the importance of brohood

carlos flores fisherman | lancer | lover 8,500G resident of pelago islands

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Falling For You || Forte & Carlos

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forte-days-and-knights‌:

“What?” Her head whipped around in shock, eyebrows furrowed. That seemed like an awfully personal question for him to be asking her. What business was her love life, or lack thereof, to him? What could he possibly gain from knowing?

“Not that it is any of your business, but I do not. I haven’t the time for… romantic relationships” Her gaze shifted ahead again, feeling a little embarrassed at discussing it, though she spoke her words softly. Also, a little embarrassed since he wasn’t far from the mark on his sword comment. She certainly understood swords better than she understood the inner workings of men.

Even if she did have the time though, what would she even do with a boyfriend? It wasn’t as though there were any men fawning over her to begin with, and she’d never really had much luck with men anyways. In fact, in her experience men seemed to think she was too intimidating to be their girlfriend.

The thought sent a jolt through her fingers, gripping her practice sword a little tighter. Their loss. She liked training better anyways.

Completely unaware of any signals she might be throwing off, Carlos kept onward, beaming at her. “Aw, it’s not such a weird question, c’mon! Don’t look so surprised! Guys gotta ask that all the time, don’t they? Look at you! With your...your eyes, and your...” Her extremely strong frown. Carlos finally chuckled and slapped her on the back, trying to cover up for the silence. “You’re radical, babe!”

He shoved his hands in his pockets and looked around them as they continued walking, considering a new plan of attack. So, she played hard to get! That was fine. He could handle that. He could handle anything!

“I know what you mean,” he said almost solemnly. “Romantic relationships, like, settling down with somebody, who’s got time for that? They always want dates and thoughtful gifts??” He winced. “It’s, like, this whole stupid life plan that they expect us to fill out without even asking us what we want!”

He knocked their shoulders together and eyed her companionably with a smirk. “That’s why I just do a whole lot of, ah, night time rendezvous? I bet you know what I’m talking about.” He winked. “Hey, what’re you, uh, doing tonight, huh?”

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Gun Show || OPEN

It was only natural for Carlos to want to do something to serve his community in one way or another. The likelihood of him sticking around the Pelago Islands for very long was slim to none, but hey, why not leave a lasting impression, right? He’d been here before. He’d probably come back again. If he didn’t have some fans waiting on him to come back, what even was the point?

On his way down the road toward his ship one afternoon - he’d be hopping back on to do a little fishing, now that a few more breeds were active out there - he caught a glimpse of somebody struggling to lift a heavy burden.

This, of course, called for Carlos Flores, handsome muscled man extraordinaire.

“Hey, lemme help you with that!” he piped up, scooping their burden away without question, then beamed down at them. “Where’s this going?”

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Whiskey Heat || Alicia & Carlos

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crystalball-predictions‌:

Alicia leaned closer to the bars as he did with a smirk. There was one drink that she started every night with, but the best way to see what kind of guy - and person - he was simply lied in letting him choose a drink for her. Not only did it show her what kind of guy he was, it also showed her what he thought of her. Each drink had its own story and typically followed a type of person. She was curious to see what he type of person he thought she was. It would make the decision of staying or leaving that much easier.

“Choose something for me. I trust you.”

She didn’t, but a vote of confidence never hurt anyone. And with her curiosity now piqued, she would be ending her shift soon to meet him by the bar.

Ooh, that was a lot of possibility to fuck up. Carlos kept his cocky grin on his face and gave her a wink before he headed away, but somehow he had the distinct suspicion that she was sizing him up. He’d end up striking out, maybe.

...nah, who was he kidding?

By the time he saw the woman heading toward him a bit later, he beamed at her and gave a wave, making sure she found her way toward him - as if there were any other dark-skinned, green-haired guys in the club anyway. “Hey! Take a load off, huh? Those heels’ve gotta be killing you!”

He slid what he’d chosen for her in her direction - a glass of rose wine, a brilliant shade of pink. “Bartender said this tastes a little like strawberries, and it made me think of that hair of yours, and I had to pick wine, right, ‘cuz you look like a classy lady, so!” He kept his eyes on her face, trying to read her expression. “Thoughts?”

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The Fishiest Dudette || Pia & Carlos

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childlikemermaid‌:

“Are you okay?!”

