The Devil's Nest, Monday Night

[texted3times]

There was a live band tonight that Eric had not ordered. Tiny pleaded innocence entirely too quickly for it to be real, either. "What kind of music do they play?" Eric asked, looking confused by the plasticky blue elephant...thing playing a keyboard.

Tiny told him.

"It is not called that."

Tiny grinned.

"Well, that's probably why they were so cheap," Eric said.

Tiny told him how much they cost.

"Well, that's probably why it's coming out of your paycheck," Eric amended.

Welcome to the Devil's Nest. Enjoy the jizz band.

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[solo_sword]

Jaina had a few days in town! And someone had to be around for this, the most sacred of holidays. So of course she was stopping in.

"Good choice of music," she said.

[texted3times]

"Is it?" Eric asked, grinning at her.

[solo_sword]

"Yeah," she said, taking her seat at the bar. "Are you not a fan?"

[unusual_sith]

"Jaina, hello!" Lana smiled. "Good to see you."

[solo_sword]

"Lana," Jaina said with a nod. "How have you been?"

[sith_happened]

Could Anakin hear the jizz band across the island? Yes, yes he could. Secret special Jedi, okay.

He ordered a whiskey and nodded his head to the beat.

[solo_sword]

"Did you get the yearly call from Ben yet?" Jaina greeted him.

[sith_happened]

Anakin groaned. "Yes. How he knows what day it is on the island is a question for the ages."

[unusual_sith]

Lana had been in New York, but she knew the tradition, so she dropped by just for this.

She hadn't been able to entirely escape her galaxy, though, and was on the phone as she came in.

"I'm sorry, you what?"

Had to jump in the acid to put out the fire from the lava. Honestly, it - oh, stop whining, you big baby, you're fine.

"Nox, who are you dragging with you today?"

One of Oggurobb's botanists. I haven't learned his name.

Lana facepalmed. "Please do not get the scientists killed."

I put him out! And I've been leaving him at base camp as often as possible. Mostly to avoid the complaining. You'd think he'd never encountered biohazards before.

"Not everybody has been genetically altered to be immune to radioactive poison, you know."

Nox's disgusted noise came through clear. That's their own deficiency. Just tell the Commander it's going well and we'll be back in a week or so.

"I'll let him know," Lana promised. She hung up and sighed.

[texted3times]

"Drink?" Eric suggested.

[unusual_sith]

"Yes, please," Lana said. "A very good whiskey."

[suitably_heroic]

"Now who's fucking up what?" Jack asked conversationally.

[unusual_sith]

Lana rolled her eyes. "We're not even sure. A ship with a lot of biosamples crashed on Dantooine, and is attempting to rewrite the local biome to fit its species. The Commander sent Nox to investigate."

[shutupandkillsomething]

"Kriff yeah," cried Cade, who hadn't been seen in forever. "Drinks are on great-great Granddad!"

[sith_happened]

"They are not," Anakin retorted hotly.

[shutupandkillsomething]

"My drinks are," Cade assured Tiny, who looked unconvinced.

[unusual_sith]

"Oh, good!" Lana toasted Cade with her whiskey. "I knew the Jedi were good for something."

[shutupandkillsomething]

"Oh, they run out on plenty of bar tabs," Cade said. "Usually chasing down justice or something. Exhausting. It's why I don't do it."

[suitably_heroic]

And eventually, at least for a couple of hours, a Jack-or-Atton-if-you-had-to appeared at the bar in a Metallica t-shirt. "If Anakin's buying, I'll have the fanciest soda you've got."

Thanks for the set-up, Cade.

[sith_happened]

"I'm not!" Anakin protested.

[shutupandkillsomething]

"He is!" Cade assured him, drowning Anakin out.

[moreofaponchoguy]

Cal wasn't much of a bar person these days, but he couldn't ignore the siren call of the music.

"Of all the ways I thought I could get homesick, this definitely wasn't on the list," he said, while BD-1 tapped to the beat on his back.

[texted3times]

"You know this music too?" Eric complained.

[moreofaponchoguy]

"Yeah, it's... I don't know if 'popular' is the right word, but it's familiar from my galaxy," Cal said. "You've got to admit, some Earth music is worse."

[okteiviakom]

The first thing that caught Octavia's attention upon entering the club was that it seemed pretty busy for a Monday night.

The second thing was, well. The other obvious thing.

"... Okay," she said, slowly, eyeing the band. "Don't tell me they'll be here all week."