Cɧaηce Iηη: Hadeᵴ Ƀraηcɧ {(Now Open)}

[Green Dreams]

Lethe had put the ginger ale back in the refrigerator so she pulled it back out again in order to fill up Roksana's glass. Oddly enough, she still hadn't finished her own. When she was done and had put it away again, she took a long drag of her, trying to finish it off.

She heard Blaise walking back in, but didn't look at him until he sat and said he was back. Looking up at him through her lashes, she smiled slyly, "Welcome back. Can I... get you anything?"

That was about when she noticed the cute little rock-like being that had followed Blaise in. "Oh my goodness!" She rushed over to it and intercepted it before it got to Blaise. Lethe wasn't too familiar with snakes as they didn't really like the cold, but she did know they needed to wrap around stuff. She offered her arm to it, "You're so adorable. Can I give you a ride?"

[Pyro Jess]

Just as Blaise opened his mouth to scold the serpent for sneaking its way into his trunk when he told it to stay at Haven Lethe interrupted with her sly question. Shutting his mouth Blaise lowered his head and blushed but watched as she rushed over to his pet.

Startled at the possible attacker charged it the snake made of rock stopped in its tracks and froze. Blaise expected this response from the creature, seeing it was extremely shy when it came to meeting new people, but Lethe's reaction surprised him. He didn't want to bring the creature just in case Lethe or Roksana were ophidiophobics, though it appeared that they were not. Seeing Lethe offer it a ride Blaise tilted his head and wondered if Lethe knew approximately how much the serpent weighed and thought she could lift it, because even though it was the size of a king cobra it weighed about a ton.

The creature trembled as it slowly inched towards Lethe's extended arm curiously. Sensing no threat from the stranger the serpent crackled as it climbed up her arm wrapping itself around to cling on. It didn't seem to care about the woman's cold body temperature at all as it clung, in fact it liked the sudden change. It was always clinging onto its master, though it loved him, he was made of lava and lava was extremely hot. Happy with this chance to cool down it expressed its affection by letting out a purr like crackle.

[Green Dreams]

"Goodness gracious, your a mite heavier than I thought. Though it makes sense since you're made of rock." Lethe wasn't completely sure she would have been able to lift the snake if she didn't have things supplementing her strength. But that wasn't an issue with little fire elementals clinging to her muscles and adding their abilities to hers.

Lifting it with what might have looked like surprising ease, she made little cooing noises at it. "My but you're adorable! Still cooing, she brought it over to the bar and laid her arm on the counter near Blaise so that it could slither off if it wanted to. Although with that cute purring sound, she wasn't sure she wanted to let it go.

Letting her attention turn back to Blaise she smiled happily. "So nothing for you then?"

[Pyro Jess]

Blaise blinked as Lethe had surprised him again when she lifted the snake so easily, not that he looked down on her. He just didn't think that she looked like she would be able to carry it so casually, let alone lift it. As Lethe walked over and laid her arm on the counter Blaise smiled at the way she was treating it. Finding her attraction to it cute and sweet.

Blaise's smile quickly turned to a blush as Lethe smiled at him and asked if he wanted anything. "N...no I'm good, th..thank you though." he said shyly as he kept an eye on the serpent to monitor its behavior.

The snake continued to purr as it nuzzled against Lethe's arm. It's master never gave it as much affection the whole time it had been with him as this woman had in the past couple minuets. It was starting to like the woman more and more as she called it adorable and cooed at it. Randomly it decided it wanted to play so it opened its little mouth and started to nibble playfully at Lethe's arm without drawing blood. While it did this its crackling grew louder as it returned the woman's affection.

Blaise couldn't help but cover his mouth and giggle at this. "Seems Monty has taken a liking to you Lethe, usually he is shy towards strangers." he said as he looked up at Lethe with a grin. "Good luck getting him to get off now."

[Green Dreams]

"Let me know if you change your mind." She debated internally for a moment over whether or not she should wink, but decided against it. She really did want Blaise to be comfortable ordering something.

