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Ziggy Stardust Nexus Album Release Party

Why not in the Nexus had started all of this and now skekSa's bar had glitter and space themed drinks for the night, karaoke and a band playing for the release of a new album. Ziggy had decided this was the best course since so much of his family and friends couldn't go into his world to be there for his own party in his own world.

Of course, as with any good party this one was open to any who had stumbled into it and there were those directly invited as well. And flashy posters too. He was going through the ends of a sound check with the band when the bar opened.

There was a merch table, with the usual swag and new album to buy on CD and Vinyl, where they would be signing autographs and doing the whole meet and greet thing. Why not have fans in more than one universe? It had been a trip explaining this all to Mick. Weird and Gilly before dragging them through the portal. Ziggy still imagined there was going to be some crazy moments later in the night. They didn't even know he was an alien, or half alien anywway. All of this was going to blow their minds for sure.

After the show they had plans to spend the night just hanging out with drinking, karaoke, a DJ, and the usual bar fare. Ziggy had left Sa to the food and drink though he had put in a few requests for food his own species could eat.

Ziggy fussed with everything before heading backstage to drink and get dressed. About an hour after the bar opened they came out on stage and played through the whole album front to back plus a few from the previous.

[OOC: Feel free to mingle, karaoke, DJ, dancing, drinking, etc. Will post the band meet and greet below at the swag table as a top level. Any questions feel free to DM me here or on Discord.]

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Over time, and to be completely honest over the witch, Lucifer had become closer friends with Ziggy. Lucifer also had his own appreciation for anyone who looked like Bowie from time and a very off drugged discussion in the 1970s in his own world. On any night live music would be welcome, something this wild Lucifer isn't going to miss.

He had thought about wearing something wild but this was a night for Ziggy and his band. Lucifer isn't going to compete with that and so arrived in a clean lined classic black suit. He got some drink that arrived bright orange with edible glitter on the rim, of course this was what a drink at Ziggy's party would look like.

He's settled in on a bar stool, much better for accommodating large wings, to watch the concert and the people.

"It seems we're both dressed to kill tonight."

Balthazar sauntered over to where Lucifer stood, dressed in his rather smart suit. Of course he was smart, he was the devil. The angel pulled his scotch glass up to take a swig, offering the other man a playful smile. Nothing wrong with a bit of playful flirting, as both men were friends. All brought together by the two twins dominating the party. Jack dressed in his bright, alluring clothes, at least they were to Balthazar. His own wings concealed inside his suit for now, since they could always come out later when the night would no doubt get wilder. His eyes glancing towards Lucifer's drink with the glitter edge.

"What sort of drink have you got there? I swear there's something more in mine than just scotch."

Lucifer has learned to tell the Balthazar's apart now by feel alone. He knows this one isn't his, even if he hadn't just watched him get hands all over what he can only assume is Jack.

"I am not sure." Lucifer looked at the drink in a margarita glass that was obviously not frozen but shockingly neon orange. "Grenadine, Triple sec, and cherry edible glitter... I think it is rum based with whiskey in it?"

Lucifer was sipping as he spoke while trying to put a list to the drink. His eyes move over to the person with the eye patch. "Is that Jack?"

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The angel's eyes drifts over to where Jack was looking as bright and colourful as ever. Balthazar would have him no other way. Nodding whilst sipping his angel scotch, the angel offered his lover a glazed over expression as he watched for a good few moments.

"Yes, that's Jack. My Eye-Patch Fuck Puppy."

The nickname had been derived from a lot of things but mostly it was his roguish nature and his affinity with the Diamond Dogs. That and he was adorable. A rush of pride welled up inside of Balthazar thinking about Jack and all that he stood for.

"I am quite high at the moment. Either it's the coke in my drink or the empathy is getting to me."

Lucifer knows that look and simply smiles about it. There's something endearing and lovable about seeing Balthazar in love from a different view point, a less personal one. Lucifer can't help but notice the distinct resemblance.

"Is he related to Ziggy?" For Lucifer it isn't just appearance but the feel of his person, his spirit that prompts the question. It's so similar.

"Both, and the scotch?" Lucifer smiles genuinely. He can't place how good it feels to know another Balthazar and it has nothing to do with intimacy. Just the presence despite the differences in personality. "I prefer mellowing drugs if any. I have enough fire without winding it up on coke."

