Jack was quiet a moment on the altar, the moonlight shining down on his hair as it cascaded all around him. No, he didn't like the sound of this at all. It simply wouldn't do. Jack finally pulled off his heels and then threw them . . . as far as he could . . . several rows of hedges away, and then crossed his arms.

"I'm right here, you realize." Oh no, Jacqueline wasn't going anywhere. She was going to get to play too, even if she only got to watch.

LMAO

[al_truism]

Well. He guesses that wasn't happening, then.

Al gives a soft sputter, then can't help but smile, leaning in to slide up "her" mask.

"You're a little hard to miss," he tells him, fond and wry. "I wonder what we should do with you, now that you're here?" he glances over at Rufus.

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"First, one of you should tell me how you two know each other?"

He leans in to kiss her throat idly, before giving Al a quick, encouraging smile. This is going to be lovely.

/passes out, night guys, welcome to play around him if you like

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Jack laughs gingerly amused by the little kiss, appearing so much like a woman in his mannerisms one could wonder.

"Alphonse saved me when I was changed to-chained to the bed," Jack smiled and leaned in a little to far to whisper a bit too loud to Rufus, "I like him, darling. I may keep him, right?"

/gonna follow actually

[al_truism]

Al smiles warmly. Jack is such a cute drunk, and he's just beautiful, dressed like this. Of course, Al has seen so many things it makes him wonder.

"You both may, if you like."

Though the voice is quiet, the offer is utterly sincere and heartfelt.

night night!

[info-barma.livejournal.com]

"Alphonse,"

He decides, proclaiming quietly,

"has a place at our sides so long as he should desire it. Together or separate."

Promising.

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Jack slaps his hands together in front of his face and smiles, "It's decided then." The emerald gown pooled all around him as he sat, now only in stockings, "Hm, I wonder what this alter is for?" He laughed again, trying to come up with different explanations inside his head. Jack had quite the imagination.

[al_truism]

"Rufus had an idea," Al suggests, smiling. If one could manage to look both innocent and wicked at once, he managed it.

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"We'll show you."

Urging her to lay back, slowly.

"Maybe not quite the same explanation, but something like it. Although I doubt you're much of a virgin sacrifice either, my lady."

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Jack liked it when Rufus played along and was excited that Al would be there too, "How dare you sir? I'm quite pure, I'll have you know!" It was a bit hard to say with a straight face. Maybe it would have been easier had he not been drunk.

[al_truism]

"Well, a virgin would end up being a sacrifice, wouldn't they?"

Al taps his lower lip, giving Jack a hard-to-read sort of look.

CHOICES.

[info-barma.livejournal.com]

"Then I suppose we'd better save her, before it's too late!"

He decides, cheerfully.

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Jack laughed, "Oh-ah!" and then he practically leaped into Alphonse's arms, "Save me Alphonse! I'm too young to die!" He was still laughing when he kissed his cheek.