Devil's Nest | Monday Night

[defenderofdesmoines]

Annie was tan, content and...relatively relaxed, all things considered, after her trip to Hawaii. (There had only been one murder drone, and yet so much more luau/surfing/laying on the beach, you know?)

"Did you have a nice break?" she greeted Tiny, immediately grabbing some ice, Curacao and the blender in a way that had Tiny heading for the other end of the bar before she even finished her sentence. Before she could even think about taking out her phone and showing him a damn picture.

Oh well. She was going to make Blue Hawaiians her drink special, and pretend it wasn't rainy and gross outside, sigh.

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Bar | 3/1/21

[defenderofdesmoines]

Talk to Annie or mod you a Tiny.

Re: Bar | 3/1/21

[somethingwithturquoise]

"Annn~ieee~!" Summer sang as she swept into the bar and plopped down on a stool, and then got to the important stuff: "Ohmygod, that tan!"

Hi, please to not mind the pale redhead super dying of jealousy right now, thaaaaanks.

Re: Bar | 3/1/21

[defenderofdesmoines]

"Suuuuuuummer!" Annie returned in kind, and then obligingly preened a little to show off that tan. "Thank you! Turns out it's all, like, bright in Hawaii. How was Japaaaaaan?"

Not that Annie didn't have a good idea, having gotten the photographic play-by-play and all.

Re: Bar | 3/1/21

[somethingwithturquoise]

So. Many. Pictures, Annie. Sooooooooooo many.

"Japan was gooooooooood," said Summer, because apparently they needed to drag out so many vowels, it'll make a Wheel of Fortune fan sweat. "Still kind of pissed about someone totally bailing on it."

Not really.

"But, you know, whatever, it's totally fine."

It totally was.

But what fun was that?

Re: Bar | 3/1/21

[defenderofdesmoines]

"I knooooow, but I didn't bail," Annie corrected with faux exaggerated regret, "I was just invited on a different trip. And I bet yours didn't have a murderous drone or a plane full of Russian agents landing in the middle of a major city, so like, your vacation was probably more vacation-y!"

Unless it had and Summer just hadn't sent pictures of those things -- which, to be fair, Annie had also not taken photos of her murder drone so much as, like, cute beach and luau and surfing-attempt pictures -- but if that was the case then Annie really would have some FOMO regarding Japan.

Re: Bar | 3/1/21

[somethingwithturquoise]

Yeah, no. Summer totally would have sent a million pictures of, like, all of that.

"It didn't," she admitted, with almost a small frown of disappointment at that. "And that's still bailing. You could have totally said no and bailed on that vacation just as easily."

Summer probably wouldn't have done that, in Annie's place, but that was besides the point.

"But whatever, I was just besties with Kathy instead, while you got stupid tan and dealt with Russians and murder drone. Nbd."

Re: Bar | 3/1/21

[superjoanjett]

Jessica didn't so much sweep into the bar as she did just... saunter?

Whatever. She walked in. And sat at the bar, completely ignoring Tiny and the drink special.

"Hey. Welcome back," Jessica said... for once not asking for a drink as a greeting. Almost like maybe she missed having people around to interact with but in no way admitting it.

"Bourbon."

Hey, she can't deviate too far from her standards.

Re: Bar | 3/1/21

[defenderofdesmoines]

And look at how Annie was already reaching for the bourbon! Wasn't it nice to be so known, Jess?

"Thanks! I take it you did not go to Japan?" Annie guessed.

Re: Bar | 3/1/21

[superjoanjett]

This would be the first time in a week someone else poured Jessica a drink. It was nice to be relieved of such a burden.

"No. Went to New York briefly to check in on a friend," Jessica said with a shrug. "Spent most of it here working."

Well... drinking is work, right?

Re: Bar | 3/1/21

[defenderofdesmoines]

"Anything fun?" Annie asked curiously, pushing the glass over. "I went to Danny and Steve's version of Hawaii and helped with a whole, like, Russian espionage thing."