Pia moved close enough to see his face when he laid back to make sure that he wasn’t hurt too bad. From the way he was thrown back - obviously she didn’t know it was dramatics - she was worried that she really hurt a friend. She hurt his brain. His brain! Barely a minute passed before he was up again, easily showing that he wasn’t hurt as bad as she thought or he played. She sighed in relief.

“I do, I do~♫”

She dug her feet in the sand and wiggled her toes to watch the grains move around them. When he asked her about how it felt, she had to think about it. It didn’t really feel like anything, maybe a little tingling? But those thoughts were quickly pushed aside by laughter when he made that weird sound.

“Nooo, silly! It’s a sparkly feeling!”

What the hell was a sparkly feeling?

“You’re so weird, dudette,” Carlos said with deep confusion in his voice, furrowing his brow as he looked her over. “Sparkly? Like...like...”

He reached out and drummed his fingers very lightly over her shins - as soft as a breeze - and glanced up at her with a grin. “Kind of like that?”

Was he flirting with one of his oldest friends? Probably not. Cute as she was, and sweet as sugar, he was pretty sure that if he hit on her with his particular brand of charm that he’d probably end up breaking her. Wasn’t ever fun to break a girl’s heart, but especially not one like her.

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Hard Sell || Iluka & Carlos

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carosellocafe‌:

Iluka was starting to like this guy. Not only would he sell her the fish at a reasonable price, but he’d also prepare it - as long as she liked the way it was done today. She was a perfectionist when it came to things in the kitchen and that included, but was not limited to, the preparation of various ingredients.

“Of course I’ll be watching. I can’t trust a man I just met.”

But that wasn’t to say that she wouldn’t be working on another project as well. Without a minute to spare, she was gathering, cleaning, and cutting other ingredients for the dishes she had in mind. An important aspect of a successful business was time management. Being able to allocate jobs throughout the day was essential to keep this one woman café afloat throughout the year. And since fish’s an ingredient that doesn’t last more than two days in the refrigerator, she knew she needed to get those dishes prepared and ready to serve for the day. For customers, food was never frozen and everything was made that morning or to order.

“One wrong move and you’re out.”

“Oh, you know just what to say, babe~” All right, so she didn’t trust him. Fine. He didn’t need to be trusted. He’d get on her good side with time.

He always did. How could somebody resist him?

Carlos worked seamlessly beside her as he cleaned the fish with a latent ease that suggested he’d been doing it for years - and he had been. Cooking wasn’t women’s work, where he came from. Everybody had to help with food, whether they caught it or cleaned it or cooked it, and he would never suggest it was something that should only be regimented to a specific gender.

His eyes did flit to her hands every once and a while when it was safe, however, watching her own skill, and his grin only widened.

“Damn, you really know what you’re doing, huh? Can cut like that and threaten me at the same time! I’m about to get on my knees and propose right now!”

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Activity Check 9/1 - PASSED

BEGINNING TOTAL: 8,500G

EXPENSES: None (owns and lives on a boat)

INCOME:

1,500G (first job at Dry-docks)

1,000G (second job at Castanet Gym)

1,000G (third job at The Underground)

GRAND TOTAL: 12,000G

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Falling For You || Forte & Carlos

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forte-days-and-knights‌:

Oh no, why was he getting so close to her? Her first instinct was to lean further back, the eye contact being a little intimidating in an odd sort of way, to her.

“That is not-” she was having a hard time responding to everything at once, “and I will not hold your hand!”

It took everything she had not to stomp a little, he was pretty persistent, and poor Forte wasn’t sure how to handle all of that. He was laying it on so thick, she was suddenly sure he was teasing her, and had a sudden urge to throw him to the ground again. Instead, she crossed her arms at him, almost as if she was trying to hide her hands. He definitely wouldn’t be getting ahold of them.

“J-Just follow me, and I will make sure you do not stray from the path.” Sighing, she turned from him, gesturing so that he might follow her. A good excuse to avoid eye contact, too. She could keep him in her peripheral at the very least. A simple training day was turning out to be much more eventful than she planned.

While she hoped they might walk in silence, to avoid being embarrassed further, something told her not to hold her breath.

“Aw man...” No hand holding either? Geez, this babe was playing hard to get! But by the end of the walk, Carlos was damn sure he’d get a taste of those sweet lips~ He just had to change up his angle.

As Forte began walking, Carlos caught up to her easily. She was tall for a chick, but he was still taller - only made sense since he was a dude, right? He kept his eyes on her profile with a smile as they walked, admiring the sharp angles of her face.

