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He continued to watch him as he listened to the fancy words and interesting phrasings, soon laughing softly once Sin was finished. “Well then… this is something that’s interesting.” Playing with a bit of his own hair, Eri had a more feminine presence for a moment before his eyes were seen; power, anger, and just enough malevolence to make the combination deadly were in those eyes. His features remained calm, soft, amused as well before he tilting his head to the side. Like most dancers with long hair, he had learned how to use the hair that he had to flatter himself, help covey his emotions. Now was no different to him. “This seems like a nice offer, my grand sir but… one must ask what it is that will be done if I don’t help you.”

Eri chuckled again, shaking his head as he remained on his own hand. “The offer of the demon being out of sight is a nice one, however, and I must ask what it will take… I do miss my little dancer… What is it that you want in return for this grand gift, Sin? It seems like you have your informants, your own power and prowess… What do you need from a small elf like myself?” The words were near mocking as Eri knew that he was no small power, even to someone like Gambler, Monty, and possibly Sin. It wasn’t so much the amount that he had, however, but what it was that Eri could do. They had seem snippets but a magician never reveals his best tricks until much, much later.

Eyes still closed, Kalore could hear how close Monty was, hear his jaw clench… he knew that he wasn’t happy with what the elf had practically done to himself but the blonde hadn’t realized it. His lips were parted to speak to the other but once he felt the kiss on his forehead, his eyes slowly opened as he looked up, surprise on his features. Kalore could simply nod as he slowly began to sit up, allowing Monty to help him as the shirt would go down to his thighs if he stood up. He knew that Monty’s clothes were large on him but… this was a bit ridiculous… “Is it… is it bad?” Kalore looked up at him, the panic giving way to just worry of being judged and made fun of; a look he hadn’t had in a while. “Me… I… I know I’m even smaller than before now…”

Eri wasn’t trying to affect him in many ways but hearing what the other wanted to do was almost… humorous. No, it was humorous and he soon was laughing, covering his mouth as all that escaped were a few soft chuckles. “Rave… the man you want gone is Rave.” He continued to chuckle, shaking his head again. “Ah… the beautiful, beautiful Rave… I’m afraid that there are only a few things that I know of that can work on that man.” He shook his head once more before he leaned on his hand again, a grin now in the feminine face; the look one of sadistic glee. Rave was a challenge but he wasn’t a god. He could be taken down, it would just be damn difficult.

“I’m a patient man, Sin… but Ravie has the patience of no one I’ve ever seen. He is powerful, poised, and always collected. You wish for him to just go ‘poof’? He hasn’t been around Gambler much….” Saying her name was fun now as Eri noticed the other’s reaction to it. Did he really hate her that much? Eri wasn’t a fan but she was at least nice to look at. “He’s been at our grand capital, assisting the little queen there.” He now shrugged as the look of amusement wasn’t leaving. “I can get rid of him, yes, but it might take more than overnight… Do you have a time frame, my dear sir?”

He nodded back, biting his lip softly as he looked down. “Just… just a bit underweight…” He was thankful that it was just a small bit but Kalore knew that he was damn near underweight before. If the weight loss caught even his own attention… it bothered him more than he thought that it would to know that he let himself get this far gone. When his cheek was being stroked, he leaned against him, smiling just the smallest bit. “I… I understand. I… I’ll let you help me then.” Kalore didn’t know how to help himself so… why not?

The man waved his hand just a bit, shrugging, “I don’t care if we deal with you or not, Sin.” Eri wasn’t concerned about the man in front of him, though he should have been, but there was no reason for him to be. If he was to be concerned then he would but… honestly? Eri was good at disappearing when he needed to and there wasn’t even a need for him and this man to be at odds. “I don’t care what your plans are for the woman but… yes, I would like Kalore brought back here. Business goes up when he’s here.” He pouted just a bit at the thought of being without Kalore. Not only was he good for business, when he was drugged then he was damn good to be around for him. The longer he would be here, the less Eri would have to drug him, too, so it was a win-win.