"Yes, I suppose you could say he is. They're both Antheans, or at least partly, due to their alien heritage."

Balthazar did not mind telling Lucifer about Jack because he could trust the man not to go shouting his mouth off about his lover. It was all still new about his heritage and even Jack didn't even know he was an alien. The whole slick palm and pouch thing? That was still very intimate between them both.

"He doesn't know about a lot of his alien side yet. Ziggy and I sat down to talk regarding it and I've learnt a lot. It's more about opening up Jack's eyes and heart to his true being."

That was what Balthazar hoped to do as he bonded even further with the man he loved. Turning back to his drink, he offered Lucifer an amused smile.

"Ziggy is probably hoping for me to lose my mind and strip in front of everyone. That still might happen if I keep drinking this stuff."

Lucifer nods to the idea that they are of the same species mix. It would make sense for their characteristics to be close.

"That sounds like a difficult thing to reveal. How can he not know his species?" Lucifer asks with genuine curiosity. It seems impossible to not know, though adoption by someone who didn't know would make sense in a way that Lucifer could easily imagine.

Lucifer laughs at the comment. "Please wait until I leave. I would hate to endure a grouchy partner for staring at the wrong version of him naked."

Of course, he is teasing and then smiles. "I am sure someone else in his family is hoping for that a lot more than Ziggy is."

It's still odd to have two of them around but the angel still doesn't think it is a bad thing to have one as a lover and the other as a friend. There's a calm to knowing Balthazar that makes this friendship easier than others.

Balthazar giggled a little at the notion that Lucifer might have been gazing at the wrong angel. On a more serious note though, he'd never intentionally hurt his counterpart, nor would he wish to incite jealousy. The other Balthazar was more akin to a brother and someone to be close friends with. No doubt causing mayhem together within the Nexus. Two Balthazars! Whatever next.

"Perish the thought, love! But then, we can't help being devilishly handsome, can we?"

A playful wink and Balthazar finished his drink with a slight hiccup at the end. Oh dear, was he that drunk? It had to be the coke, surely. Thoughts turned to Lucifer and his villa containing all the other angels.

"I wouldn't mind visiting you and Balthazar in your villa now and then. It sounds such a beautiful place."

"Handsome enough to keep the devil's attention." He winks at Balthazar knowing that if he didn't accidently look it would be an honest mistake. One that he was quickly learning to eliminate as he got more accustom to what the twins presence felt like.

"The door is always open to you and your partner." Lucifer tells him. "The guest bedrooms as well though the second floor room on the left is always occupied and the first floor room nearest my suite, the one done in read is not open either. However there are four others."

"So it would seem. I'd like to bring Jack along to the villa one day, thank you. He has had such a rough life, just allowing him to see such grandeur will surely blow the poor thing's mind."

Balthazar smiled warmly at Lucifer for the invitation, which he was eager to accept on all parts. If not for Jack, since the man was dating an angel so meeting others was only inevitable. Spending nights within Lucifer's grand villa bedroom? Oh yes.

"Are the sheets satin? We might even fall off the bed during a veracious love-making session if they are."

"You are an angel. You are both welcome among us. You should bring him to the gardens. Feel free to take any of the fruits or vegetables growing there." He remembered that Jack had it rough and usually any human description of a rough life included a lack of food.

"Similar. There is a silken fabric produced in our heaven which makes up most of the bedding. Though unimportant to your kind, the resilience to fire the material has is advantageous to mine... and it is incredibly soft."

At this point, Balthazar is feeling a little overprotective of Lucifer, and thus if he's going to a revel, so is his fiance. Besides which, he's spoken to Ziggy before and quite liked him, and he likes any excuse for a party. Aware that concerts and booze-ups often end up very active and warm, he opts not to wear a full suit, but he also wants to make sure Lucifer's eyes are on him at least part of the time, and so his final choice of outfit is snug black pants, an artfully worn black t-shirt, and an eye-catching red jacket.

He is not picky about what he drinks at this point, and whatever he's handed will be consumed, but he's paying less attention to it than he is to Lucifer and to the music, leaning in to make idle contact with his wings as they sit.

