Devil's Nest | Monday Night

[defenderofdesmoines]

Annie was clearly distracted as she took her place behind the bar tonight. As a means to avoid the temptation to drink at work -- even something as innocuous as a Shirley Temple (the sugar) -- Annie had brought a tall tumbler of some kind of green juice to sip on. Granted, mostly she was just sort of annoyed about it, rather than, like, basking in her newfound health benefits, but it was probably a better choice than the beer she really wanted.

She was also trying to be a little more active tonight, even through her distraction, and kept finding reasons to go look in cabinets and pace around and basically just annoy the utter shit out of Tiny. Part of it was that she actually felt compelled to hit her step count today; part of it was that she was, honestly, just kind of anxious and trying to burn it off a little.

The Devil's Nest was open, even if the bartender was busy with her phone and her juice and her nerves.

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Re: Bar | 3/22

[defenderofdesmoines]

"Me too!" Annie said, agreeing with the narrative there. "I'm Performing Arts, on Fridays. And -- hmm." She paused as she set the beer in front of Amaya, considering the rest of that. "I'm not a weapons-y person, myself -- powers," she added offhandedly, by way of explanation, "but my boyfriend is like, Mr. Knife Guy, so I will definitely keep you in mind. I don't think I've ever actually met a blacksmith before!"

Being from, like, twenty-first century Iowa and all.

Re: Bar | 3/22

[special_rabbit]

"It's a bit of a...niche career in this day and age and world, I've found," Amaya admitted.

But hipsters loved her!

"Knives and daggers definitely make up a big bulk of my work around here," she added thoughtfully, "and a personalized set makes for a great gift! That, and axes." She hitched a thumb over her shoulder toward the face range. "I've supplied quite of the few of the ones you've all got here. Might have a look at 'em later, see how they're holding up."

Considering she knew her work was solid, they would probably be fiiiiine, buuuut....

Re: Bar | 3/22

[defenderofdesmoines]

"Oh man, those are fun," Annie said, wide-eyed. "Like, I don't know anything about axes except that they're sharp, but the ones we have here are great. Super fun to throw. Super good for, like, nights where I'm feeling -- you know, aggressive."

Did she shoot Tiny a little look there? Maybe.

Re: Bar | 3/22

[special_rabbit]

Amaya followed the look with a slightly quirked brow, but, then again, another reason her celebratory chicken armor drink was here and not Caritas was because she didn't want to deal with Tino. Tiny, in her experience this far, hadn't been half bad.

"Not a bad way to get some of that aggression out," she agreed. "Mich safer for other people....and doors. Glad to hear they've been working out, though! A good, well-balanced throwing axe is a fine art indeed, if I may say so myself."

Re: Bar | 3/22

[defenderofdesmoines]

"There's definitely a trick to it," Annie agreed. "I threw a couple at the ground and, like, well over the board before I got the hang of it. It's so satisfying when they just thunk in place, though."