imeeji_frontstage | the butler did it

Who: hot butlers and you
Where: hotel lobby
When: Day 342, afternoon-evening

[When the live goes live, you can see one side of the lobby has been taken over for a cafe, some curtains hung to divide it away from the rest of the area. The walls are similarly hung with heavy velvet drapery and small tables with matching tablecloths are distributed around the room. One corner has a raised platform like a dance floor, and some instrumental music is playing.

Ready to escort customers to their tables are a group of butlers in suits, including (but not limited to) Glory, Aradia, Sabre, Silk, Lily, Cardinal, Nemesis, Shrike, Kohime, and Angel.

Glory bows and does the introduction.]

Welcome to Tokyo-F's first butler cafe. We're excited to serve you. There's no dress code, but if you'd like to dress up, you'll receive a bonus token, so it's highly encouraged. Food and drink are free, but you'll need tokens if you want to buy... services.

[You're given one or two small metal tokens when you enter, and once you're inside you can see both menus and a small desk to buy more tokens, if you want.]

FOOD & DRINK MENU
SWEET	SAVORY	REFRESHING
Waffles	Omurice	Coffee
Fruit parfait	Candied bacon	Tea (black, green, mint)
Ice cream sundae	Bagel & lox	Juice (orange, grapefruit, pomegranate)
Mini eclairs	Avocado toast	Soda (tonic, asstd. flavors)
Petit fours (asstd.)	Mini cheese souffle	Wine (red, white, sparkling)
Maple fudge	Charcuterie board	Liquor (asstd., on the rocks)

SERVICES MENU
1 TOKEN	2 TOKENS	3 TOKENS
Decorate your food	Kiss your hand	Hand-feed you
Mix a drink for you	Hug you	Cuddle with you
Play a game with you	Dance with you	Bite you
Take a picture with you	Sit in your/their lap	Put head in your/their lap
Whisper in your ear	Kabedon you	Pin you to the wall/floor
Hold your hand	Step on you	Stab you

TOKEN INFO & EXCHANGE

(corruption + counter-culture + feast + bartending, with bonus for dress-up. ☆ZRAEL, BAD END, avante, and BARiTONES get 850 points, everyone else gets 700.)

Flat | Top-Level Comments Only

[that gets a longer pause and something crossing her eyes as she looks at him]

...You're not that fragile. And there's nothing kind about death, no matter how it comes.

Ah.

[he lets go and leans back]

My apologies.

...It's...

[fine, she does not manage to say, and instead just flicks the knife closed]

I... started thinking about actually being killed, and it... just seeped in.

...I don't want to think about actually killing you. The... idea of having the power to do it is fine. Or... threatening, so you know that I have it. Or even making you bleed, feel the pain or the danger. But...

[...]

I won't kill anyone I care about again.

[reaches for her hand]

Forgive me. I should have known better.

[she takes it, holding tight]

You should stop thinking of getting killed like that. I'll be kind to you while we're both alive.

...And mean to you, sometimes. Because we have a long time, and sometimes you can get bullied a little.

[he smiles helplessly, and then pulls her into a hug]

[she slides down into his lap as she returns the hug, huffing lightly]

[presses his face to her shoulder, voice muffled]

How many tokens does this cost?

[plays with his hair a bit]

You can just owe me one. Manager's prerogative.

Very well.

[soothed by hair playing]

[she is also soothed]

...Don't think I won't collect, though. You have to sit in my lap later on.

A most arduous task. But I am bound by agreement.

...You could be bound by some other things. I didn't get to the part where I threaten to tie you to this chair.

That's not threatening at all when I like being tied up.

Even if I do it here in front of everyone?

[////]

... depends on if you plan to untie me.

Eventually. Obviously I wouldn't just leave you for anyone to take advantage of. You're mine.

Oh, I see.

[just smiles at her]

[twirls his hair in her fingers]

But you'd be really at my mercy then.

When have I ever complained about that?

[tugs his hair]

You know, it's very difficult to threaten you when you know you'll enjoy anything I do.

[:P]

That shouldn't deter you from trying. I'm enjoying the attempt.

Hmm... Then what if I make you an advertisement for the more threatening tasks? We could run through them all in front of everyone while you're tied up.

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