~You're in the Jungle, Baby!~

[Jay Furor]

Ahhh, life was good. Jay was at her hotel in New Optain, the one she and Alex managed, after that encounter with the late and deceased Pimp Named Slickback, whom she had put down with a lethal kick to the testicles, and for the moment, she was soaking up good happiness in a hot tub in her penthouse room there, enjoying a nice martini. Man, it felt good to have this power, and this life in the lap of luxuria. A Colonel, she was, as well as a top-dollar pimp, a well known black market weapons dealer, a mercenary, and a rather sought-after drug dealer to boot. Queen of both the law and the broken law, she felt her control on the world was strong, if not perfect. Few could claim to hold the level of awesomeness she enveloped. Aye, with her every waking breath, she was more amazing than most people, and constantly told herself this. Was it vain? Yes. Arrogant? Yes. Egotistical? Yes. But if it was wrong, she never wanted to be right. For whoever said it was bad to love oneself? So long as it was justified, why not?

Ah, but while she wouldn't go into detail debating internally over the justifications of her overwhelming vanity, she could enjoy the sauna-like pleasantries of the hot tub, and the touch of the near-boiling water on her skin. Delightful... And the martini oh too well complimented the relaxation, as she sipped the last few glorious drops from the glass, placing the olive at the bottom onto her tongue, letting it sit briefly as she relished the flavor of the small thing, setting the glass on the edge of the hot tub, biting softly into the olive, letting the juices flow over her tongue, a flavor unlike others. Jay liked olives... Swallowing the chewed up remains of what she assumed was a vegetable, she was about to turn on some music when a girl entered the room. "Ms. Furor?" Comfortable with her body such that she didn't move to cover herself, Jay looked up. "Yes?"

"We have a guest, and the receptionist and your secretary are out with the flu. Who do you want to invite her in?" Oh? A lady? Eyes widening slightly in curiosity, Jay stood up, stepping out of the hot tub, and reaching for her towel. Wrapping the towel around herself, she smiled at the girl. "I think I'll handle this personally, thank you for informing me."

Not really bothering to clothe herself, Jay took the elevator to floor level and stepped out to see a girl, Aerugese by the looks of her, standing there. Smiling, she figured it good gesture to speak, so she did. "Oh, hey there~ Jay Furor, co-manager of this lovely business. What can I do you for?"

[Guest]

Well, after the pervs she met on the train, the pervs she met on the streets, and so on, so forth, it was time to get some rest. She'd been walking in her black heels all day. She wore a skin tight oriental dress, black as purest night with white lotus designs on the front and back. She wore her pale, golden hair up in a messy bun, but left a few strands hang down around her face. Her amber eyes darting around the city of New Optain, looking for any good looking hotels, and there she saw a wondrous looking hotel, although many of the rooms had no lights in them.

Perfect, not to many people to annoy me!

She clicked her heels with fast pace to the doors and opened them nervously. There were several...extremely attractive women about the lobby, all turning their heads towards the door by the sound of the bell. They all looked...rather confused at her, but in unison all chimed happily,

Welcome! May your stay be pleasureble!

Wow...never seen hotel workers like these before. Guess there's no uniform here.

She approached the front desk and was greeted by the smiling face of a rather attractive woman with a ponytail and what to Kumero seemed to be a C. She hadn't spoken Amestrian in so long, but she forgot nothing of what she learned.

"Good evening! If it's not too much trouble, I'd like to rent out a room for a couple of days."

Excellent! What services would you like for your room?

THERE'S a strange question...

"Uhhh...room service?" She said sheepishly, almost raising a perfectly groomed eyebrow.

Oh, dear...Excuse me a moment... With that, she went and made a quick call to someone to get Jay. It sounded very rushed, and very quiet so she couldn't hear the whole thing.

Must be their manager...wonder what he's like...

