A Sinless City {Job/Elyx}

With that, he would end up on the back of the lion. It was about time they went out anyways. He would take her suggestion and try to take a nap the best he could, though he was still aware of what was going on in the outside. In doing so, he would end up knowing what was going on around him thanks to the effects of Vivid Dreaming from a job that he had done. Still, there was not enough time to take a nap before they would arrive to... a bar... Good stuff. They were going to wait for someone at a bar, his suspicions had to be correct. Now he needed to be really careful when approaching this situation, the instant she tried to jump on him and force him to drink, he would put her in a paralysis state with his eyes and leave her asleep for a few hours. It would only feel like a few minutes later when she would slide over a shot to him... You... Don't expect me to drink this, do you? Flashes would emit in his mind as he would remember in black and white the memory in which she made him drink forcefully. What an unfortunate time. And this time, he was a lot more prepared for her, in case she dared herself to do something so bodly again. With that, he would end up looking down to see the drink in front of him. His body was a Sky Slayer designed one, it should probably prevent him from getting drunk, right? Then again, those were the first words of a drunk, and he would not dare himself to even taste it... Not again. He was not a drinker like Lynn was, despite how many times she tried to make him drink. Two times. But that was two times out of two, which was a 100% ratio in the end of the day. He would move his right pointer finger over the edge of the glass, spinning it around the edge as he would look into the liquid. He did not know much about drinks, but this one in particular seemed to have more, so it would have less of an effect on him. that was just him taking a guess, and maybe it was a system that told him that the weaker it looked, the stronger it was. he'd been surprised before with mineral water, why would this be any different? Being a Lerale, he would not take such a thing, and would instant use that same right pointer finger to push away the drink that was placed in front of him. His mind was set, there was no way in hell that he was going to take it. It was a nice try though.

Lynn frowned and then raised an eyebrow at him at his decline of her generous offer. Normally she wouldn’t buy anyone drinks, it was the other way around. “Come on, don’t be a pussy,” she told him, grabbed her drink and then drank the contents in one shot, not even bothering to take the lemon or the salt. She then turned back at Elyx. “See? It barely does anything to you,” she said in a perfectly normal voice. She, in fact, was in a completely normal state. There was no denying the fact that she was an alcoholic with a tolerance for alcohol beyond measure, but still, Elyx was a man and she felt he had not fully become a man since he wasn’t drinking or accepting her (subtle) challenge. “If I can take forty shots, you can take fifty,” she told him. The challenging tone in her voice was clearly audible as the bartender looked taken aback at her statement. She ordered two more shots. “Hurry up, there are plenty of rounds. Don’t tell me you’ve already given up?” If a challenge wasn’t going to work on a man with pride and fame, she didn’t know what was. Even if he began to hate her for this, he would take up the challenge for the reason that he still had balls. Lynn waited for him to take the shot. It wasn’t like she had prepared for when Elyx got out of control. She was a master at this and knew exactly what to do.

The man that she was supposed to meet had only been contacted to the after the job she did with Elyx. He was to bring her two things: money and a pill. He arrived not very later than they did and gave Lynn what he owed him and something she asked for as a favor. He left right after, not even bothering to join them for a drink after seeing that Elyx was there. The Wizard Saint was that popular, scaring away mini-criminals like him. It made Lynn scoff. “You’re a pretty scary dude to some people, did you know that?” she asked, now drinking from her glass of whiskey and listening to the music that just started playing as there was an influx of customers. Lynn shoved away the money and placed the pill in front of Elyx. “Here, take this to control the freakiness that might happen once you’re actually drunk,” she instructed, and then smiled at him. Honestly, she just wanted him to have fun. It was cool to be against drinking and everything, but she knew Elyx wasn’t that kind of person who thought alcohol was against their religion so a little of it wouldn’t hurt, and in fact might take him somewhere else. Even if it may be a bit embarrassing, we’ll all been there.

Lynn did not even try to deny it. First, she called him a pussy. Eh, he could live with that. Being a Wizard Saint, H ranked, Guild Master pussy indeed. He'd look down at the shot once more she would demonstrate the little effect that a single shot had on her. Of course, with a portion that small, it probably would not hurt him anyways. Do you think I'm really that petty? I'd rather not. He'd reject the offer after being told of the 40 to 50 shot ratio that she said he had. Great, now she was trying to boost his morale to make him do it. Lynn even went so far as to actually offer a pill for him to avoid the aftereffects, because she KNEW that it could damage him if he did it. Hmph, fine. Not fine. Like hell was it fine. He did not even take the pill. Stella was by his side, and so he would end up having it all burn up inside of him anyways as he would then begin by taking the first shot. Almost instantly, the taste made him want to spit out the unholy drink. It was nasty to him, something his body would surely reject. Stella would focus her energy in taking out any of the buzz that the alcohol would cause him, and eventually, he was able to muscle down the first shot. Such a terrible drink, Lynn could not force him to make him taste it again. Nope, no way in hell. That shit tastes nasty! He would push the empty shot to the side, he was not going to accept her challenge. He was able to avoid getting drunk thanks to stella and his magic. But it was the taste that had him pissed off with the drink he just had. And the fact that he drank a bit shamed him...

