Drink 'till You Drop

[Lucas Blacke]

Right now he was just waiting for the moment where she pranked him. Knowing she had the ability to manipulate shadows would hopefully mean that if she did do something to him it would make it that much easier for him to see as a joke. He hoped. The thing with the kiss was a strike against that statement, but he'd at least try from now on. ''Subtle?'' He asked when she replied by saying she only used it for subtly messing with people. Somewhere the very smart Texan knew that what she had just showed him wasn't the something she described as subtle, and he actually wondered a bit if those two would even remember or something. ''Hey, ya should totally keep yankin' those two apart, see if they'll figure out what it is.'' He offered as he stifled a laugh. ''Maybe they'll stop talkin' ta each other just ta see if that helps.'' Himself breaking up, not so fun, other people breaking up, hillarious.

Still, he began to think about what subtle thing she could do with it. Was it.. a solid? Could she.. he wondered.. pleasure people with shadow? Though that thought was mainly for himself he couldn't help but imagine people randomly being played with in the middle of a street or something. Almost Lucas wanted to ask if she could do that but after a moment decided not to, he was already getting a bit, you know.. needy, so to ask that was probably not a good thing despite him wanting to.

He opened his mouth and brought the cigarette to his lips, he inhaled some and managed not to break out in a coughing fit as he handed the cigarette back to Live, wondering what to impress her with, what shape. But then, as the smoke twirled around in his mouth he figured, why go for a cool effect when you can just exhale cool? There was this thing he had seen called a ghost inhale, where you basically exhaled smoke that hasn't gone over your lungs and inhaled it back in as you push it out.

When he did this he turned to Live. ''Ye 'avent had much guys tryin' ta simply hang out with ya, aye?'' She seemed like the kind of person to scare people off.

''Aye, lemme tell ya this, I'm one o' those guys who sees yer issues an' knows there's a better person behind 'em, just like with me.'' He told her. ''An' I wanna Live ta th' fullest.''

[Lilly Love]

Live thought it was funny how funny Lucas found her little prank to be. Sure, it definitely was funny but Live didn't really feel like continuing it. Besides, she was too drunk to keep using her power that much. She had found that her ability to control her power got less and less the more she used it when she was drunk. If she kept up at it, soon enough shadows would start doing things without her explicitly telling them to; they would react to her emotions or thoughts and that could often turn into a shady situation pretty quickly.

"I'm done with the shadows for the night." She said as she watched the couple run inside, "I'm too drunk to be playing with the dark."

If she had known what Lucas was wondering about her power, she probably would have slapped him. Why? Because she didn't consider herself a pervert and wouldn't think of doing something like that to someone. She had had one guy ask her once to do stuff with her shadows. She had kicked him in the gut and shoved him out her front door in just a few seconds. To her, shadows were like her babies and while they were great for pranks, they were not for the dirty.

Live would have been impressed enough that he didn't cough but the ghost inhale was pretty sweet, although cigarette smoke wasn't quite as cool looking as weed or vape. She chuckled and took the cig back, "No one really tries to hangout with me." She said taking another puff. Something about a cigarette when she was drunk really hit the spot.

"Issues?" Live narrowed her eyes, "Better person? Honey you don't know the first thing about my issues and how much there is anything but a 'better person' behind them."

[Lucas Blacke]

''Fair 'nough.'' He replied when she said she was done with the shadow power for the night, another reason for Luke to keep close though, he kinda wanted to know a bit more. And he'd rather it be from her than from Zoelle. What he thought would be fun though, and a fun way to intimidate people, would be if she could manipulate her own shadow to be a huge ass monster or something, projecting her feelings or what have you. That would be a fun way to get people to scram.

Suddenly he gasped. ''Can ya-'' He got a bit giddy and caried away with the mere thought, but if her shadows were solid, and could touch people.. why not..? ''Shadow boxin', ya know what that is?'' He asked her with a smile on his face and very nearly setting up puppy eyes, though he was fairly sure by now that that wouldn't help his case one bit. In fact, it might even work against him if she was sober. He didn't claim to know her but she seemed like the 'stay away' type of girl, and one who didn't like being coddled at that.

