“I know, you mentioned that while on the phone.” The dragon doesn’t know what to do, currently in quite the predicament as he’s kneeling on the ground next to the very intoxicated female. He didn’t know if she had started her night alone - or worse, she had been left alone by whomever was accompanying her. Grey eyes continuously scan the area, looking around for people - most drunk and still lingering at the bar.
He purses his lips, wrapping an arm around her middle while situating hers around his shoulders. “Let’s get you up and home. I hope you have your keys.” It’s a far walk, he could call for a cab but he didn’t have the money to pay for it. While he had flew here, he didn’t want to risk that while carrying a drunk alien along with him. However it would be the most quick of the solutions, meaning he could get her home and warmed up in her bed before the hour was up.
“I need you to hold on tight, okay? Vartouhi, say that you’re going to hold on tight.” Jude’s wearing the sweater that she bought him for christmas, the zippers still undone from his earlier flight. While waiting for the words of confirmation, he lifts her easily into his arms. He adjusts his grip once, twice, his wings spreading out from behind him.
With one push they are in the air, soaring up into the darkness to cloak them from the city below. “Don’t you dare let go… and please don’t be sick on me.”
Vartouhi stared up at the side of her friend’s face in a daze. Her usually overactive mind was silent, save for a general feeling of appreciation. She was so glad he came. She hadn’t been drunk like this in a very long time. “The Long Island Iced Tea isn’ jus’ tea, Jude,” she whispered conspiratorially. Her eyes widened a little, as if her own words were surprising her all over again, “Th’s alcohol innit! I did think th’ taste was a bi’ as… astringent, but I’ve known worse tas’in’ teas. So I di’n’ think t’much of it…” Her eyes squinted, brows furrowing slightly. A soft, drawn-out groan sounded in her throat as she slowly let her head loll back, her lips tugging into a little frown. “...S’heavy. M’head. Body, too. I dun like it, Jude.”
She let him move her as he pleased, and it was only after a full thirty seconds that she realized, hey, maybe she should actually try using the arm around his shoulders to hold on, instead of just leaving it draped there as dead weight. “I’sa code, not a key,” she corrected. “Faaaaaancy.” With a giggle, she recalled the song she’d heard in the club, “I’m! So! Fancy~ Y’already knooow~” Vartouhi’s expression soured again, and she dropped her head to rest against his shoulder. “‘M’ sorry… This isn’ fun for you. I shoul’n… have got so… I’m a mess.” Her arms tightened around him. “I’ll hol’ on tight.”
As they sped off, the vertigo made her whimper pitifully. “Too late,” she mumbled, feeling her stomach lurch right away. Luckily she didn’t vomit, but fighting the discomfort made her begin to sweat at her temples, the nape of her neck, and about her collarbones. “‘M’ sorry… so sorry.” For quite a while, she was doing okay. Her eyes were squeezed shut against the sick feeling in her stomach, though, and when she wasn’t breathing a bit heavy through her mouth, she was keeping it shut tight against sensations of nausea. Then, suddenly, she lurched in his grasp, her arms folding to her chest so she could press her hands over her mouth and keep it shut as she retched. Tears streamed down her cheeks, and she had to swallow back down alcohol that she puked into her mouth. When the moment finally passed, her eyes unfocused, lids falling, and that was the only warning before she went limp as a rag doll.