"If anything stronger than liquor starts circulating around, I might join in," he says during a lull in the music. It just...really seems like that kind of party, though in part that's the era the music comes from.

Lucifer ordered him the companion drink to his own that came neon blue. Lucifer wondered briefly what was in this but the rim of chocolate and glitter said fruity and that was probably enough. If he was going to sit here with a radioactive looking drink so was Balthazar.

His comment gets a little laugh from Lucifer who wraps an arm and a wing around his partner. "I thought you knew Ziggy? There is already stronger things circulating. I will join you if you like."

Cocaine wasn't his choice of drugs but he would indulge with his partner. He presses a kiss to his temple. "I know many of the people here. Would you like me to introduce you to some of them?"

One in particular Lucifer felt an obligation to but that didn't mean he wouldn't drag Balthazar around to make more friends. "We should introduce Levi to Ziggy some time."

Balthazar loves expensive liquor, but he is less picky than he seems, happy to drink anything a human can have without going blind. But whatever this is, sugary though it may be, is top-quality, so that's all right!

"Well, I didn't want to presume he'd share," he snorts softly with laughter, and nods. "I prefer downers normally, but it feels like an occasion. Yes please, introduce me around. I want everyone to know you're stuck with me."

He'll take that kiss to the temple and raise Lucifer a more intimate kiss to the lips. "Mmn. I meant to do that, actually. I thought Levi might like to draw or paint him."

"I am surprised he is not passing it out at the front door." Lucifer smiles and nods. "I prefer opium but cocaine has its place."

"Where would you like to start?" Lucifer tenses momentarily and then relaxes. "There is someone here I should introduce you to. I have spent some time with him..."

He pulls Balthazar closer and speaks privately into his ear. "... and I promised I would introduce you to anyone I thought might become close to me."

Lucifer takes that kiss and smiles but is soon laughing. "Could you imagine Phenex, Levi, and Ziggy doing anything in the same space. I am not sure what would happen but it would be revolutionary and strange."

"I'm with you there," he says. "Opium is wonderful. Not a fan of heroin, though. Particularly not for mortals."

But he digresses. The comment about someone Lucifer's been spending some time with makes him raise an eyebrow, not sure how to feel about that after the fiasco with Dorian. But the fact that Lucifer is bringing this person to his attention right off the bat is a good sign, and after a moment's thought, he feels better about it. "I see, and what if I like them, too? Are you going to share?"

That's purely hypothetical; he doesn't know a thing about whoever Lucifer is talking about, but he promised himself he'd be more hands-on, going forward. His smile is full of warmth, despite the tease.

"Oh, goodness. Now that sounds like a sexy scenario waiting to happen, though I'm not sure whether they would all agree with me. It would be good for Levi to have more friends to spend time with, though."

"I am not usually interested in any of them but I will with others on occasion." Lucifer admits. In many ways he preferred being clear headed.

Lucifer is trying to keep the mood light and honestly he's not even sure anything more than friendship will come out of it. Though he promised and he is interested in the closeness and trust with Balthazar more than anything else. Lucifer grins. "I found him. He's mine first."

There's some deviousness in the way he says it but mostly a jest. Now that he thinks about it he isn't sure but then offers. "I am not sure what his tastes are but they seem to run feminine."

It isn't a no but there is a difference in appearance and Lucifer wouldn't expect everyone interested in his very androgynous or feminine appearance to be attracted to Balthazar's more masculine one, or vice versa for that matter.

Lucifer sips on his drink watching Ziggy where ever he is in the room. "I would check his heart before sending him into that." It brings up another thought though and Lucifer asks. "Have you met the other Balthazar yet?"

Lucifer is not going to mention that he almost kissed him in a drunken and hungover half awake stupor when he showed up at the villa. It was an honest mistake.

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"I had a bad experience with heroin," he explains, then shakes his head and clarifies, "Not me personally, but something happened at a party I attended. But I'd rather not think about it right now."

He wrinkles his nose at the tease, a little uncertain, but doesn't protest, opting instead to sip at his drink. "Hm. Well, see, you didn't even tell me whether it was a him or a her or neither at first, so I couldn't have known. I do want to meet them regardless."