Lethe's whole arm jerked sporadically as the serpent nibbled her arm. Little did the cute little thing know it, but Lethe was extremely ticklish and this was a kind of torture for her. Giggling uncontrollably, she tried hard not to twitch so hard she upset the serpent. "Sweetie... sweetie, that tickles!" she was gasping as she spoke and barely able to get the words out.

"Wouldn't you," she interrupted herself with giggles, "wrap yourself around my neck?" Lethe had no intentions of informing the snake that her ears were ticklish too. "It's fine. I like him too." Her eyes fairly sparkled with pleasure.

[Pyro Jess]

Once Lethe started to giggle Blaise began to giggle with her, it was really contagious. "I don't think he'll listen Lethe, once he's on a spot he likes he'll stay their for......hours." he said with a little pause before finishing his sentence, he just couldn't believe what he was seeing.

Monty took one last playful nibble of Lethe's arm before climbing it's way up her arm purring the entire way. Wrapping itself lightly around her neck Monty draped what part of him that he couldn't wrap down her chest before going right back to playing; which included nibbling at her skin, nuzzling against her cheek and using its tail to swat at the pendent around her neck.

Though this sight of Monty actually being obedient for once surprised him and that he found it extremely cute that Lethe was having so much fun with his pet, deep down it ticked the demon off that Monty would listen to Lethe when she asked it to do something. But when it came to him giving the order Monty didn't always listen. Bottling up his anger he managed to focus on how happy Monty made Lethe and he smiled. "You two really are a cute pair."

[Green Dreams]

The whole time the little snake crawled up her arm tickled like crazy. Her entire body convulsed as she controlled her arm in order not to buck him off. When he was finally settled around her neck she gave a little sigh of relief though she giggled one more time at his tail. She reached a hand up and flicked a finger playfully at him. "Maybe he just needs to be asked the right way?"

She might look cute with a snake around her neck, but she thought she should look sexy. Weren't snakes symbols of power and inherently sexy? She shrugged mentally. It didn't really matter. A compliment was a compliment. "Thank you." She grinned a little flirtatiously, "I could look just as cute with an arm over my shoulder."

[Pyro Jess]

Blaise shrugged in response to Lethe's uncertain statement. Even though Monty was his pet and he did conjure it, Blaise knew little to nothing about the creature. But it really wasn't a topic he was to worried about, he really wanted a pet and now he had Monty that was all that mattered.

Watching Lethe play with Monty around her neck, almost not even noticing she was flirting with him, Blaise started to get a tad worried. In his time with the creature he had found that Monty was easy to get spooked. And when the snake was spooked it tensed up and gripped whatever it was attached to tighter. "L...Lethe I don't think its a good idea to have Monty around your neck." As he said this Monty saw Lethe's finger being flicked at him and quickly attacked, playfully of course.

Blaise stared at Lethe worriedly awaiting an answer, her arm over her shoulder comment finally sunk in and he quickly blushed. Was she hinting what he thought she was? Did she want him to put his arm over her shoulder? Like...like a boyfriend? The thoughts of what she might have been hinting and the possibilities of being in a relationship with her flooded through his mind, causing his blush to get brighter and brighter. "Wha..what did you mean by your comment? Th...the arm over the shoulder one?" Though his embarrassed blush made him regret asking, he had to know.

[Green Dreams]

Lethe wasn't really in any danger from Monty. She could drop her body temperature so quickly that the snake, if he was anything like a normal snake, would freeze before damaging her. And even if he managed to wrap tightly around her neck, she'd still most likely be fine. "Don't worry Blaise, he'll be just fine. And this is certainly easier than having him on my arm."

Ah, there was the blush she was always aiming for. He lit up like a New York Christmas tree every time. For a long moment her only response was to flirtatiously raise an eyebrow. He just got brighter and brighter. Finally she responded, "Nothing too specific. Mostly just talking aloud to someone cute."

[Pyro Jess]

"If.....if you say so...." he said quietly as he lowered his eyes and fiddled with his fingers. Though he tried to not worry, telling him not to worry only seemed to make Blaise worry even more. He just didn't want to see Lethe get hurt, especially by his pet. It would be like if he hurt her himself, which would be horrendous.