Still, this was one question needing to be asked. ''We should train together, or, yer shadow an' I. Keeps me fit an' allows ya ta watch me sweat an' stuff. Bet ye'd like seein' me grovel an' stuff.''

That was in no way a come-on, nor a request for more hanging out that could potentially lead to some fun, Lucas wouldn't dare.

''Maybe not knowin' yer issues is why I wanna hang out with ya. Not like yers are worse than mine or anythin'.''

[Lilly Love]

"Shadow boxing?" Live gave the boy a confused look. Sure, she could guess what he might be talking about but was that really what he meant? Did he want to fight her shadows? This was definitely a first. She didn't think anyone had ever asked that before. She listened to him ask about training together. Wow, Live hadn't done training since leaving Hammel. Her training had never really been anything that intense. Her trainer hadn't cared much and Live was pretty good at controlling her power so there really hadn't been much to work on. To her, shadow walking and shadow manipulation were just second nature.

"Um, I don't really train.." She said taking a puff from her cigarette. It was about halfway done now. The night was slightly chill but it wasn't cold or anything. It wouldn't have made a difference anyways though; she had a very sufficient drunk blanket on.

Live definitely was a 'stay away' type of girl. That applied for everyone; guys, girls, friends, potential relationships, adults, kids, just people in general. She preferred her space and was comfortable in her own little world. Every now and then, like this party, she would step out of her little bubble for a bit but would always quickly return to it.

Live couldn't help but laugh at his last statement. She took another inhale from her cigarette and blew it out with a shake of her head, "Not that I'm denying that you could very well possibly have some very big issues as well, but I am nothing but a black hole problems, trauma, bullshit, and tragedy. My life is literal shit."

[Lucas Blacke]

He wasn't sure she got it, and maybe it was a stupid thing of him to even ask of her. But.. wait, could she take every shadow and manipulate it? Could she take his then? That'd be awesome. What was thke extent of her ability? Could she move the shadows like a real person? ''Not askin' fer ye ta actually train or anythin'.'' He assured her as he pounded his own chest once with a smile. ''I'll be doin' th' trainin', th' sweatin' an' stuff.'' Then he looked on in the distance and scoffed silently. ''Ye know ya wanna see that, an' prob'ly a bit more.'' He said with a sly turn of his eyes towards her and a sly smile.

''Basic'ly, I've been trainin' fer a long time now, or well, workin' out. I've been dabblin' in all sorta ways ta do stuff like tha', mainly through watchin' movies an' shit.'' Yes, part of him training his powers was watching movies. Oh boy the amount of stuff he had learned through movies.. and he always used it perfectly, though his mind was having trouble storing new stuff without pushing the old stuff out. Luckily he knew how to make shit bleed through, that was actually what he had done with all the training stuff he did. ''So, yer actually able ta steer my trainin' a bit. I could even learn ta dance like that video ya showed me.''

Most people threw around question after question after him showing his powers, and he was kinda grateful she hadn't, though maybe she just forgot it by being drunk. Which remembered him how he couldn't get drunk, and remembered everything any person did ever because of his power. The movement and stuff. Even simple lip movement he could remember. Which kinda tied in to what she said next.

''Yeah?'' He asked, turning his head towards her and crossing his arms over his chest. ''Wanna compare shitstorms?''

[Lilly Love]

It was probably a good thing that Lucas wasn't asking all his questions right then and there, because Live was way to drunk to be able to answer properly. It was actually pretty impressive she was holding up this much of a conversation as it was.

If Live had been sober, she probably would have picked up better on the boys attempts to get her to hangout with him again. She just rolled her eyes, "I don't think you would like fighting my shadows. They aren't really something a human could take down." Live said with a smirk. Her shadows didn't have to abide by the normal rules that a human body did or even a normal shadow did. Right now, she would probably just lose control of her shadows but if she was sober, well not that Lucas wouldn't be able to put up a valiant fight but she really didn't see how he could defeat her darkness. She knew there were ways her shadows could be taken down but a physical brawl with a human body wasn't really one of them.

While Live did find his power very interesting, she was one: too drunk to really form any coherent questions, and two: just they type of person who was not that interested in other people in therefore didn't ask questions.

