The beach, Saturday night

[what_the_shock]

They'd had a pretty good turnout last week; Miguel was hopeful for another meeting. Maybe Fjord would even be unsnaked.

There was a bonfire, and he'd brought a couple twelve-packs of beer again, and a bottle of gin (and another of tonic, because who did gin straight?), and a lot of leftover fries from his diner shift.

The usual messages had been sent out to the club members (aka, anybody who'd been there before), and hey, there were always new members to hope for, too!


[Open beach and club!]

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Drunk and Bored Club!

[what_the_shock]

Come and get your drink on! Or just hang out and eat fries and chat.

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[died8yearsago]

Rosa thought about just skipping out on the club tonight, partly to just be contrary but mostly because her actually actively socializing two weeks in a row wasn't something she normally would do. But, if anything, Arlo 2 needed to get out more, so that was the excuse she was using on why she actually was out there again.

This time with just one case of beer--good, craft stuff, though--in one hand, no bottle of whiskey in the other, because it was holding the leash, the little pup prancing along eagerly beside her as they made it up the beach.

Good luck, everyone's shoes.

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[what_the_shock]

"Hey." Miguel waved to Rosa, then resigned himself to slobbered-on shoes. "Hi, Arlo 2. What brings you here tonight, beer?" Could dogs even drink?

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[died8yearsago]

Oh, those shoes were so getting slobbered on! Right after Arlo 2 was done excitedly dancing around MIguel's feet a little, after a few totally intimidating playful growls and pounces and yaps so he could see how tough she was!

About as tough as cotton candy.

"Of course beer," said Rosa, frowning slightly, "isn't that the who--wait, were you asking the dog?"

And she paused for a worried moment, in case Arlo 2 did answer, but, thankfully, she didn't. It had happened once before, and Rosa vowed never again.

Then she shrugged as Arlo 2 finally went in for those shoes, and she shook her head. "You know how restless she gets sometimes," she said. "I figured it'd be good to get her out and if things get too lame, I've got a good excuse to duck out early."

...like she even needed one.

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[what_the_shock]

"Like you need one?" Miguel echoed the narrative. Hey, he knew Rosa a bit by now. "And yeah, I was asking the dog. She's not a usual member of this club."

He looked down at the dog. "If I took off my shoes, you think she'd cuddle them and leave my feet alone?"

Dogs were weird, okay? Decent, but weird.

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[betterthanaplan]

Duke spotted the bonfire again, and this time came prepared. From what he'd seen last week, the "club" was pretty full up on beer, so he brought a six pack of fancy ciders instead.

And a bottle of bourbon. That was mostly for him, but he'd be willing to share if people asked nicely.

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[what_the_shock]

"Hey, Duke!" Miguel waved again. "Take a bit of sand." He held up the large foil-wrapped bag. "I brought greasy food to go with the beer."

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[betterthanaplan]

"And I brought --" Duke held up his offerings. "-- Things that are not beer. But they should still be good."

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[what_the_shock]

"Oh, hey, those look great." Miguel picked up a bottle of his craft beer. "Trade you?"

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[built_fjord_tough]

Hm. New face. Fjord considered the man for a few moments, and then shrugged and gave him a salute with his own bottle of whiskey. Good night for it, apparently.

You didn't come to drunk and bored club without the intention of drinking, after all.

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[betterthanaplan]

Duke had been in Fandom almost long enough not to be phased by the green guy with tusks.

Almost.

To his credit, it only took him a single blink to move past his brain glitching out to saluting back with his bourbon.

"How's it going, man? I'm Duke."

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[built_fjord_tough]

"Fjord," Fjord drawled, fairly amicably. He was used to those momentary blinks by now. Really, had been even back home. There weren't exactly a shitload of half-orcs along the Menagerie Coast. "Can't complain any, we got booze an' decent company around here, which is about all a person can ask for in a club like this."

He held out a hand to shake.

"Pleasure to meet you," he added. "Welcome aboard."

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[special_rabbit]

Last week, Diaz had sent a message down the line to Amaya about the Drunk & Bored Club, and she actually had intented to show up, but then there was a project that landed in her lap, and, the next thing she knew (surprise, surprise), it was right around two in the morning and she guessed if she hadn't already missed it, it was probably winding down. This week, however, she'd been slightly less distracted, managed to pick out an ale that seemed right up her alley, and decided to check out what the Drunk & Bored thing was all about.

She hoped no one would mind that she wasn't exactly bored; she had more than enough stuff to keep her busy on that end. And she didn't really hit the Drunk part very often, either, she could handle her booze well, but...it was all probably just semantics anyway, right?

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[what_the_shock]

"Hey, Amaya!" Miguel smiled. "Coming to join us tonight?"

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[special_rabbit]

"I'm coming to join you tonight," Amaya confirmed with a nod and a crooked smile back. "I figured, it wouldn't hurt for me to see something that isn't the inside of my shop, my classroom, or the bar for a change. How've you been, Miguel?"

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[what_the_shock]

"Not too bad. Better now the summer's over," he said. "You?"

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[betterthanaplan]

"За встречу," Duke greeted, lifting his bourbon in greeting. "How's it going?"

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[special_rabbit]

See? And this is why it was good for Amaya to get out of her routine a little more. Mostly New faces!

"Gesundheit!" she responded back cheerfully with a lift of her own beer. "And not too shabby! How's it going with you?"

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[betterthanaplan]

"Not bad at all," Duke said. "And thank you so much for not immediately asking if I was new." He offered his hand. "Duke Crocker. Boat owner, new teacher, et cetera, et cetera."

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[built_fjord_tough]

Fjord was not a snake this week!

That was worth celebrating all on its own, really. And so he'd bought a bottle of relatively cheap (but not terrible) whiskey with him, along with a bag of red solo cups, and was helping himself to some of those fries. Because whiskey went down better with potato.

Probably.

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[what_the_shock]

"Fjord!" Miguel grinned and toasted him. "Welcome back!"

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[built_fjord_tough]

"Didn't go nowhere," Fjord replied, amused. "Just didn't have any friggin' thumbs."

It was hard to open doors without those.

"Doesn't suck to have those back, though," he allowed. "How you been?"

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[what_the_shock]

"Thumbs fully opposable, at least," Miguel answered. "Not bad, really. Glad we're back to island-normal."

Elsewhere on the beach

[what_the_shock]

If you're not into the D&B thing.

OOC!

[what_the_shock]

Zzzzz...