Caritas; Wednesday [04/07].

[somethingwithturquoise]

Summer promised Tino she wouldn't lock him in the back room like she had the last time this week had happened, because you know what? She'd grown a lot since then, she was more mature, and honestly? This last half year had been sort of like training for a marathon, or something, to better equip her to deal with this sort of thing and there were honestly times she felt she could almost, like, transcend it.

And then Tino threw out being locked in the office together, in no uncertain detail, and Summer caught herself actually considering it for a second and realized that her hubris was going to ultimately be her downfall in this if she wasn't careful, promptly took back her promise, and shoved Tino into the back room, and shouted through the door, "And think about what you've done!"

And a second later: "Wait, no! Don't! I'm pretty sure jello needs to be the worst thing that gets cleaned off those dart boards this month, okay??"

And honestly? This was fine. If she kept busy fending for herself behind the bar, maybe she'd be too busy to really notice everything else?

It was cute, that she tried, anyway.

Wednesday Jello Shot Specials!
Sex on the Beach
Blow Job
Oysters on the Half-Shell
(and of course:)
Red-Headed Slut

Sorry about the shapes of some of them, everyone! Summer swears, she doesn't even own any suggestive-shape molds, they just all mostly came out like that, anyway!

Caritas is open!

Comments

The Stage - 04/07.

[somethingwithturquoise]

You can try to get the band to play something that's not a sex-related song, but you'll probably fail.

The Bar - 04/07.

[somethingwithturquoise]

You can try to drink yourself past all these feelings, but you'll probably just make it worse.

Re: The Bar - 04/07.

[1000yearstoolate]

Seivarden wasn't sure a bar was the right place to be this week, but looking at pretty people for a while might be a nice change from the gym. Especially since the tv had decided only to show her the steamiest of Radchaai entertainment.

No, she wasn't going to ogle you, Summer. That would be uncomfortable.

"I sense a theme with the jello shots," Seivarden said, leaning against the bar. "How are you doing?"

Re: The Bar - 04/07.

[somethingwithturquoise]

Please tell her that the 'steamiest of Radchaai entertainment' involved at least one incident of a 'Radchaai gone wild' moment that involved a compelation of people just removing their gloves. Summer would be so disappointed if it did not.

And honestly, Seivarden, if you didn't ogle her at least a little bit, it was going to do major damage to her already bipolar sense of self-esteem.

"'Tis the season!" Summer pointed out, and although there was some cheerfulness there, there was also a roll of her eyes and a sigh. "And I'm fine," really!, "all things considered. You?"

She was already just setting down the jello shots for her.

Re: The Bar - 04/07.

[1000yearstoolate]

Seivarden was going to make an effort not to notice how nice that red hair was, and that the familiar eyeroll was rather adorable.

"Fine!" Seivarden said. "All things considered."

She reached for one of the jello shots and downed it.

"I just hope this ends before Ignis gets here."

You know, the gloves.

Re: The Bar - 04/07.

[flourish_or_perish]

Faye was having a fantastic week, and it was only Wednesday.

She flung herself onto a barstool, reading the shots with no small amount of amusement.

"I love the shots. One of each?" she requested with a bright smile.

Re: The Bar - 04/07.

[somethingwithturquoise]

"Best answer," Summer said with approval as she tried her best not to be too wistful over just Faye's whole presence and attractiveness and the fact that she had a pretty good idea of what that smile was all about, and tried to focus on lining up the shots for her instead.

Which was not a difficult job, so it was not a very good distraction in the slightest.

"Good week so far?" she asked,knowing the answer already, not exactly wanting to hear about it, but she already resigned herself to the fact that this was going to be a very long night for her (god,island, why did everyone have to be so damn ATTRACTIVE?), and she was trying to be positive and just happy for the people that could enjoy it.

Re: The Bar - 04/07.

[flourish_or_perish]

"Excellent week," Faye assured her with a totally oblivious smile. "Allie warned me about this week when I first got here so I've been waiting."

And thus she was also kind of considering keeping some kind of schedule. Maybe with appointment slots.

Re: The Bar - 04/07.

[1000yearstoolate]

Faye had more or less thrown her out of a bed, and Seivarden had some dignity. That didn't mean she didn't, almost unconsciously eye her admiringly out of the corner of her eye.

Re: The Bar - 04/07.

[flourish_or_perish]

"Having a nice week, Seivarden?" Look, what was a little bed-argument amongst friends? That had been like a month and a half ago or whatever, too, and that was a very long time in Faye's memory, so -- things weren't exactly forgiven, but they were mostly forgotten, at least.

