Devil's Nest, Monday, 1/07

[bitten_notshy]

After two weeks away due to the holidays, Jack dreaded his club shift today. He'd been keeping up with email and the most immediate tasks, of course, but there was still bound to be paper mail to open, Tiny and the DJ to deal with, budget spreadsheets to fill out ...

And, as it happened, a clogged soda gun that Tiny seemed to think it was Jack's job to fix. So he'd be ringing in his 2013 behind the bar, shirt sleeves rolled up, banging about with a wrench and pliers and trying to look like he had the faintest idea what he was doing.

He truly had the most glamorous jobs.

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The Bar [1//07]

[bitten_notshy]

Where bottled drinks may be safer today.

Re: The Bar [1//07]

[hatesmoststuff.livejournal.com]

April came into the bar with a community college course catalog to read, looked around for Jack, and was puzzled for a moment before peering over the bar.

"Whoa," she commented. "You can do things."

The surprise in her voice was mostly for teasing purposes. Mostly.

Re: The Bar [1//07]

[bitten_notshy]

"I think mostly I can break things," Jack sighed, waving the soda gun at April. "I don't suppose you know how this works. Tiny's decided it's my job."

Re: The Bar [1//07]

[hatesmoststuff.livejournal.com]

"I definitely don't," April replied, leaning over the bar on her elbows. "I'll give it a shot for free drinks for life."

She was totally not expecting him to take her up on that, no.

Re: The Bar [1//07]

[bitten_notshy]

Jack snorted. "I can call a repairman in for less than what that would cost us, but nice try. Cover your eyes."

He thwacked the side of the soda gun nozzle hard on the bar facing away from April, and was rewarded with a sudden spurt of seltzer on the front of his shirt.

Re: The Bar [1//07]

[hatesmoststuff.livejournal.com]

April grinned at that, plucking a maraschino cherry out of a tray on the bar and fiddling with the stem as she watched this spectacle. "Looks like you're getting it," she teased.

Schadenfreude. Sorry, Jack.

She was, however, kind enough to hand down some napkins.

Re: The Bar [1//07]

[bitten_notshy]

Jack scowled at her, exaggerating the expression as he took the napkins and patted himself down. "Well, something came out of it," he sighed. "I have to take that as a good sign."

He went back to tinkering with the tubes. "Did you just come in here to mock me?" he asked, though he didn't sound like it bothered him.

Re: The Bar [1//07]

[hatesmoststuff.livejournal.com]

"I didn't know there'd be a show," April pointed out. "I was gonna make you help me pick out my community college classes. Since you're a teacher now, apparently."

Beat.

"This is funnier."

Re: The Bar [1//07]

[bitten_notshy]

"I'm sure," Jack said, tone dry despite the damp shirt. "I didn't know you were going to college."

Re: The Bar [1//07]

[hatesmoststuff.livejournal.com]

"Yeah, I quit teaching, so my parents told me I had to," April said with a shrug. "Do I want to take..." She flipped to a random page in the course catalog she'd brought with her-- "Introduction to Lasers?"

No, she did not.

Re: The Bar [1//07]

[professor-lyman.livejournal.com]

"I don't remember this place when I was here before," Josh commented as he walked in. "No zombies makes it a definite step up."

Re: The Bar [1//07]

[bitten_notshy]

"We cater to a discriminating clientele who prefer their beer not smell like rotting brains," Jack nodded seriously, but in a way that suggested he was biting back a smile. "Welcome. Can I get you anything?"

Re: The Bar [1//07]

[professor-lyman.livejournal.com]

"You need to be discriminating not to want the smell of rotting brains? Man, it has been a while," Josh said, grabbing a chair. "What do you recommend? I'm guessing 'not soda.'"

Re: The Bar [1//07]

[bitten_notshy]

"We have a good Scotch selection," Jack offered, sussing up his new client as the kind of person who might like that. "How long ago were you here before? I've been here about three years. I can't speak for the club."

Re: The Bar [1//07]

[professor-lyman.livejournal.com]

"I left in, oh 2007?" Josh replied. "Something like that, anyway. A couple Presidential terms, at least. Scotch sounds good."

He'd have one and be done for the night. Josh was terrible at holding his alcohol.

Re: The Bar [1//07]

[bitten_notshy]

Jack poured a few fingers from his favorite bottle, shooting Tiny a dirty look as he did. He wasn't sure why they paid a bartender while he was on the clock.

"Presidential terms," he echoed. "Are you in politics yourself, or do you just have an interesting way of measuring time?"

Re: The Bar [1//07]

[professor-lyman.livejournal.com]

"I was the Chief of Staff for President Santos until just before Christmas," Josh said with a nod. "I worked as President Bartlet's deputy for seven years before that."

Re: The Bar [1//07]

[bitten_notshy]

"Neither of those names means anything to me," Jack admitted. "But I'm from a world that took a different turn hundreds of years ago. Obama's name wouldn't mean much to me either, if I didn't hear it in Fandom."

Re: The Bar [1//07]

[professor-lyman.livejournal.com]

"Who's Obama?" Josh asked eagerly. "Irish guy?"

Dance Floor & Lounge [1/07]

[bitten_notshy]

Far from the malfunctioning equipment.

VIP Section [1/07]

[bitten_notshy]

Possibly with an Eric!

OOC [1/07]

[bitten_notshy]

I am ded, send help.

Re: OOC [1/07]

[hatesmoststuff.livejournal.com]

I will not send help, but I will send a picture of Tyler Posey in a terrible shirt:

Re: OOC [1/07]

[ultron_junior]

OH GOD WHY.

I'd blame the stylist, but given his tattoo he is entirely capable of selecting that all by himself.

Re: OOC [1/07]

[hatesmoststuff.livejournal.com]

It looks like the kind of shirt a seven-year-old would pick out to give their dad as a gift. TYLER, WHY.