Devil's Nest | Sunday Evening

[long_memory]

Silver had no idea it was a holiday but it wouldn't matter much if he did. He never knew his father but it never gave him the angst that it seemed to give other people. He made it a point to take no stock in his past. Backstories were so limiting.

He was drinking pretty steadily at the bar but that wasn't angst, it was just the norm.

[Open, OCD-free]

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[ohvalleyofpenis]

Wait, there was a holiday going on today? Because Jaskier was in the blissfully unaware boat too!

"Oh, you haven't run away from the place screaming yet," he said brightly. "Always a good sign."

[long_memory]

"I'm not exactly sure where I would go even if I did feel that urge," Silver admitted. "What can I get you?"

[ohvalleyofpenis]

"Shall we try the gin this time around?" he asked, peering over Silver's shoulder at the alcohol lined up behind him. "Oh, or the... mezcal? Sounds exciting."

Jaskier would think that.

[long_memory]

"You're the adventurous sort, aren't you?" Silver grabbed a bottle of mezcal and opened it, liking the sound of the name better than gin.

He took a whiff of it before pouring Jaskier a glass. "Ugh, better you than me."

[ohvalleyofpenis]

"With alcohol and bed partners I am," he replied with a wide grin. This was why he always got into trouble. This right here.

[long_memory]

"One usually goes hand in hand with the other, I've found." Look, he knew for a fact one of his crew mates had indeed copulated with a goat and he hoped--prayed--that it had been under the influence of grog.

[ohvalleyofpenis]

Wow, that was some Warren Ellis shit right there, Silver.

"Shall we?" Which thing was he referring to there? Both. It was both.

[long_memory]

Silver chose to believe that was in regards to the alcohol. He was not ready to indulge in those ideas, no matter what the search history on his cellphone might suggest.

One day he would learn about incognito mode.

"You don't expect me to drink this stuff, do you?" It smelled like regret, Jaskier. Puke and regret.

[ohvalleyofpenis]

Shhhh. Let this dumb twunk lure you in, Silver.

"Well, how can I enjoy it alone?" By puking and being full of regret probably.

[long_memory]

Silver sighed, grabbing the bottle and pouring himself a shot. "I feel like I'm going to regret this."

[ohvalleyofpenis]

Because he was going to regret it!

"Oh, it can't be that bad."

Famous last words.

[long_memory]

Silver gave Jaskier a look that he usually reserved for Flint when he said something similar. Because, yes, it could always be that bad.

And he found out he was correct after he knocked back the shot. "Gah--what the fuck?"

[ohvalleyofpenis]

Maybe if they'd known about using salt and lime? No. No,it still would have been bad.

"Oh. Oh gods," Jaskier said, gagging a little. "Cherries. Give me those cherries to get rid of the taste."

[long_memory]

Silver scrambled for the cherries, practically slamming them on the bar. Then he went for the rum and started drinking straight from the bottle to get rid of the taste of whatever it was he drank.

"Why do we sell that? Who would buy it?"

[ohvalleyofpenis]

"Perhaps you wait until someone is too drunk to notice?" Jaskier suggested, shoving a cherry into his mouth.

WHICH WAS IMPOSSIBLE.

[long_memory]

"There's got to be some secret to it that we don't know about," he said before taking another swig of rum. He was gonna be stumbling home even more than usual tonight. "There is absolutely no way humans consume this by itself."

[ohvalleyofpenis]

Jaskier would apologize for that never.

"Well. Eric is a vampire," he said thoughtfully. If only Geralt were here to sullenly refuse to explain anything because he was too busy being full of manpain.

[long_memory]

Silver knew all about that problem, Jaskier. If Flint and Geralt were in a room together it'd just be stony looks and the occasional grunt.

"You know, I'm still not entirely sure what that is," he said. "Other than the fact it makes him live forever."

[ohvalleyofpenis]

God help them all.

