Context: You're just a foreign noble that came to a new land to see what it might have to offer. Rumors of ghouls, witches, and other dangers in the forest caught your ear, but the story on everyone's lips is that of a runaway Alpha werewolf. Why did he abandon his pack? Who was he? Who cares, you're just here on vacation... right?

Setting: A bar in the woods

Tags:[M4A][Strangers to Enemies/Lovers?][Charming Astral Werewolf Speaker][Mysterious Noble Listener][Playing Coy][Deception][Mindgames][Moon-Blessed Werewolf][Casual Kidnapping][Confession][SPICY][Chemistry][Fantasy][Mystery][CW: Mentions of Murder/Disturbing Implications]

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[Scene opens in a bar just on the outside of a forest]

[SFX: A wooden door creaking open / bar ambiance]

[You step inside an old stone building and make your way to the bar, taking a seat next to a cloaked man]

“Hmm? Oh no, I don’t mind you sitting next to me, dear. Only seat open at the bar anyway.”

[SFX: A barstool squeaking and drinks being poured]

[You order your drink and take a sip. It doesn’t take you long to see he’s watching you from the corner of his eye]

“Lot of guards outside tonight, eh? Hmhm… They usually don’t come out to this little sinkhole of a tavern at the edge of the woods for drink either.”

[Pause?]

[He chuckles quietly, face largely hidden]

“Mmh… Not from these parts, are you, dear? It shows. You’re just so… cute and excitable. Most locals aren’t like that at all…”

[Pause?]

“Why??”

[He barks out a laugh]

“You really aren’t from these parts or anywhere close, are you? Haven’t heard the tale of the ‘runaway Alpha’ or any of the other problems plaguing this place? People vanishing in the forest? The flooded warrens? The ghouls?”

[Pause!]

[He laughs again and sips from his cup]

“Hmhmhm… You’re fun. So excited to hear about all of these dark, twisted tales, yet still so gungho! So, what brings you to our little neck of the woods, hm?”

[Pause]

[SFX: The guards moving around outside]

[The guards shift and chatter and your new friend rumbles anxiously]

“Ahh, traveling. I see, I see… Picked a bad time, it seems. Twenty or more guards usually means some haughty noble is visiting to make themselves feel better.”

[...]

[He rolls his eyes at your silence]

“It’s such a damper on the mood, you know? Here I am, trying to seduce you into spending a bit more time with me, and the guards are out there like Priests scolding two teens in the church.”

[Pause?]

“Well, of course, I’m trying to seduce you.”

[He grins a very fanged grin]

“You’re the most interesting person I’ve met in some time… But, let’s take this chat elsewhere, hm? The mood is dangerously close to being ruined by those tin-plated idiots.”

[SFX: The stalls squeaking]

[He stands and casually wraps an arm around you, hiding you behind his cloak]

[...P-Pause?]

“What am I doing?”

[He starts leading you off. Casually but you can feel he won’t let you go easily]

[SFX: Him taking a sip of his drink/steps/bar ambiance]

“Ah, you know, I find incompetent guards really spoil the mood, as it were. And the mood was getting to exactly the kind of temperature that I like, darling.”

[Pause?]

[He flashes you a fanged smile, still leading you off]

“Spicy, dear. Hmhm.”

[P-Pause]

“Kidnapping you? Noooo, nooo. Torep, refill for me and my anonymous guest that you absolutely will have no recollection of come tomorrow?”

[SFX: Drinks quickly being refilled and coin plonking down]

[You watch the barkeep refill both your mug all while the stranger subtly throws a bag of coins by the barkeep’s ankle]

“Top speed, as always. Many thanks, but we’re still walking, we don’t stop walking, no. Walk and drink, the night is young!”

[P-Pause?]

“Do I know who you are? Oh, don’t tell me your name, dear, that always complicates things… You must think you are someone of great import if you ask such a question, even that nervously… So, who do you think you are?”

[...]

[He leans down, whispering:]

“By the way, even if you start a sentence with a, “Look, I’m really not that guy, but,”, doesn’t mean you don’t sound like an asshole by following it with, “-do you know who I am?”.”

[Pause…]

[He chuckles and sips again from his mug]

“Oh, I can’t be mad at that sad little, “Sorry”. Fine, fine, I’ll ease up. But, let’s reveal the reason you asked said question, hm? Who are you?”

[Pause…]

[Even though his expression goes totally blank, he still leads you insistently out of the bar and further out toward the woods]

[SFX: The chatter of the bar fading to nighttime forest ambiance]

[...Pause?]

[SFX: Footsteps crunching over Autumn leaves]

“Ahh… You’re the foreign noble visiting our fair land…”

[Pause…]

[He barks out a laugh. In the moonlight, his eyes seem to reflect light unnaturally]

“...So all of those guards were there to protect you… Not to hunt me down?”

[Pause…]

[SFX: Further footsteps]

“Hmm… I suppose I could just let you go back to your paltry little choir boy knights if you promised not to tell… But something about your demeanor… How little you fought back, how calm you are… Hmhmhm… You almost sell being a confused, airheaded fool, Noble. Almost. If you’d really wanted to sell it, though…”

[SFX: The footsteps stopping]

[He stops at last and you stop similarly, watching him]

“...See? A fool would have kept stumbling forward, triggering a rather unpleasant instinct in me. An instinct that would have me throw off my astral cover and present as I truly am… But perhaps that is what you came to see, hm?”

[...]

[He smiles, each tooth sharp and pointed now]

“Here, let me just tilt my head so the moon is… There we are.”

[The illusion clears and you realize what he is at last]

[...Pause]

[He laughs and his grin widens]

“Really…? You just saw me transform in seconds by the blessing of the moon… and your first words were, “I’ve seen bigger werewolves”?”

[Pause]

[He laughs again. It’s far more bestial]

“Oh, I like you… You’re fun! Do you know how boring every other hunter has been? Hunting a bunch of old timers boring! You’re making me absolutely salivate!”

[He snarls the last word]

[Pause <3]

[He reels it back slightly, putting that haughty expression back on]

“So… Just to be clear… Is this for work or pleasure, Noble? Or both, if you’re feeling especially spicy…”

[Pause <3]

[He chuckles behind his palm, eyes both wild but restrained]

“Very well… We begin the hunt on my word. The first to render the other unable to fight, or to resist submitting to primal urges unrelated to fighting earlier than anticipated, is declared the winner.”

[Pause?]

“The prize? Survival, I imagine. And one Hell of a story to tell the folks back home.”

[SFX: Shifting footsteps]

[You move from his side but never take your eyes off of him, even though you both are smiling amicably]

“Hmhm… I feel so giddy, don’t you? What a first date to tell our eventual children.”

[Pause…]

[He chuckles again before he slowly lowers his ears back, expression serious]

“...Good luck, Noble.”

[Pause.]

[SFX: The pair fading into the forest as the VA sees fit]

[To be continued]