She waited and waited, until silence was broken by a woman in a towel, with short blonde hair; an absolutly gorgous woman. She greeted her with well-spoken Aerugese, asking her if she needed any assistance.

"Excellent Aerugese! But all I need is a room for a couple days, there's a meeting in Central I'll need to be attending. I have plenty of money, if that's the issue. Quite the impressive staff here, although these girls look too good to be working in a hotel, don't ya think?"

[Jay Furor]

Ahhh, so she spoke Amestrian rather well. Good, good! Jay was Amestrian, and as such, she spoke very lovely Amestrian, even moreso than her Aerugese! So, with a smile, Jay did her best to greet her properly. "Ah, thank you~ Took a few lessons when I was serving in Certa a while back, really paid off, I guess. Lovely Amestrian, yourself, I might add." Ah, languages. Jay knew a few of them, for whatever reasons, and that knowledge of those languages often did help her out. Even Cretan had its uses, if only because her girlfriend was the ONE Cretan she didn't immediately want to kill.

And apparently, the girl wanted to stay the night? Well... Jay normally didn't let non-employees spend the night, but if it WAS for an important meeting, and the girl DOES look mighty fine, what would it hurt? "Ah, okay... Central, eh? Sounds fun. I work in Central a lot, actually, perhaps I'll see you then, ne? Hahaha~ As for a room, sure. Most of the rooms are for the employees to stay in, but we do have some rooms set aside for other guests, so that can be arranged. As far as food goes, you can generally order out or go out for a bite, but for you, I'll cook a bit extra, my treat, since I like to cook my own meals here." And as Jay explained the arrangements and such, the girl offered a rather funny comment, to which Jay smiled. Eh, rather true, it was. Well, good to have the most beautiful girls working at a place like this, but aye, some of them could have been far better than common prostitutes...

"Ah, so very true, so very true... So, might I catch your name? And if you'd like, you could come with me back to my room for a chat as your room is prepared, eh?" With a smile, Jay headed towards the elevator, glancing back at Kume, who she assumed was following her back to the penthouse suite. And a chat, indeed! Jay was, to be frank, a tad bored... So, should be interesting, to say the least, ne?

[Guest]

"Why thank you!" She smiled at the compliment to her talented tongue. This blonde was rather nice, usually hotel managers were assholes. She looked at Jay with interest, noticing her eyes were combing over Kumero's form. Was she...checking her out, she wondered? She extended a hand of generousity, offering free food and residence in her apartment till Kumero's was arranged.

Wait...food, alone in an apartment? Is she hitting on me?! Well, let's just see where this goes...

She put on her, what she dubbed, 'sexy walk', swaying her hips back and forth as she followed Jay into the elevator. She rested her hands against the rail, lying her head against the wall.

"My name's Kumero Ayashizu. I'm here for the peace meeting. I work as Head of Aerugo's Defense." With that she bowed, making sure not to far, the dress was too short as is. She still followed Jay to the penthouse, which doors were open into the modern equivalent of her room in the Palace. TV! Fully-stocked kitchen! But Kumero's eyes set on one thing...

...HOT TUB.....

She unconsiously started undoing the lace on the side of her dress slowly, her eyes never leaving the steam arising from the pool. She suddenly realized she was halfway up her dress before snapping out of her stupor. She turn and nervously smiled, pointing towards the hot tub.

"Can I just...y'know..."

[Jay Furor]

Ah, what a kind gesture it was of Jay to offer unto Kumero free food, a good room, and such other pleasantries! Namely, she did so, because she was a good person. Well... She had a FEW morals left, y'know? And as Jay listened to Kumero speak, her eyes widened slightly, with a smile. Standing against the wall of the elevator, Jay replied, "Ah, okay. Peace meeting, you said, aye? As it happens, I may actually be there, unless anything ele comes up. I head the secondary base of Central, in Kanama, and act as Third in Command at Central, as it happens. " Noting Kume's bow, Jay started to return the bow, but DID remember her towel was the sole thing she was wearing, and she decided against it, deigning instead to extend a hand for Kumero to shake.