Live narrowed her eyes at the boy, "No." She said bluntly taking a puff from her cigarette. While she did find Lucas enjoyable so far, she had no interest in sharing her life story with this stranger. In fact, she had ever talked to two people about the 'shitstorm' of her life. One of them she only told because she was in the middle of a break down and really drunk (and she never saw him again) and the other turned out to become her mortal enemy. So while she did enjoy Lucas for the night in her current state, he hadn't earned her life story just yet.

[Lucas Blacke]

The issue was in thinking his abilities the same as any other human. Yes he was limited to human motion, but the aspects it held, the power behind his muscles was for him to control, training or not. He would burn himself out that much faster, but if he could move he could adjust the strength he would put out. It wasn't like superhuman anything, but he was stronger than the average person and he was proud of that. Not that he had used that aspect a whole lot, but he could basically one up people in nearly every aspect. Though his body did have to recuperate a bit more because of it.

When she continued about how he wouldn't like fighting her shadows and how a human couldn't take them down he was a bit surprised. Not so much at the fact she didn't think he could take them down, but more at the fact she thought he actually wanted to take them down. ''Who mentioned takin' them down? Maybe I just wanna 'ave a runnin' contest or somethin', or a nice an' friendly spar.'' He said with a shake of his head. ''Don't wanna destroy anythin' ya create. 'Cept maybe that wall o' yers.'' He said hinting at the emotional wall it seemed she had put up to keep people out, which Lucas was no stranger to.

He shrugged when she bluntly stated she didn't want to compare lives, though not in that many words. It was probably because she knew what she went through held no candle to what Luke had gone through, and he kinda took pride in being the guy with the most fucked up past. ''Say no all ya want, but I know some part of ya wants ta tell me. Not like I'll blabber on 'bout it anyway.'' He offered. ''But.. ya know, th' offer 'as been made. If ya ever feel like talkin','' Which he doubted sincerely. ''I'm 'ere fer ya.''

[Lilly Love]

As Live smoked through the rest of her cigarette, the nicotine making her more and more relaxed, she really felt the alcohol kicking in. She really felt it because she started to stop feeling. Any remnants of sobriety had been washed away. While she was a fairly experienced drinker, she was still a small girl who could only handle so much alcohol. At least, she still handled herself. Well, so far she had at least.

Live chuckled and as she threw her cigarette butt onto the ground she raised her hand over it and began to twirl her finger around. Slowly a black swirl began to grow up around the cigarette butt, putting out the last bit of burning tobacco. The swirl of darkness began to form into a the shape of a small person, like a barbie doll. Live smiled at the small creature and bent down and put out her hand. The little black creature jumped onto her hand and she gave it a little rub on the head with her left index finger.

Live looked up at the boy, she chose to ignore his last statement about 'being there for her'. To her that was bullshit, but she was too drunk to dwell on it and she wanted to enjoy the last hour or so of the night with Lucas, and she knew just how to that.

"Alright, you want a contest? If you can manage to catch this little guy here, I'll give you a real kiss." She gave the boy a wink as the creature raised its arms and opened its mouth at the boy in a threatening manner.

[Lucas Blacke]

Lucas would have to say by now it was pretty impossible to read the girl he was with. It started to look more and more like this was really his only night with her, because boy, she didn't nudge one bit in where she stood, it made him genuinely curious for how she was sober. Like he'd ever get to see that though, he didn't think he would since she dropped the fact that he'd only see her for the night a bit too much, which made him wonder, what did she do when she was sober? Again, he felt himself curious abut the sober Live, How she would react to his words because the not so sober Live had ignored quite a few of them.

She threw the cigarette but on the ground and began going all hocus pocus on it, calling up shadow or something. It was cool, like an evil overlord summoning its minions or something. But cool as it was, Luke couldn't help be confused or surprised at the fact she used shadow again, didn't she just say she was done with them for the night? He shrugged and figured she knew what she could handle.

The shadow surrounding the cigarette took the form of a creature and was allowed up on her hand, giving Lucas a better look at it. Honestly, it kind of reminded him of an owl or some other type of bird with how she rubbed at its head with her index finger. Almost the Texan wanted to come closer when she spoke up suddenly, drawing him back to the realm of the living.

