[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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[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.

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"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."

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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

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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!

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"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.

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"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.

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"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.

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"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.

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"Woa-ah!" Al sputters, but keeps Jack from falling, gathering him closer with a laugh, fingers tangling in his hair.

"It's our duty as gentlemen," he agrees, trying very hard to sound serious.

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"Careful-"

Barma moves to help support, getting Jack settled down on the altar.

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Jack laughed, "My heroes!"

He looked around the maze, "We should hide! If we escape, I'll reward both of you!" he giggled a little after giving Rufus bedroom eyes.

[al_truism]

"Where can we hide?" Al asks, leaning down and over him, brushing Jack's hair aside to brush his lips up against his neck.

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"The shadows."

Barma proposes, nipping Jack's other ear.

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Jack laughs again, far too preoccupied with how adorable both of them are to really follow what is going on exactly, "Where ever we go let's do get there quickly."

Whether red in the face from the wine or the touches, it didn't matter. He had these two together in the same place at the same time, so they had better make the most of it.

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Al checks where the moon falls, making a nearly black shadow on one side of the hedges.

"There," he murmurs, pointing it out. He gives them a mischeivous smile, quite nearly a smirk, and trails his fingers down Jack's thigh before he moves to scoop him up without any apparent trouble.

"Rufus? Where should I put her?"