So we are brothers?

Luca needed to relax. He had been out touring for the past two months, and this was one of his first nights back in this part of the world - back home. But to properly relax, he often needed alcohol, and preferably someone to sleep with for the night, too. Just to really get everything out, 'cleanse' himself so to speak, so he could just let everything go and relax properly, which was always needed on top of a long tour.

So here he was, at the club. He only ever went clubbing in Gaia, never in Moonlight Falls - there were too many vampires there, and it just tugged at his heartstrings as it made him remember his first true love... Who was now long dead, and so was her best friend, who had gotten to be his friend, too.

He had been in the club for a bit, already gotten his first few drinks, and then hit the dance floor, and as per usual... He was quite quickly surrounded by a lot of people, but that was very typical for him whenever he went out. Either people recognized him and wanted to be close, or they just felt that natural magnetism sirens had. He was out there for maybe twenty minutes, before he went back to the bar, and ordered himself a martini, smiling at the bartender when he got it. Then, he looked around, and almost froze. Was that... Jrue, he saw there? He bit his lip... And quickly turned away from the guy, went over to the other bar desk in the nightclub. He wasn't going to risk another public fight with his little brother, if it was indeed him.

// Outfit

For a brief moment, the siren allowed itself to enjoy the music a little more. It sounded really good, though he could not help but think about how good it would sound if he and his band played. The stage was probably big enough for all the members to stand there, but there were bands playing for the evening. His gaze rested a little on the many shots of glass in front of him, which he though having felt he had drunk many yet lacked to drink many. It was no problem, and he quickly got two shots before his gaze fell on a person he suddenly found interesting. He scowled at the bartender who suddenly lit up like he had seen a superstar. Wondering, Jael followed the bartender as he leaned in towards him "It's Luca himself there, your brother...Or not brother" he said wondering, because he then suddenly thinks that Jael looked like another person he had seen before. But the siren wondered even more, and looked briefly at the person the bartender had mentioned was this Luca who was Jael's brother.

After several shots were drunk, he got up and walked towards the person. Leaving the many shots on the table, and as he kept his gaze on this person, he tilted his head. Was it really his brother, had the bartender expected another person? Jael felt a little confused as he tried to control all the percentages of alcohol he had been given. It had seemed as if this person was avoiding him a little, and the siren had no idea why. As Jael he had walked towards the person he leaned up the bar with his back to the bartender, and turned his head to the side where he could see the person was"So you are Luca..."It flew out of his mouth, like a wide smile grew on his face.

For a brief moment he looked at this Luca, whom the bartender had mentioned as a superstar, or not mentioned but it then seemed that the bartenders lit up at the sight of this person next to Jael. He laid his arms resting over the cross, and tilted his head slightly as he let his gaze look at the person. Should he jump into the big question, or should he just wait and see if the person would sink to him, or what this person would do"I do not know why you avoided me...But I get curious to know why"He said with a wry smile on his face.

Okay... He was out of the clear now. Or at least, so he thought. He just didn't want to deal with Jrue's bullshit again, as the guy seemingly couldn't be talked sense into. No matter how diplomatic Luca had been about it all, no matter what he'd offered in reconciliation, the younger siren had just scoffed at it and looked about ready to throw more punches his way. So even if he wanted to get to know the guy again, he had pretty much given up at this point and settled with being happy to have at least Gabbie back in his life, and her precious daughter... He was so excited for the new little boy getting in the family as well - it had apparently been just perfect for him to introduce her to his friend Yuudai. They had immediately fallen for each other and were now expecting their first boy as both of them only had girls so far.

But lost in his thoughts as he had been, he didn't notice the guy until he was right up in his face - shit. He was considering to just tell him he didn't want any of his bullcrap and that he would just leave so he could be in peace, but then he heard the guy's voice. Oh. It wasn't Jrue. But... The guy just looked like his spitting image! The confusion and wonder was there on his face for but a second or two, before he just smiled and nodded. "I am. Luca Angelo Serra." he confirmed, and elaborated.

"Oh, don't worry about that. I thought you were someone else who apparently has a beef with me." he said, and shrugged. "You look exactly like him, but you sound and act very different."

As he could clearly see in the person whom the bartender had mentioned was his brother, he looked quite confused. Could Jael not fail to look at the shots that were suddenly put in front of him. Had he not ordered shots well enough? Well, it could only be him, who else should it have been. He quickly grabbed one of the many shots, and laid his head back the moment he poured the liquid down. Then he sighed contentedly before turning his head towards the person next to him "Luca ... Wait ... Serra!" He exclaimed surprisingly, almost wondering as he raised both eyebrows and looked suspiciously yet a little wondering at him.

