Devil's Nest | Monday Night

[defenderofdesmoines]

Annie was a little baggy-eyed and stiff-necked when she came into work today, though she'd showered and gotten her hair under control. (The humidity of Ajan Kloss had found every curl and wave her hair normally resisted, ugh.) And while she'd considered trying to sleep for a couple hours before heading into the bar, it somehow made more sense to just ride out the caf-related momentum she already had going and just crash hard later.

"Tiny, look." Tiny did not look. "Look, his name is BB-8. Isn't he cute? He's a droid."

It was possible that drinking a bunch of caf, snatching a few naps here and there - some of which were on the floor of a spaceship - while also carrying several cumulative tons of equipment over the weekend had rendered Annie overtired to the point of being a little loopy. (And being exposed to the mind-breaking cuteness of BB-8 didn't, like, help.)

So, she was here, she could pour drinks and would, but there was a real good chance that excited, droid-and-bear-monster-related babbling was also on the table. Sorry, not sorry.

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Bar | 2/1/21

[defenderofdesmoines]

Talk to sleepy Annie or mod Tiny!

Re: Bar | 2/1/21

[somethingwithturquoise]

Summer had been kind of hoping being back on the island and back to her routine would lessen some of that under-the-skin anxiousness she'd been feeling since they'd all been settled in on the Falcon, but she found that it had pretty much only made it worse. Which was why she was definitely popping into the DN tonight, because, sure, she wouldn't be drinking, but the one person on the island who seemed to get Summer better than almost anyone else on a fundamental level was better than booze, anyway.

Maybe talking to Annie would help at least hold her off on the emails for a sub for her class tomorrow while she maybe just blew off this dimension for a few days, anyway.

But it wasn't like she was going to open with any of that.

"Soooooo," she grinned at Annoe instead, leaning a little on the bar, "congrats on your first full blown space mission! I'd buy you a beer, but..."

Re: Bar | 2/1/21

[defenderofdesmoines]

"Pff, raincheck. I'm thisclose to falling asleep standing up, anyway," Annie supplied, holding her fingers an inch or so apart and returning the grin. "I bet there's space beer or something I should have tried this weekend, anyway."

Because caf was still a revelation.

"I don't know what I was expecting," she added, "but like, that was awesome."

Re: Bar | 2/1/21

[somethingwithturquoise]

"It was a good first trip," Summer agreed with a knowing nod and a grin to match, "and there's definitely plenty of space beer out there; we should go check it out sometime. Maybe hit up some of my old stomping grounds on Coruscant, or something. Well, not exactly my old stomping grounds, probably a different dimension than mine, although maybe enough time has passed that I could show up without it being a whole thing, but anyway, it'd be a way different experience than jungles and trash planets. Just a whole big city-planet, it's amazing...."

Re: Bar | 2/1/21

[defenderofdesmoines]

"Oh my God, that sounds kind of amazing," Annie decided, sounding both amazed indeed as well as maybe a little intimidated by that idea. "Were you, like, a big deal in this big city?"

Because if there was a whole thing, then Annie kinda wanted to hear about it.

Re: Bar | 2/1/21

[somethingwithturquoise]

There was....a bit of a pause as Summer tried to think about how best to answer that question.

"I mean," she ventured, "I did blow up a section of it before I left, so if I wasn't before, I definitely was after that..."

Feeling like that could maybe use a little more context, she added, "It was where I had my space jello shop and cafe. That I was kind of using as a secret spy base for the resistence in the time before Rey's time. Because that galaxy loves it some evil space empires, let me tell you. The place was pretty popular, though; I spent months scouting a good location with a decent amount of traffic, especially from those involved in the minutae of the Empire, and I could have probably franchised at one point if it weren't for a major lead sort of putting the fire to my feet. I was able to get a ton of info to my friends, but I kind of had to blow my cover....and the shop....to do so. I mean, totally worth it, and that is what brought me back here again, but it's hard to not wonder what could have been...especially after something like this weekend."

Because, yeah, telling that story? Not helping with the itch, like, at all right now. Like, when was the last time she even really blew something up? Too long, probably.

Re: Bar | 2/1/21

[defenderofdesmoines]

Annie listened raptly, her eyes growing appropriately wide at the idea of it being a spy base. "Okay, first of all? You would be an awesome spy, I am not even surprised to hear that."

She leaned her chin in her hands, sinking down a little into her elbows as she considered the rest, though. "And that sounds - like...honestly, like some serious hero stuff." And that wasn't a term Annie just threw around, either. "I mean, what a sacrifice."

"And you miss it." It wasn't a question, not based on how Summer was talking about it. But it was, at least, very gently offered, because as much as she appreciated Fandom's quiet, sometimes, she definitely got that.

Re: Bar | 2/1/21

[somethingwithturquoise]

Even if it wasn't a word Annie just threw around, Annie was still going to get a little bit of a look and an eyeroll from Summer for it, because, hello. Literal superhero over here, but okay.

