Spike's Pub - 5pm - October 19

[pubkeeper.livejournal.com]

To say that Spike was in a good mood would be frighteningly accurate. He'd found a landscaper on the mainland who'd been willing to come out and have a look at the small, high-walled courtyard out back that he'd never gotten around to putting tables in and they'd agreed to put in a very pretty sunken garden complete with a small, deep pond, for his Princess. Of course, he'd also had to pay to have the locks changed, but that was a small price to pay for relative peace and quiet in his own pub.

This meant that he was humming softly under his breath as he opened the pub for business and put something relatively loud on the jukebox before retreating behind the bar.



((OOC: In the interest of catering to those in odd time-zones, it is 5pm in the pub. Also, tonight's random playlist will be posted in the appropriate spot.))

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[silent-robert.livejournal.com]

Silent Bob wanders into the pub as soon as it's open. He smiles a greeting to Spike, and takes a seat at a corner table. Fumbling in his massive overcoat, he finally finds his cigarettes, and lights one.

A long, slow drag later, he leans back against the wall, looking rather bored.

[[OOC: This is the thread for those willing to be fear toxin'ed. Check in here by acknowledging Bob in some way; Jay will be around later, after he gets the stuff from Callisto. I'll start a new thread for the actual action. Now off to class for ~1.5 hrs.]]

[deadlikegeorge.livejournal.com]

George wanders into the pub, looking for Jayne. She deflates a little when she finds only a big guy in a voluminous overcoat hanging out in the far corner. She pauses for a moment, then takes a breath and approaches him.

"Hey," she says awkwardly. "I was wondering... Have you seen a guy, tallish, brown hair, really likes guns, goes by Jayne?"

[12parseckessel.livejournal.com]

Chewbacca comes in with Han in tow. He gestures for Han to stand over by the wall while he bargains with Spike for a new keg of beer.

Han is sulking in the way only teen boys in disgrace, who think they are too old to be in disgrace, can.

"Bob, right?" he grumps. "Where's your motormouthed partner?"

[egyptianlove.livejournal.com]

Evelyn decided to stop into Spike's Pub in an attempt to relax after the nightmare visions had been tormenting her for the last two days. She smiled at Bob and sat in one of the booths.

[soldtoarmenians]

Xander fishes in his pocket for his mustachioed fake ID - then takes one look at who's behind the bar and groans, shaking his head. He nods at Bob, looking unhappy. "What exactly did I do in a past life to have the bar owner a dimension away from my home town end up knowing me? Any random kid with a driver's license drawn on an etch-a-sketch can get a beer around here, but there's no way Spike's gonna buy that I'm... uh." He checks his license again. "Raul Hernandez."

[mycanonhatesme]

Chloe makes her way into the pub after the newspaper meeting, figuring that a nice strong drink might be the best way to wind down tonight. She's so busy looking around that she doesn't exactly look where she's going, and bumps right into Bob. "Oh! Sorry," she says quickly.

[notstakedyet.livejournal.com]

Angelus came into the pub. He scanned the crowd as though looking for a familiar face. He recognized many, but not the one he wanted.

He opted to go directly to the bar instead. Rather than wait to be helped on, he reached behind it and rummaged for a bottle of something he could tolerate drinking.

[ooc: No breath so no fear toxin for him, but he said he'd drop by to watch so checking in to indicate just that]

[best-bang-yet.livejournal.com]

Zaphod walked in, and nodded a greeting in Spike's direction.

"Coffee, if you've got it. You might have one hangover, friend, but I'm nursing two."

((OOC: I'm out until 9:30, so please consider Zaphod huddled in a corner till I can return))

[pubkeeper.livejournal.com]

Coffee was produced, silently, and placed in front of Zaphod, silently. Two mugs.

Fear toxin released!

[silent-robert.livejournal.com]

Jay rolls his eyes, muttering, "Ah well, dumb blonde bitch." Unfortunetly, as he goes to slip the vial back into his pocket, it slips to the floor and breaks with a melodic, bell-like sound.

A mysterious hissing noise follows, as a transparent white cloud rises up from the spilled liquid. It quickly envelopes the corner.

[[OOC: Continued from here (http://www.livejournal.com/community/fandomtownies/197156.html?thread=7098148#t7098148). The toxin has a limited radius, so those in Spike's who do not want to be affected are not. It's also airborne, so characters who don't breathe won't be affected. If anyone wants to be affected and wasn't in the thread above, it will linger in this corner for a while.]]

Re: Fear toxin released!

[12parseckessel.livejournal.com]

Chewbacca has successfully negotiated the keg purchase and is carrying his trophy out the door. He beckons his disgraced cub to follow.

Han, still wondering if he can combine the Celtic Lit assignment with an Art project, wanders through the cloud on his way out the door.

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[egyptianlove.livejournal.com]

Evelyn was sitting in the next booth and her head turns as she tries to find out where that sound she thought she heard was coming from.

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[mycanonhatesme]

Chloe would probably be offended by Jay's comment, but she's a little busy coughing as the cloud rises up. "What the hell is that?"

Re: Fear toxin released!

[notstakedyet.livejournal.com]

Angelus looked over as the cloud was released. Some of it enveloped him but, well, moot point really.

He settled in to watch.

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[ac-brothers.livejournal.com]

The brothers pulled up front and strolled through the front doors. Since Spike was down employees Kadaj decided they could stop by every night just to check in. If they were needed, they'd stay, if not...they could take off and do other things.