Oh, wow. A kiss for what he had suggested himself? Naturally he thought it would be impossible to catch this thing so he merely laughed and caught himself trying to find an easy way to go about this. Somehow stepping closer and keeping it tethered to her arm felt like something she'd hate happening, or slap him for, and allowing it to run away was.. naw, couldn't she like, turn it into a shadow or something? So if he was close he'd just end up swishing through it?

''Well, I did plan on a run b'fore gettin' 'ere, so let loose!'' He said. ''Ya'll just.. stay 'ere an' get ready fer that kiss, m'kay?'' He added with a taunt.

[Lilly Love]

If Lucas thought Live was stubborn right now, he wouldn't believe just how 'stubborn' she was sober. When Live got her mind set on something, it was near impossible to get her to change it. She was sort of like a freight train. She didn't change directions quickly and she took a while to slow down once she got going. At least when she was drunk she was more like a semi-truck; still stubborn, but at least stopping and turning were a little easier.

Live chuckled. She was pretty drunk, and honestly had wanted at least one good kiss out of the boy. What good was going out to a party if you didn't get to make out with at least one hot guy?

She gave a smirk at the little shadow creature. Yeah, Live had said she didn't want to keep using her power anymore but this was a very small amount. And, she was drunk, and didn't remember saying she was done using her power anyways. Yay alcohol!

The little creature hopped off her hand and Live stood back up. The creature looked at the boy, tilting its head sideways. It stayed like that for a second and then made a hissing sound, like a snake in water, and then ran right under the boys legs. It moved with decent speed, but nothing a person couldn't keep up with if they tried. As it ran away, left a sort of trail of dark whips, like a black smoke that was about a foot or so long.

Now, catching a shadow wasn't something that was easily done. Live could make it impossible by keeping the creature in a more shadow like state, meaning it wouldn't be possible to grab ahold of no matter what. However, she didn't want this to be impossible. Just, challenging. So she had the creature in a more solid state, so that if Lucas was able to grab it, he would be able to actually hold it. However, he would have to grab around its whole body, not just an arm or leg, because it would easily be able to slide out of that by slightly morphing its shape. She would make this a bit more difficult though by letting the creature transport itself from place to place using shadow walking. She would let Lucas catch it eventually, after all she did want a kiss, but she would give him a good run around first. And besides, she wanted to see what he was actually capable of anyways.

[Lucas Blacke]

He would only laugh at the idea of having to catch that little thing if it was made out of anything else than shadow, but it being shadow made the entire thing seem a bit.. not fair. But.. a kiss from her might just spur him on to do the impossible, a smirk appearing on his face as he inspected the little shadow creature on her hand looking at him and releasing that threatening hiss. Lucas held half a mind to hiss back, but he would do good to keep this one as friendly as he could, as it would end up landing him a kiss with Live. And after all, wasn't that what he was after? Well, that and them hanging out with the obvious idea of being something more? Ner mind the girl he had broken up with earlier. Wait, what?

He'd figured he would have to run around like a madman, luckily he had plenty of experience running around. He outran everyone that ever challenged him, save for those people with super speed. But those with enhanced agility.. well they just made their body move a bit faster and Luke could copy that, though it never stuck long enough to apply anywhere else.

It wouldn't be hard to keep up with the shadow, he figured. Catching it however was a bit of a different thing. He also assumed it would behave nothing like his own shadow, something he could easily keep up with without trying, but this thing.. it was already jumping off of the hand he wanted to kiss before he could finish his own thought and followed the creature with his hands as it slipped through his legs. So that was the first chance he had, and had he been a little faster he could have easily gotten it then and there. If it even was possible to grab it.

Watching the creature run on between his legs and upside down he got to his feet with a sigh and shrugged at Live before turning around to give chase. Faintly Luke could see the creature and the trail it left behind and quickly made his way over to where it was, though was a bit too late when the creature turned around and jumped on his face to continue running away from him with this newfound stepping stone. Obviously the Texan had reached for the creature but only managed to inspect his nails up close as he turned around with a grunt, seeing the creature trail off and almost beckoning the guy to give chase. With arrogance he winked at Live and bumped into someone standing nearby who just happened to holding a glass of rum. Topped off. As if normal alcohol poisoning wasn't fast enough.

