<div class="floatright">(http://elliquiy.com/elluiki/images/d/dc/Arouj.jpg)<br/><strong>Name:</strong> Arouj al-Qadir (http://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=141932.msg6401727#msg6401727)<br/><strong>Location:</strong> The Blue Iguana<br/><strong>Languages:</strong> English, Arabic<br/><strong>Tagging:</strong> Ta'er, Mary (indirectly)<br/></div><br/><br/>The lamplight played on Arouj's dusky brown skin, giving his bare face and forearms the lustre of bronze. Heavy brows and thick lashes framed his almond-shaped eyes and made their stormy shade of grey appear even more pale by contrast as they widened in pleasant surprise.  The white bird had a taste for men, eh? Arouj's half smile curled lasciviously, his sharp teeth pressed together lest he be tempted to take a bite of that creamy flesh in front of him.<br/><br/>“I was at sea before I grew a beard,” he replied, running a hand over the dense black stubble on his jaw, “and I handled steel before I learned the name of god. It is not the hard work but the fair pay that proves elusive in these foreign waters. I will gladly display my skill with boat and blade, as well the abilities of my apprentice, to your honest captain.” He spared a glance at Mary, who had not yet been cuffed or thrown on the table by her companion, and judged she must be doing well enough in her own line of persuasion.<br/><br/>At the sound of the man's name, Arouj's attention flashed back to Ta'er and he chuckled softly. “Pretty name for a white bird. In my tongue the meaning is 'pure' and 'chaste'.” He reached out, letting his long fingers and palm slide over Ta'er's hand until he closed his fist around the smaller man's wrist.  A greeting, and a test. “I am Arouj al-Qadir. What do you see now with your pretty eyes, the color of sky and sun? Someone to serve... at your side? To shade your chastity?”<br/><br/>He raised his chin in a teasing motion, a wicked smile on his lips.<br/>