Realistic or Modern a r t s o f a c o n a r t i s t

[lunnaris]

The music's in the perfect tone.

That was Karinna's first thought as she took a sip from her first drink of the night, a cosmopolitan her friend had invited her to, and she absolutely despised the flavour... Although she was good enough at hiding her true feelings about it. The warm lighting was dim in the elegant club, the music was smooth and quiet enough to comfortably talk over it, in fact, sometimes it was barely noticeable with the murmur of all the adults in the room. "So, yeah, as you know there's plenty of fishes in the sea but my bait is no good" Her blonde haired friend responded while taking a long sip from her drink, which was already three-quarters done, "Am I even that bad looking?"
Our female character couldn't help but let a small amused giggle, "Honetly, I'm glad that's your biggest worry" ... Is what she would've said if she was gulping down her third drink for the night, but thankfully she wasn't ready to kill the mood like that, she could bear her materialistic worries for a while longer, "It's not your bait that's bad, it's... how you sell it!" She managed to find the words in the end as she chugged down the drink... After all, the longer she held it, the more that perfume-like taste would stick in her taste buds.

"Sell it?" Lena, that was the name of the blonde, battered her artificial eyelashes in confusion, Ah, this is gonna be a long night- Karinna thought to herself as she asked for a Malibu Cocktail, which suited more her personal preferences.
"Lena, you practically stalked the last guy you met on socials and then blurted the facts you knew about him, do you realize how creepy it may be to some?"
"I'm just - fiiine, then how do you sell yourself Rina?" She crossed her arms infront of her chest while asking for another round of her own drink. Karinna thanked the waiter who brought the menu, lightly placing a hand on his bicep with a very practiced giggle who left the waiter distracted enough for her to swiftly unlock his silver watch.

As he left with a light smirk on his face, the female placed it around her own wrist before turning to her friend so she could see her new treasure, "Like that" She smiled amused, it was a decent watch, at least it wasn't fake... She could sell it nicely.
"You have an addicition" The other huffed as she looked at the glistening watch, "What about those who don't have your need for stealing all men they meet?" Her eyebrows raised amused, wondering what her reply would be.
"Hell yeah I do " She giggled playfully before tucking a strand of her deep wine hair behind her ear, "Eh, where's the fun in that?". Karinna's ocean eyes where always searching for the targets, specially in confident men, those were the easiest to take down: a watch, a wallet, an expensive pen... Where some of the few things she had learned to easily, let's say, "borrow" after being invited to some luxurious dinners wherever. Her mind had learned to spot the patterns in the movements of strangers and find their blind spots, guess she was starting to enjoy being a conartist after all.


She suddenly noticed her blonde partner lean forward and whispering in her ear, "Oh well I don't know... But I defenitely see some fun in him" Her blue nail pointed straight at a broad silhouette in at the bar. "So?, you're gonna show me how it's done?" Karinna's eyes glistened with a certain sense of excitement, "Are you daring me?"
"I am."
That was all she needed to know. A spark of competetiveness entered into her mindset, as well as the fact that the alcohol was starting to settle in, bringing a wave of confidence to her. Additionally, the male target was quite good-looking for what she could see in the distance. As she stood up, she adjusted her short black silk dress that hugged her curves enhancing her silhouette whislt walking towards the bar.
She knew how to play her cards, the first one being to just sit a couple of stools away from him, alone, "Excuse me, may I have a Mai Tai?" She asked to the barista in a silky smooth voice. "Right on" He nodded as he went off to prepare her drink. Meanwhile, she lightly played with the ends of her straightened loose hair, crossing one of her legs over the other, reavealing a light bit of her thigh.

 

[lunnaris]

CODE / SEROBLISS

Karinna Mercutio

Novice Con Artist

His voice suprised her, she wasn't going to lie to herself. The stranger approached her with a closer proximity than what she expected, and he did seem quite a charismatic persona, you could tell he had done this in quite a few other occassions. In her mind, she huffed lightly I expected a bit more from you Mr pretty-face, can't believe you are really that desperate, and what pick up line even is that? At least, he seemed like someone a bit more entertaining to talk to than the usual plain, overconfident white businessman who seemed to compose 60% of the people in the restaurant. He portrayed some sort of elegance and charm that was quite magnetic. She liked "magnetic" people.

