<strong>"If I must trade my body in order to follow at your side, then so be it.  I know of such things, and am willing to go to any lengths to appease you if it will aid me in the task set before me."</strong><br/><br/>Seka jerked back a little, clearly startled by this situation that was suddenly growing out of his control. "Hey, hey, wait a minute now! Like Darius said, I ain't trying to jiggle your lemons or munch on your sirloin or whatever!"<br/><br/>Seka grit his teeth in a forced smile and dug his elbow into<strong>Darius'</strong>ribs. "I'm glad you like him so much. You can have the first turn with him then and I'll spend the night with the Dr-" He cut his words off promptly, following smoothly with "dreaded empty tent." as suddenly the<strong>Drow woman</strong>had approached. He had only meant to joke, having little physical interest in even as obviously beautiful a woman as she was. He smiled sheepishly and pointed a finger at the now<strong> maskless man</strong>"You sit tight and relax a second. Seduce Darius or something and we'll get back to this whole artifact deal." He commanded as though he were suddenly the leader.<br/><br/>He turned back to the<strong> Drow </strong>with a grin and waved a hand in Darius' direction. "Forgive my friend. His honesty is really endearing when you get used to it." Implying that Venus did<em>indeed</em>have nice jugs, hips, and calves. And, well, to be fair, she did. "I think we could certainly use someone with your talents, if you're willing to not kill Darius in his sleep for saying something about your body." He replied with a chipper grin.<br/><br/><strong>“Hey, dancer lady, you’d make more money working for us!”</strong><br/><br/>The feline turned to<strong>Darius</strong>, face showing slight annoyance. "Are you going to invite<em>all</em>the pretty women at the bar?"  He asked flatly, though he had to admit that her skill with knives was impressive. Better than his own? Possibly and that was another reason he was uncertain about her. He didn't want to be made redundant all of a sudden.<br/><br/>Turning back to the<strong>uptight artifact seeker</strong>now that he felt he was finally getting a hold of the situation, he spoke again. "Well, since Darius seems to have expressed some interest as well, and, well, I like money, we'll just see how this goes for now. Do you have any skills in combat or exploring? Oh and one thing: No scary masks or stabby helmets unless you're trying kill someth-"<br/><br/><strong>The lights in the room fell dark, and a voice suddenly reverberated through the air without apparent source.<br/><br/>"I hope this party isn't starting without me!"</strong><br/><br/>Just before the mage could arrive at the table, Seka turned to<strong>Darius</strong>ears flat against his head and scowling. "I blame this weirdness on you some how." He remarked before turning back with his polite face to the<strong>mage.</strong><br/><br/>Darius had already seemingly already accepted him, but that was an awfully fancy title and card and Seka was feeling a little tired by now. His tone was dry in his single question. "Can we afford you?" He asked, just hoping that the man expected a normal cut. It'd be the most normal thing all night if that were the case.