It was louder down here. The barbaric scent almost reminded him of home. And down here fewer eyes drifted towards him, their appetites sated elsewhere -- with violence or something else. It was a nice reprieve as Victoria clung to his arm like he would be able to protect her from anything. Her black belt in Taekwondo was probably more apt to protect them than anything Ashton could do. He was not a fighter. Violence was not something he enjoyed. The sound of flesh pounding flesh always made him wince a little -- even the good kind. Not that he was some kind of whore or anything, sex was not his trade, though he used it to lure the willing home. Lure them to their inevitable deaths.
None here would fall to that fate tonight. Another reprieve from his usual nights. It was rare. Tonight was purely recon. Watch this man and figure out how best to make him disappear.
Victoria leaned in close and nodded towards a couple nearby. "Isn't that him? Hiding in the gold and green make up mask wrapped up in a very serious looking woman?"
Ashton moved Victoria in a swivel like dance move so he could take up her position and check out her eagle eyed view. She giggled and dropped her head to his shoulder and wrapped her arms around him. He pulled her in tighter and smiled as he agreed with her assessment. "Looks to be the case. I didn't expect him to be up here. I don't think they want to be interrupted."
Victoria spun around in Ashton's arms and leaned against him. "Maybe later. You could buy them a drink."
Ashton laughed. "Maybe later." He turned his friend towards the arena so they weren't spying on whatever was going on. "He should be down there eventually. Not sure why Mistress Amelia wants him to go missing though. I've never seen him before. He's not bothering us."
Victoria shrugged and turned her head back into his shoulder and away from the arena below. "I don't know." Ashton wanted to turn away too but that wouldn't exactly work for this type of place. Violence was everywhere.
Noise was everywhere. "Let's go to one of the quieter places."
Victoria sighed and muttered "That will be worse." But they went through into the private areas. The noise was different. The fights too. Bloodier, far less of an issue. They knew where their mark would be later, so they'd head back up to the noise then. But the quieter noise suited Ashton just a bit better.
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None here would fall to that fate tonight. Another reprieve from his usual nights. It was rare. Tonight was purely recon. Watch this man and figure out how best to make him disappear.
Victoria leaned in close and nodded towards a couple nearby. "Isn't that him? Hiding in the gold and green make up mask wrapped up in a very serious looking woman?"
Ashton moved Victoria in a swivel like dance move so he could take up her position and check out her eagle eyed view. She giggled and dropped her head to his shoulder and wrapped her arms around him. He pulled her in tighter and smiled as he agreed with her assessment. "Looks to be the case. I didn't expect him to be up here. I don't think they want to be interrupted."
Victoria spun around in Ashton's arms and leaned against him. "Maybe later. You could buy them a drink."
Ashton laughed. "Maybe later." He turned his friend towards the arena so they weren't spying on whatever was going on. "He should be down there eventually. Not sure why Mistress Amelia wants him to go missing though. I've never seen him before. He's not bothering us."
Victoria shrugged and turned her head back into his shoulder and away from the arena below. "I don't know." Ashton wanted to turn away too but that wouldn't exactly work for this type of place. Violence was everywhere.
Noise was everywhere. "Let's go to one of the quieter places."
Victoria sighed and muttered "That will be worse." But they went through into the private areas. The noise was different. The fights too. Bloodier, far less of an issue. They knew where their mark would be later, so they'd head back up to the noise then. But the quieter noise suited Ashton just a bit better.
[[edited to get them where they need to be]]