Vampire District

[yinsukin]

Duke Taro

"Yup," he said simply.  "TIts a power that is extremely useful for getting what you want, especially in diplomatic or personal endeavors, but its terrible for finding love.  Its such a complicated thing love is.  The bond that comes from adapting to someone else, sharing experiences, growing together.  It can't simply be summed up by how you want to bone someone or some pultry sexual fascination."

Knock. Knock. Knock.

The duke turned to Forest.  "Are you ready?"

[Elf]

Forest

Forest frowned at Taro's words.

That made more sense than she wanted to admit.

She thought of her godson, Gabriel.  It was something he spoke about often, being half-incubus and half Unseelie Faerie.  He was like a walking sex offense.

And what he wanted more than anything was to have someone love him for him, not his inborn fascination.

She turned towards the door, adjusted her gloves, and nodded. "I'm as ready as I'll ever be," she said as she moved to his back.

[yinsukin]

Duke Taro and Some guy

The duke nodded at Forest before opening the door, stepping behind it to allow the man through.  As the man walked through, the Duke wore a giddy smile, his lips stretching from ear to ear.  "Hello, hello my good sir," he said zipping back to his desk. "What brings you in today?"

The man took a deep breath.  He was a studily built man, a decent amount of muscle poking through his button-up collared shirt.  He wore slacks that highlighted his strong legs but surprisingly tight butt.  Brown hair complimented his soft blue eyes.  Facial feature-wise, he looked as if he were in his late twenties, with strong cheekbones and medium-sized lips.

"You know why i'm here," he said, sitting down on a chair facing the duke's desk. "I sent you a damned email for god's sake!  Duke you can't have your men walk you around the office like a dog!  More importantly, you can't keep dressing up your employees in stupid costumes!"

The duke rolled his eyes.  "This is what you scheduled an appointment for?"

[Elf]

Forest

"If you have a grievance with the Duke's behavior on his own free time, take it up with him when he is not currently working in his office," Forest said with a sweet smile as she stepped forward.

She put herself between the duke and the offended party.

"And what proof do you have that he's 'dressing his employees in stupid costumes'?" Forest asked with a cocked eyebrow as she folded her arms across her chest.  "Are you saying I'm wearing a stupid costume then?"

As she spoke she began a scan of the guy's mind, seeing what his intentions were and who the hell he was.

[yinsukin]

Duke Taro and some guy

Weird... when did he get the hot aid? That was the man's first thought.  However, it went deeper than that.  He came here to punch the stupid excuse for a duke in his stupid face.  Maybe they would make him royalty after that.  He just needed some justification, something to set him off.  With how the duke was known, he figured it wouldn't be too hard to get into that state.

"Have you seen the secretary outside?!" the man shot back at Forest.  "He is wearing bunny ears!  He looks stupid!  What happened to professionalism?!"

The duke chuckled and said, "Professionalism?  I'm a goddamned Duke.  I don't have to be professional, just do my job."

[Elf]

Forest

Forest's eyebrow stayed cocked as she read the guy's surface thought.

Then smirked as she saw the real reason that he was here.  The wanker thought he could get ahead by just punching Taro in his odd face.  She lowered her hands to her sides, flexed her fingers, and moved closer to this would-be social climber.

Forest shrugged and said, "Did you think that perhaps he wanted to wear bunny ears?  It's obvious to anyone that has a bloody set of eyes that he's a steroid addict and that cod-swallow does all sorts of unsavory things to a man's body, and not just shrinking his genitals."

She looked at the Duke and sent to him telepathically, This wanker wants to punch you because he thinks it'll get him ahead or a title.  However, if you want to get your point across and respect, don't just tell him what you are.  Show him. Or you could have me show him. It's your choice, Duke Taro.

[yinsukin]

Duke Taro

The man raised an eyebrow at her movement.  Why was she getting closer to him?  It felt aggressive somehow, but he wasn't putting the pieces together.  It didn't matter.  He planned for this.  In fact, he had a recording device in his pocket just for this.  He could prove his dominance then maybe he would even get to meet Valarie! Instead, he looked at Taro and growled.

"You stupid man child!" He yelled standing up out of his seat.  "I'll have you thrown out of your office for behavior like this!"

Oh yeah right telepathy, he sent back to her.  Yeah no kick his ass.  I don't see the point in proving anything other than why he shouldn't fuck with me to him.  Quite frankly, im surprised they let someone like him in.  Call the secretary in when you are done.

