Slick Southpaw
Flint Jakobs
Slick Southpaw
Flint Jakobs
Slick Southpaw
Flint Jakobs
Flint laughed gently, blowing the smoke from Slick's cigar out of his face. "Alright, alright, I'll ask next time. If I didn't know better though, I'd get the sense you were just lookin' for excuses to grab my horns."
He ran a hand through his hair, then brushed at the spot Slick had used to light the match, shaking his head. "If you scuffed my horn I'll be mighty unhappy about it. If y'all wanted a light, y'all coulda just asked me to light it for ya. I'm good at startin' fires. I'm also good at keepin' things burning though, if you get what I mean." Flint returned the wink and ran a hand through Slick's beard, grinning. "Faun hair's a bit different from other hair, innit? More sturdy, thicker. I always forget that."
"Yeh touch moine, Ah touch yers." Slick retorted, an incorrigible grin returning back to his scruffy face. His eyes glistened as he added cheekily, "Fer all Ah know wit yer sense o' touch ya would've burnt mah cigar ta a crisp...." The faun's voice trailed off as Flint fingered through his beard. "''afta be. Bones o' ta earth, stewards o' ta wild. Clothes jus' get in ta way o' all ta sensations, so why bother?"
"Difference is you can touch my horns all day if it suits yer fancy," Flint replied with a chuckle, continuing to run his hand through Slick's beard. "I enjoy havin' my horns touched, bein' truthful. An' that ain't true, after all, if that were a matter of touch, then yer beard would be up in flames right about now, wouldn't it?" As if to prove his point, Flint gently scratched at the skin and beard on Slick's chin, smirking. "I don't see you complainin' about my touch."
Pondering the faun's last question, Flint shrugged. "I like pants. Feels nice to not wear anythin' up top, but there's somethin' pleasant about havin' comfortable fabric on my legs."
The faintest tinges of pink creeped onto the faun's caramel colored cheeks; not like he was aware of it or anything of that sort. "Jus' depends on where yer touchin." Slick grumped, though there was a decidedly less gruff edge to his tone. Had Flint hit a soft spot?
"Ffft, yer nae unnerstandin cos yer nae part o' ta earth, yeh only thinkin loike 'oomans. Jus' th' immediate surroundin's" Slick continued, and the excitement in his voice was quite palpable. "Tis much more, feelin th' network o' ta forest, th' orgasmic blossomin' o' new loife among nature, the shrill calls dat leak inta yer soul, callin fer freedom and shakin free o' standard chains." The faun at this point had dropped his tough guy attitude as he allowed the passion of nature speak through him, grasping the demon's hands as he spoke, his voice a deep baritone that seemed to radiate deeper notes than physically possible.
"So many think yon vegetation is static, jus' existin, but we fauns know better. Tis a vicious, mo' barbaric cycle than yeh kin e'er imagine, fightin fer ta right ta exist, ta keep aloive, tis so 'umblin, feelin dere passion, far more primitive n' intense. Tis exhileratin, feelin it under yer skin, in yer soul, an durin spring, tis just so delightfully maddenin"
Caught up in his own excitement, Slick had hardly realized he pulled Flint into a sort of curious dance as he explained. Flint noticed the blush and grinned a bit, but made no comment other than to say, "Well, from what I can tell, there ain't nobody who minds a good beard scratchin' or two."
However, for the rest of Slick's talk, Flint listened quietly and more or less went along with Slick's movement as he did. It wasn't in the demon's nature to stop and appreciate life, simply because of how he chose to live, but it was most definitely in his nature to listen to people talk about things they felt passionately about. "I don't think it's possible for me to feel all that the way you do, pardner. Good to see sombody appreciates it, though. I guess it's like bein' alive up here in a way, 'cept plants don't have to feel bad for doin' what comes natural to 'em."
"Few can." The faun beamed, honest excitement radiating from his scruffy face, even with a cigar jammed between his teeth, smoking ever so slightly.
"Tis nae just bein aloive, m'dear demon das exhiliratin, it's yon feelin the ebb n' flow o' life as it comes n' goes." Slick continued, pulling Flint in closer, his grin taking on a decidedly more feral look. "Ah tink yeh know ta term---powah--knowing th' vast control yeh kin exert into makin life force givin yeh mo' mystical 'igh, better den any drug."
He inhaled deeply, blowing a smoke ring past the demon's ear before crushing the cigar's smoldering remains in his other hand, tracing a finger down Flint's jawline. "Ah jus' wonder 'ow much passion yeh do 'ave, demon, an' if tis where it counts...." Flint closed his eyes and smiled vaguely. "Yeah, power...I understand that part just fine, amigo. It's a nice feelin', for sure. Dangerous, though. Used to think that's all there was to life." He paused, then opened his eyes, smile gone. He looked the same as usual, but there was a deeper, quieter tone to his speech. "Used to be that's all there was to life, it seemed. Power's great to feel in your own veins, compadre, but it's a differen't feelin' when your own power's bein' pulled away from ya."
Looking directly into Slick's eyes, Flint's smile returned slowly, gradually, before he spoke. "I'm still alive an' kickin', so if that don't tell you how much passion I have in the right places, then I dunno what you're lookin' for, compadre." He instinctively tilted his head up at the touch to his jaw, not enough to expose his neck, but enough to give Slick a bit more room to explore.