Caritas; Wednesday [09/22].

[somethingwithturquoise]

Summer was distracted by her phone again this week, although not exactly in the same way she had been last week. Instead of having to deal with an influx of incoming messages she'd rather not deal with, she was mostly hoping to get a response to just one message...and was still not getting it. Which was fine, she wasn't really expecting a response right away, she knew she was probably, like, supes busy right now, but she couldn't help obsessively checking it, hoping to see a new message from a mostly unfamiliar number, although every time she checked, and there wasn't a message there, she wondered if maybe no news was good news, because what was she going to do if she actually said no?

Let's be real: Summer would probably still go anyway, but it would be kind of nice if she could have her mother (or her mother's clone's, it didn't really matter) blessing on the whole thing.

But she was here, it was Wednesday, she had a job to do, so she was going to do her best to ignore the phone and pay attention to the bar and all her regulars, and who knows? Maybe they could make her feel like going through all her usual Fandom motions suddenly felt kind of empty and contrite all of a sudden. Maybe she might even be able to forget about the phone for a little while...

...doubt it. But maybe!

Wednesday Jello Shot Specials!

First One Free with a Karaoke Song!

Mini Pumpkins
Pineapple Upside-Down Cake
Caramel Apple
Strawberry Eggs

Caritas is open!

Comments

The Stage - 09/22.

[somethingwithturquoise]

Sing for your jello!

Or just sing because it's fun! And the zombies need something somethng to play other than that Earth, Wind and Fire song because they apparently are a little confused about the date.

The Bar - 09/22.

[somethingwithturquoise]

Come distract Summer and make her do her job, or mod Tino and make him do his job!

Re: The Bar - 09/22.

[notagoose]

It turned out that leaving the filing of mission reports til the last minute was not a good thing and so Goose had spent most of the day aside from class finishing the last of them.

So he was definitely in need of a drink (or several) when he came into the bar that evening, so possibly offering a slight distraction there at least?

“Good Evening, Summer,” he said, as he took a seat at the bar.

Re: The Bar - 09/22.

[somethingwithturquoise]

Well, talking to the space ranger might not exactly be the distraction Summer needed right now, all things considered, but you know what? She was going to take it.

"Hey, there, Goose," she said, greeting him with a smile. "What can we get for you tonight?"

Re: The Bar - 09/22.

[notagoose]

Goose looked at the specials board for a moment and then decided, “I’ll try one of the mini pumpkins please,” he was at least starting to get more adventurous with trying the jello shots.

Re: The Bar - 09/22.

[somethingwithturquoise]

Just wait until he agreed to start trying the gross ones!

"One mini pumpkin," Summer declared, "coming up!"

And when it was there in front of him, she then asked, "How've you been?"

Re: The Bar - 09/22.

[stykera]

Maybe Stark could be a distraction if Summer felt a need to ask questions about where he'd been last week or why or anything like that. Maybe. That wasn't why he was here, of course, he was here because it was Wednesday and being here was part of his routine now.

"Could I have one of the cake ones?" he asked. He wasn't going anywhere near the eggs, thank you. "Hello, Summer."

Re: The Bar - 09/22.

[somethingwithturquoise]

Aww, and here Summer thought maybe those eggs would be his very first stop!

She smiled, unsurprised, at what Stark did end ip ordering, though, setting one dutifully down in front of him.

"Hey, Stark," she said. "How've you been?"

She had a vague idea, going off of what she'd caught here and there on radio, but it'd be interesting to hear what he had to say himself.

Re: The Bar - 09/22.

[stykera]

Those eggs were an abomination and Summer knew it!

"Last week was long," Stark said. "And tiring. It's better now. I'm better now. Much better." Better and smiling in a slightly dopey way for just a moment.

"And you?"

Re: The Bar - 09/22.

[somethingwithturquoise]

Those eggs were incredibly tame and displayed a remarkable amount of restraint, don't even!

But how could Summer not have a pleased smile in response to that slightly dopey one she'd clocked on Stark's face, before trying to decide if she should answer his question honestly or just try to brush it aside like usual.

Really, though, maybe what she needed right now was some perspective. So her smile tampered down a little softly and she sighed a little before answering.