Then the bartender might have been right ... But how, he could not make it stick at all. So fast had the alcohol not hit him, or had it? No it was impossible and he shook it off just to return to what the person had said "So you can only be my half brother...Eh" it still sounded a bit puzzling from Jael that he without hesitation had grabbed another shot, and quickly got drunk. But as he put the glass down, and looked at Luca, there was something that made good sense, his parents had mentioned Luca, whether his parents had mentioned others, Jael could not remember.

When the person then mentioned that he thought Jael was someone else, he sent him a wide smile, which he tilted his head a little "I actually hear it often ... Either from the police or bartenders" he replied as he scolded a little to the otherwise cheerful bartender. As he then heard the person tell that he just looked like someone Jael could not help but raise a wondering eyebrow as he considered snatching another shot but waited a bit "Wait what..." he just replied a bit confused. If he looked like another, there was a twin, there was something his parents had not told him. He suddenly felt ignorant as he sat looking at the person.

Luca raised an eyebrow, just a little, when he saw the look the guy sent him after he'd given him his name... And then, shortly after, he looked more confused than ever. "Wait... What? Half-brother? What do you mean?" but of course, that would explain how he could look so much like Jrue - had their mother gotten a new man after they had all left? Or was it their father, somewhere out in the vast oceans, who had? Who knew.

"That wouldn't surprise me... As my little brother gets into an awful lot of trouble once in a while," he then sighed, and took another sip of his own drink. "Jrue. That's the guy you look like a perfect copy of. My brother, who's only four years younger than me. So... He'd be 83 this year." he then said, and shrugged - and then thought 'fuck it why not', and emptied his drink, asking the bartender for another.

"So, you seem to recognize my name, and I suppose it's not because of my band, like it is with so many others. So tell me. Did one of our parents go off and get another child after we all swam away?"

Without hesitation, Jael also chose to drink a few more shots, because the evening still seemed to be a good evening for a little party. Moreover, he could probably celebrate that he had a brother, or found his brother. It was a bit mysterious and strange, however, he had heard a bit about his half brother. But it must have been mostly from his mother, because his father did not say much "Well we have the same mother..."it just flew out of his mouth, as he let a hand rest on one cheek, just to sit a little more relaxed. Alone Jael did not know at all how to start but they had the same mother, so much did he know then. They did not look like each other, or more than he had anticipated. Especially when he had looked Luca a little closer. It was not long before he grabbed hold of another shot glass, and poured the contents down his throat.

As the name of a Jrue was mentioned, Jael thought a little as he raised an eyebrow and leaned a little towards his half-brother as he looked at him wondering "No idea who it is...But I look like him" he said and thought a little before retiring and letting a contented smile spread across his face. As Luca recounted the age of Jrue, which Jael did not know at all, whist had never heard that name before. The smile grew a little before he put a hand in his right trouser pocket and grabbed the cigarette pack. Quickly took out a cigarette, and put it in his mouth, after which he raised the lighter "My age is only 54...You can probably call me young and fresh" he laughed cheerfully and a little flabby before he lit the cigarette, and let the lighter slide in between some fingers.

His questions made Jael think a little, as he enjoyed the taste of smoke a little, and the feeling of smoking, for it was needed after the many shots he already felt he had drunk. He tilted his head and for a brief moment made eye contact with the bartender "I do not know if our mother has been a little loose on the thread, but she met my father and they had a child and here I am" he replied without mentioning more , but looked at Luca, and sent him a wide smile as he shook the cigar a little before smoking a little more.

"Huh... Must've been after Gabbie left, too, then..." he muttered, and swallowed the very last bit of his drink - meeting yet another sibling seemed to call for just that bit of alcohol to ease himself into it all. But it did explain why the guy looked so much like Jrue, then... If they were indeed half-brothers.

He chuckled a bit when he heard the guy's age, though. "Yeah, I guess I can... Since I'm 87." he snickered a little. When he saw the guy pull out a cigarette, though, he got up to a stand and motioned for Jael to follow him outside. Smoking was prohibited indoors, after all.

So once they were out there, he smiled a little as he looked at the guy. "She might just have needed someone new in her life after her previous husband and all her children were gone, I guess." he then said, and shrugged - he did not blame her for doing that at all... He probably would do that as well, if he'd been in her situation.

"... Do you know where she is? I just... I would like for her to know that I'm alive and well." since he had just swam away from home when he was only fifteen years old and had never seen or heard from her since, now that she had lived in the ocean and was scared of the surface world.