Taste of her cherry chapstick Who: Ro and Penny with NPCs What: Feeding Where: Apex Club, Palms Hotel When: Present Content Warnings: Adult situations and violence
“You are so cute,” Penny murmured.
Her fingers would dance beneath the chin of a wealthy man who had been following her around all night. Apex was the perfect place to find a meal or two. She was in one of her better dresses, long legs concluding in stiletto heels.
“As long as you think so, I’m good with that,” the man laughed.
Earlier she had seen him harassing two of the waitresses. He fit her code. Penny smiled at him, letting her fingers graze the manicured line of his hair.
“Come on, I want to introduce you to my friends.” The man grabbed Penny by the arm and began to drag her toward a group of suited gentlemen sitting nearby at a booth. Overhead the stars were blotted out by some of the neon, yet this club boasted spectacular views. It was on the 55th floor, after all.
Before they could get more than a step or two away, another hand caught hold of Penny's free one. "Hi," she said cheerfully, smiling first at Penny and then at the man she was with. Ro's mouth was all cherry red lipstick tonight in contrast with the purple plaid of her skirt and bodice. Plenty of Ro's hunting wardrobe had a twist. Tonight was almost twisted schoolgirl.
She and Penny hadn't spoken in almost a year. No time at all in their lifespans. Penny could handle herself but when Ro spotted her and came over, she caught the word "friends." That plus a commanding hand on her arm was enough for Ro to step in and even the odds a little.
"I hope you don't mind. I was here by myself until I spotted my friend. Can I join you? It's no fun alone." At no fun, Ro's free hand drifted up to play with the tag of the zipper that ran all the way down the front of her bodice.
There was no way the man was objecting; this was a plus on his evening. “Of course! Come on!”
Penny was grateful. She turned to Ro and smiled, flashing her friend a wink. And then she would turn back to the man who still held her arm. Easily she broke the hold, taking his hand and also Ro’s. “Oh yes, she should come meet them too!”
They would be led to a group of three other men in suits who hovered in a group.
“Hi,” Penny would greet. She curled an arm around her friend and smiled.
Ro leaned into Penny, tilting her head toward the other woman and holding the pose. The move was deliberate, drawing attention to the contrast between the blonde in the sparkly cocktail dress and the brunette in punk couture. The touch was intentional and Ro made it practical, leaning in to speak quietly in the other woman's ear. "We eating? Need help?"
Penny giggled. She turned to her friend and whispered, “Pick one. I’ll take the rest.” Drawing back her smile would be wide for the group. Her eyelashes would bat. Then her finger would go to her own lips innocently. “So many handsome men.”
Ro extended her senses for a quick temperature check of the group. All of them prickled with want but one in particular was staring at the way her tattoos vanished beneath her clothes. Got one.
She slipped away from Penny to slink up beside her mark for the night. "Having a good time?" she asked. "If you want to make friends and party in Vegas we got to get some shots."
Penny wrapped her arm around that one of the man she was ‘with’. She had marked him early, pegging his friends for less. “Shots!” Turning, she waved over a waitress. The siren murmured into her ear and the woman nodded.
When the waitress returned it was with a bottle of something expensive. Ro smiled to herself. Good job Penny. She clasped the arm of the man beside her in excitement and drawing his lust forward. Once the liquor had been dispensed into glasses and she'd taken her shot, she did the same to the man on her side. "Let's do one together!" she crowed at Penny
Ro slid between the men, turning into Penny and standing so their hips were close together. Once they'd each been handed a glass, she hooked her forearm around Penny's so they'd have to toss back the drinks with their arms twined together.
Penny smirked. She curled her arm around her friend for the sake of the game, knowing Ro didn’t like casual touch. A grin. The shots would be tossed back, but hers would be secretly expelled. Thank goodness for gills. And discretion.
The little glass would go down. Penny pressed a sweet kiss upon Ro’s cheek and giggled, looking back at the respective men.
This was a performance and a performance was a game played in public. Ro understood this one. A woman in sequins and a woman in plaid. Good girl, bad girl. Ro understood which one she was. Penny giggled while Ro took charge, turning the other woman's face firmly towards her. After a beat and a glance to their onlookers she pressed her mouth firmly against her friends. Even with her eyes temporarily closed, Ro could feel the men watching them. Their desire beat a drum against the back of her mind. She wanted to eat something.
