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Mike Lane ([personal profile] newroutines) wrote in [community profile] fandomtownies2014-07-18 08:17 pm
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Caritas, Friday Evening

TONIGHT'S SPECIALS
Summer of '82
Sun Kissed Slammer
10% off the price of your drink if you make the bartender laugh
(no, not the surly one)


Yeah, Caritas was making things easy on y'all today, Fandomites. Mike was probably going to do the harder challenge (with higher rewards, too) some other week, but for this one, Tino could feel safe and undisturbed. Except for his feelings on being named 'the surly one', no matter how apt it was in Mike's opinion.

Of course, to make Mike had, you probably still had to try and keep from getting too distracted by the arms he was showing off in his tank top. That'd be easier to some than others, but he figured it'd be a welcome challenge for the latter.

[ooc: Open, no ocd!]
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[identity profile] begmetwice.livejournal.com 2014-07-18 06:02 pm (UTC)(link)
Irene kept meaning to come visit Caritas, considering she'd been explicitly invited by two different bartenders, but today was the first time she'd managed to.

As she wandered in, she took a glance at the sign. And that was why she greeted Mike with a smile and a, "Making things difficult on us tonight, are you?"
newroutines: ([pos adam] Chilling.)

[personal profile] newroutines 2014-07-18 06:18 pm (UTC)(link)
"Oh, very much so," Mike informed her solemnly. For his standards, anyway. He leaned against the bar. "Everyone knows I never laugh."

He laughed at everything all the time, when he wasn't down in the dumps. And he wasn't, right now.

[identity profile] begmetwice.livejournal.com 2014-07-18 06:21 pm (UTC)(link)
"Yes, you seem very serious. Positively stone-faced," she agreed, leaning her chin in her hand. "Have you heard the joke about the three nuns on the park bench?"
newroutines: ([pos] Okay totally game.)

[personal profile] newroutines 2014-07-18 06:40 pm (UTC)(link)
Mike smirked a little, and shook his head.

"No, can't say I have. Wanna enlighten me?"

[identity profile] begmetwice.livejournal.com 2014-07-18 06:42 pm (UTC)(link)
"A man came over and flashed them," Irene said, eyes wide with the sheer scandal of it all. "Two of them had a stroke, in fact."

She paused, tilting her head, and added, "The third couldn't quite reach."

It was a good thing she kept things classy, right?
newroutines: ([pos] A brighter tomorrow.)

[personal profile] newroutines 2014-07-18 07:03 pm (UTC)(link)
Mike didn't laugh.

Oh, the corners of his mouth twitched in a pretty obvious way, and he was pressing his lips together in an equally clear effort not to laugh, but still.

"Nice one."

[identity profile] begmetwice.livejournal.com 2014-07-18 07:20 pm (UTC)(link)
"Oh, come on," Irene said, eyes going wide as she laughed. "I had a client tell me that in the middle of a session and I completely lost my composure! Unfair."

She sighed, arching a brow. "Are you ticklish? That's my next recourse." Not that she'd brought the proper tools, but fingers were always good for that sort of thing, too.
newroutines: ([pos] Heh.)

[personal profile] newroutines 2014-07-18 08:23 pm (UTC)(link)
"As it happens, I'm not," Mike claimed. Whether that was true or not was anyone's guess, though. He shook his head very earnestly, though. "But hey, good for you, having clients who can make you laugh."

[identity profile] begmetwice.livejournal.com 2014-07-18 08:25 pm (UTC)(link)
"Not so much anymore, but still," Irene said, still frowning slightly at him. "All right, fine, I'll accept defeat for the moment. Can you mix a martini? The bloke at the other bar said he couldn't mix anything at all. It was very sad."

It had been tragic. Damn you, Derek.
newroutines: ([pos] Lol okay.)

[personal profile] newroutines 2014-07-18 08:34 pm (UTC)(link)
"Oh yeah? Which one was that?" he asked as he turned to prove he could mix a damn mean martini. "The, uh, bloke. Not the bar. I know who our competition is."

[identity profile] begmetwice.livejournal.com 2014-07-18 08:36 pm (UTC)(link)
"Derek. He ended up giving me incredibly overpriced chardonnay," Irene said, watching him with interest.

Look, just because she wasn't especially interested in men didn't mean that she couldn't admire a beautiful set of arms like that when they were presented to her. Because really.
newroutines: ([neu] Nope.)

[personal profile] newroutines 2014-07-18 08:47 pm (UTC)(link)
Mike snorted. "Figures. I was pretty sure all the other guys would know how to mix a martini. Not so much with Derek."

[identity profile] begmetwice.livejournal.com 2014-07-18 08:54 pm (UTC)(link)
"Oh, so he's the only bartender I need to be mindful of?" she checked with a smile. "And here I quite got the impression that you all might've just been hired for your looks."

She wouldn't have blamed Kitty, or...whoever it was who ran the Devil's Nest.
newroutines: ([pos] Wicked.)

[personal profile] newroutines 2014-07-18 09:02 pm (UTC)(link)
"Oh, I'm sure that's part of it."

Hey, Mike was used to earning a living in part on his appearance. He had no problem owning that.

"It's not like anyone's hiring Derek for his sunny personality," he added. "And I obviously never laugh, so I'm kind of a bummer."

[identity profile] begmetwice.livejournal.com 2014-07-19 12:04 am (UTC)(link)
"You didn't even laugh at my dirty nun joke," Irene noted with a pout. "But you're right, Derek is very grumpy. He said I ought to get used to it around here, which I just don't see to be true. Everyone I've met is almost safety-questioningly friendly."
newroutines: ([pos] Yeah I dunno...)

[personal profile] newroutines 2014-07-19 12:45 pm (UTC)(link)
Mike just offered up a shrug as he slid her martini glass over. "It's just our thing. Makes up for what an ass the island itself can be sometimes. I don't think Derek got the memo, but he gets on these 'hating joy' kicks sometimes."
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