“So do you have a boyfriend?” Maybe not the most tactful question, but it got to the heart of the matter pretty quickly. “Or is your only love your sword?” He could almost understand that, given his adoration of fishing, but also...cuddling a fish was a lot less soft than snuggling up to her might be.

He checked out her figure. All right, so maybe she was a bit bony, but...

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Whiskey Heat || Alicia & Carlos

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crystalball-predictions‌:

Alicia was living for the unwavering attention given to her by this man and just when she thought of giving her time to someone else, he held a few bills just within her reach. With a smile, she went to grab the money, but not before gently dragging her fingers from the back of his hand to his fingertips, pulling the bills away from him as she did so. She slipped them neatly in the waist band of her outfit. She wasn’t trashy like some of the other women who have them stuffed wherever looking unkempt, and overall easy in her opinion.

The idea of entertaining his attention more during her break sounded like a great way to pass time. And if he happened to spend more money on her, then that would make it even better. Free drinks were a perk of this job made more enjoyable when she could ignore them after or pass them to someone who would bother with them. However, oddly enough, something about this one was different. Was she bored? Did she find this one attractive?

“Buy me a drink later.”

It wasn’t a question, more like an invitation, barely audible over the music that played in the background.

She left trails of flame down the back of his hand, and he followed her fingertips, letting out a breath he hadn’t even realized he was holding as he grinned even wider. All right, all right, good start--

Wait, had she told him to buy her a drink later?

Oh, excellent!

Carlos beamed at her and leaned in a few inches away from the bars. “What’s your poison, babe?” Regardless of cost, he knew he’d have it waiting for her. He’d buy her the whole damn bar, if she wanted! “I’ll have it waiting for you, huh?” He’d have to keep an eye on her, for sure - make sure he didn’t ask for it until she started slipping out of the cage, so it wouldn’t get watered down while he waited.

Only the best for a goddess like her.

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Hard Sell || Iluka & Carlos

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A smile pulled at the edges of her lips. This was the kind of deal she was prepared for and would rather work with. Flattery had no place in business and she felt that only the weak sold themselves on small compliments and services that appealed more to the eyes than anything else. He was now worthy of her business.

“The price was never the issue.”

She walked over to the counter where she kept all of her stuff and placed a hand flat on the surface, the other rested on her hip and she crossed one leg in front of the other. She tapped her index finger against the countertop three times.

“You can start prepping over here.”

There was no negotiation there. The plan to put him to work was there the whole time, but she wasn’t going to waste a second dealing with someone who wasn’t serious about the sale. The change in his attitude proved otherwise, and she was more impressed by that. Not by much, but enough to have her keep him around.

What? Was she intending to go through with the deal, even after he’d just taken it off the table?

“Hey. Babe. You really think I’m gonna do your work for you after you’ve been such a hardass?”

“...’cuz you’re right!”

Well, why not throw her a bone, huh? Carlos sauntered over to her and slapped the fish on the counter, then held out his hand, waiting for a knife without right out asking. “You gonna watch me the whole time?” He winked. “Make sure I’m up to your standards? Or you gonna trust me?”

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The Fishiest Dudette || Pia & Carlos

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Pia’s eyes grew wide following his hand as he lifted it in the air. Before the word ‘tickling’ had even left his lips, she knew what was coming.

“No, no, no, no-!”

Her surprised look cracked into a smile with closed eyes as she began to laugh uncontrollably. This was uncomfortably amusing as she had no control over her emotions in this moment, but it brought out a smile in her. No one liked to get tickled, yet, it still brought out one of the happiest reactions - laughter.

That was, until her tail flicked up in her excitement and gently hit Carlos.

“Oh no! Are you- Are you okay?”

She asked between giggles, a hand covering her mouth as she tried to stifle the remaining laughter. Now it was just amusing and in the midst of it all, her tail dried against the hot sand and in a flash, her tail changed into legs. It was a good thing mermaid magic included clothing or this would have been awkward.

Carlos had one moment to react - and then her tail hit him in the chin.

“OOF!” Purely for comedy’s sake - and because he knew Pia would never talk about how weak Carlos was - he pretended she’d hit him much harder than she had, and he practically flew backwards. “Oww! My brain!” He landed on the sand completely flat on his back, stretched out like a starfish.

After a few seconds of silence, he lifted his head and grinned at her, eyes sparkling. “Nice kick, ba- hey! You’ve got legs again!” He pointed, in case she hadn’t noticed somehow. “Isn’t that weird? Like, what does it feel like when that happens? Is it just like- splurt!” He made an obnoxious noise as he spread his legs suddenly, then wiggled his toes in demonstration.

