The Devil's Nest, Friday Night

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Behold, Eric at his job two nights in a row! He was still making Tino do all the work, let's not get crazy, but he was around!

Tiny was in charge of the specials tonight, so blame him for the two-for-one Bourbon Sweet Teas.

[OOC: OCD incoming!]

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Get a Drink!

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Mod Tiny.

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[stykera]

Stark had, finally, gotten the last of the paint from earlier off. Or so he hoped.

Now it was time for a drink (or more, you never knew how many might be needed) to mark the end of the summer. Or to celebrate that the odd feeling from the rest of the week had finally stopped today. Or something like that. It had just seemed like a good night to come out.

He nodded to Tiny as he took a seat, looking around the bar. He was expecting someone. But not two someones oh no.

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[flourish_or_perish]

It had not taken Faye nearly as long to get the paint off, but it had just taken her longer to get ready in general. Because, you know. Faye's gonna Faye.

She, of course, had not been plagued by odd feelings, or dreams, or anything this whole week. Completely normal week for Faye.

She also signaled to Tiny as she slid onto a barstool at Stark's left side, leaning over to greet him with a kiss to his cheek. "You know, you might have a future in some sort of paint-based career. Maybe, like, as a canvas. Modern art."

Just saying.

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[stykera]

Well, Faye had avoided Anakin's bucket. That helped.

"I'm not sure I like being covered in paint that much," Stark confessed. "And it takes so long to remove it."

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[flourish_or_perish]

Anakin and his bucket were cruel.

"Then maybe," Faye mused, "no paintball next summer? But then there's no opportunity to put paint on other people, too."

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[stykera]

"But I like shooting Anakin," Stark said. "I just have to be better at not getting shot. Maybe I need more practice."

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[flourish_or_perish]

"I can help," Faye assured him. "Though I don't know if we can get around how he cheats."

That got a sarcastic little wave of her hand in a novice's approximation of what it looked like to use the Force, and an accompanying eyeroll.

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[stykera]

"You do help," Stark confirmed. "But he cheats so much." Throwing a bucket of paint was one thing. Magically floating it through the air was unfair!

"Maybe we need someone else who can do...that." He wiggled his own hand back and forth.

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[scarlet_chaos]

All right, Pietro being around was weird, but Wanda had sort of been expecting it after all the dreams she had this week. And this was the actual Pietro, not some guy named Ralph. She didn't know how long this would last, but she wasn't going to waste any time having a crisis when her brother was here, in front of her.

Also the mysticism behind it all sort of went out the window when he immediately suggested they go to a bar.

"This isn't my usual bar, but I'm sure alcohol is all the same."

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[fastnotweird]

"You have a usual bar?" he asked. "I'm so proud of you."

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[scarlet_chaos]

"Shut up," Wanda said, grinning as she signaled for Tiny. "You're getting American beer for that."

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[fastnotweird]

"The cruelty," Pietro said, putting his hand on his chest. "Speaking of--what's with the accent?"

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[scarlet_chaos]

"It's habit," Wanda admitted. "Natasha taught me how to cover my accent to blend in better, and now it's sort of...stuck."

It did come out occasionally, but it was a rarer and rarer occurrence.

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[fastnotweird]

"Look at you, American accent, fancy red hair," Pietro teased, flicking her hair with his fingers. "It's like you're a whole new person."

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[scarlet_chaos]

"That was the idea." You kind of wanted to change things up after being labeled a Weapon of Mass Destruction by the US government.

Wanda smiled at Tiny when he came back with the threatened American beer, sliding the bottle over to her brother. "I wasn't really the same person anyway after you...you know."

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[defenderofdesmoines]

Had Annie been a touch surprised to come across her very dead former boss today in the middle of the town that, as far as she knew, Vought didn't know about?

Perhaps a tad.

But, once the initial shock of seeing her wore off, Annie was left trying to figure out how to entertain a woman who had, the last time they'd met, thrown a glass at the door Annie had just left through.

"So this is one of our bars," she shared as they walked through the door and Annie gave Tiny a bright and cheerful wave. "I work here sometimes."

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[iwrotethemyth]

"I'm sorry, Starlight moonlights as a bartender?" Madelyn asked skeptically, slipping easily onto a barstool and signaling to the guy behind the counter. "Dry martini with a twist, please."

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[defenderofdesmoines]

Annie, maybe out of a subconscious desire to seem really cool and sophisticated in spite of herself, held up two fingers to Tiny. Psh, no margaritas or basic beers here, no way.

"I also sometimes teach," she added to Ms. Stillwell, shrugging a shoulder. "It's way less of a commitment than being on the team, so. It works."

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[iwrotethemyth]

"They're slacking if you have that much free time," Madelyn replied easily, smiling over at her. "I'd be running you ragged by now."

She'd been gentle, when she'd been around, considering Starlight was so shiny and new and apparently liable to explode on live television and all. But given that that had all apparently occurred some time ago, the honeymoon was over and this girl should clearly be occupied with red carpets and bidding wars over her nude photos.

And maybe the occasional save.

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[defenderofdesmoines]

"They are," Annie replied, laughing a little. "I mean, kind of. I renegotiated my contract after -- some stuff happened."

She at least offered over a little shrug as Tiny brought their drinks. "Sorry. The initial one was kind of shit."

Her lawyer had actually said that.

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[iwrotethemyth]

"My...stuff?" Madelyn prompted, sounding more amused than anything. "Or did more shit hit the fan?"

He'd been pretty mad, so. She doubted she had been his only casualty, but she also didn't especially care.

She did worry a little about Teddy, though. Maybe she could figure out how to go check on him, too. (It did seem bizarre that if she was granted this kind of opportunity, she'd visit her would-be protégé and not...you know, her son, but Madelyn was also very much past questioning these kinds of things.)

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[defenderofdesmoines]

"More shit," Annie assured her. "I don't know how much you want to hear. Ashley has your job now. The team's been through some...shakeups."

That was a nice way to put it.

Lounge

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Where Eric was.

Throw Axes!

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Now that it is newly expanded and half the size of the bar! Lucifer will be So Happy!

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In case your ghosts need a place to hang/you need a place to hide from ghosts!