Caritas; Wednesday [01/05].

[somethingwithturquoise]

So maybe things in her class yesterday hadn't exactly gone great, and Summer found herself stuck in a little bit of an restless rut that not even jello could really pull herself out of. Granted, you could pretty much tell where her mind ended up being based on the jello itself, and she was clearly so distracted that she didn't even really notice that, at one point, Tino seemed to have dragged a whole-ass Christmas tree from the park and started setting it back up again.

To be fair, though, in general, it just made a lot of sense for one's mental health to just ignore Tino more often than not.

Wednesday Jello Shot Specials!

First One Free with a Karaoke Song!

Meiloorun Mai Tai
Caf-e Au Lait
Bantha Blue
Party Potato Salad

Caritas is open!

Comments

The Stage - 01/05.

[somethingwithturquoise]

The zombies seem to be on a theme, too, but if anyone asks what they're playing, Summer will not be able to answer with a straight face. Like. At all.

The Bar - 01/05.

[somethingwithturquoise]

Where someone is going to deny feeling any kind of nostalgia or regret, and also, that tree definitely was not there at the start of her shift, right?

Re: The Bar - 01/05.

[notagoose]

Goose came in as normal on a Wednesday evening and tilted his head at the tree that was being set up, "I thought Christmas was over?" he said, blinking a bit at the tree.

Re: The Bar - 01/05.

[somethingwithturquoise]

Summer just sort of shrugged, hands lifted because the whole situation was clearly out of them, and shook her head.

"I generally find," she explained, "that it's best to just not question too deeply anything that man does. For all we know, this is all totally a dendraphilia situation, and, if that's the case, I am more than willing to stay mired in ignorant bliss..."

With that, she offered a small smile. "But how's it going, Goose? What are we in the mood for tonight?"

Re: The Bar - 01/05.

[notagoose]

“I think I’ll have one of each of the specials tonight,” he decided as he took his seat at the bar, “and it’s been good, can’t really complain,” he gave a shrug and tilted his head at Summer, “how about you?”

Re: The Bar - 01/05.

[somethingwithturquoise]

"Oh, you knoooow," said Summer, totally blithely, totally convincingly, as she just shrugged and started setting out the shots for Goose, "pretty gooood. Just kind of getting used to the new semester and all that...."

Desperately doubting why she ever stepped foot in a classroom and wanting to throw herself into a galaxy where there might still be a big fat bounty on her head...like you doooooo.

"Have you had your class yet?"

Re: The Bar - 01/05.

[thatwaslucky]

"There's a theme, I see," Rey said as she took her seat.

Re: The Bar - 01/05.

[somethingwithturquoise]

There was one person Summer figured would pretty much clock her on that one, and, as usual, Rey did not disappoint. She gave her a faint smile, and a shrug of her shoulders.

"Yeah," she said, "class yesterday kind of got me a little nostalgic for my Courscant days."

You know, simpler times, when you could actually know for a fact whether or not one of the most important people in your entire life was alive or dead.

Summer knew she was kind of just tortuning herself, at this point, but in a way, she figured she could look at it as a sort of pennance.

"Wanna try any of 'em in particular?"

Re: The Bar - 01/05.

[thatwaslucky]

"I could try the bantha one," Rey said. "What was class?"

Re: The Bar - 01/05.

[somethingwithturquoise]

Summer sighed a little as she took a second to grab the bantha shot for Rey and set it down for her. "It's a whole...counter-revolutionary, Rage Against the Machine, rise up against big bad evil galactic empires sort of thing," she explained, with another shrug, as if that was a totally normal topic . But, really, if you knew her, it actually was? "Thought maybe I could put my experience to good use, you know, help train up a bunch of future rebels and all that, but I think....I really need to learn how to just not come out the gate running with that sort of thing. I always think it's going to, you know, get everyone all riled up and pumped, but then I just end up with another Ants-in-my-Eyes Johnson situation."

And being harshly reminded that she was way too good at compartmentalizing and ignoring her own trauma, too.

Re: The Bar - 01/05.

[defenderofdesmoines]

"What's a bantha?" asked Annie, who was going to probably love them, as she took a seat at the bar.

Re: The Bar - 01/05.