Never again... The Reiaki would tell himself before getting himself a glass of water to wash down the taste of the liquid. Such a nasty taste, and he felt just as equally nasty for having it. Lynn could think the worst of him for all he cared, and he would still not take another shot. She meant well, but a drinking game? Eh, he'd probably win if it were not for the taste. But it was so awful, and he did not have plans to begin adapting either. It was a trashy drink, and he was going to treat it as such. Now, he could classify any alcoholic beverage in that same form. Was that wrong of him? Perhaps to the average drinker who says that there are many different flavors, but he was not going to risk it. They all might as well be the same to him, because now they all disgust him in just the same way.

Lynn had semi-expected Elyx to decline her offer, which she didn’t react in any sort of angry manner, but just built up plans to get Elyx to drink at least five shots. She sort of wanted to force it in, but seeing how the place was not exactly packed, yet, she waited. And once the place was pretty much filled with drunk people, she could hear feel the air getting a bit lighter, or that’s what she thought. It was the ecstatic gas that the bar released. Since it was some kind of underground bar, things like this wasn’t anything unexpected from a place like this. It was the kind of place people dealt drugs and things like that, not that she was against drugs. It was definitely illegal, but Lynn didn’t find the need to turn in someone dealing drugs over to the rune knights or something, she was not THAT lawful or something. After all it was good to have your foot in these kind of things, just in case, you know? It was a part of being important. She needed to know these things, be up to date and stuff in the case that she needed to have intel on illegal dealings. Plus she was pretty close with the bar owner here and if he was here, she would get free drinks. She only paid now mainly because she didn’t want to be an asshole.

“That’s all you can take?!” she asked, now a little mad. She then ordered four more shots and they were all lined up in front of him, ready to be taken one after another. “Alright, this is a straight up challenge and we’re not leaving until you take these shots!” she announced, standing up now. She dropped the pill into one of his shot cups and told him to drink that first. If this was not working, she would try something else, and if not, another. Her plans would keep coming, and so would her drunkenness, slowly building up to the point of herself losing balance. So the result of tonight would be either - Elyx and Lynn both getting drunk and having a great night, or Lynn getting drunk and mad and Elyx having to take care of her in the end. The second didn’t sound like much fun, so hopefully Elyx took her offer as well. Even if it tasted bad in the beginning, it would not even taste like anything later once he was intoxicated. But it was good to have some drinks after such a tiring job. Both of them needed it, even if Elyx refused the drinks at first. It was the end of another day in their lives.

Watch me. The Wizard Saint would tell her as he would push the shots away from him, getting up from the stool that he was on and proceeding to the door where he could wait for the Lynn that could or could not be drunk in the end. Who was he to care if she was drunk or not? The fact that she wanted to make him drink a laced drink and four more shots to come along with it was not his idea of a good time. Drinking on it's own seemed like a trashy idea as it was, and now that he himself ended up taking a shot, he would never get a rop of alcohol into his mouth again. Again, it was a stereotype that he made, saying that all drinks with alcohol in it would taste just like that. And maybe he was being biased. However, he never wanted to drink in the first place, and his job partner was pestering him for quite a while. It would only be until the end of the trip in which a very drunk and pissed off Lynn would join him to come back home. While she was rather annoying, in her drunk state, she was unable to do anything to him. In fact, she was not even able to make him drink while she could not even think straight. He had to feel bad for the poor lion as well that had to put up with that sort of thing. Maybe he could bring some steak for it to munch on in the process. Unless Lynn thought it was a good idea to give that alcohol to the lion, but he had yet to see her do that, so he needed to prepare it for a meal to make sure that it had some sort of incentive to keep on going. That was that, he was not going to drink ever again while he had all the free will that he did. It was time for the both of them to come home. Seeing as they were not too far from his guild, he could pretty much bring her to a hotel.But she was drunk, and she did not need to make a mess of things in his guild. So he would bring her home directly to Sabetooth, her guild. The best he could on the lion anyways. And with that, he would then walk off towards his home in Golden Phoenix. That was about the end of the job for him, they were both done and he ended up taking a shot of alcohol. Did he enjoy it? Nope. Will he ever try again? Perhaps... But he certainly does not think so.