Devil's Nest | Thursday Evening

[defenderofdesmoines]

Annie had spent the whole day emailing with her team back home -- not her actual team, of course, though Maeve had sent her a text saying glad you arent dead and Annie was pretty ready to engrave that on a bracelet. No, no, she was in talks with her PR people, and her beauty team (it was apparently going to be a golden blonde tomorrow, as she'd suspected), and her choreographer.

And between her chosen medium of communication with folks back home, and the way she and Diego shared pretty much everything as it was -- she had not noticed anything was happening today before she came into work.

"Did you miss me?" she asked Tiny as she sidled in behind the bar. "I was in 1963. In case you were wondering."

And of course Tiny hadn't been wondering, but Annie continued, "I almost helped save JFK."

Which. On a different day, she might have framed that as...less of an almost? But whatever.

~*Specials*~
Manhattan
Gimlet
Sidecar
Old-Fashioned

Comments

Bar | 5/26

[defenderofdesmoines]

You can totally handle the truth. And also some 60s themed cocktails.

Axe-Throwing | 5/26

[defenderofdesmoines]

Maybe the truth makes you mad?

Back Office | 5/26

[defenderofdesmoines]

Maybe Eric knows some vampire truths he wants to tell!

OOC | 5/26

[defenderofdesmoines]

Give me a week or so and I'll finally have new gifs for my OOC thread.

Until then enjoy my whining about how tired I am, some more.

Re: Bar | 5/26

[thatwaslucky]

Rey and Jaskier hadn't had one on one time in a while, so she showed up a little early to meet him. And since she lived alone, she had gone the whole day without realizing what was up.

"I don't know what any of those specials are," Rey said.

Re: Bar | 5/26

[justalittlerepressed]

Eddie wasn't really a cocktail kind of guy, so he was mostly just looking at them and wondering if maybe this was the hipster bar of the two in town.

Which was possible!

"Can I just do a beer instead?" he asked.

Re: Bar | 5/26

[ohvalleyofpenis]

"Rey, it's one of those days," Jaskier said, having survived his class without Cara throwing a sharp object at him and admitted she liiiiiked him.

Re: Bar | 5/26

[thatwaslucky]

"What kind of days?" she asked warily.

Re: Bar | 5/26

[doctorgingerspice]

Will had heard that Annie was back in town, so he figured he'd stop by the bar and say hi.

"Hey!" he greeted. "How's my favorite superhero?"

... In fairness, he would've said that even without there being a weird truth spell thing going on today.

Re: Bar | 5/26

[ohvalleyofpenis]

"I cannot lie. Not even fudge the truth a little bit!" Which was a real downer as a bard, you know?

Re: Bar | 5/26

[firehousehimbo]

"What kind of bar would force you to drink the specials?" Buck asked.

Re: Bar | 5/26

[firehousehimbo]

Buck was generally a pretty up-front kind of guy so he hadn't noticed anything unusual going on. If Eddie wanted a drink, Buck would follow. The specials weren't really for him but you know what was? Beer. Thanks, Tiny.

Re: Bar | 5/26

[justalittlerepressed]

"I'm certain there are some bars in L.A. that would do that," Eddie replied. Because clearly he wasn't going to any of those bars.

Those were saved for Hen and Karen's date nights and to be shared with the team so they could judge the locations based on those experiences.

Re: Bar | 5/26

[defenderofdesmoines]

"They're all from the 1960s," Annie shared, glancing at the board. "Which is where Diego and his brother and I have been for the last week and a half."

Hm. She'd meant to lead up to that more.

"But I can also make you something less...whiskey-y," she added."

Re: Bar | 5/26

[firehousehimbo]

"This is definitely not that kind of bar," Buck said. "Well. I assume so I've never actually been here, I usually go to the other bar."

Re: Bar | 5/26

[defenderofdesmoines]

"You sure can," Annie assured him with a bright smile. "Not feeling the aggressively-retro theme?"

To be fair, Annie was drinking a beer behind the bar and not a Manhattan, so.

Re: Bar | 5/26

[justalittlerepressed]

"The other one is the one with the... zombies?" Yeah, the face Eddie made at having to say those words out loud. It was magical.

Because he didn't see any zombies. Just intro scene waiting to happen with those axes.

Re: Bar | 5/26

[defenderofdesmoines]

"Awww!" Annie clasped a hand to her heart, which she also would have done no matter what. "I'm good! Newly returned from 1963, actually. Diego and I almost stopped the Kennedy assassination."

Maybe Will would be a person who thought that was cool? Weirdly, such people were kind of thin on the ground.

Re: Bar | 5/26

[firehousehimbo]

"Oh yeah I guess there are zombies there," Buck said, like he hadn't really thought about it before. "That's the one that usually has events like the New Year's Eve party and the dating thing, so that's how I usually end up there."

Re: Bar | 5/26

[doctorgingerspice]

"Buck, man, how's it going?" Will said with a little wave hello.

Re: Bar | 5/26

[justalittlerepressed]

What he tried to say was that he was more of a beer guy, but what came out was, "Beer is the safer option. Cocktails make me uncomfortable in a way I don't like to think about."

Wait for it.

"...what the hell?"

Re: Bar | 5/26

[thatwaslucky]

"What are you even not telling the truth about?" Rey asked, not helping.

Re: Bar | 5/26

[justalittlerepressed]

"We can go there next time." Because of course there'd be a next time. Local bars and all.

Re: Bar | 5/26

[thatwaslucky]

"I'll take anything that masks all the taste," Rey agreed. "You said 1963?"

Re: Bar | 5/26

[doctorgingerspice]

"A year ago, that would've sounded absolutely crazy to me," Will told her. "It still sounds crazy," he amended. "But also entirely plausible at the same time. Why only almost?"