Devil's Nest | Monday Night

[defenderofdesmoines]

Annie had made a great discovery tonight, in her quest to learn some damn bartending skills: any number of sins could be hidden with a blender.

Too much triple sec in that margarita? Add more tequila and ice and blend it up, it's fine.

Too much piña, not enough colada? Eyeball it, taste it, throw it in the blender and call it a day.

And, in fact, the daiquiri she'd made had ended up looking so much like a regular strawberry smoothie that Annie felt it was only right to add more rum, anyway, to avoid confusion.

Annie was willing to acknowledge that these were not exactly seasonally appropriate drinks, which was why she had eventually moved onto cider slushies. Now that she'd started using the blender, it was going to be A Thing tonight.

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Have a Drink [11/9]

[defenderofdesmoines]

Tiny might even be able to get the blender away from Annie.

Talk to Annie [11/9]

[defenderofdesmoines]

She'll turn off the blender to talk to you. It's rude to yell.

Re: Talk to Annie [11/9]

[knife_bender]

Diego decided to visit Annie at work and return the favor she did for him on Saturday. It wasn't a trial for him, especially coming in to see her look so excited about using a blender.

He took a seat at the bar and waited for the blender to go off before talking to her.

Re: Talk to Annie [11/9]

[defenderofdesmoines]

Well, Diego at her bar was an excellent reason to take a break from blending, Annie decided. "Well hi," she greeted him with a bright smile, once the blades had stopped spinning and she didn't have to yell. (Though yelling was kind of the fun of using an awesome blender; just ask Tiny, who had been avoiding her for awhile now.) "Fancy seeing you here."

Re: Talk to Annie [11/9]

[knife_bender]

"Yeah, well, I heard a hot bartender worked here on Mondays," Diego said with a smile. He pointed at Tiny. "And it's definitely not that guy."

Re: Talk to Annie [11/9]

[hatesparadise]

"Diego." You know, for some reason, Danny wasn't surprised at all to see him here on this particular night.

Re: Talk to Annie [11/9]

[knife_bender]

"Danny." See, he could say names too. "What brings you to the bar on a Monday night?"

Shouldn't he be at home being domestic with Steve?

Re: Talk to Annie [11/9]

[grenadesandohana]

So Steve was there mostly to stalk Danny, so he could be social and friendly! "Aloha, Diego."

Re: Talk to Annie [11/9]

[knife_bender]

“Aloha,” Diego replied. “How’s it going?”

Re: Talk to Annie [11/9]

[superjoanjett]

Jessica took one step into the Devil's Nest and nearly turned around and walked out when she saw who was behind the bar. Not because she disliked Annie but... well issues.

However this was a bar. And Jessica wanted a drink. And honestly it was maybe better to deal with her own issues. It wasn't Annie's fault she looked like Hope.

So she took a seat at the bar and nodded at Hope in greeting. "Bourbon?"

Which was about as close to a polite hello as Jessica could muster to anyone.

Re: Talk to Annie [11/9]

[defenderofdesmoines]

"Hi again," Annie said with a little smile, and you know what, Jessica? Just for you, she was going to leave her blender and pour some bourbon into a glass. "Neat, I assume?"

She had only just learned what that meant, versus 'on the rocks,' so forgive her for trying to be Ms. Professional Bartender over here.

Re: Talk to Annie [11/9]

[superjoanjett]

"I'm not one for diluting drinks," Jessica said with a nod. "And um... sorry for last week. I was dealing with some stuff. And you look exactly like someone I knew."

Re: Talk to Annie [11/9]

[hatesparadise]

"I see you've moved past the raccoon bar," Danny said. Because only here was that a normal thing to say. Only here.

Re: Talk to Annie [11/9]

[superjoanjett]

"I'm going back later this week," Jessica said over her drink. "I like to support small businesses. How ya doing Danny?"

Re: Talk to Annie [11/9]

[hatesparadise]

"You preparing for college students or somethin'?" Danny asked over the noise of the blender.

Re: Talk to Annie [11/9]

[defenderofdesmoines]

Annie was nice enough to stop the blender in order to greet him. "No, I've just found my calling," she assured him. "Do you want a slushie? They're the best thing I've ever made here." Even if they were a little strong.

Re: Talk to Annie [11/9]

[hatesparadise]

"Uh, what's in it?" Because he'd like to be able to walk home and those kinds of drinks were deceptive.

Re: Talk to Annie [11/9]

[grenadesandohana]

"We have plenty of raccoon beer at home, you know," Steve said, pulling up a barstool.

Re: Talk to Annie [11/9]

[hatesparadise]

"I'm not drinking the raccoon beer, Steven." He would eventually drink the raccoon beer. Once he was worn down.

Re: Talk to Annie [11/9]

[grenadesandohana]

Steve was from Hawai'i, which gave him a free pass on a love of blender drinks, right? They were practically cultural.

"Hi," he said, smiling.

Re: Talk to Annie [11/9]

[defenderofdesmoines]

Hello, new best friend.

"Hi!" Annie greeted him with a bright smile, between aggressive blendings. "Steve, right?" She mostly thought of him as the shirtless-guy-from-the-party-who-wasn't-Rey's-cowboy, but that seemed like a mouthful.

Axe-Throwing [11/9]

[defenderofdesmoines]

Because it's fun!

Back Office [11/9]

[defenderofdesmoines]

Where Eric might be, away from the constant blender noise.

Re: Back Office [11/9]

[texted3times]

Eric was there, talking with Pam about fencing jewels finances!

OOC [11/9]

[defenderofdesmoines]