Private Sweat It Out, Shut Your Mouth

[Arcturus Dinn]

Face Melter. Get spiked with potent hallucinogens.
​

A drink here, some spice there, Arcturus had eventually landed himself in the den of debauchery that was Miner's Town Mon Gazza. If you wanted something bad enough, heck why not go right to the source?​

​

Of course, none of this was intentional. It wasn't as though he'd hopped on the first starbus to Spiceland... No, he sort of just became of his presence there one day when the effects of the previous night's partying had worn off. He tried to think back, tried to make sense of it all, but boy did his brain hurt. Hadn't he been hanging out with Xhoudruss last night? Where was that shellhead anyways?​

​

But then, he became all too aware of the lack of water.​

​

And coral.​

​

He huffed himself to his feet, and stared around at the bustling town around them. Busy, yet the people looked downright miserable. Maybe he'd come to the right place then, maybe he could find others to drown his sorrows alongside.​

​

That, or maybe he could give them some of whatever he'd had that led him to this point. Surely there was a comfort in not knowing. Board the train, Miners, the party's just startin'!​

​

It wasn't too difficult to find the local cantina. Inside he found more dour faces. A right lot of buzzkills they were. Right to the bar, and he'd ordered a drink before he even sat down. His mouth felt a little dry, his arms slightly weightless, but no matter. He gestured for a second glass, even before the first had touched his lips, then sat down on a stool with a huff of air and a groan. ​

​

He had to stop sleeping on such rough surfaces. It was doing a real number on his back.​

​

Xyoz Maji ​

 

[Xyoz Maji]

Ah, parties. The perfect place for debaucherous activities. Especially with spice. Xyoz was here to.. Precure his shipment. Steal, his shipment. Wasn't even his, but that's what it meant to be a criminal! What fun would it be if he owned anything he went out of his way to sell. Giggledust had become his favorite type of spice. To sell. Drugs didn't work on him cause of what he was, body flushed it out too quick, but the effect it had on people was glorious.

Today was one of those shipments kind of days. He watched from the shadows, fully planning on just yanking the crate of spice from the local Pikes mid transaction. Make a statement, make a show. 'You had the pleasure of being robbed by Xyoz', or something of the like. He was going through the various thoughts in his head as he walked into the bar. He'd already stolen a sample. Just to make sure the stuff was good kinda thing. So.. Why not test it on someone?

Someone being Arcturus Dinn . The Shistavanen wandered forward, acting near drunk as he took the stool beside the guy. He'd just ordered a drink. Looked depressed. He could use a laugh or two.

"Hey you! You! Yea, with the uhhh. Red! Yeaa red!" He leaned against him, playing the drunk. Subtly emptying the vial of spice into his water. "I know youuuu."

 

[Arcturus Dinn]

Arcturus had finished the first drink, was picking up the second, and had a glass of water set down beside him by the barkeep who stared at him with worried eyes, when the newcomer entered the bar and staggered his way into a stool beside him. Then his personal space was invaded, the stranger was pressed up against him and slurring words into his ear.​

​

Force, was this how he seemed to others?​

​

Force, he hoped not.​

​

"Easy, pal," he huffed, trying his best to get the creature to sit upright on his own stool again. Man, Arc's shoulders were already bad enough without added weight of a whole other sentient being propped up by them. Still curiosity could not wholly be abated, not where Arcturus Thesh was concerned.​

​

"Know me?" A pause. "Know me how?"​

​

Drink was gone in a second, then he reached for the third glass. Didn't even notice it was water. Especially didn't notice what else lay within it. Drank it all in one, then glared daggers at the barkeep.​

​

"Hey, what's the funny business? Water? Who comes to a bar an' orders water?" He made a gesture for two more rounds, one for himself and one for the apparently not so stranger at his side.​

​

Then his hand slapped down to the bar at his front. He could feel his eyes widening, and a tingle ran through his arm like pins and needles following the slap. Ran through his whole body even.​

​

"Ha!" He shook his head, then slapped the bartop again. The sensation was just as bad this time, if not worse, and the noise itself rang like crystals in his ears. "Ahahaha, do you hear that?" he asked. Soon enough he couldn't keep the laughter from reverberating through his core. So much so it began to hurt his chest, burn his lungs.​

​

Oh chit, why was he laughing?​

​

Xyoz Maji ​

 

[Xyoz Maji]

He said it mostly as a misdirect. Knowing Arcturus Dinn . But.. Wait didn't he? Did he once maybe? Fuck it, if Xyoz had met the kid before it didn't matter now. He just smirked, watching as the drug took effect. Still hanging off the guys shoulders like a drunk. He didn't need to answer anything if the spice wasn't some trick. Sure enough, chit was the real deal. The moment Arcturus started laughing Xyoz stood up, casually pulling Arc up. With an inhuman strength reminiscent of another Sangnir he knew.

