Caritas, Monday Evening

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Jarod was back at the laptop, working on his continuing project, and anticipating a quiet night. Whether he would get one remained to be seen.

And then he saw the headline. "Mother of two dies in lab accident. Son leaves college to care for sister." Hmm. This required further investigation. He saved the document he'd been working on, and started searching the newspaper's archives, the coroner's report, and the police report. He'd make a list of theories and suspects when he got somewhere with paper.


[ooc: Jarod until 11:00 Wow, crashing hard. Please mod Tino and I'll pick up any pings tomorrow.]

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The Band

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The Bar

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Jarod's focused but interruptable. Tino's also there.

Re: The Bar

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Jack was looking very pleased with himself as he walked into Caritas - right up until he remembered who was working. He stopped when he spotted Jarod, then shrugged and grabbed a seat at the bar to wait for Rose. "Jarod," he greeted, deliberately cheerful. "Long time no see. Get a guy a drink?"

Re: The Bar

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Lana smiled a little uncomfortably at him. She'd hoped not to run into anyone she knew while she was here to apologize to Jarod. And Jack, it would have to be Jack, one of the few men she hadn't run into and therefore hadn't tried to throw herself at...

Re: The Bar

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Jack smiled back at her, looking a bit puzzled, because as far as he knew he hadn't done anything that would make her uncomfortable. Unless she was bothered by the fact that he wouldn't talk to her when he was the Beast? "Hey, Lana. Everything okay?"

Re: The Bar

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"Good, just..." She shook her head. Oh, what the hell. Mr. Aziraphale had been very much in favor of getting things out there and not hiding them. "Just working on making amends for my behavior during that crazy weekend. I... wasn't very good."

Re: The Bar

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"It wasn't you, you know," he told her. "And you're not the only one, not that that helps much." He tapped his fingers on the bar while he studied her. "I actually saw you, in the park. I was tall, dark, and hairy."

Re: The Bar

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"You saw me?" Lana repeated. "In..."

Her eyes widened. "The Not!Lion? That was you?"

Re: The Bar

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Jarod tried not to grit his teeth. If Jack was faking pleasantries, so would he. "It has been a while. What's your pleasure?"

Re: The Bar

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"If we go into that, we'll be here all night." And there was no mistaking that smile for anything but a smirk. "For the moment, a beer, whatever's on tap, and when my lovely companion gets here we'll move on to the fun stuff."

Re: The Bar

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"Companion?" Jarod really had no desire to watch Jack and Parker together, even now. He poured Jack's beer and placed it in front of him. "Moved on, have you?"

Re: The Bar

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"Thanks," he said as he slid a bill across the counter. "Keep the change. And nope. A guy can have a bit of fun with a new friend without moving on. It helps keep life interesting."

Re: The Bar

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Jarod rang the price into the register, then left the rest on the bar. People had been known to change their minds. "It definitely does."

Re: The Bar

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Rose entered the bar and grinned widely when she saw Jack. "Hello, gorgeous."

Re: The Bar

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Jack grinned as he leapt off his stool and swept her a bow, holding out his hand for hers. "And there is no way that that isn't my line. I can see I'm going to spend the night fighting off hordes of your admirers."

Re: The Bar

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"Oh, something tells me you can hold your own." Rose said, amused. "So, what's this green drink you've been bragging about?"

Re: The Bar

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"If it means I get you to myself?" Jack straddled his stool and pointed to the one next to him. "I'll take on anyone. Sit, make yourself comfortable, and let me introduce you to the wonderous green drink."

Tino had looked up at the first mention of the green drink, and was staring at Jack in bemusement, but when Jack sent him a huge grin and nodded, shrugged and set about making it. Remembering last time Jack had wanted it, he mixed a pitcher.

"That is just the thing, Tino. My thanks," Jack said as the pitcher and two glasses were set in front of him. "And the first set are on me," he told Rose as he paid Tino, adding a generous tip.

Re: The Bar

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Rose settled on the stool Jack pointed out, "This wouldn't be absinthe, would it? Seeing the green fairy's fun but I doubt Prinicpal Zoe would take to it kindly."

Re: The Bar

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Lana stopped in and came up to the bar a little nervously. "Hey," she said quietly to Jarod.

Re: The Bar

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Jarod put down the glass he was cleaning, came around the bar, and hugged her. "Hey. You feeling better?"

Re: The Bar

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Lana looked utterly surprised at that reaction, but also very relieved. "I'm good. And really sorry about the way I treated you."

Re: The Bar

[jarodpretends.livejournal.com]

"I understand something was going on that weekend," Jarod said as he stepped back. Not that he might not still have had to bail Parker out of jail, but Lana's behavior had been very unusual. "And I've definitely had worse nights than having a pretty girl want to spend time with me."

Re: The Bar

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Lana blushed. "Yeah, a lot of us seemed to turn into other people. Literally. Or in my case, into other versions of ourselves."

She ducked her head. "I always seem to be thanking you for helping me when I can't help myself. You were... really good to me and I was pretty unpleasant in response. I think I feel worse about that than even about the throwing myself at you part."

The Lounge

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