dxntdreamit's presence seems wickedly similar to his own.
{ ☠ ☠ ☠ } -- Chardonnay, wine, sherry-- it was all the same. All beverages had a distinctly fruity taste, depending on what fruit was distilled with the base ingredient. Grape, orange, whatever-- it seemed to taste the same. Alas, it was something relaxing to have after a rather long day, accompanied only by his thoughts; those murderous thoughts. His gaunt fingers, ordained with deep red nail polish, held the glass carefully, tentatively touching those made-up lips. Deeply, he thought about the world, his position, where he was going. These were not unusual thoughts, of course-- they merely permeated his daily existence.
Commonly, he thought of those unalienable rights that men seemed to believe they had. But why not animals? Insects? If they stepped foot on human soil, were they not citizens too? It seemed that if one was not walking on two legs, had two arms, and an almond face (most of the time), that they were inferior. Forget semantics. Forget sympathy-- there was no reason to feel so towards an irrational species.
Ironically, of course, Augustine was a part of it. But he paid it no mind-- those minor insecurities could be saved for later. Something wicked this way came, something that seemed about as flamboyant as he, but not more. It couldn't be more. And what was someone other than himself doing in a dingy restaurant in Chinatown after hours? It seemed rather... odd.
At the bar, Augustine turned to face the person in question, and gave him a coy smile.
"I'm impressed. Ve--ery impressed." He began, holding the glass daintily in his hand. "So bold. I don't see boldness quite like yours around here."