So also kind of working!

Re: Bar | 3/1/21

[thedadalorian]

You know who brought a kid into a bar? This guy right here.

Admittedly, he was also prone to taking the kid into gun fights. But that was for good reason, okay? Good. Reason.

But in he walked, kid toddling along after him. Now that people were apparently back or something. Getting the lay of the land.

Re: Bar | 3/1/21

[defenderofdesmoines]

"Hey there," Annie greeted the...robot man? Space man? She hadn't noticed the baby yet, which you could tell because wasn't cooing in delight. "How's it going?"

Presumably the guy wanted a drink, right? Even if she wasn't seeing a mouth. Maybe he'd take his helmet off in a sec.

Re: Bar | 3/1/21

[thedadalorian]

No, that was for private alone time, Annie. Geeze.

Din nodded in greeting, placing his hands on the bar top and carefully assessing the clientele. "A water. For the little one."

Re: Bar | 3/1/21

[defenderofdesmoines]

"The little one?" Annie repeated, grabbing a glass even as she peered over the bar. "Ohhhhhhhh my God."

Ohhhhhhh her God, look at him. Look at him!!!!!!

"He's adorable," she added, waving down at the bitty creature with the hand not holding a glass. "Hi, sweetie."

Re: Bar | 3/1/21

[superjoanjett]

So. Jessica had seen plenty of things since coming to Fandom. Weird guys in white armor who acted as the police force. The devil running a bar. Killer inflatable reindeer.

So a new guy in armor? Not so much as a raised eyebrow. But the walking frog with ears wearing a burlap sack? That was strange.

"Is that a pet or something?" Jessica asked.

Re: Bar | 3/1/21

[thedadalorian]

"Something like that," he granted her dryly, watching with a keep--if completely obscured by a helmet--eye on the kid as he wandered toward the ax range.

Re: Bar | 3/1/21

[superjoanjett]

"Weirdest fucking dog I've ever seen," Jessica said turning around to face the axe range with a drink in her hand. "One of those hypoallergenic deals?"

Re: Bar | 3/1/21

[somethingwithturquoise]

So, some dude in full Mandalorian armor waltzing in with an alien baby was something pretty different, even for Summer, so he was definitely getting a quirked eyebrow of intrigue, while the little guy got a smile and the cautious sort of waggly-fingered wave of someone who had had waaaay too many supposedly cute alien things either throw up on her or try to eat her face.

"So you're new," she then commented, "or someone just got a serious upgrade in the drip department."

Still TBD on where the nugget would land on the upgrade/downgrade scale.

Re: Bar | 3/1/21

[thedadalorian]

See, the suspicion was comforting and normal.

"Drip department?" The armor was newer at least?

Re: Bar | 3/1/21

[somethingwithturquoise]

Yeah, no that thing was way too cute to be trusted.

Or Summer was way too traumatized.

To-may-toe, to-mah-to.

"The armor," she clarified, with a gesture over her head as if it needed the extra help. "Drip basically means nice clothes, but in this case, it's just that you don't really see anyone walking around in full-on Mandalorian space gear."

Was she kinda attempting to flex on the fact that she even could identify it as such? Maaaaayyyybbeeee.

"Closest we've got is, like, Sabine and her cute little eclectic piece-meal approach."

Throw Axes | 3/1/21

[defenderofdesmoines]

In case your spring break wasn't already violent enough.

Back Office | 3/1/21

[defenderofdesmoines]

Maybe Eric is here!

OOC | 3/1/21

[defenderofdesmoines]

Re: OOC | 3/1/21

[superjoanjett]

I've been staring at these two pictures wondering how anyone's hair can look somewhat decent (if not crazy) after 11 days of not washing it.

The hair is mesmerizing.

Re: OOC | 3/1/21

[defenderofdesmoines]

IT'S AMAZING. If I didn't wash my hair for eleven days I would look like I crawled out of a sewer.