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Post by Risk on Oct 27, 2011 20:31:06 GMT -5
Risk sauntered into the bar, waving at Charlie the bartender with a smile. Things were different this time. He felt as if things were slowly coming together.
Mush was sort of civil around him. Ershey didn't mind speaking to him. He might end up living with Macbeth. And the whole Ericson case was almost ready to be put to rest. As usual, Risk wanted to celebrate with a drink.
"Thanks, Charlie," grinned Risk, as he grabbed his beer and sat on the counter.
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Post by Wraith on Oct 27, 2011 20:36:20 GMT -5
Wraith wasn't drunk yet, which, considering her tolerance, was certainly a mark of restraint. She was nursing her first beer and looking for Tara. Hoping, praying, longing for Tara. Because Kennedy had dumped her, and Tristan's place was awkward now, and Goblin and Script were in the Refuge, and Tara was literally all she had left.
But Tara was into boys now. Well, a boy. And the only reason Wraith wasn't drunk was because she was scared of the consequences--but when Risk walked in and sat on a nearby stool, it almost pushed her over the edge. Well, maybe he wouldn't see her.
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Post by Risk on Oct 27, 2011 20:43:14 GMT -5
Risk turned around to face the stage, leaning his elbows on the counter as he took a sip of his beer. He liked people watching, especially when he was the sober one. He couldn't help but smile, however, when he suddenly saw a familiar blonde girl sitting not too far away.
"Wraith!" he called out, walking over and taking a seat next to her.
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Post by Wraith on Oct 27, 2011 21:04:29 GMT -5
She sighed inwardly but flashed him a tight smile. "Hey. You're, uh...not in Five Points yet." Obviously.
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Post by Risk on Oct 27, 2011 21:06:01 GMT -5
"Five Points? I'm obviously here, Wraith," chuckled Risk, glancing over at her.
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Post by Wraith on Oct 27, 2011 21:15:19 GMT -5
"Yeah. I noticed. You and Sapphy have a game plan yet?" She took a long sip of beer, then stopped herself, pushing the glass around, determined not to have a repeat of her last drunken debacle, when she'd made out with a girl right before the lecherous eyes of some guy from the lodging house.
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Post by Risk on Oct 27, 2011 21:17:35 GMT -5
"I, uh, haven't seen her around since that little meeting we had," he muttered. "So, no Five Points just yet. How are things on your end?"
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Post by Wraith on Oct 27, 2011 21:25:10 GMT -5
She winced. "Going according to plan. By which I mean my brother and his girl got themselves arrested," she said faintly, her fingers tightening on the glass till it was in danger of breaking. She took another swig. Better drunk, better anything, than the unbearable tension that caught her in its grasp at times like this. And the deep, dark well of loneliness that Risk, of all people, certainly could not fill.
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Post by Risk on Oct 27, 2011 21:28:57 GMT -5
"I'll try looking for Sapphy when I get the chance," he said reassuringly. "So what'd the two do to get arrested? I see Goblin running off and getting himself into trouble, but I don't know about Script... she's quite the brownie-making girl he's got."
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Post by Wraith on Oct 27, 2011 21:40:02 GMT -5
"I know." She sighed. "I hope he looks out for her in there...they went skinny-dipping in Central Park," she said with a trace of amusement, taking a break before draining the rest of her glass.
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Post by Risk on Oct 27, 2011 21:44:36 GMT -5
Risk gaped at Wraith. "They went skinny-dipping?" he repeated, trying to hold back his laughter but failing. "Geez."
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Post by Wraith on Oct 27, 2011 21:50:25 GMT -5
"They just needed a few weeks in the Refuge," she muttered. "No point in doing something serious." She gave up on restraint and emptied her glass, waving down Charlie for another one.
((Charlie was actually the bartender of a Manhattan bar called Charlie's, invented by Sapphy, but I guess he's moved here, haha.))
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Post by Risk on Oct 27, 2011 21:53:37 GMT -5
"I just didn't think they'd actually... well, do that," he muttered, trying to push the images out of his mind. ((LOL. He's everywhere  )) |
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Post by Gypsy on Oct 27, 2011 21:57:53 GMT -5
((*luuurkiiing* Flare, dear, I PMed you on Goblin. Also, I <3 Risk.))
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Post by Wraith on Oct 27, 2011 22:14:26 GMT -5
((Got it!  And I've loved Risk literally since I was 14. He's like the epic RP love of my life.)) "I've been trying to avoid the imagery, too," Wraith said dryly. This was her brother they were talking about, after all. She swigged the new beer and then realized she would soon be a staggering, slurring, helpless mess...in the company of a cop. A fucking cop. Well, her whole reputation for extreme caution was rapidly going down the drain these past couple weeks. |
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And I've loved Risk literally since I was 14. He's like the epic RP love of my life.))