The Devil's Nest, Wednesday Evening

[okteiviakom]

Somehow it was Wednesday again. The vibe at the club was different tonight, though. And it probably had a lot to do with the playlist, which was not piano bar stuff or mellow jazz tonight. Oh no, they were going the hard rock route tonight, with some classics from the eighties and nineties.

It was a list Octavia had grabbed largely at random, based on faint recognition of at least some of the names. She was just... giving it a go.

Bringing something louder in here.

(Trying to remember the version of herself that would've loved to do this every week, if with songs she'd actually picked herself.)

Comments

Have a Drink [DN 01/20]

[okteiviakom]

Mod Tiny or talk to Octavia!

Re: Have a Drink [DN 01/20]

[betterthanaplan]

"Huh. This is giving me flashbacks."

Look, some people hade grown up angry in the eighties and nineties.

Re: Have a Drink [DN 01/20]

[okteiviakom]

"Which part?" Octavia asked, with faintly amused raised eyebrows. "Don't think it's been long enough since we saw each other to warrant flashbacks."

Re: Have a Drink [DN 01/20]

[betterthanaplan]

Duke pointed upward. “The songs of my childhood.”

Re: Have a Drink [DN 01/20]

[okteiviakom]

A beat.

"Oh, this was an old man thing."

Shush, she was in an okay mood this week. This was how it came out.

Re: Have a Drink [DN 01/20]

[betterthanaplan]

Duke pressed his hand to his chest. “Ouch! You know, I’m not that much older than you are. Anymore.”

Re: Have a Drink [DN 01/20]

[okteiviakom]

"Still older, though."

And she was more comfortable teasing him about it now that the gap wasn't as large anymore.

Re: Have a Drink [DN 01/20]

[betterthanaplan]

Duke laughed and shook his head. "Well, how about you make your elder a drink, then? While I decide if I should try to relive the glory of my ax victory last week."

Re: Have a Drink [DN 01/20]

[flourish_or_perish]

You know what, Faye had had a whole day, between teaching herself and then going to class like a good girl, and she didn't feel like having jello or potentially listening to karaoke.

"Can I have some of that?" she requested, sidling up to the bar and pointing vaguely towards a bottle of mid-range whiskey. "In a glass, with ice cubes."

One of these days she'd change it up.

Re: Have a Drink [DN 01/20]

[okteiviakom]

Octavia nodded, before going to grab the bottle in question, and a glass.

Without saying anything.

The small-talky part of bartending was still kind of a work in progress.

Re: Have a Drink [DN 01/20]

[flourish_or_perish]

"Thanks." Look, Faye could even be polite! It was also a work in progress, but it was easy to be nice to bartenders.

Re: Have a Drink [DN 01/20]

[okteiviakom]

A moment later, Octavia slid whiskey glass - ice cubes and all, yes - in front of Faye.

"There you go," she said, then rattled off the price.

(Outstanding customer service there, Tavi.)

Re: Have a Drink [DN 01/20]

[flourish_or_perish]

"Gorgeous," Faye decided, throwing a couple bills on the bar before gratefully reaching for the glass. (She was not a great tipper by habit, but she'd actually learned that keeping up a nice ratio here tended to get something like favorable service, so.) "It has been a long day."

Re: Have a Drink [DN 01/20]

[okteiviakom]

"How so?" Octavia rasped, picking up the money. Almost left it at that, but, hey. She was having a pretty good week, maybe she could make something of an effort beyond being monosyllabic.

"Island hasn't seemed to be doing anything weird."

Re: Have a Drink [DN 01/20]

[flourish_or_perish]

"I'm a teacher," Faye explained, like that explained everything. Also conveniently leaving out the part where she had had to teach one class, for like an hour, and that it had barely been a class. "I had to be at the school for first period. And then I had class. Like, for me."

Look at that Octavia. Faye was so accomplished. Be impressed by her.

Re: Have a Drink [DN 01/20]

[betterthanaplan]

"Faye," Duke greeted. "Nice to see you outside a classroom."

Re: Have a Drink [DN 01/20]

[flourish_or_perish]

Faye lifted her drink in a greeting. "Duke," she returned. "You know, I don't know if I've ever been in a bar with one of my teachers before."

She knew perfectly damn well she hadn't. Unless there was a lot of really interesting stuff about school that she couldn't remember.

Re: Have a Drink [DN 01/20]

[betterthanaplan]

"The joys of adult education," Duke said. "I'd say I've never been in a bar with a student before, but -- I mean, one of them helped me bust up a cult last summer, so I'm pretty sure hitting up a bar together is nothing compared to that."

Re: Have a Drink [DN 01/20]

[flourish_or_perish]

"A cult?" Yeah, you couldn't just say stuff like that and not elaborate, Duke, now she was all interested.

Re: Have a Drink [DN 01/20]

[betterthanaplan]

"Bog-standard eastern spiritual appropriation thing," Duke said with a shrug. "Come for the meditation, stay for the drugged incense. Student in question's one of the detectives at the station. Arrested me the first time we met, then next thing I know he's tagging along trying to keep me from getting my ass killed by a wannabe guru."

Danny had bailed him out of several sticky and weird situations by this point, honestly.

Re: Have a Drink [DN 01/20]

[flourish_or_perish]

"You're friends with a cop?" Faye asked, clearly dubious. Though he did sound like a useful cop, at least, but still. She generally tried to avoid the police.

Dance [DN 01/20]

[okteiviakom]

It's unlikely you'll get a good mosh pit going, but you can try!

The Axe Range [DN 01/20]

[okteiviakom]

For violence.

Back Office [DN 01/20]

[okteiviakom]

For Eric.

OOC [DN 01/20]

[okteiviakom]