Stepping finally out of the elevator, she swiped a keycard in the elevator's door, opening it at the top floor, which opened up to reveal a magnificent penthouse, two bedroom, with a plethora of goodies, including her hot tub. As a tiny sqee noise came from one of the bedrooms, Jay made sure to enter the room, and returned with little Janis-Ilona Furor in her arms, as Kumero stared at the hot tub. Jay, noticing her staring, smiled. "Go right ahead, if you want~ I also have my mini-bar over there, if you'd like a martini while you relax." taking a seat in the living room, where the hot tub was kept, she sat the little girl down next to her and poured herself a glass of red wine, as she awaited some frm of response from Kumero.

[Guest]

In no time at all, Kumero was already laying out her dress on the nearby couch. She proceeded to lay her shoes out on the floor as she went step by step into the amazing, almost tropical waters. Standing, the water was waist high, and it felt sooooo good on her feet. She heard a strange noise and Jay vanished into a bedroom, bring with her..

That is the cutest baby I've ever SEEN!

She watched the little girl as Jay sat her down, marveling at her with amazement. She hadn't seen many babies before, but she remembered she thought they were the most amazing thing. She turned her back to Jay and brought her hands up and took out the chopsticks holding her hair up and let her hair fall, like a perfect gold waterfall cascading down into the water at waist length, a tad longer then Jay's. She submerged herself to above her chest and turned back around. She heard mention of free alcohol, but then heard martini. She wasn't to keen on martinis.

"If you have anything like whisky, Jager, rum, sake, I'll gladly take that."

She looked out of the nearby window, looking about the city, an almost boondock. She couldn't believe a place like this existed in this city, it was magnificent. The place must've had very satisfied customers, but it looked no different than any normal hotel....she sensed something was off. She just couldn't place it.

[Jay Furor]

Ooh... My, oh my... Jay knew she had a girlfriend, and still felt uncomfortable with the undisclosed nature of her first girlfriend anyways, but still... Not often did she have the opportunity to see a woman undress in front of her that WASN'T an employee here. And of all the women it could be, this Kumero lady was sexy. Indeed, she could think only of THREE sexier people, those being her darling Lexi, wherever the girl had gone, her lovely Lili, and of course, the head of South, Shula Brighton, whom she oddly never saw unless she was drunk. Ah, anyways, she didn't give her more than a glance, not noticable, as she'd rather it not seem that she was checking her out. So as the Aerugese woman submerged herself in the water, Jay looked to her little baby with a smile, hugging the little girl for a few moments, before picking her up and placing her gently in her crib, also in the living room. Well, one of her cribs. For a little girl her size, she had more beds than most people; a crib in her own room, a crib in the living room, and one in Jay's new house in Kanama, one in her room here, and one in either of her offices, be it in Central or Kanama. Of course it was the one here she used, in the living room. And as she did so, she then shed her towe, and sat opposite Kumero in the hot tub.

It was a rather nicely sized hot tub, so they weren't crushed together or anything, but deep within her rather social self, Jay DID feel a tinge of awkwardness. Namely that it generally isn't chill to enjoy a hot tub with a girl that ISN'T your girlfriend, especially if the two hot tubbers are not wearing clothes. Then, of course, she recalled that this was just a FRIENDLY soaking of water with some drinks. Not anything wrong with that. "Hope you don't mind, I was taking a dip not too long ago anyways, so I've got a mad desire to chill in here again~ As for drinks, of course, of course." Reaching behind her, she opened the minibar and brought out a glass, filling it with some of her finest bottle of good old Jack Daniels. "Ehehe, y'know, I've occasionally considered going bi for old Jack here!~" Pouring a glass for herself, she passed one to Kume and raised her own, grinning.

