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The Devil's Nest | Thursday Evening

"Who keeps doing this?" Buffy asked, hands on her hips. The bar was once again in complete disarray. "Is there a misguided booze gnome around here or something?"

Somebody was going to get their ass kicked.

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Where Buffy was, muttering to herself.

Bruce had broken from his routine of going to the Devil's Nest when the blonde he knew was working this week, so he apparently decided to stop in on a night when a blonde he didn't know was working.

"Good evening. Have any specials tonight?" he asked as he took a seat.

She'd scanned the place for anyone else who fit the picture of a man who'd throw a charity gala and...

"Mr. Wayne?" she asked, approaching with a professional smile.

He fit the picture!

Just because he was wearing an expensive-looking three-piece suit out to a bar? Okay, that was a fair deduction.

"That's me," Bruce said, turning around with a drink in hand. "And you'd be Karina?"

"Yes," she said, with another smile. "That's me. I hope I'm not interrupting anything...?"

"Not at all. I'm actually here just to talk business," Bruce said. And, from the sound of his voice, maybe have a few drinks. "Have a seat, and tell me why you want to help out tomorrow."

It was a bar after all! He could drink.

"Thanks," she said, sitting. "I want to help out because it's for a good cause, because I've got experience in similar social situations, and because I'd be there anyway and in that case, helping is just seemed like the right thing to do."

Which made her sound like a total do-gooder. Ugh. Even though it was all true.

Sounding like a do-gooder was probably a good thing when talking about a charity event.

"Have you ever attended a charity event like this?" Bruce asked.

"Yes," she said honestly. "All the time. Dad's pretty involved in a number of charities and gets me to help out."

Which was true, though she'd attended more of them as her Hero persona.

"Good to know," Bruce said. "Then you more or less know the drill. People come in, you say hi, get them in a talkative mood, and hope things take off from there. In a pinch, be sure to direct them to the open bar."

"I can handle that," Karina said, smiling. "Is there anything else I should keep in mind? Details about which orphanages, in case anyone asks? Or if someone asks if you'd be interested in donating to their pet project, should I shut them down, politely of course, or direct them to you?"

"I'll have some fliers handy, giving information on where all of the money is going. And I'll be happy to talk to anyone about their causes," Bruce said. "Even though I doubt it'll happen. In my experience, people in Fandom tend not to be too pushy about things like that. They prefer to focus on helping with the topic at hand."

"Otherwise, it sounds like you have a good handle on what you need to do. Just be sure to have a good time," Bruce said.

"Better to ask and not have it come up than not ask and have to scramble for an answer," Karina said, smiling a bit. "But thanks, I'll do my best and I'm sure I'll have fun."

"When in doubt, just send them my way. I mastered the art of answering any random questions at these things years ago, even when I'm just making things up," Bruce said.

"I'll do that," she said, looking a bit amused. "Though I like to think I'm not so bad at it myself."

"We'll see about that. But you're definitely off to a good start," Bruce said encouragingly.

"Yeah, I'll give you a free drink if you can tell me who keeps messing up my booze organizing system." It was really annoying her.

"I can at least narrow it down. It wasn't me," Bruce noted.

"Helpful," Buffy said. "But not helpful enough for a free drink."

"I had to try," Bruce said, giving a small shrug. "Are any of your coworkers known for their organization?"

"I don't really know my coworkers all that well," Buffy admitted. "I'm not really a big drinker so hanging out in a bar during my free time isn't really my thing."

"So I probably shouldn't ask you for personal recommendations on what I should try," Bruce noted. "But still, statistically speaking, it's probably one of the other bartenders. Nobody else would have enough time to ruin your system."

"This is true. I'll have to do some recon on them," Buffy decided. "And I can recommend the water. It's great water, I drink it all the time."

"Who am I to argue? I'll start with a glass of that," Bruce said. "On the rocks, please."

"Excellent choice," she said with a nod. "Not only is it free but even I can't mess it up."

"I better not find a blonde hair in my glass, or you're going to feel silly about that kind of bragging," Bruce pointed out.

"Hi!" Karina said, as made her way to the bar. She noticed the mess, especially since Karina knew bars pretty well for someone who didn't drink and was a minor, but it'd be rude for her to comment on it. "Can I get a Pepsi?"

"Uh, sure." Kind of an odd request but at least it was an easy one to fill. "Can I ask why Pepsi? Do you have a Coke vendetta?"

"Something like that," Karina said, with a shrug. "Pepsi's just more my thing."

Also, she was contractually obligated to not drink Coke.

"What about you? Pepsi or Coke?"

"Depends on my mood," Buffy decided as she put down a Pepsi. "Sometimes I want a classic Coke and others I want the zip of Pepsi."

"Thanks," Karina said, "and that sounds like a pretty good way to be. Flexible, like. And you never have the trouble of restaurants that only sell one when you're looking for the other."

A beat.

"I'm Karina, by the way."

"Buffy," she said. "What's a Pepsi person hanging out in a bar for?"

"Hopefully, I'll be passing an interview to help out at the gala tomorrow," she admitted. "I probably wouldn't have come in here if not for that."

"There's a gala?" she asked. "This town's fancy enough to have a gala?"

"If someone's rich enough, anywhere is fancy enough for a gala event," Karina said, shrugging a bit. "But yeah, it's being held in the park tomorrow night. Mr. Wayne's holding it and all proceeds are going to local orphanages."

Where the DJ was playing classical music for some reason.

Where a vampire might be!

Usual work SP in effect!

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