Devil's Nest | Monday Night

[defenderofdesmoines]

Well, Annie wasn't in, like, a great mood when she went into work tonight, having seen the twins off a little bit earlier. As silly as it seemed to get attached when they were only here for a weekend, she hadn't been able to not get attached.

So her specials board kind of reflected as much.

Half off drinks if you show me a picture of your cute kid from this weekend

Because if Annie had taken pictures of the twins -- and she had, though there were a few of them with Tim in there that were way less cute just thanks to the whole creepy-ass Tim factor -- then surely other people might have photos of their offspring, too. And that might help her be just a little more upbeat about the whole thing, at least?

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Bar | 4/12

[defenderofdesmoines]

Talk to Annie, mod you a Tiny, the choice is yours.

Re: Bar | 4/12

[somethingwithturquoise]

"Oh, man, Annie," said Summer, who already had her phone out by the time she got to the bar, "do I have pictures or what?"

Because of course she would. Have you met her? Also, Holly definitely knew her way around a selfie and Instagram-worthy poses.

Re: Bar | 4/12

[defenderofdesmoines]

"Oh, man, did you have some kind of insanely super-smart, like, portal-hopping munchkin?" Annie asked affectionately, leaning on the bar. "Or set of munchkins?"

Re: Bar | 4/12

[somethingwithturquoise]

"An adorable insanely super-smart portal-hopping munchkin," Summer confirmed, holding out her phone so that Annie could feast her eyes on the visible proof of one of the better shots of Holly absolutely killing it in her sweet ensemble with her pink labcoat and those totally unnecessary glasses that she only wore because she pimped them out with special features and knew they made her look that much cuter, then slid skillfully to show of a small set of shots with Holly and Pancakes, and that one excrutiatingly perfect shot with her, Holly, and Barry that Summer knew she should absolutely delete because every time she saw it, it was going to fill her with the exestential dread of the fact that it was probably never going to actually happen in this reality so really she was just torturing herself but how could you possibly actually just let go of something like that???

....but yeah. She had pictures, nbd.

"What about you? What'd you end up with?"

Re: Bar | 4/12

[defenderofdesmoines]

"Oh my God." Annie was peering in at the phone with just, like, the dorkiest expression. "Look how cute she is, that lab coat is darling. What's her name?"

It took her but a second to pull out her own phone and produce a selfie that Autumn had taken of herself and Ben with Annie's phone, after she had watched her mother mess with lighting and filters and angles for, like, a whole minute. "Teenage, telekinetic twins. Ben and Autumn."

Re: Bar | 4/12

[somethingwithturquoise]

"Oooooh, teenage telekinetic twins," Summer repeated. "Lucky you! I think I saw a TV show about that once on interndimentional cable, but they were also, like, turtles or something. That's actually kind of impressive on your first one of these."

Then she grinned a little. "And her name's Holly."

She leaned back a little. Go ahead, Annie. Put it together. She'll wait.

Re: Bar | 4/12

[defenderofdesmoines]

"They take after their dad, I guess," Annie offered, not at all feeling weird about that, nope. "Like, Ben's thing is he can make stuff, like, fly fast or slow, and her thing is she can -- I'm sorry, wait, is it Holly Ween?"

Took her just a second, yep, but Annie was delighted when she got it.

Re: Bar | 4/12

[superjoanjett]

Jessica looked at the sign and pulled out her phone. She pulled up the selfie that she took with Danielle and put it in front of Annie.

"Bourbon," she requested.

Re: Bar | 4/12

[defenderofdesmoines]

"Ohhhhh, I love her," Annie cooed, peering at the screen and only tearing her eyes away to get the bottle. "What's her name?"

Re: Bar | 4/12

[superjoanjett]

"Danielle," Jessica said quietly. "Heard on the radio you got your own brood?"

Deflecting future questions? Yes. That's what she was trying to do.

Re: Bar | 4/12

[defenderofdesmoines]

"Twins," Annie supplied, holding out her phone with a picture of Autumn and Ben. "But Diego's brother's here, so they also had a cousin. Little bit of a brood."

And the less said about Tim, the better.

Re: Bar | 4/12

[superjoanjett]

Thank you for not showing Tim, Annie. THANK YOU!

"Ew. Full fledged teenagers. Cute, though," Jessica said looking at the kids a small smile coming to her lips. "I can see both of you in them. They powered too?"

Re: Bar | 4/12

[grenadesandohana]

"Where do foster kids fall?" Steve asked, holding out a picture of Nahele.

Re: Bar | 4/12

[defenderofdesmoines]

"Um, he's adorable, and you're the first person I've met besides me and Diego to have an older kid!" Annie decided, delighted. "What can I get you?"

Re: Bar | 4/12

[grenadesandohana]

"Beer's fine," Steve said with a smile. "You pick."

Re: Bar | 4/12

[defenderofdesmoines]

Annie went to pull a beer from the tap closest to her. That's what you get, Steve: laziness.

"So tell me about your kid," Annie requested. "We had twins."

Re: Bar | 4/12

[grenadesandohana]

Steve had drunk beer in countries Annie wasn't allowed to know he'd even been to. Steve's stomach was terrifying.

"His name's Nahele. We apparently met when he stole my car. He was living on the street--foster situation gone wrong--and I helped him out instead of sending him to jail. Twins?"

Re: Bar | 4/12

[stykera]

The bar where his friend would be working seemed to Stark like the proper choice for this evening. He didn't particularly want to be alone at the moment.

He'd done this before, saying goodbye to impossible children, but that didn't mean it grew easier. It just meant he knew the goodbyes would be hard. Goodbyes always were.

"Hello, Annie."

Re: Bar | 4/12

[defenderofdesmoines]

"Hey Stark," Annie replied easily. "Have a good weekend?"

She'd met Réaltín, of course, so she knew about them, but she was also fairly sure that little blue kid in the Perk that afternoon had also been with Stark.

Re: Bar | 4/12

[stykera]

Stark would be interested to know if anyone else out there had been having little blue children!

"I did," he confirmed. "These have always been good weekends. Every time I've had one." They just made him terribly sad at the same time.

"Then they end. Did you?"

Re: Bar | 4/12

[defenderofdesmoines]

"I did. Diego and I had twins, and apparently I'm someone's aunt." Both to Réaltín and...no, best just to avoid talk of the other one.

"The ending part isn't great," she had to acknowledge.

Re: Bar | 4/12

[stykera]

"I saw you met Réaltín," he said, smiling slightly. He didn't know about the other. Probably for the best! "They were...unexpected. So was Ziya, the first time. And this time, really. Every time."

Throw Axes | 4/12

[defenderofdesmoines]

Now that there are no little potential axe-throwers around.

Back Office | 4/12

[defenderofdesmoines]

Where Eric may still be hiding from potential progeny.

OOC | 4/12

[defenderofdesmoines]