“As for what can be done… I don’t know quite enough about the shadow man to tell you but… give me a few hours and I will.” The smile was back on his features, almost as if they were old friends sharing a good story. “The history of our lovely shadow king is an interesting one so I’m sure that someone knows enough about him to share.” Eri had a few ideas that could be used against the other but getting information correct was something that he needed to make sure that he did. The man may not do the most legal and righteous work out there, but he was thorough and damn good at it.

Watching Monty, Kalore bit his lip before he slowly was moving to rest a bit closer to him, eyes still shifted. “I… Okay. If something feels wrong then I’ll tell you. If… If you don’t want to carry me then I’m sure that walking wouldn’t be too hard.” Kalore knew that he had to have been able to walk because there wasn’t really any pain that would stop him. He felt weak, yeah, but he had been fine last night. The treatment that he was getting, though… it was nice. Very, very nice.

Taking the number, the man nodded back as he chuckled once more. “I can do that.” He returned the man with a piece of paper as well, his cell on it. “Get me there if you grow impatient, but I can find these things out pretty quickly.” The amused smile was still on the other’s features as he couldn’t help but chuckle at the look of almost innocent glee on Sin’s features. “The expression is deceiving… how nice.” Looking at him again, he continued to chuckle as he began to stand, gesturing for Sin to follow. “Shall I show you out? I need to check on my little employee that you terrified…”

Kalore nodded as he risked a movement by leaning against him again, eyes closing. “I… I will.” He stopped talking as he chuckled again, biting his lip once more as he sighed softly. His hand rested against Monty’s chest as he smiled just a bit more, comfortable against the man that had gotten closer to him than anyone else around. “Night.”

“Yes, the poor dear.” Why did he get the feeling that he really didn’t think of the other as some poor dear and that he actually enjoyed terrifying the poor elf? Eri knew because he found it humorous himself so of course he was going to enjoy the torment that he gave the other. Chuckling at the thought, he shook his head once more before he began to glance around once more, gesturing to the door. “Call me in a few hours if you do not hear from me. I will be getting things done around a few hours’ time.” It wasn’t going to be too hard for him to reaffirm the information that he needed to get.

Smiling softly again, Kalore nodded before he almost nuzzled the demon, sighing softly. He was so comfortable… so very comfortable against the warm man. Whispering another soft ‘goodnight’ to him, it wasn’t long before he found himself drifting off to sleep, peacefully for the first time in a long time.

Chuckling some, the man nodded before he closed the doors. It would be interesting to be able to dig up the information of Rave. How long had it been that he had had to deal with Rave and all of his regulations? The shadow man, the dark knight of the elven world, was someone that was the fear of everyone that knew that they were doing something even remotely wrong. While Lucien could be paid off, bribed, Rave couldn’t. He wouldn’t fail a mission and there were only a few things that could deter him from his mission and the things that needed to be done. The grin on Eri’s face lasted for hours as it didn’t take long for him to be calling Sin, chuckling as he tossed a pen in the air a few times, speaking, “You ready to come over?”

Eri was still grinning as he glanced at the pen, chuckling again, “Trust me… I’ve got the information.” The man had known the questions that he wanted to ask and he had known what it was that would be used against Rave, but the details… the details were something that he wasn’t completely sure of. “We open in an hour so… make it faster if you can.” Without saying goodbye, something he rarely did, the man hung up, pocketing the phone as he went back to work. Sighing softly, he kept the smile on his face as he was now in a black suit, pressed and tailored perfectly to his body as he looked perfect, his hair in a few braids mixed with his hair, most of it in a ponytail, framing his face nicely. They needed to be fast so that he would be able to get back to work.

When the man was close once again, Eri was already in his office, letting Sin into the room. “Sit or stand?” There was an amused, satisfied look on the other’s face as he fell back into the chair. Information was what the man did, what he had done for years. Finding out something that he mostly already knew about someone… it was child’s play. Yes, people were more worried about Rave now that he was back in town but that didn’t stop them from being able to give up on a certain price. “I’ve found that there are only a few things that are sure fire on getting his attention. My only question is this: Do you want him destroyed and broken, confused and broken, or bringing up a painful part of his past for this to work? Or do you not care?” How he left Gambler could be counted in each idea as well…