Devil's Nest, Thursday, June 17, 2021

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If anyone thought Eric wasn't going to be spending his shift yelling at Tiny to push his end of the axe range-blocking water feature out of the way, well. It's like you didn't know Eric at all.

He was going to drag it over to block the piano because he was a goddamn grownup. Oh, wait, no. He was doing that because he was incredibly petty.

And because Lucifer had started it.

Eric was wearing leather pants as he did all of this manual labor, though, because the traditions must be upheld.

[OOC: No OCD today!]

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"Decorating?" Faye asked as she wandered in and took a seat at the bar. She was not wearing leather pants, but she was wearing teeny tiny shorts, as was her normal wont.

She was also fairly dragging Stark with her, but that was getting to be normal these days. No one comment on it. Shh.

[stykera]

Look, Stark was not complaining about being dragged along. He might complain, eventually, about being asked to wear the leather pants because it was a bit warm for that.

He didn't have any comments on the decor to offer at this time though. He wasn't in here often enough for that.

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"Lucifer added this earlier in the week but you can't really see it way back where it's blocking the axes," Eric said oh-so-sincerely. "It's much easier to see it here."

In the middle of the bar. Because Eric was an asshole.

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"I like the axes," Faye replied airily, leaning her chin in her hand and signaling over to Tiny. "So we certainly don't want to block those, either."

Not that she had ever tried throwing one, but you know. Faye liked violence on principle.

[stykera]

"Are you going to throw some?" Stark asked. That might be interesting to watch.

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"I don't know, I could," Faye said thoughtfully. "I never have before. I just like them being here. More fun than the piano."

No offense, piano.

[stykera]

"I haven't either." This should come as no surprise to anyone.

"The piano might be more fun if someone were playing?"

Careful, Stark.

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"I would do way better with an axe than with a piano," Faye assured him, shaking her head. "And I bet I could help you, too."

Look, who needed depth perception?

[stykera]

"I've never tried either one." Not many pianos in space to practice on.

And depth perception was overrated!

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"I've thrown...other things?" Faye ventured thoughtfully. "Grenades. Bottles. Lots of shoes. How different could an axe be?"

That was a terrible line of thinking, Faye.

[stykera]

Summer was going to be annoyed if either one of them lost a limb before her party.

"Grenades and shoes?" Those were very different weapons!

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"Sometimes you need to blow up a ship, and sometimes you just need some asshole to get out of your room," Faye explained succinctly. "Different tools for different jobs."

[stykera]

"I suppose. I haven't done either of those, either."

Stark had been missing out, apparently.

"Do you have good aim?"
Did he need to start practicing avoiding projectiles?

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"I have great aim," Faye informed him, not entirely accurately. She had okay aim. "If for some reason we need to throw things at someone or shoot them, I'll cover you."

No need to worry about avoiding projectiles, Stark! She would probably not throw them at you.

Unless, you know, things really changed. Like really changed.

[stykera]

"I can shoot, usually." He'd shot Anakin several times this summer!

"It's better not to have to. And I haven't got a weapon."

Stark generally didn't do things that might lead to shoes being thrown. Generally.

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"I mean, I work at the gun store," Faye pointed out. "But sure, it's better not to have to. Sometimes 'please' only gets you so far, though."

Of course, Faye was also not great with 'please.'

[stykera]

"I'm not sure please has ever gotten me anywhere when weaponry ended up being involved," Stark said. "It might be good to have something though. Since you do work at the gun store."

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"Thank you," Eric said, beaming. "The axes were my idea."

Zero points for guessing that the piano was not.

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"Viking thing?" Faye guessed, tilting her head. "Or is this just an Earth thing I'm not up to speed on?"

They super did not have axe-throwing in 2071, in case anyone was curious.

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"Little bit of both," Eric said. "I like axes and axe bars, inexplicably, became trendy a few years ago, so I could be trendy and violent."

It was a good day for Eric.

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"I mean, obviously you've got this handled, but this is a thing on the mainland, too?" Faye asked skeptically. "How do the drunks not hurt themselves?"

Mostly due to the axes were blunt and heavy.

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"No idea," Eric admitted. "I kind of root for them to hurt themselves."

Vampires make their own fun!

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"You should get a little scorecard set," Faye decided. "Award points not on accuracy but on how well they evade cutting off their own feet or whatever."

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"How much they entertain me as they hop around?" Eric said, grinning.