Caritas- Tuesday

[throughaphase]

Apparently the zombies were trying their hand at being a jam band tonight. It was actually.,. really good?

Like when when the drummer's arm flew off and Tino had to go running to reattach it the drummer just waved him off because they'd picked up on the change in tempo really well.

Kitty was here, Caritas was open, and honestly it was kinda groovin'.


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[weirderthanthou]

"...Did that guy just lose an arm?" Jesse asked as she stepped inside the bar.

Caritas had treated her fine last week, so... might as well go back, right?

[throughaphase]

"Oh yeah, that happens," Kitty told her. "Tino will reattach it when the drummer's less in the zone."

[weirderthanthou]

"Seems like being a one-armed drummer could kind of destroy his rhythm," Jesse said, walking up to the bar. "Can I get a beer, please? Just something generic."

[throughaphase]

"I guess he's trying a Def Leppard thing. I'm not mad at it," Kitty said, getting and sliding over her beer. "You're new."

[weirderthanthou]

"Yep," Jesse said wryly, taking her beer. "I am. I'm also the mayor, apparently, so let's just pretend I'm doing my municipal rounds here."

[throughaphase]

"Oh! Jesse, our new mayor." After weeks of getting referred to as such on the radio it kinda stuck in her head. "I'm Kitty, the manager and tonight's bartender."

[weirderthanthou]

"A manager who bartends," Jesse said, smiling. "I knew I liked the vibe of this place."

She took a careful sip of her beer.

[throughaphase]

"Thanks. Turns out I actually like people," Kitty said. "And it's a great way to actually meet the new ones when they get to town."

[weirderthanthou]

"Well, you found me," Jesse said wryly, waving her bottle around. "So how long have you lived around here, Kitty?"

[throughaphase]

Kitty always had to think about that.

"Going on nine years," she realized. "Wow, I don't know how that happened."

[weirderthanthou]

"Wow," Jesse said, looking genuinely impressed. "Based on everything I've heard, that definitely takes some work. And weirdness resistance."

[throughaphase]

"Home's just as weird. This place took very little adjustment for me," Kitty admitted. "What about you? Where are you from?"

[weirderthanthou]

"Originally, Wisconsin," Jesse said wryly. "But I was in the process of moving from Cheyenne to New York when the island kind of... kidnapped me. I know, it happens."

[throughaphase]

"Pretty frequently lately, too." This was what, four? "You seem to be adjusting okay, at least."

[weirderthanthou]

"I'm also not totally new to the strange," Jesse said, mouth curving. "Though it's not exactly everywhere where I come from."

[throughaphase]

"How so?" Kitty asked, interested.

[weirderthanthou]

Right. Don't tell her about the Bureau. "There are just... events sometimes," Jesse said, gesturing vaguely. "Things get weird powers and everything goes a little funny. The big invasions you guys have had over the years, they seem kind of... similar, I guess? But it's more spread out."

[throughaphase]

"So things just pop up and get stamped out?" Kitty said.

[weirderthanthou]

"As much as possible," Jesse said, voice still wry. "I've... seen some things. Fridge that murders people if nobody watches it, things."

There. That's a safe example.

[throughaphase]

"Okay! That's a new one," Kitty said, actually sort of impressed.

[weirderthanthou]

"I think my assistant at the mayor's office expected me to be a little more weirded out with the 'history of Fandom' part of the brief than I was," Jesse admitted.

[throughaphase]

"It just means you'll be well-equipped for the next time the island throws dome nonsense at us," Kitty said. "Which really could happen at any moment."

[weirderthanthou]

"I probably still have a few weeks?" Jesse said. "I've been spreadsheeting past invasions."

[throughaphase]

"You're really taking this seriously."

She liked you, Jesse.

[weirderthanthou]

Jesse smiled ruefully, rubbing the back of her neck. "Don't get me wrong, I'm still getting used to this in-charge thing," she said. In more ways than one. "I'm just sick of getting caught off guard."

[throughaphase]

"Understandable. Especially when you know you probably only have a few weeks," Kitty smiled.

[weirderthanthou]

"I just hope it's not going to be clocks," Jesse said, half-joking. "I'm so sick of clocks."

[throughaphase]

"I'm so interested in why," Kitty admitted.

[weirderthanthou]

"There's an office building in New York City that has an entire floor that's just copies of the same old clock," Jesse said. Honestly, getting to just talk to a normal, non-Bureau person about it without getting treated like a basket case was kind of heady.

Or a lot heady.

"Turns out there was this creature right in the heart of it, I think it used to be an anchor? And all it did was just... spit out clocks." She gave a little wave.

[throughaphase]

"That's so specific and so unnecessary of it," Kitty said.

[weirderthanthou]

"I just know it really hurts getting hit in the face with a clock," Jesse said, and took a swig of her beer.

[throughaphase]

"I'm going to go ahead and say that was also unnecessary."

She assumed.

[died8yearsago]

"What?" asked Rosa, with a passing glance at the band before returning to seeking out a distressing specials board. "No specials tonight?"

And here she'd been getting used to it. It leant a certain air of terrible risk to her usual bar nights.

[throughaphase]

"I could get you a Diaz?" Kitty tried.

Free!

[died8yearsago]

"When in doubt," Rosa snorted faintly, "there's always a Diaz. Sure. That'll work."

[throughaphase]

"Coming right up," Kitty sahd. "Guessing this means I need a special next week, huh?"

[died8yearsago]

"I meam," said Rosa, "it's your bar, do whatever the hell you want. It's not like I'm not going to show up or something."

Though there was a pause.

"Probably."

Not even she could really predict things like her own whims and moods.

[throughaphase]

"We'll see what strikes me next week," Kitty said, setting her drink down. "And whether I get anything horrifying again."