The Devil's Nest, Saturday, February 15th

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After two years worth of kids -- hers and other people's -- tromping in, you'd think Bo would be able to predict when this was going to go down and dress at least vaguely like she didn't work in a particularly dangerous brothel slash martial arts studio, but in her defense, last year it happened after Prom. She thought she had at least two more months to work with here!

At least Tiny had no room to give her crap about it, Bo thought as she set up the bar and watched him explain his job as a bouncer to the three-inch-tall gossamer-winged preschooler who was riding around on his shoulder.

His shirtless shoulder with the studded leather armband just below it.

The gesture he made when Bo lifted an eyebrow in his direction was either Apparently I shrunk? or something she'd never seen a guy admit about himself ever. Bo just shook her head, said, "I don't wanna know," and gave the kid a maraschino cherry she was still nibbling on half an hour later.

Welcome to the Devil's Nest.
Yes, we card.
But we also have half-price milkshakes.

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The Bar [2/15]

[nookiepowered]

Where your bartender was not nervously looking around for any kids with a tail SCREW YOU AND DON'T YOU JUDGE HER.

Re: The Bar [2/15]

[kleptopathic.livejournal.com]

"AUNT BO!" That would be a wired with only a teeeny bit of booze in her little telepath. "WE FOUND YOU!"

Like she'd been hiding, or something. The 'we' was clearly Ellie, and the little dark-haired girl following her in.

Re: The Bar [2/15]

[roundherfinger.livejournal.com]

"Mooooooom," called the other girl. "Why is our house decorated weird? What's a doomhaus?" She scrambled up on a stool, and then grinned. "I'm tall, Ellie! Look!"

Re: The Bar [2/15]

[nookiepowered]

...Well, no tails. That Bo could see. While being super casual about it because who wanted to have to answer the kind of question that could be answered by 'Just checking to see if you have a tail?'

"You, I remember." Bo pointed at Ellie. "You," to the other girl, "Not so much."

Re: The Bar [2/15]

[kleptopathic.livejournal.com]

"She didn't come with us last time." Ellie was climbing the bar stool as well, and now pointing at Aunt Bo, imitating her and snickering. "Or the other time. We outran Vlad!"

Re: The Bar [2/15]

[roundherfinger.livejournal.com]

"He shouldn't get to go to the past three times," Maeve agreed, smirking smirkily at Bo. That was really the only way to describe it. "Mom! Make me a drink!"

So much for manners. But she really wanted to know if her powers would work on younger Mom.

Re: The Bar [2/15]

[nookiepowered]

"What, no please? Don't I even get to know your name and who your dad is before I make you a--"

Drink. Like the milkshake Bo was already pouring, for instance.

"Hey."

Re: The Bar [2/15]

[roundherfinger.livejournal.com]

"Yessss!" Maeve made a little fist-pump, then did a chair-dance she only could've learned from Kenzi. "Thank you for giving me what I wanted!"

Ellie was poking at her and hissing GONNA TELL GONNA TELL, but Maeve just poked her back, before reaching for her milkshake.

Re: The Bar [2/15]

[nookiepowered]

"You realize all you had to do was ask, right?"

So, no to the tail, yes to the dad with powers, unless Bo's succu-whammy had undergone a much more benign mutation in this kid.

Re: The Bar [2/15]

[roundherfinger.livejournal.com]

"But I did it! It never worked that well before!" And probably wouldn't again, now that Mom was ready for it. Maeve slurped her drink and then made bubbles in it. "Mommy didn't think I'd ever manage that!"

Re: The Bar [2/15]

[kleptopathic.livejournal.com]

"She's Maeve, and she's not supposed to do that," Ellie tattled. "And she's seven too. And can I have a milkshake, please Aunt Bo, please?"

Re: The Bar [2/15]

[nookiepowered]

"See?" Again with the pointing to Ellie. "Just saying."

This milkshake got an extra cherry, so there, Maeve. For the extra please.

"Maeve -- I know that name." But she hadn't seen this girl before, Bo was sure.

Re: The Bar [2/15]

[godgavemecable.livejournal.com]

By now, Toby was quite familiar with recognizing when it was One Of Those Weekends. Which naturally led to a bit of mental fishing about, which in turn led to him arriving at the Devil's Nest.

"You get any extra-special deliveries lately?" he asked Bo. Like, maybe, a wee telepath.

Re: The Bar [2/15]

[kleptopathic.livejournal.com]

"DADDY DADDY DADDY!"

Okay, that should answer that question.

"DADDY DADDY DADDY!"

... but the wee tiny newcomer behind her begs a whole ton more, probably.

Re: The Bar [2/15]

[godgavemecable.livejournal.com]

Okay, yes. One of them was definitely the tiny telepath he was familiar with. The other... not so much.

"Hey!" he said brightly, doing his best not to let the fact that he didn't recognize the other little girl show. "What have you been up to? Not too much trouble, I hope?"

Re: The Bar [2/15]

[kleptopathic.livejournal.com]

"Maeve made Aunt Bo give her a milkshake!"

You could tell they were sisters, couldn't you?

Re: The Bar [2/15]

[roundherfinger.livejournal.com]

"She didn't care! She just said I should say please!" Maeve poked Ellie's shoulder. "Ellie said we should jump in the portal and run away from Vlad!"

So, so, so sisters.

Re: The Bar [2/15]

[godgavemecable.livejournal.com]

Sooooo much tattling going on here. "Is that so?" he said, raising an eyebrow at- well, both of them.

Re: The Bar [2/15]

[roundherfinger.livejournal.com]

Both of them looked a little shame-faced when getting the eyebrow. There might have been one more poke before Maeve admitted, "I'm sorry?" Poke. "I'm sorry." She stuck out her tongue at Ellie. "Ellie's sorry too." Poke!

"Can we go to the park tomorrow? Pleeeease?"

Maeve didn't try using her superpowers on Daddy. That never worked. And that thought was probably pretty loud from both her *and* Ellie.

Re: The Bar [2/15]

[godgavemecable.livejournal.com]

"Apology accepted," Toby said graciously. And... superpowers, hmmm? Between those thoughts, and Ellie's earlier comment about Maeve making Bo give her a milkshake, Toby put two and two together.

"I think we could swing that," he said, after pretending to think about it for a moment or two. "Especially since you asked so nicely." Emphasis on the 'asked'.

Re: The Bar [2/15]

[kleptopathic.livejournal.com]

Maeve pouted, and Ellie actually felt a little bad for her now. "She asked when we were in the other bar-- ooooops."

Yes, they'd already had two milkshakes tonight. They were going to be wired for a whiiiile.

Re: The Bar [2/15]

[roundherfinger.livejournal.com]

Maeve's eyes got round. "Shhhh! ... I mean. We were hungry?" They had been! Really! "No fair. We can't lie to you."

Seriously! How was a kid supposed to get away with anything?

The Dance Floor [2/15]

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Where...

"The Wiggles? Really?"

Shut up, Bo wasn't tapping her foot.

The VIP Area [2/15]

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Where who the hell knew who would show up. Apparently Dracula had kids, so...

The OOC [2/15]

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Where MP is going to regret this pasta, but it's so. good.