She lightly turned to face him, her blue gaze quickly travelling and scanning him in a glance before locking her eyes with his, she wanted his attention in anywhere that wasn't her hands of course. To her disappointment if she only knew, she was keeping her scan a bit longer than her dashing glances, probably due to the light diziness produced by her previous drinks. Her left hand lightly played with the clock she had been "gifted", adjusting it lightly to fit her rather small wrist with her quick , fine fingers, "Quite expensive place to be by yourself, wouldn't you say so?" Her head lightly tilted to the side, the scarlet locks falling like a light river over her pale shoulder, "But I don't know what you mean by myself, as far as I can see, there's one" she said pointing to herself and then lightly turning her polished nail towards him, "and two" .

A light smile appeared on her soft tinted lips as she swiftly moved her hair to reveal her shoulder again as well as her earrings with small pearls hanging from an elongated golden string, "By the looks of your quick chug you don't seem to be a soft drinker," She commented referring to the vodka he had so easily evaporated in a moment, " I can't believe a stranger is worth the change in your usual drinks" she playfully joked.

Arkangel

 

[lunnaris]

CODE / SEROBLISS

Karinna Mercutio

Novice Con Artist

In another occassion, Karinna would've most likely doubted at least a slight bit of this man showing off all his goods right off the bat in such an open way to her. Yet the lightheadedness that kept bothering her due to her very weak resistance to alcohol made her pass these small details, ignoring them completely when she should be carefully evaluating him. "Don't worry about the company" She commented with a growing smirk on her features, "It does indeed taste stimulating, well at least it has a bit more play than straight up plain vodka... Pretty sure that's what ruined your taste buds" She mumbled her last comment... Ah, her dear bluntness always came in the worse moments.

She grabbed her drink and gave it a small swirl before doing a similar gesture and a gentle head nod, "You can call me Claire" She smirked in a rather playful tone whilst taking a sip and letting the sweet beverage run down her throat. What should've been a small sip in other occassions, was a longer one this time. "So, tell me, Johan..." She let the name echo on her mouth, adding a teasing tingle to the tone, "How come a handsome gentleman came to this club alone?" She lightly tilted her head as she got slightly closer.

This shit tastes better than what I expected... Karinna thought before taking another long sip from her drink. For a moment, she had forgotten her purpose on actually being there until the beam of one of the warm lights above them reflected on his watch. As she planned her attack to make her move, she also tried to lightly check on other options, maybe a hug could help her reach the wallet... She thought it was a bit too obvious but by the looks of it, he was already more drunk than her. For the moment, she decided that the conversation should go on, it was too soon to get too close.

Arkangel

 

[lunnaris]

CODE / SEROBLISS

Karinna Mercutio

Novice Con Artist

As Karinna heard his deep voice when he spoke, she tried to sober up as much as possible, which was a sort of mission impossible, considering she still gave sips to her sweetened drink. Out of his words, she kept picking out the information that made the sound of cash resonate in the back of her head… The owner of the hotel is a close friend, he has a really expensive watch if it is real, and doesn’t mind using one of his, what was that? 6, 10 credit cards? On a stranger.
“You seem to be quite confident about making the treasure yours” She lightly cleared her throat as her eyes tried their best to not melt staring at the goods of this man. If she was sober, she would probably have noticed something off… Even if it was just the smirk on his face as if he was testing her. Yet the music, and especially the alcohol made it difficult for her to keep her focus and think straight.

She, of course, hadn’t forgotten about her friend, as she lightly looked over to Lena, she seemed to be having some fun herself with two young men who had approached her and were clearly trying to shoot their shot. Her focus returned to the cocky man leaning lightly on the table. “On my care? Then I guess I better make a good impression..” As she spoke, her hand lightly moved to his shoulder, lightly fixing his collar in a tender manner. At least she had made a first contact which would allow her to move forward at a faster pace… As their eyes met when she did this, she let out a small shy chuckle and looked away, her hand still remaining rather close to his.

She wondered how she could approach him much faster… Was there any corner they could be more intimate? She knew they were in a hotel, with rooms after all, but he seemed to have a bit more of class…
The alcohol was taking her to make actions she would’ve been much more cautious off if she actually tried to properly “borrow” some of his goods. “It’d be a shame if you forgot about me the next day, after all..” the hand that was closer to him lightly made its way to interlock their fingers together, her fine hands weaved their way through as she leaned forward and whispered, “I don’t think I’ll be forgetting you anytime soon”. Her body was now much closer to his as she stared at him, wondering if he was wasted enough… or desperate enough to keep going. If he pulled back, she also had the chance to grab the watch from his watch as her hand traced up and down his forearm.

Arkangel