[somethingwithturquoise]

"Think wooly mammoth," Summer offered, and did not hesitate to take Annie's question as a request, which meant she was now having one of those shots set down in front of her, "only in the desert, and simultaniouly more hideous and adorable. They're from Rey's universe. Ever notice how there's blue milk in coolers at the store? Yeah. That's from those guys."

Re: The Bar - 01/05.

[defenderofdesmoines]

"Someone's out there milking wooly space mammoths?" Annie asked, eyeing the shot curiously. "You know, I never thought about what alien milk would look like, actually."

And now that was all she was going to think about for awhile. Alien milks.

"And how do you say that first one?" she added, nodding to the sign. Maybe that word meant another kind of alien milk!

Re: The Bar - 01/05.

[somethingwithturquoise]

"Meilooruuuuun," said Summer, helpfully, giving it a little bit of a fancy flair and emphasis, just because she could. "That one's a fruit. Kinda looks like a kiwi-papaya-dragonfruit hybrid with sort of a tropical berry type flavor?"

MAAAYBE??

"They're really good, though," she assured Annie, as she set one of those down for her, too.

Re: The Bar - 01/05.

[badassprodigy]

Would Barry know that Summer was full of nostalgia or regret?

Ha. Absolutely not. However he was there at the end of the bar with a box under his arm and refusing any drink offers from Tino until Summer got a break from taking care of other paying customers.

"No, I don't want to know about the fucking Christmas tree, Tino. Beat it."

Re: The Bar - 01/05.

[somethingwithturquoise]

Technically speaking, Barry, that Christmas tree had been stolen. He was considering filing a police report.

But for the troopers' sake, Tino could be the one to deal with paying customers for a little bit now, because as soon as she saw him come in, Summer was working on making her way over and staying there for a bit, especially since he had a box and that had to be a good distraction.

So much so that she wasn't going to waste any time.

"Hi," she said, eyes bright and eager in greeting. "You have a box."

Re: The Bar - 01/05.

[badassprodigy]

"A box. With something for Pancakes," Barry said with a small grin. "And it's not just a box for her to jump in and ignore what I made either."

With that he pulled out what looked like a simple stuffed mouse.

"After analyzing her movement, play and behavior, I made a new item for her that will hone her mind and hunting abilities. It might look like a catnip mous but what it is is a sophisticated AI that will act like a real mouse for Pancakes and emit a catnip fragrance for guaranteed hours of amusement and exercise with scheduled downtime so it does not disrupt her owner's sleep schedule. Failing that? She can sit in the box."

Re: The Bar - 01/05.

[somethingwithturquoise]

"You know she's going to just sit in the box," Summer noted, but she was grinning over at the mouse before her smile shifted over to Barry, to let him know that even if Pancakes didn't appreciate it, well...she sure did. And that it was pretty cute that, even after all this time, he still apparently felt the need to win the cat over. "But that's very sweet, Barry." She leaned over the bar to give him a kiss. "I'm sure she's going to love it."

And if she didn't? Then maybe he should kind of just take the hint at that point.

Re: The Bar - 01/05.

[weirderthanthou]

"Huh," Jesse said, eyeing the Christmas tree. "So that's where that went."

Re: The Bar - 01/05.

[somethingwithturquoise]

There was a bit of a pause, as Summer's eyes moved from Jesse to the Christmas tree to Tino, and then back to Jesse again, although this time, with a generic beer being set down in front of her.

"I'm going to let you be the judge on whether or not I want details on that," she said, feeling confident that Jesse knew her well enough to know which way to go with that one.

Re: The Bar - 01/05.

[weirderthanthou]

“Let’s just say I’m compiling a file on the long-term effects of advent and leave it at that,” Jesse said, reaching for her beer. “How’ve you been?”

Re: The Bar - 01/05.

[intheeyeofthebeholding]

"Hello, Summer." Jon nodded at her as he sat down. He cocked his head at the specials board and frowned. "I'm not familiar with 'meiloorun'." And the Eye was being vague about it.

The Lounge - 01/05.

[somethingwithturquoise]

That tree has been through some shit, though.

The Back Room - 01/05.

[somethingwithturquoise]

There is still glitter back here from New Year's.

...New Year's 2012, probably.

OOC - 01/05.

[somethingwithturquoise]

I came across an article that suggested that Morty was actually smarter than Summer, and I'm still mad about it.