"Well," she started, "I had Barry over for dinner with my family on Friday, and we actually managed to get through the entire meal before my mom's clone...or possibly my actual mom, it doesn't really matter...showed up with the resurgance of the Galactic Federation we thought we destroyed back when I was still in high school hot on her trail and trying to destroy the planet, so that was a whole thing..."

Then she figured she'd just let that hang there so she could gauge Stark's reaction and use that to determine what to do with it next.

Re: The Bar - 09/22.

[thatwaslucky]

When you had a Jedi for a BFF, that means sometimes she'd bypass the usual look at the specials board and ask, "How're you doing?"

Not prying or anything.

Re: The Bar - 09/22.

[somethingwithturquoise]

And another thing about a Jedi BFF is that she didn't exactly spend a whole lot of time besting around the bush there, either, huh?

Which was why the look Rey was getting was a bit wry as she claimed, "I'm fine," in defiance of the vibe she was probably putting out right now, but, considering who this was, who could probably relate to at least some of this, she then eyed her speculative and followed up with, "Why do you ask?"

Re: The Bar - 09/22.

[thatwaslucky]

"Just a feeling," she said simply. "Sometimes I have to check."

Re: The Bar - 09/22.

[somethingwithturquoise]

Just a feeling. Summer had to snort a little at that.

And, with another moment to consider it, she amended, "Okay. Maybe not exactly fine..."

Now how to put it best? She thought about it a moment, since she figured Rey would ask. Or at least be curious now.

"So...you know the whole thing where the First Order is basically the Empire Two-Point-Oh?"

Re: The Bar - 09/22.

[my_own_advocate]

"Ooh, is there drama on the socials?"

What? She had her face plastered to her phone, it was entirely possible.

Re: The Bar - 09/22.

[somethingwithturquoise]

"Hm?" Summer blinked up at Lucifer for a moment, waiting for her brain, which was a million miles, a different dimension, a galaxy far, far away, to come back and focus on this one. "Oh. Um. I mean, probably? Isn't there always?"

She was going to put her phone away, though. And try to focus on the here and now.

"Full set as usual, Mr. Morningstar?" she asked, putting on a smile to get back into bartender mode.

Re: The Bar - 09/22.

[my_own_advocate]

"Yes," Lucifer said. He eyed her. "So why are you staring at your phone as if something is about to leap out and grab you by the throat?"

Re: The Bar - 09/22.

[somethingwithturquoise]

"Ohgod," Summer murmured as she went to set up his shots, "I could only be so lucky."

But all joking, kinks and/or fatalism aside, Summer sighed a little as she hesitated, then added, "I'm expecting a text. But it's...whatever. Not a big deal. How are you doing this week?"

Re: The Bar - 09/22.

[weirderthanthou]

It was Wednesday, and Wednesday wouldn't be the same without Summer, so even though Jesse didn't really feel like getting up off the couch today, she... got up off the couch. And went to the bar.

"Hey," she greeted. "I guess October's right around the corner, huh?"

Re: The Bar - 09/22.

[somethingwithturquoise]

"Unless the island decides to just skip right over it and go straight into November," Summer noted, setting down Jesse's beer in front of her, and don't tell her something like that might not happen!

"So," she then added, leaning on the bar a little, "what are the odds of me getting you to drink a pumpkin spice beer, as generic as I can find, if we do actually get an October?"

Re: The Bar - 09/22.

[weirderthanthou]

"Only if it's local," Jesse said, without missing a beat.

The Lounge - 09/22.

[somethingwithturquoise]

Which has lately been a breeding ground for chocobros doing shots, but usually it's pretty open on a Wednesday!

The Back Room - 09/22.

[somethingwithturquoise]

There's darts back here!

And possibly some questionable projects that Tino is failing to keep in his apartment, but Summer is not asking questions there!

OOC - 09/22.

[somethingwithturquoise]

Definitely expect some work related slowness today, UGH, being a functional member of society suuuuuuuucks.

Re: OOC - 09/22.

[intheeyeofthebeholding]

Aw, dang it! Work was nuts and then meetings after hours yesterday, and I missed an awesome jello night!

Jon will just have to accuse Summer of signing him up for 3MD next week, I guess. :)