[Elf]

Forest

Forest smirked as she crackled her knuckles and faced the poor man that was going to have a very bad day very soon.

"You are insulting and threatening Duke Taro," Forest said with a tilt of her head, "I am going to ask you to please leave this office at once."

He's got a bloody recording device on him.  I need to do the Miranda act thing before I take a bit of wind out of his sails.  So if he decides to call foul all he'll have on tape is him insulting you, you getting indignant, and me asking him to leave, Forest explained to the Duke.

[yinsukin]

Duke Taro

Oh this isn't a democracy, you can just remove the device and beat him, he sent back getting up and walking past the man.  The guy in the chair looked at Forest, then back at the Duke who was already at the door.  Then, he looked back at Forest.  Weird.  He thought the guards were only men.  When did the duke get a female guard?  Also wasn't she an aid?

"Are you kidding me!?" he finally broke.  "Do you see him?!  Why does he get to be in charge?!  I swear he only gets in because he is strong or something!  He's not even that smart!  Get out of my face you stupid bitch!  I'm going to kick his assand show this to someone who matters."

"Oh Mr. Muscles get in heeeereee!" the duke yelled, closing the door behind him.  "Actually you don't have to take the recording device.  I'm fine with letting him keep it on him.  It will be something we can give to the next person who wastes my time."

[Elf]

Forest

Forest frowned at the whole "this isn't a democracy" type of thing. 

And then this mouthy idiot had the audacity to call her a stupid bitch.

She kicked off her high heels, smirked, and snap kicked the guy in the face.  Before he could recover, she was already in motion.  With his head thrown back, she dashed forward and rained punches on his chest.

Her fists beating into muscle and flesh felt good.  All that angst, shame, and pain that had been building tonight went into each punch.

[yinsukin]

Poor guy

"Ack!" he yelped, his head tilted backward, his body already falling off balance.  There was nothing but a sharp cutting pain.  Before he could even fall to the ground, he was struck with a flurry of punches.  His body juttered with each strike, a thump accompanying each blow.  With every single strike, the thump became louder. At the end of the hailstorm of punches, the body was flung into the wall.

Duke Taro's head briefly turned just enough that Forest could see the side of his mouth.  "Ah never mind," he said.  "We will need a second, but cancel my next appointment.  Your next!"

Meanwhile, the man pushed down on the wall behind him, forcing himself up.  He had a broken ribcage, a cut-up back and a sprained leg.  However, within the time it took for him to push himself up, they had been reduced to minor bruises.  "Alright cheap shot," he groaned, wiping the blood streaming down his lips.

[Elf]

Forest

"Oh, wicked, you're already healing.  Good, this wouldn't be fun for me if you were already down for the count," Forest said as she tucked a stray lock of hair back behind her ear.

She heard Duke Taro say something about canceling his next appointment, but that was of little consequence at the moment.

"No, that was a warning shot," Forest said as she watched the man, seeing what he would do next.  Her mind was already ready to counter or take anything he was going to throw at her.  Her indigo eyes were unreadable and her smirk was lovely but almost empty.

[yinsukin]

The guy

As the man got to his feet, he brushed himself off, dusting his pants.  His pupils shot towards the duke, then back at the woman.  The first thought was, I wonder if I can take this bitch and Taro together?  No if he needs a bodyguard he must be a complete pushover.  I just need to kick her ass.  Hell it might even scare him a little bit.

In contrast to Forest's grin, the man sported a focused frown.  Reeling his fist back, he charged with all the grace of a street fighter.  The balled fist hooked from the right, threatening to strike her in the face.

[Elf]

Forest

Forest sent to the guy, Kick my ass?  Those a bloody hell of a lot better than you have tried and failed miserably.

He charged her with his fist pulled back.  His right fist went towards her in a right hook.  She deflected the blow with her left arm and parried it to the side. 

Then her knee went straight to his groin with crushing force.

[yinsukin]

THe guy

The man's eyes widened.  Wait you can read my mind? he thought, raising his arm to block the expected counter punch.  However, he miscalculated.  A loud cringe-inducing crack echoed through the entire office, sending shutters down the spine of every male in the building, all who understood the pain the man had felt.  The man fell to his knees, yelling his lunges out.

"Goddamn it!  You stupid.... AGH!" he yelled, cradling his balls.  At the very least he understood now.  She was a lot stronger than him and he probably shouldn't have pissed her off.  The worst part was his balls would probably recover in a second or two, so he would have to worry about that.