OPEN | prompt three | PAIN

[wrens]

prompt three | P A I N dressing-room style. start your own thread. tag others. wash, rinse, repeat. open to all.

 

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[infusions]

I'm not usually the one buying, [ she says, her voice low but breezy. ]

But— suit yourself.

[chene]

Not usually.

[Her phrasing. His head tilts slightly, and while he is by no means disposed to be cruel with words, the best defence was a good offence. Or a good distraction.]

Have you ever considered it?

[He's well-practised enough in his tone to make sure it doesn't sound like an offer, but he knows it could still be taken as one.]

[infusions]

[ Cherry's had to deal with plenty of offense in her time so by now, any words or implications just sheet off of her like water off the back of a duck. ]

Your pleasure's not my business, darlin'.

[chene]

That isn't what I asked.

[The cabinet was never about their pleasure. It was about their clients' pleasure]

[infusions]

[ One of Cherry's eyebrows arches — not very far, but just enough to be noted. She shifts her weight from one hip to the other. ] And your business ain't my pleasure either.

[chene]

Maybe not mine. [If she were a client, he might try to change her mind on that, though he had recommended different liquors to those who had seemed truly dissatisfied with him.] Maybe you'd prefer a different flavour.