Penny knew this game quite well. With Ro it had been orchestrated plenty of times. Her fingers would curl into the fabric of Ro’s bodice without interrupting the sanctity of it. Eyes dipped closed. She returned the kiss if only to further entice the onlookers. She would peel back, catching Ro by the bottom lip between her pristine teeth, glancing over at their audience to gauge the interest.
They wouldn’t be disappointed.
There were comments and jokes. Ro didn't pay them much notice. They weren't interesting. She brought a hand up to Penny's face, leaning in to give her another hard quick kiss. Ro's free hand moved to Penny's waist and she moved her hips in time to the beat from the music. "They're hooked," she said into Penny's ear. "Give them a little attention and they'll follow us anywhere." Ro usually worked only to capture the attention of one person. Monitoring the desires of a group was giving her a headache.
Penny reciprocated in kind to keep the interest there though she knew they wouldn’t have to. Nor did she want to entertain a whole group of men for the evening. “Pick the one you want,” she murmured into Ro’s ear, catching the lobe in her teeth before drawing backward. All for the show.
She could separate them effectively enough and subsequently vanish.
Her frame would bump gently against Ro’s in them with the music, an arm curled loosely around her friend if only to pretend she had the type of interest that the men were hoping for.
Ro let her arm trail down Penny's arm as she pulled away and returned to the side of the man who'd been eyeing her tattoos. Ro's face was enough to turn heads but she sometimes came across people who were turned off by tattoos. She'd learned to pick out those who were enticed instead. This time she fed him another shot, taking her time to dance with him, and respond automatically to his comments. Ro needed him to know her attention was his and to leave his friends to Penny.
There were times she and Penny ran this game where she might have just fed on the energy of the target in the open and then left him to Penny. Lust was dripping off these men and that was an option but monitoring and enhancing their feeling to take the bait was a lot of work. More energy expended than what should recoup in a quickie feeding. Sleeping with someone gave her more time to take her fill. When the time seemed right, she suggested they go "get to know each other better" for awhile. He agreed, shooting his friends a comment and a laugh as they left. The men learned at her, leered at Penny, and then at the waitress who had come back to check on them. Penny would have plenty to eat.
There was a room and a bed and Ro walked the line of taking what she needed without leaving him useless for the night. He looked blissed out but functional. Good. It didn't take long to get dressed again - he'd asked her to keep her skirt on - and text Penny. It was easy to get the man to agree to leave. All Ro had to do was explain her friend wanted to know if they could all party together and "don't you think she's pretty?" and they were out onto the dark pavement.
While her friend went to play, Penny kept the attention of the others. A round of shots for the guys, some idle chatter, a pair of roaming hands and some dancing.
She could’ve kept the energy up forever as if she never touched weariness. But the text would come and the game finally began to start.
Leaning in to whisper into one of their ears, Penny murmured the request for him and the others to join her outside. To take the party somewhere else. He agreed. A finger trailed down the length of his torso and she would disappear into the crowd. Never be seen leaving together if it could be helped.
The air outside was warm, but not hot or stagnant. Penny’s shoes clicked against the pavement as she made her way around the building to the spot in the alley. There was a feast to be had.
Only moments before the others would come along, Penny smiled at her friend warmly. “Let’s play.”
Ro waved her hand in a "have at it," way. The man she was with let out a few confused noises as Ro walked away. Ro had her feed, this was Penny's. She didn't need to interfere.
A series of growling and gurgling noises would come out of the alleyway as if the shadows were cheering on the scene. She never took long, seconds spent rending flesh from bone and devouring the tender muscle.
By the time she wandered back from the alley, taking a moment to put her shoes back on and secure her purse, the corridor was silent again.
Penny smiled at her friend. “I haven’t eaten like that in such a long time.” Satisfaction always felt better than emptiness.
"It's nice when it hits the spot," Ro agreed. "Of course the difference between us is that I want ice cream now. And maybe French fries."
“We should get some! Those go well together.” The mixture of salty and sweet, it was perfect when combined. “Lead the way!”