"Cheers~"

[Guest]

If there was one thing Kumero had always noticed about people is that they often stared at her. Maybe it was her outfit, maybe it was her tan skin or wheat colored hair. Maybe it was her amazing body. Nontheless, Jay was no exception. She couldn't help but notice with her ever-observing eyes that she was focusing on all of her, but more attention was placed in more areas than other, and her first thought was her chest. Kumero never saw the need for bras, her shirts and such were always tight and she didn't have a sagging problem so she would inevitably say 'Screw it'. But last time she had gone shopping, she scoped out her size: 38, maybe 40 D, which appearantly isn't that bad. She got in the water before Jay could get a good look at the bottom half of the hourglass, but it was aaaall good. She watched her take the child into the crib in the living room, then...disrobe. Kumero felt a hot surge in her face as she blushed and feel it go down her spine, sending her goosebumps. She gently plunged her flawless form into the water, water glistening off her skin and jade automail. Kumero had her knees to her chest, resting her chin on them as Jay spoke.

"Not at all, not at all. It's always nice to have company. Lonely nights are never fun." She instantly unloosed and relaxed herself as soon as booze was offered. To her dismay, the whiskey was served in glass rather than being given the bottle like most times. Then she made a joke, which she heartedly laughed at. They clinked their glasses together and she immediatly drank it all down and poured herself 3 more consectutive glasses, taking no time to breath and downing glass after glass. She wondered if she'd be able to have some fun tonight, so she'd let her acting do the work. She put on her hazed over eyes and drunken smile, and stared at Jay.

"You're rather uncomfortable right now, thinking it's a little weird that two complete strangers are having a soak together. It's alright, as you can tell, I'm not a bashful one. Sorry if this seems out of place, I'm rather good at reading people. But don't worry about it..." She inched closer, taking Jay's real arm in her hand by the wrist, running her knuckle across the underside. "Your skin is incredibly soft; so smooth and white as alabaster. You're a rather beautiful woman, I'd probably ask you out for dinner and a night of dancing if you weren't spoken for...but dancing and food among friends is ok right?" She eyed a photo of Jay and another woman a ways away, assuming it was her girlfriend. She kept her drunken facade, smiling haplessly and swaying her glass a little.

[Jay Furor]

Jay grinned at Kume's words, nodding. "Indeed, indeed... A lonely night isn't very lonely when surrounded by friends, aye?" And then, lo and behold! Kumero was pouring glass after glass of the glorious whiskey into her glass! So Jay gave a wicked grin and reached deeper into her minibar, grasping a new bottle; jet black, with a rather hairy burgundy camel emblazened on the front. The liquid within was dull brown, as she poured herself a glass of it. "You're a hearty drinker, I see~ So I'll offer you this; a glass of the strongest alcohol you've ever tasted. Gelemortian 'Jus Morté'. This stuff'll hit you like a hurricane!" So with a grin, she poured a second glass, placing the bottle back in the minibar, and passed Kumero a glass, before dipping her head back and tipping the drink down her throat. The sharp, hot flavor blitzkrieged her mouth for a fleeting second as a powerful aftertaste hit her; mangoes... Bit odd, she'd always found it, that the stuff tasted like mangoes, a fruit found predominately in the much-loathed Esparia, which she didn't loathe, rather, Gelemortians loathed it.

Following this, however, she passed Kumero a few bottles of whiskey, with a wink, as she cracked open a bottle of her own, downing a good quarter of it before setting it down with a smile. Ah, and then Kume mentioned Jay being uncomfortable... Well, to be fair, Jay had found that a bit awkward at first, for a moment or two. But nah, that wasn't it now. Shaking her head, she responded as Kume slid over closer to her. "Ne? Oh, nah. Not that~ Actually, I was wondering how my poor boss is doing right now; he's so pitiful... Fianceé, despite being a very sexy lady, has gotten him off the booze. Not for my lack of trying, though~ I still manage to slip a bottle of tequila in his back pocket every day I see him. Hehehe..."