Glancing back up at Lethe to see her flirtatiously raising her eyebrow he quickly averted his eyes and continued to blush. He really needed to learn how not to get so embarrassed around her, just for the fact that he could hardly talk to her and that someone might use it against him. Periodically glancing back at her, he bit his lip as he tried to push past his embarrassment and ask why she was staring at him. Just as he was about to ask what, she spoke causing him to quickly shut his mouth and listen. His blush brightened even more as she had called him cute, at least he was certain she was."W..well I...I'm talking t..t..to a very b..be...beautiful wo..woman wi..with a s..snake wrapped around h..her n..neck." he said quietly with a gulp as he was attempting to be flirtatious back but his shy stuttering didn't seem to make it sound as effective as he wanted it to be.

[Green Dreams]

"I say so." Lethe couldn't figure out why Blaise was so worried. She and Monty got along quite easily and she had tricks up her sleeves that would make peoples' eyes pop out. Though, she supposed, since Blaise didn't know about her tricks and pets, it made sense for him to worry. She wished he wouldn't though. She was perfectly able to take care of herself. He'd figure things out for himself eventually.

Blaise looked a bit like a fish out of water when he opened and closed his mouth like that. It was almost as cute as his stuttering, failed attempts at flirting. "Oh, sweetie, you don't have to try so hard. If you like me, you just have to say so." She wondered if he actually could. Lethe wasn't exactly easy to approach with her overpowering pheromones and cocky attitude.

[Pyro Jess]

Blaise lit up even brighter as Lethe told him all he had to do was say he liked her if he did. It was like she shined a spotlight on him he was so embarrassed. It took him a bit but he slowly nodded. "I...I....I..I d..d..do." he stuttered as he struggled to keep eye contact with her. His shyness was killing him, but telling Lethe all this did feel real good in a way. Gulping he tried to push himself further. "I...I like y..you a lot Le..Lethe, l..like a whole lot. Evan m..more th..than Ma..Master, or or or an..anybody." Blaise fidgeted as he said the last part, getting a slight uneasy feeling for putting his Master on a lower status than her, as if he shouldn't have said it. But he was confident it was how he felt about her.

[Green Dreams]

Lethe had seen girls that got too shy to look a boy in the eye when he was confessing. She could never be like that. Especially when it was so hard for him to look at her anyway. At least he wasn't using that oh-so-dangerous "l" word "love." "I like you too Blaise."

Laying a hand on Monty, she kept him perfectly steady as she leaned slightly forward. Her chest was now partially on the counter and she was looking up at Blaise. "More than your master? Better not tell anyone else that." It was an interesting piece of knowledge for her to have access to. "I certainly won't tell. I like having you all to myself." She knew she was laying it on a little thick, but hopefully that would keep him off guard.

[Pyro Jess]

Hearing Lethe say she liked him too caused a small smile to spread over Blaise's face. 'At least she feels the same way' he thought as his unsettling feeling about liking her more than Master started to go away. His confidence in talking to her slowly started to diminish however as she leaned in closer to him. It seemed like whenever he was close to Lethe he got nervous, whether she was flirting with him or not. But this was mostly because of his urges to kiss her. "I...I....I wont t..t..tell." Pressing his fingers together while blushing he fidgeted in his seat. He wasn't sure why she didn't want him tell anybody, but he figured he'd just nod his head in agreement. If it meant she owned him, which he honestly enjoyed hearing, he'd keep his mouth shut for about anything she wanted.

[Green Dreams]

Lethe was worried about Blaise getting himself in more trouble. The last thing she needed was for some kind of ban or punishment that kept him from her. He was cute, easy to manipulate, and she really did kind of like him. This was a pretty drastic change from her original plan to gain control of him in order to access his powers.

Though if he couldn't talk, this could get very boring very quickly. Maybe she should back off a little bit. Taking a half step back, she kept Monty steady with the hand that had never left his back. Trying to keep herself approachable, she began idly reorganizing bottles. "Don't take a vow of silence or anything. I just worry about the repercussions if someone else hears you say that."