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Falling For You || Forte & Carlos

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“I-I was not pouting!” She frantically replied, resting a hand defiantly on her hip. She hadn’t been following his odd train of thought, but her pout quickly turned to a look of indignance when he called her out. Partly out of embarrassment, while also trying to hide the faint blush she could feel coming to her cheeks. Who would even think that’s cute?

Out of politeness, manners were important, she took the mans hand and shook it. Immediately pulling away when he called her babe. Pet names were not her favorite. She corrected him before she could stop herself, “officer Rook.” 

This man couldn’t be serious though, he sounded absolutely ridiculous! He was talking nonsense! Warrior Goddess? What in the world? No way he hadn’t hit his head. He didn’t seem to remember where he was going either… Skeptical, Forte leaned forward but was unable to see if his pupils were dilated. 

No outward signs still, but something was weird. She leaned back again and sighed, “perhaps I should escort you to the clinic.”

The blush that spread across her cheeks only made Carlos laugh brightly. “Oh, c’mon, don’t hide that! That’s even worse! Adorable!” He leaned down a few inches to make better eye contact with her.

“Officer Babe, you can escort me anywhere you wanna~ You think I’m gonna complain when I’ve got sapphires like that gleaming at me? I’ve got no chance!”

He kept his hand held between them and winked at her. No matter how quickly she’d pulled away before, surely she couldn’t resist him now. “Better hold my hand the whole way there, though, huh? What if I get all foggy and lovestruck and just wander right off the path?”

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Activity Check 8/18 - PASSED

-hiatus pass-

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Activity Check 7/21 - PASSED

-hiatus-

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Breaking Tide || Sam & Carlos

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musicalsunshine:

     “Hey man, a nap sounds great, but actually being able to catch a wave like that,” Sam whistled. “All I can catch is a ramp and metal.” He looked back towards his bag, the skateboard hidden from view under it. 

     “Sam,” he hardly missed a beat, pushing his glasses up into his hair. “You look like you’ve been riding that thing your whole life.” His eyes went back to the board. “Pretty slick.”

A ramp and metal? Did that mean... “Bro, do you skateboard?!” That was like the coolest thing that Carlos had never gotten to do! His eyes lit up. “That’s fucking dope, dude, are you kidding?! I’d kill to be able to do that!”

The words, though, were good for his ego, and Carlos smirked at him, putting his free hand on his hip. “I mean, I’ve pretty much been swimming since before I could walk, heh. Surfing was just the next step, am I right? You’re not wrong about the slick, though - can’t tell you the amount of numbers I get.”

His eyes caught the ring on the dude’s hand and he chuckled. “Guess that wouldn’t be your priority if you learned, though, huh? Weak.”

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Falling For You || Forte & Carlos

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Well, he was able to get up, that was a good sign. He definitely didn’t react like one would normally expect, seemingly not at all upset, a hint of giddiness in his tone. Perhaps he hit his head on the way down. She glanced down toward where he fell, but didn’t see anything obvious that might have bumped him..

“My name is Forte Rook, or you may call me Officer Rook,” she was definitely concerned by his behavior, “I was training… you know you really shouldn’t sneak up on people like that…”

An almost uncharacteristic pout followed her admonishment. Truthfully, she was a little embarrassed by her reaction. She could have really hurt him had her intent been anything but to disarm. In fact, she still wasn’t sure she hadn’t really hurt him. With a soft huff, she looked the man up and down.

“Sorry… are you feeling okay though? Can you tell me your name, sir? Do you remember what you were doing out here?” Good start toward making sure he didn’t have a head injury. The last thing she needed was to have to cart this man to a clinic.

“Officer Rook, eh?” The stunned expression gave way to a smirk, Carlos’s eyes sparkling back at her. “I mean, I can think of a few times it might be fun to call you th- oh God, don’t pout like that, it’s too cute.”

It wasn’t often he thought girls with a resting bitch face were all that cute, but this one was different, in a weird way - how she’d put him on his back without hesitation, like he weighed nothing at all! How the heck was that even a thing?

A girl like that deserved a smooch from Carlos Flores, and he was damn determined to get it now.

“Carlos! Nice to meet you, babe!” He held a hand out for hers. “Pretty sure I was heading somewhere important before I got sidetracked by some warrior goddess. Ain’t complaining, though!”