And maybe it was sort of an attempt to ignore the heat that it brought to her face and the uncomfortable awkwardness that seemed to come with the idea, too. Heroes didn't blow up parts of cities, Annie. People almost always died when Summer tried to be a hero.

So, interestingly enough, that meant the last part of it was actually the easiest part to latch on to, in part because it had been bugging her since Rey picked up on that, too, and because she had kind of come by tonight maybe to actually talk about some stuff. Or at least get a read on Annie about this kind of stuff.

"I do," she admitted. "Like, a lot. I don't know what it was about this last mission that did it, but I just...almost wanted to stay out there, you know? Figure out how to help. Hopefully with, like, more spy shit."

She'd really enjoyed the spy shit.

Re: Bar | 2/1/21

[knife_bender]

Well Diego was just going to be clingy and hang out during Annie's shift. It had been like three whole days after all which was forever. It was only mildly pathetic.

"I don't think Tiny is interested in the little ball thing." Neither was Diego, really, but robots were not new to him.

Re: Bar | 2/1/21

[defenderofdesmoines]

Please, Annie loved the clinginess. Half her time in space had been spent texting him heart emojis and videos of BB-8.

Speaking of, "But he's so cute," Annie protested to Diego, as Tiny took the opportunity to move further down the bar and away from Annie and her phone. "Like, with the rolling? And the beeping?"

Perhaps Diego was already aware of the rolling and the beeping, since Annie was kind of obsessed.

Re: Bar | 2/1/21

[knife_bender]

Yes he had seen the rolling and the beeping. "Were you able to even understand the thing?"

Re: Bar | 2/1/21

[defenderofdesmoines]

Annie considered that thoughtfully. "Kind of," she decided. "Like, better than I understood Chewie, but BB-8 had a lot more to say. He seemed like an extremely busy droid."

Which had been something he'd told her, actually, so even if Annie hadn't explicitly understood his little beeps, she'd gotten the idea.

Re: Bar | 2/1/21

[knife_bender]

"Am I going to have to get you a droid for Christmas or something?" he asked.

Re: Bar | 2/1/21

[defenderofdesmoines]

"I mean, you have eleven whole months to make that happen," Annie teased, "but he'd probably get bored, here. Rey says they're for flying spaceships."

Which was still so weird to her. BB-8 seemed way too cute to have such a practical purpose.

Re: Bar | 2/1/21

[knife_bender]

"I wonder if Dad sent Luther up to space with a little robot friend," Diego said. "Though it would have definitely killed itself by now after four years with Luther."

Re: Bar | 2/1/21

[stykera]

Stark had never been in this bar for some reason, at least not that he could remember but he'd been informed that Annie worked here on Mondays and that he ought to visit sometime. There was no reason not to, other than a habit of not doing so, and he was still trying to make sure he got out more and interacted with people. This bar was not really all that much further from his apartment than Caritas was. He was only a little hesitant as he entered and approached the bar.

Plus, he'd be happy to provide some more lighthearted conversation that wasn't about an impending apocalypse and/or be appreciative of pictures of adorable round droids.

Re: Bar | 2/1/21

[defenderofdesmoines]

"Stark!" Annie was both pleased and surprised to see him. "Oh, man, welcome to my bar night! I don't want to disappoint you, but I don't have Summer's gift with Jello."

But she could pour things and she had a very heavy hand with liquor, so hope wasn't lost!

Re: Bar | 2/1/21

[stykera]

"Hello, Annie." She got a smile and then a small shake of his head.

"Wasn't expecting Jello. And you aren't going to offer any Jello full of meat," Stark pointed out. "Which is a good thing."

Re: Bar | 2/1/21

[defenderofdesmoines]

"Never," Annie assured him with a shake of her head. "But I'm really good at pouring beers and I can do tricks with the blender!"

Because that was what mattered, here. Tricks.

Re: Bar | 2/1/21

[stykera]

Blender tricks were intriguing!

"What sort of tricks with the blender? That sounds more interesting than beer." Beer was fine, but the raccoons were still leaving random bottles of it on his balcony.

Re: Bar | 2/1/21

[defenderofdesmoines]

"I can use the blender without hands," Annie told him, smiling. "After a point. Want, like, a daiquiri? Margarita? Mai tai?"

All perfect drinks for the first of February, sure.

Re: Bar | 2/1/21

[stykera]

"I don't know what a mai tai is. So one of those." It was good to try new things, right?

"And then I can see your trick." Which, Stark thought, did sound like a good trick to be be able to perform.

Throw Axes | 2/1/21

[defenderofdesmoines]

In case you have something to prove.

Back Office | 2/1/21

[defenderofdesmoines]

Maybe Eric is here!

OOC | 2/1/21

[defenderofdesmoines]

Some SP from me as it is looking to be a busy, busy Monday!