Spike's Pub - Open 01/02

[ac-brothers.livejournal.com]

Responsibility was a bitch.

Leaving Kadaj with Yazoo, where he drifted in out of sleep, Loz went to the pub and opened it. He counted on the help of the kitchen staff to keep up with business since he wasn't as experienced at tending to the Pub as either Yazoo or Kadaj.

The sign flickered to life blinking OPEN before shining steady into the darkness.


[ooc- slow play until around 10:30 EST]

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[prof-cregg.livejournal.com]

Entirely overdosed on company and nature shows, she comes in and sits at the bar. Her cast is gone, and she looks around to see who else is here.

[sp/afk til 9est. just wanted to get the tag in]

[ac-brothers.livejournal.com]

Loz leaned on the bar in front of CJ. "Hey."

[prof-cregg.livejournal.com]

"Hey. Slow night?"

[ac-brothers.livejournal.com]

He shook his head and pressed his lips into a firm line while he considered his answer. "Not really. Something came up and Kadaj is dealing with it."

[prof-cregg.livejournal.com]

"Give me a diet coke and tell me why you're making that face. Is something wrong with Kadaj?" She leans forward, her face the picture of concern.

[ac-brothers.livejournal.com]

A glass, some ice and topping it with diet coke, he placed it in front of her and shook his head again. "Not Kadaj. Yazoo. Something...went wrong and he was taken to that doctor here in town."

[prof-cregg.livejournal.com]

"Yazoo? Is he ok? Can I do anything?" she slides off the stool, standing, poised to leave. "Anything. Name it."

[ac-brothers.livejournal.com]

He waved her to sit back down again. "At this point, we don't know. Until I see Kadaj, I can't say at all."

[prof-cregg.livejournal.com]

"He's got to be ok, though. Right? You boys...aren't, um..." she sips her coke, confused by memories that don't make sense. "He'll be ok."

[ac-brothers.livejournal.com]

"He should be. The doctor guy fixed him up." Loz dragged a stool behind the bar and sat down. "I just wish I understood what happened. It shouldn't have happened," he frowned.

It would be arrogant to say it never happened and usually it didn't. Then again, Yazoo and he were a unit when it came to fighting. Rarely did they take on an opponent alone...

[prof-cregg.livejournal.com]

"Loz...do you want to talk about this? Figure it out? Or should I distract you?" She smiles softly at him, sipping through her straw.

[ac-brothers.livejournal.com]

"If you do the cherry stem thing again to distract me, I might have to lock the pub doors." Loz grinned. He shrugged. "Nothing to talk about otherwise."

[prof-cregg.livejournal.com]

Smiling broadly, she pushes her coke away. "No more cherries for you. I'm still trying to figure out what it is with you and I." Looking around, she hops off the stool again. "Come on, I'll hustle you and we can think of something else to talk about."

[ac-brothers.livejournal.com]

He was a bit perplexed by her statement until he realized that CJ didn't remember a lot of things. "There is no 'you and I' other than..." he paused, "friends."

Were they friends? He would have to guess they are, having so few of them. In fact, Loz could count on two fingers, his 'friends'.

[prof-cregg.livejournal.com]

"Well, my friend, grab a cue and let me take you for all you've got." She grins wickedly and chooses a cue of her own.

[ac-brothers.livejournal.com]

"Ooooh," Loz said sarcastically. "Big mean pool lady is going to clean my clock?" He stepped around the bar and met her at a table, setting it up for play.

[prof-cregg.livejournal.com]

"Nah. I play poker better than pool. You break, let's see what you've got."

[ac-brothers.livejournal.com]

Lining up for his shot, Loz grinned at her wolfishly. "Can you handle what I got?"

[prof-cregg.livejournal.com]

"Pretty sure I can. Come on, Fast Eddie. Less talk, more play."

[ac-brothers.livejournal.com]

Blowing a kiss at her, "I admit, I'm still new to this," and the balls clacked around the table and hit the bumpers to scatter, a stripe rolling into a corner pocket.

[prof-cregg.livejournal.com]

"You're stripes. Go again." She takes her cue back to the bar, grabbing her soda with a smile on her face. Not the worst break ever...but not very good.

[ac-brothers.livejournal.com]

He took the next shot and missed, with it eventually ending up in the middle of the table. With a small scowl, he stood back for CJ.

[prof-cregg.livejournal.com]

Smiling wickedly, she walks around the table. "Thanks for the set up there, Loz."

Walking around the table, she scans the angles. "You know, this is all about geometry, right?" Lining up the cue, she drives the 2 into the corner.

"I mean, it's just lines. It's more than just hitting randomly." She takes on the 4, but scratches.

[ac-brothers.livejournal.com]

"Yeah. Figured that much out. Doesn't mean I'm any good at it anyway," he said. "Tell you what, why don't you play and I'll watch you bend over the table. That's much more fun for me."

[prof-cregg.livejournal.com]

Dryly, "Watching my ass kick yours? You've got to be kidding. Get up here and take your shot."

[ac-brothers.livejournal.com]

"No." Loz took another shot and managed to get another one sunk. It's obvious he's not good but he's not angry that he's not good. "Just watching your ass," he said, sinking a second shot.

Surprised at his run of luck, which he knew wouldn't last, he circled around the table. "Or your legs," and the third shot missed by a wide margin.

[prof-cregg.livejournal.com]

She rolls her eyes at him. "I think I'm getting a feel for what kind of friends we are, Loz. I tell you no a lot, huh?" She laughs softly and walks around the table, more than a little self conscious.

Lining up her shot, she misses with style, swearing softly.

"Go."

[ac-brothers.livejournal.com]

"As a matter of fact," Loz took another shot and managed to get it right to the pocket without it tipping in and he groaned. "You do say no a lot. Although, if I were smart, I could lie and say we fuck like bunnies but I don't think you'd buy that."

[prof-cregg.livejournal.com]

She snorts out a laugh and moves around the table. "You shoulda tried your luck. It's looking like I'm the town tramp. Not how I was before I came here, let me tell you."

She strikes sharply, splitting a shot, the 1 and the 7 going into opposite pockets. "If you'd said that, I'd have bought it. But now...too bad, so sad."

[ac-brothers.livejournal.com]

He shrugged and leaned on one of the tables behind him. "Not interested in getting in trouble again."

[prof-cregg.livejournal.com]

"Did you get in trouble before?" She ducks under the light so she can look at him. "With who?"

Taking on the 4 again, she sinks it in the side pocket.

[ac-brothers.livejournal.com]

"Got yelled at, yeah." Watching her, he laughed. "You're a ... what do you call them...pool shark? You did hustle me."

[prof-cregg.livejournal.com]

"I did not. You just suck." She raises the corner of her mouth in a half smile and cracks the three in the far corner, but takes the 13 with it. "See, I'm a helper. Go."