Besides, it was sex pollen week. We were all friends here.

Re: The Bar - 04/07.

[gotyoucookie]

There hadn't really been anything to clue Nick into this being anything but a great week. And since it felt like a great week, it was time for the bar.

"Those are... definitely some Jell-O shot names."

Re: The Bar - 04/07.

[somethingwithturquoise]

"Oh, hey, stranger!" Summer was honestly a little surprised to see Nick, but she was glad for it! It was good to know he still existed and hadn't just nope'd out screaming. Plus, he always had been kind of cute in a really hopeless cause kind of way. "And they sure are! Can I get you any?"

Re: The Bar - 04/07.

[gotyoucookie]

"Not really much for Jell-O shots. I get weirded out about having my tongue do that in public," he said, not even thinking about what that sounded like. "I'll just stick with a beer."

Re: The Bar - 04/07.

[badassprodigy]

So last night, Barry came up with the great idea to develop an antihistamine that could potentially block the sex pollen. After some initial testing proved positive, he gave it a try himself.

Honestly he felt like it was working until he decided to stress test it by showing up to Caritas.

Nope. It didn't work. All in his head.

But that did not stop him from heading to the bar and giving his favorite bartender a smile.

And no, it wasn't Tino.

"Nice specials. Very topical," Barry said trying to be cheerful and focused.

Re: The Bar - 04/07.

[somethingwithturquoise]

Well...shit.

How the fuck was Summer going to keep avoiding you this week, Barry, if you just showed up at her work??

Which she kind of forgot she was at for a moment there, because all it took was one eyeful of him to completely collapse the nice little dam she'd been trying to put up around any and all thoughts of him to just burst, and drown her brain in all of it.

Talking. He was talking. He said...something.

Summer blinked a few times. It didn't help.

"I'm sorry," she said. "What?"

Why were they talking? They should not be talking. There were soooooooooo many other things they could be doing right now other than talking...

Re: The Bar - 04/07.

[badassprodigy]

Okay. So Barry wasn't the only one having problems being distracted. Obviously. Since he kept looking at Summer's eyes and also missed what she had said. He blinked hard and did a mental rewind to catch up on what she said. A couple of times.

"Your specials," Barry said pointing at the board. "Very on point for this week. Any recommendations?"

Re: The Bar - 04/07.

[stykera]

Stark wasn't sure if he was here to try and drown his feelings in Jello or if he just hoped maybe keeping to his usual routine would help matters. Going to class this morning hadn't helped but perhaps somehow coming to a bar usually filled with his friends and neighbors (his attractive friends and neighbors) would?

"Summer," he said, nodding to her as he sat and studied the specials board for the evening, shaking his head a little.

Re: The Bar - 04/07.

[somethingwithturquoise]

Summer's expression went a little apologetic once she caught where Stark was looking that might have inspired that head shake.

"Tis the season, right?" she offered, almost by way of apology.

Re: The Bar - 04/07.

[stykera]

"So I've noticed. Unfortunately."

Stark was just not going to make eye contact this evening. That would help, right? (It would not).

Re: The Bar - 04/07.

[flourish_or_perish]

"You seemed frustrated in class," Faye told Stark in greeting, coming over to bat her eyelashes at him in what was ostensibly sympathy. (She was awfully smug for sympathetic, though.)

Re: The Bar - 04/07.

[weirderthanthou]

"I need something cold," Jesse said, "But also something with caffeine in it?"

She was trying to tough this out, okay?

Re: The Bar - 04/07.

[somethingwithturquoise]

"Oh, like coffee stout?" Summer asked, her brain latching on hard to something that wasn't strictly sexual. "Or you could get a Summer Smith!"

Yes. She heard it.

"The drink," she clarified with a sigh, because she'd honestly tried, really! "Not the person. The person is, unfortunately, not in the menu."

Except for one person, who she wasn't even sure was even actually interested.

"Actually, does it need to e boozy, too? You could just skip the whole mixed drink of it all and just do the Red Bull. Or there's rum and coke! Something like that. Options. Basically, you got options."

The Lounge - 04/07.

[somethingwithturquoise]

You can try to go beyond making out on one of the couches, but Summer does have a hose.

The Back Room - 04/07.

[somethingwithturquoise]

You can try to get the door open, but Tino's back there, so...why??

[somethingwithturquoise]

I could try not to repeat myself in OCD, but it's too early for that.