"Oh, and they drink blood," he said brightly. Because that much he knew as they also existed back home. "Excellent in bed too. Though it may be more of him thing than a vampire thing."

[long_memory]

"...you know, that's probably something I would have liked to know before accepting this job," he said after a moment. "The blood drinking thing, not the--not the other thing."

Then again the first time Silver had seen Flint he was covered in someone else's blood so maybe that wasn't really an important requirement when it came to his employers.

[ohvalleyofpenis]

But the other thing was so much more important, Silver!

"I'm still alive, so I think we're safe." And Jaskier was so enticingly murderable!

[long_memory]

"That is a relief. I don't think he'd be running this establishment for long if he kept eating customers anyway." Which was a sentence he didn't think he'd ever hear himself say.

"Did you know Eric was a vampire before or after having sex with him?" Just how insane were you, Jaskier?

[ohvalleyofpenis]

"Yes." But he'd already made his mind up about climbing him like a tree. "The other owner was quite forth-coming on the matter. Have you met him?"

[long_memory]

"I can't say that I have," he said. "Is there something I should know about him? He doesn't drink blood too, does he?"

[ohvalleyofpenis]

"...I don't think he does. But he did magically compel me to tell him the truth and that was very annoying." He was so blase about these things sometimes. But only because Lucifer was a decent fuck-buddy.

[long_memory]

"That sounds like a nightmare." Of course it would when you were a man who was 90% lies. "I hope you didn't reveal anything too incriminating."

[ohvalleyofpenis]

Nothing that wasn't painfully obvious to begin with!

"Let's not talk about that," Jaskier said instead in the smoothest transition known to man. "I think I need some rum instead."

[long_memory]

"By all means," Silver said, sliding over the bottle he had been drinking out of. "I plan on finishing this tonight anyway, have at it."

[ohvalleyofpenis]

"My thanks!" They could get pleasantly buzzed together and not talking about feelings at all.

[long_memory]

As far as Silver was concerned, he had no feelings. Not now, not ever. "Rum is much safer than that filth you made me drink earlier."

[ohvalleyofpenis]

Oh, Silver. You little shit. You had feelings, just get drunk about them like everyone else did.

"We were experimenting. Now we know mezcal tastes like vomit."

[long_memory]

"I think I'm going to let you experiment first from now on," Silver said. "I'll follow after if it looks to be worth my while."

Typical.

[ohvalleyofpenis]

"That's terrible customer service," Jaskier replied with a pout.

[long_memory]

"Am I not generously sharing my rum with you?" he asked.

[ohvalleyofpenis]

"Which I appreciate," Jaskier said, holding the bottle closer lest Silver take it from him. "How about we try the vodka? That I know is good."

Because it tasted like burning.

[long_memory]

Silver nodded, reaching for a bottle. "I'll trust your taste on this."

Surely nothing could go wrong with mixing so many liquors in so short of a time.

[ohvalleyofpenis]

Oh noooo. Not at all! Clearly this was a smart plan!

"My word," he said, hand to his heart.

[long_memory]

A totally smart plan, as evidenced by the fact that Silver was pouring more liquor on the bar every time he filled their glasses.

"I've actually heard of this stuff," he said. "Russians like it."

And that was about the extent of what Silver knew about Russia.

[ohvalleyofpenis]

Pff. Get on his level! Or stop pre-gaming, Silver.

"I haven't a clue what a Russian is," Jaskier said, lifting his shot glass like it was a toast.

[long_memory]

"Me either really," he confessed, lifting his glass in return before downing it. "That's...not too bad, actually."

[ohvalleyofpenis]

"See?" He was right about one thing once! Therefore you should always trust him.

[long_memory]

"Yes you were right," Silver said with a wave of his hand. "Don't get cocky."

Instead of going back to his tried and true rum he poured himself more vodka, which was another achievement for Jaskier.

[ohvalleyofpenis]

"I am just sharing the good things I've found here," he replied.