They watched the corner of the room and Loz slowed down to watch the yelling. He raised an eyebrow and shot a look over at Spike.

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[master-of-fear.livejournal.com]

It was beautiful, all of them, running about screaming.

It was more than he'd hoped for. If his entire face wasn't obscured by the burlap mask he was wearing, some one might see him crying tears of joy.

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[best-bang-yet.livejournal.com]

Zaphod is nursing his hangover, when the toxin is released.

"What the Gick?!" He starts coughing violently, and having one more windpipe than humans, the toxin has a double effect, making him live out his own worst fear.

He stumbles around the bar.

"Muh-Muh my head! It's gone! I've got one head!" He quickly checks for a third arm, and lets out a scream when it's missing. Breathing with great difficulty, he opens his trousers and takes a peek.

"AHHH! There's only one there!"

One head. Two arms. One...other head. Zaphod seizures as the effect this will have on his social life rolls through his brain.

He can't take it, and curls into a ball, mourning the loss of his cool.

((Can you tell I’ve been looking forward to this?))

Re: Fear toxin released!

[deadlikegeorge.livejournal.com]

As the mist wafts over her, George begins coughing. She coughs so hard that she gags and accidentally knocks over her soda. She sends an accusing glare at Jay and Bob as she gets up from her booth and makes her way towards the bar to retrieve a rag to clean up the mess.

[http://users.livejournal.com/_gottahavefaith/]

Faith headed into the pub, fully prepared to work, or if she was very unlucky, to ask to pretty please not be fired. As she entered, she saw a pretty shiny cloud and people cowering.

Avoiding the cloud, she headed towards Spike. "What the hell's going on?"

[pubkeeper.livejournal.com]

"I've no idea," Spike retorted, teeth clenched. He glanced again at Angelus, "Although Grandad's presence certainly makes me suspicious. "The one doing all the screaming set it off... and I can't shut him the hell up."

[notstakedyet.livejournal.com]

"Yeah, that'll be keeping me up at night," Angelus rolled his eyes, then went to go talk to Jonathan.

[pubkeeper.livejournal.com]

Having left the pub in the capable hands of Faith and the brothers, Spike simply kept walking. Straight out of the pub and into the darkened street. Avoiding the freaking Han Solo, Spike disappeared into the night, fury almost a tangible force around him.

Out on the street

[12parseckessel.livejournal.com]

Han made it out of the pub before the screaming started, but Chewbacca was nowhere to be seen.

Then he heard it: the Falcon's engines. He looked up and there she went: his durasteel lady and his big furry protector. Home, friend and mentor gone. For no reason. He was alone again. Completely alone. No money, no food, no way of staying in school.

He slumped against the wall of the pub and waited to die. He couldn't cheat Fate a fourth time. Three was all anyone was allowed. And he'd had his three.

Anyone coming upon him might notice tears.

Re: Out on the street

[ac-brothers.livejournal.com]

Loz walked out of the club and took a breath. All that fear choking the air made his skin crawl. It was practically palatable. He looked over and saw a guy leaning against the pub. He vaguely remembered passing the guy as they came in.

He went over and tapped at the guy's foot to get his attention. "Hey."

[soldtoarmenians]

Xander [ over an hour later because his mun had to get home from work and make food OMG] blinks as he coughs, and when he opens his eyes, he peers around him, eyes widening as he takes in his surroundings.

He drops to one knee immediately, bending low over an empty space on the surprisingly non-grimy floor. Anyone close to him or with superduper hearing can make out a frantic quiet repetition of, "No, no, no, c'mon... Buffy, c'mon." He starts pushing with both hands, downward, palms hitting the floor with a smack, over and over. Then he lowers his mouth, almost as if he's going to kiss the floor which isn't that non-grimy, except he's blowing air out, hard. Like somebody's life depended on it.

"No, goddammit, you're supposed to breathe!" And now he's not muttering, he's shouting, eyes red-rimmed and wet as his hands push and shake at the empty air, wrestling with somebody... or some body, only Xander can see. "I remember. You're supposed to breathe! Why won't you breathe?"

[ac-brothers.livejournal.com]

When Loz walked back in the pub, he stood there a moment with his hands on his hips. At the moment, tossing them all out the door sounded like a good idea.

His attention was caught by some guy in the corner punching on the floor and waving his hands in the air. Rolling his eyes, he went over to him and with the best patience he could muster, sank to his heels to get a better look. "Hey."

[deadlikegeorge.livejournal.com]

George, still sputtering and coughing, approaches the bar and leans heavily against it. "Excuse me!" she rasps. "I, uh, spilled my soda over there. Can I get a paper towel or a rag or something?"

As she waits for a reply, she catches a flash of yellow out of the corner of her eye. A chill steals over her as turns her head and finds a Post-It note stuck directly on top of the bar beside her.

[ac-brothers.livejournal.com]

Kadaj handed her a towel. "Use this," he said.

THE PUB IS NOW CLOSED

[ac-brothers.livejournal.com]

The hour was late. Kadaj had just about enough of everyone’s psychoses and made the last call announcement.

Giving the customers (the ones not drooling on their shoes) time to finish up and leave, he motioned to Loz and Yazoo, while he started to ring out the register.

Systematically, the lingerers were encouraged, pleasantly and not so pleasantly, to leave - screaming hysterics or not and the door was locked behind them.