"Buddy you've been drinkin' too much. Thinkin' everythings a joke now, huh? C'mon, lets get you sleepin'." Gone was the drunk act. He just glanced to the Bartender. Who was going to stop them, but before he said anything he just froze. The golden eyes of the Shistavaven seemed to flash, and the bartender just turned and left to do something else. Then Xyoz started to drag Arc out.

"You can drink again later."

 

[Arcturus Dinn]

Was the room spinning?​

​

It seemed like it was spinning.​

​

Heck, then he felt like he was spinning. The lights danced around him, and all at once he was rather weightless. He was practically dead weight in the arms of the one who hefted him up to his feet and began to drag him from the bar.​

​

"Heh, where's we goin'?" he asked, though the likelihood was that the words themselves didn't come out that way, or in that order. Man, whatever the feth he'd drank had been potent, far more potent than anything else he'd sank his teeth into, or maybe it was all due to the residual cocktail in his veins. Maybe he'd mixed liquor and spice. A dangerous concoction...​

​

He felt his head drifting away, and it was as though his eyes were closed though the truth was they were open and fixed on everything and nothing all at once.​

​

"Where'd my legs go?" he asked. Then another bout of laughter gripped him.​

​

Xyoz Maji ​

 

[Xyoz Maji]

Oh chit. Was he already doped up on something? Xyoz stared at the dead weight he was pulling along, more in disbelief than anything else. If it wasn't for the fact Arcturus Dinn was laughing, the Shistavanen wouldn't even be sure he was high on the giggledust to begin with. "Legs are still there, don't worry. And we're gonna go get you a bed. Find you a nice place to sleep."

Xyoz wasn't a criminal after all! Well no, he certainly was. But he wasn't cruel. Sure, he'd spiked Arcturus's drink, but he'd at least make sure the guy got in a bed to sleep it off before leaving him to whatever mess of a cocktail he'd ingested before.

"Comfy bed, sounds good donit?"

 

[Arcturus Dinn]

His head lolled forward and he forced himself to focus on looking down, to make sure that he did in fact still have legs.​

​

"Oh," he chuckled, trying to talk through the haze of giggles, "Oh, would you look at that... I do have legs... Four though? Always been four, has it?"​

​

Arcturus proceeded to lean into the stranger, a much more believable copy of what the Sangnir had done to him in the bar, and nodded his head against his shoulder.​

​

"mmm--mmhmmm... a bed... bed sounds good... not the floor, ye? not the dirty, sandy floor... poor back, poor poor back..."​

​

Each step he took felt as though it was being pulled from quicksand, only to be placed upon fluffy pillowy clouds. The sorts of clouds you just wanted to eat like candyfloss.​

​

mm. Candyfloss.​

​

Xyoz Maji ​

 

[Xyoz Maji]

Four?

Holy fuck okay now Xyoz was starting to feel bad.

".. Right, uh. No floor." The Sangnir chuckled a little, shaking his head. Just staring in disbelief. He'd bring the boy to a nearby inn, some place that wouldn't ask questions. Probably one of the seediest places Xyoz had ever been in, but it's not like he could just stick around. Sure, he felt bad. But not that bad. He'd bring him right to the room, practically dumping him on the bed. Tucking him in, or whatever. Xyoz didn't know enough about how to handle people this high.

"Just uh.. Go to bed. Wake up tomorrow, you'll be uhhh. Fine. Probably."

 

[Arcturus Dinn]

"You're... you're the best, you know that?"​

​

Those were the only words out of his mouth before he was unceremoniously dropped to the bed and tucked beneath the blanket. Everything else, anything else, was a buzz of nothingness.​

​

And just like that, without prompt or circumstance, Arcturus fell into the deepest sleep of his existence.​

​

Fin​