He considers a moment, then adds, "A threesome would be nice, though, should we stumble across the right person. Doesn't have to be this one, but keep it in mind, mm?"

His smile returns then. "I'll let Phenex handle his heart; they seem to have taken it as their responsibility. But yes! I've met him. Handsome and charming, which is to be expected."

"Granted, I was a squirrel when I met him first, but he took it in stride. I think I like him."

"I think I will suffer for introducing you." It's a good natured tease despite sounding serious. "You both have similar senses of humor, at least where I am concerned."

The smart mouth and teasing was similar enough though the two differed vastly in most other places. Lucifer arches a brow at that comment and then nods. "I will but I think it would take more trust and closeness to share our space with someone than to have them with us separately."

It wasn't a fully formed train of thought and more an immediate reaction. He lets it drop though to think about it for awhile. The smile easily returns and he leans in to both kiss Balthazar and whisper in his ear, maybe for the benefit of Levi too. "I think Phenex cannot help themselves because their own as been stolen."

He pulls away and relaxes again, though his arm is still around Balthazar. "I have spent some time with him and he has come to the villa. He is very different from you."

Lucifer might be approaching this with more scrutiny than most though too.

Balthazar frowns a little, not sure how to take the comment about trust and closeness. "Depends if it's for a night or for a longer-term thing. I meant the former, and I rather beg to differ in that case."

He's not looking for an argument, either, but he may well be scrambling for control, or desperately looking for a way to protect Lucifer without getting in his way. He's quiet when Lucifer whispers, but it wins a little smile from him, mostly on Levi's behalf.

"Levi needs that, I think. Someone outside of me to be close to."

Lucifer takes a breath to maintain his calm and glances at Balthazar. "Your emotions are easy to control. To share a bed with you and someone else would mean letting them in on what I feel for you. The experience is not the same for us." Lucifer leans in to Balthazar and hugs him a little tighter.

This is not particularly the place for the place this discussion is going but Lucifer says one more thing before dropping the topic. "Whatever may happen I will do nothing without speaking to you first."

It's all he can do to try and reassure him but his smile is quick to return. "I think it is a benefit to Phenex too. Separation from human contact has been hard on them. They were made for it more than most of us."

His feathers are ruffled, literally, and for a moment he looks more than a little mulish. None of it would matter in the least if not for recent events, but he's been frightened and is trying to adjust his approach.

He takes a deep breath in the hug, and after a moment he returns it, wings and all. "I just want to protect you," he says, and the flare of passion in his Grace is as pure as any flame.

He's just going to keep holding on for a minute here, Lucifer; hope you didn't want your personal space bubble back for the next few moments. "Well," he says, "Levi is head over heels, so that ought to be good for the both of them."

Lucifer waits reaching out to his lover with his grace, soothing him and expressing the trust and love that he feels.

"I know you do." Lucifer kisses his temple. "That is why I am looking to introduce you to people who I want to be friends with, long before any thoughts of something more."

It was honest and open. This wasn't just about anything sexual even. As Lucifer thought about it the more it became about simply including him in his life more. "Do you want to meet this human or would you rather wait?"

Lucifer has no personal space bubble where Balthazar is concerned. "I am glad for both of them, and it gives me an excuse to see those hot rings of yours."

The Grace-to-grace touch does what words cannot, and Balthazar starts to relax, snuggling into his arms. "Well," he says, "that's all right then. As long as he's worthy of you."

He closes his eyes briefly and lets himself feel the closeness and intimacy, then smiles, something softer and unburdened in his face now. "No, I think I'm ready now. What better time than a party, anyway?"

He sputters with laughter at the compliment. "Hot Rings! I'm getting that airbrushed on a shirt to wear around the villa."

Only trouble there is he'll have to be in Levi's body to wear anything. Ah, well.

"I do not know. I have not got that far before deciding to introduce you." That was the distance that Lucifer took Balthazar's request.

Lucifer nods and reluctantly slides away physically but his grace stays close.

"You do that and I will continue to wait for a name to put on my shirt." Lucifer smiles playfully. He was one for nicknames for others, usually as part of intimacy or a remembrance for closeness. Butterfly had stuck because of that, remembering meeting and the process of crashing to the ground like a comet.

"Come on." He offers his hand. "Let me introduce the two of you."

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