Now drenched in alcohol he took off his shirt to keep the dampened cloth from holding him down without giving too much thought to the fact he was around people. Well, he did it for his own workouts, so why not here? Anyway, he began moving again and quickly caught sight of the creature hiding on the edge of a potted plant hanging near a wall. Lucas drew close and lunged at it with a stretched out hand and could've sworn he touched at least an arm as he quickly set a foot against the wall and jumped in the direction of the creature to keep running.

With a slight pant he ran next to the creature and tried to figure out what it did, it wasn't human so he couldn't mimic it which was a point against him, though he could study it a bit and was surprised when it turned, leaving Luke to slam into the wall full force and moving on with that seemingly taunting trail. Quickly he shook it off and took a whiff of the alcohol on him and was set in motion once more.

He suddenly leapt and landed on the ground with a stretched out arm, crashing against the nearby wall as he looked at Live with one eye closed, yet one arm stretched and holding the creature she let him chase. ''Worth every bit 'o pain.'' He sighed as he got up.

A smile overtook him not only at the thought of the impending kiss but also the usefulness of these shadows. He looked a bit closer at the one in his hand and attempted to run a finger over its head as Live had done, but only just managed to keep his finger from being bitten off as the creature made a snapping motion. ''Noted.''

He looked at Live and tilted his head a bit. ''This lil' fella yers?''

[Lilly Love]

Live watched the ensuing chase with much amusement. Watching Lucas get dowsed in alcohol and then proceed to take off his shirt brought a decent smirk to Live's features. He definitely worked out, there was no doubt about that.

Live had great control over her power, she always had. Ever since it first appeared, it had been like a second nature to her. She had always found it funny watching other kids struggled with their new found abilities while she just waved her hands and the shadows did her bidding. There was only one time she really lost control and that was when she was angry. If she lost her temper, it became like her power kicked in as sort of a survival instinct. When that happened, there was no telling what the darkness would do.

Even though her control was very strong, she still hadn't yet figured out exactly what her power was. On the one hand, she could control the darkness, making it move and do whatever she wanted. She could turn herself, and in smaller amounts and times other objects and people, into shadows and use the darkness as a transportation. However, there were also these creatures. Now, it was just her turning the darkness into a form that resembled some kind of being and then telling it move as such. However, she often felt like she didn't really have full control over it. Like somehow while she was control darkness, the darkness was still its own entity. When she turned it into a more human or creature like form, it somehow got a bit more control over itself. She had only experienced this feeling once or twice, and it was usually in a state when she was less in control of herself; when she was drunk or angry.

Watching the creature run, she was aware of its movements, telling it what to do and where to run next but it didn't really feel like she was the one making it run. It really felt like it was her little shadow pet or something. While she did allow for Lucas to catch the creature, she didn't just let him catch it either. He definitely worked hard and when he finally had the creature in his hands, Live was fairly impressed. It wasn't easy to catch a shadow.

Live gave another wave of her hand and the little creature's form became more shadow like and it quickly slid out from Lucas' hand and ran to Live. It stood by her leg, let out one more hiss at the boy and then, after Live gave one last twirl of her hand, swirled away back into the shadows it had come from.

"I'm impressed. Even Peter Pan had a hard time catching his shadow." Live said with a chuckle.

[Lucas Blacke]

''But Peter Pan wanted ta remain a kid.'' He replied without too much thought and just wearing a smile. It took him a bit too long to figure out what he had just said and reflected upon it, moreso than he wished. Maybe he wanted to grow up, unlike Peter Pan, unlike what he had been thinking his entire life.

Still, this was not the time to reflect, this was kissing time. And the fact he was barechested did not affect him negatively, maybe even affected him positively when he noted the expression on her face when he took off his shirt, he knew she liked what she saw, and he would use that against her. That and he hated sweating in clothes so he always trained barechested. The amount of women he had caught with that.. lets not mention the one person that had worked on. Though maybe tonight he would make two of that.