Ah, and as she spoke, Kume was examining her arm, and giving compliments. "Oh, thank you~ I could say the same of you, actually." Jay noticed her eyes trail over to the coffee table in the living room, where Jay did indeed have the picture of Lili and herself at the Bad House, after Jay was defeated by her now-girlfriend in MORTAL COMBA- erm. A friendly no-holds-barred cage-fight. Ah, good memories... And as if on cue, Kumero did, in fact, mention Lili. So Jay smiled and spoke. " Ah, yes, a good wine-and-dine between friends is always fun~" Indeed, dancing and food were never bad! Of course, for now, Jay was more concerned with a nice hot tub bath with a new friend, so twas no real need to think so far ahead just yet. So Jay just sat in the hot tub, enjoying the here-and-now. "So, Kume, d'you come to Amestris often?"

[Guest]

Kumero posted her elbows on the edge of the hot tub, sipping from the neck of one of the whiskey bottle, leaving her glass of moonshine alone for now. She grinned as she felt the cold libation turn to fire in her belly, warming her body and her boldness. She continued draining the bottle by gulps till her first bottle was done for, then reached for her glass. Usually she wouldn't allow extremely strong alcohol to touch her tongue, but this was a new experience so she'll allow it. It was hot, like spice, and tasted of citrus...mangoes. It flew up and down her body several times until hitting her in the head like a brick and exploding in an amazing alcoholic experience. She could feel herself sweating. She could feel the same reaction she got from the 5th of sake she'd usually have hit hard and disapate, but it still lingered. She listened intently to Jay as she spoke of her boss and her fiancee, cracking a smile at the extent she went to try and get her drunk. Oh, what fun that could be...

She mentioned something to Kumero about if she'd ever been to Amestris. The alcohol had bolded her up and she floated up to the right of Jay, almost skin to skin. "Only a little, when I was a kid. I visited Ishval with my parents on a relief effort they funded. They were trying to alchemically create food that could survive in the desert there. Then, I remember going there after Dad and me and Mom just took a break from the house for awhile. She was really depressed. Other than that, I've barely gone anywhere else. That moonshine is really good, nother glass please." She was usually such a happy drinker, and she was glad her face was wet. She didn't want to ruin this with tears.

[Jay Furor]

Ahh... Hm, this closeness would suck should Lili enter the room at the time. Casually clicking her teeth, much like a rockstar's annoying agent who believes he is "hip" when his hip breaks all too often, the door to her room locked silently, ensuring nobody really comes in. Privacy~ And Kume was none the wiser, as it merely seemed Jay had randomly clicked her teeth, as the door appeared not to change at all. And look at the timing! For Kume then scootched closer to Jay, which Jay really didn't mind.

Nodding to the story, catching a bit of sadness in Kume's tone, she took a few long gulps of the Jus Morté, before pouring herself another two glasses and refilling her new friend's glass, handing her now the bottle, which contained the last glass-ful of the liquid sunshine. Tipping back another glass of the stuff, she smiled at the warm, fuzzy, mango-ey feeling. "Good stuff, ne?~" A strong, powerful drinker as she was, she too now felt the loopy tipsiness that had befell Kume on her first glass of the punch-packing Gelemortian Death Juice. Hehe, at the name, one would assume it was poison, but no, no, no. T'was but whiskey, Gelemortian make! Gelemortians were, as a race, a band of hearty drinkers, and it would surprise nobody that Jus Morté was their equivalent to Crieg booze. It truly took a Gelemortian to not succumb to intoxication after drinking a bottle. As it happened, it took a minimum six bottles to have a Gelemortian plastered, so saying said. After six bottles, to a non-Gelemortian, however, they would be sent to the hospital, blowing up chunks from alcohol poisoning! Which made this concoction a fun one indeed!

[Shula Brighton]

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