The Devil's Nest, Saturday, April 12th

[nookiepowered]

"No." Bo crossed her arms behind the bar and ignored the balloon Tiny was holding out to her. "I already told you my terms. The whole thing or no deal."

Tiny held up his phone in the other hand, then made a show of putting it away. Bo just shook her head.

"No. I don't care if you record me. I'm just not doing it without the quid pro quo." She reached out and bopped the balloon lightly. "Every. Single. Verse."

Which was why anyone visiting the bar tonight, including the guests at Warren and Karla's birthday party, would find themselves treated to a high-pitched -- and very long -- performance of I Am The Very Model Of A Modern Major-General from the huge guy in the leather vest.

Bo's performance, they'd have to be very good at searching YouTube (or know Tiny's username) to find, and also fast enough to get there before Bo filed the fake DMCA takedown notice. Or the obscenity one. She was still trying to decide which seemed more likely coming from Disney.

[Open! Karla and Warren's birthday party be happenin' in the VIP area; the rest of the joint is open to anyone.]

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Re: Karla and Warren's Birthday -- Arrive/Mingle

[glacial_queen]

"Well, my calendar back home says it's closer to yours," Karla shrugged. "Consider this my apology lager for not properly organizing a parade and children's choir to commemorate the occasion."

Re: Karla and Warren's Birthday -- Arrive/Mingle

[furnaceface]

//... If either of those things ever become a reality, Karla, I swear to God...//

He didn't actually have a suitable threat. He was trying for one. But he was apparently bad at this.

Re: Karla and Warren's Birthday -- Arrive/Mingle

[glacial_queen]

"You will be all excited and say, 'Thank you, Kahlah, however did you guess?!'?" Karla dimpled at him, her approximation of his accent even worse than usual.

Re: Karla and Warren's Birthday -- Arrive/Mingle

[furnaceface]

Jono's left eye might have just twitched a little.

//Oh no. No I will not. I'll go running for the bloody hills is what I'll do. Defect to Haven or something, perhaps.//

Yes. The settlement of Glacian refugees in Arceria. Because that would definitely save him.

Re: Karla and Warren's Birthday -- Arrive/Mingle

[glacial_queen]

"Yes," Karla said, batting her eyes at him. "Flee to another village where you're regarded as a hero. No one would ever find reason to sing to you there."

Mother Night, it was good to be her sometimes.

Re: Karla and Warren's Birthday -- Arrive/Mingle

[furnaceface]

//The Fyreborn Islands, then. I will sit on the beach and watch the dragons beat on the waves and feed them pickleberries or something.//

Best plan? Best plan.

Re: Karla and Warren's Birthday -- Arrive/Mingle

[glacial_queen]

"Go ahead," Karla deadpanned. "Tell me I can't convince a bunch of excitable dragons to sing to you. Please. Tell me that."

Re: Karla and Warren's Birthday -- Arrive/Mingle

[furnaceface]

//I will hide in the mountain wilderness, Karla! Don't think I won't!//

...

Okay, singing dragons would be kind of priceless.

Re: Karla and Warren's Birthday -- Arrive/Mingle

[glacial_queen]

"Pft." Karla waved that threat away with a roll of her eyes. "So long as you wear my Ring, Jono, I will always, always find you."

A quick press of her hand on his made that into a promise.

Re: Karla and Warren's Birthday -- Arrive/Mingle

[furnaceface]

Jonothon's deadpan look back was actually a fairly withering one.

//And you'll bring the band with you? Really?//

Re: Karla and Warren's Birthday -- Arrive/Mingle

[glacial_queen]

Karla's smile was beatific. "That's why we invented Coaches."

Re: Karla and Warren's Birthday -- Arrive/Mingle

[furnaceface]

//There isn't a moment I don't wonder what it is I did to make you loathe me so much.//

Re: Karla and Warren's Birthday -- Arrive/Mingle

[glacial_queen]

"Aww, Jono, don't be like that," Karla said, holding up the bottle to remind him it was there and she was willing to drink it for him. "This is just how I show my love. I'm like a cat that way."

Re: Karla and Warren's Birthday -- Arrive/Mingle

[furnaceface]

//Knocking things off of shelves just to see how many things you can get away with breaking while still being loved?//

That seemed about right, anyway. He couldn't think of anything else Karla and Joni had in common.

Re: Karla and Warren's Birthday -- Arrive/Mingle

[glacial_queen]

Claws, the ability to take up more room in the bed than physically possible, the propensity to purr when petted properly...

Okay, it was understandable that Jono wouldn't know about that last one.

"Sometimes you just have to ask yourself if you really needed that item up there, instead of on the floor, possibly in pieces."

She was looking far too pleased with herself right now.

Re: Karla and Warren's Birthday -- Arrive/Mingle

[furnaceface]

//... So, between you and Joni, which has been taking lessons in spite from which, exactly?//

Jono needed to know. Somebody was a terrible influence, here.

Somebody. He wasn't going to say who.

But he figured Karla probably knew her.

Re: Karla and Warren's Birthday -- Arrive/Mingle

[glacial_queen]

Well, yes. Karla did know Joni...

"I have," she assured him. "I was very good and sweet and nice till I met your kitten."

That such a lovely mouth could tell such filthy lies...

Re: Karla and Warren's Birthday -- Arrive/Mingle

[furnaceface]

//Mm, yes, I figured as much,// Jono replied. //Just imagine how sad you'll both be when I start spitefully super-gluing everything to the shelves, then.//

Poor Joni. Denied so much.

Re: Karla and Warren's Birthday -- Arrive/Mingle

[glacial_queen]

"Meeeean!" Karla protested, sticking her tongue out at Jono, the brat. "Maybe I won't drink this after all."

Re: Karla and Warren's Birthday -- Arrive/Mingle

[furnaceface]

//I can probably find somebody else willing to drink a lager for me,// Jono replied, putting his nose in the air. Because apparently Karla wasn't the only one prone to bouts of catlike spite. //Somebody willing to let me be the big spoon, at that.//

... Somebody fireproof?

Re: Karla and Warren's Birthday -- Arrive/Mingle

[glacial_queen]

"Please," Karla snorted. "You liked being the little, tiny teaspoon. When I woke up, you were all curled up and clinging to my arm, snuggling as close to me as possible."

Re: Karla and Warren's Birthday -- Arrive/Mingle

[furnaceface]

//Lies. Slander.// Jono crossed his arms over his chest and stuck his nose into the air. //I wouldn't do any such thing.//

He would. He had.

Re: Karla and Warren's Birthday -- Arrive/Mingle

[glacial_queen]

Karla was just going to call in her phone and pull up a picture that suggested otherwise.

Neener, neener, neener.

Re: Karla and Warren's Birthday -- Arrive/Mingle

[furnaceface]

Well. Crap.

//That's clearly a fake,// Jono decided. //You can see where you stuck my picture in. Right there. It's very poorly done, too.//

None of this was true.

Re: Karla and Warren's Birthday -- Arrive/Mingle

[glacial_queen]

"I'll believe you can spot a Photoshoppery when you can prove to me you can Google Photoshop," Karla told him.