When the shadow had left he grew a devious smile as he knew what was up, and he wouldn't allow her to kiss him. He would kiss her, she would experience his power firsthand. All those videos on youtube would finally pay off (again). ''Did ya want ta know more o' me power?'' He asked as he got to his feet and gently walked over, easing his way over the distance between them.

This was his moment, his time where he would make or break this thing, or in his own mind anyway. Now if only she could stand kissing him without throwing up or something, with the luck Lucas held this would be impossible to accomplish.

Slowly, as he got up to her he put a hand on her cheek and almost expected a flinch or something, a motion that usually happened when he did something like this, though something they would easily get over when he was allowed to go on. He leaned in and hovered his lips inches from hers, a smile on his as he gently pushed them on hers, his other hand now falling around her neck as he pushed her a bit closer.

Who cared what people thought, he was Living it up.

[Lilly Love]

She gave him a questioning look as he commented on Peter Pan. She was a bit too drunk to fully understand what he was saying and what it meant. Of course she knew the story of Peter Pan, she hadn't had that much of a deprived childhood.

As Lucas began to walk towards her, Live felt her stomach drop a bit. Why was she nervous all the sudden? Maybe it had something to do with the fact that he was shirtless. While she had seen plenty of guys shirtless, not many of them had looked nearly as fit as Lucas, and none had just approached her like Lucas was right now.

Live's experience with romance was a little spotty. She had only had a couple relationships back in middle school (if those even counted) and since being at Hammel hadn't dated anyone. There had been one person she had started to fall for, and he was now her mortal enemy. Even the thought of him made her spine shiver. However, hookups? Now those had been a thing. And they were about the only thing she had only really felt comfortable with. Live didn't do permanent and didn't believe in it, but she still got lonely.

"More of your po--" Live began to question when Lucas' hand reached up to her face. She didn't flinch or pull back, but she froze. When he paused just an inch or so from her face, Live's eyes instinctively closed, one because that was what you did when you kissed and two she felt awkward looking so closely at his face. As his lips pressed to hers, she couldn't help but sharply inhale a bit as her stomach dropped a bit more. It had been a while since she had been kissed and she had forgotten how good it could feel. Lucas' hand on the back of her neck made her skin tingle. It was strange for Live to kiss because part of her wanted nothing to do with the physical contact and her gut instinct told her to shove the boy off, slap him, and run but the other part (much stronger since she was drunk) wanted to pull the boy as close as she could.

There were only a few other people outside, half of them too drunk to notice or care. It didn't bother Live anyways. She never cared about what other people thought to begin with.

[Lucas Blacke]

He knew he only got one kiss, so he didn't want this one to end and did his best to make it last, and to make an impression. A lasting one at that. His track record with kisses were present to say the least, and of every kiss he ever had only two were initiated by someone else. The rest were all his own doing and my god were they good, much like this one. Drunk or not, negative as fuck or not, this was a hell of a kiss and one that Luke did not want to let go of. If he had time to think in the midst of the kiss he would surely think that he was basically kissing Zoelle again, and maybe this was what had drawn him to her. But he would also have to think that a kiss with Zo was short, and would end up in sex. That was what their relationship was based on and this was what forced him to remember that this one was a different person, though with almost the same powers and personality from what he had seen.

But those things were not going through his mind, everything going through his mind right now were thoughts of this girl, and not even how he probably only had one night with her, or one kiss, or maybe he just thought that if it was good enough it would all last forever. That the people around them would freeze and time would stop, but that was probably a bit too dramatic for him to even think when he had just come out of a relationship to go and 'play' with someone else. He was a weird guy, Lucas. Or maybe alcohol did lower his tolerance for cute girls.

The sound she made when he had started the kiss, however soft, was like she wanted to suck the air out of him, and if she wanted to he would probably let her. The fear of a singular kiss crept up on him from the back of his mind, what did one kiss mean? That if his lips left hers they would be done?

With this slightly torturing him he pressed her against him more tightly, intesifying the passion the kiss held any way he knew how, his tongue entering the fray, his hand caressing her cheek a bit and his other hand falling down into the small of her back.

This was not something he wanted to end as he finally pulled his lips from hers, yet not moving his hands. ''I know ya said only one, but I wanna redo, aye?'' He whispered as he pressed his lips against hers again without waiting for an answer.