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Post by skyeknight on Mar 5, 2017 3:28:36 GMT
It was Axel's first night back on shift after Anna's attack. And after the prison riots. He had closed the bar down because some of his workers were from Garcon Perdu. He kept his waitresses at the bar, made it a temporary shelter for people who fled that part of the city. But now, things were going back to normal. His workers were happy to be able to go home, some of them not so much because their homes had been damaged or pillaged, but the demon was doing what he could to help them out. It was nice to actually get back to work, serving drinks. What he did best.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 5, 2017 4:05:30 GMT
Red was coming into the bar now that it was opened back up determined to get a good drink and rest her feet for a bit. What with the prison break she had been run ragged going from place to place helping the police round up escaped criminals and put them back in the prison. Half her catches had escaped and like hell was she letting them walk around free again. It had been a special mission of hers to round up her old catches and return them to the prison, actually having to pull out her gun and use her spirits to get them to go.
So now she needed a drink. The beautiful red head walked into the bar and sat down at the bar. She raised one tired finger. "I'll have one Swimmin Pool cocktail darlin. No...Betta make that two. I'll drink em slowly, never you mind. I just wanna sit an nurse m'tired feet"
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Post by skyeknight on Mar 5, 2017 14:25:29 GMT
"Of course," Axel replied.
He finished the drinks he was making for his waitresses before starting on the woman's drinks. It might have been without his usual flourish and shit eating grin though. He was tired. He would have kept the bar closed longer, but his staff needed the money. Just because the world went to Hell, things like rent and needing to put food on the table didn't go away. He slid the two drinks over to the woman. She looked as dog-tired as he felt. And because of the riots, he actually used his fire powers again... To stop vandals from burning homes down in Garcon Perdu...
"Have you eaten?" he asked. "I can get you the happy hour menu."
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Post by Deleted on Mar 5, 2017 20:46:17 GMT
"You got chicken wings? the good breaded wi' barbeque kind? I'll have those. If ya don't got em then yea, I'd like the menu" she said with a nod of her head. Red normally wouldn't go for something so messy and unladylike in public but she was starving and beyond caring. She had worked hard, she deserved some comfort food. She sipped on her first drink and sighed. "That hits th' spot. Good stuff" she smiled at him and nodded. "Nice to see anotha redhead here. I'm Nikki but everyone calls me Red" she laughed and gestured to her red outfit and red hair. "Fittin, no?"
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Post by skyeknight on Mar 5, 2017 21:44:43 GMT
"Nah. We got 'em." Axel said.
He moved to the little window to the kitchen and put in her order. Told the guy to add extra chicken wings since the woman looked like she had a rough time of it lately. He joined her back at the bar top shortly thereafter. He picked up a glass and started to clean it with a cloth. He might not have showed it, but he was really counting down to when the bar closed. He was exhausted. He was sure most of the city was at this point.
"Name's Axel. Got it memorized?" he asked with a grin. "Resident bartender. Nice to meet you, Red."
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Post by Deleted on Mar 6, 2017 0:15:27 GMT
"Oh, good. I'm famished an I'm tired" she sipped her drink, enjoying the feeling of the alcohol coursing through her. She smiled at Axel's little spiel and put out her hand-rough and the nails were chipped, which was just a testament to how busy she'd been- for him to shake. "Nice ta meet'cha Axel. "I'd give ya a wink an a smile, but I'm all tuckered out. So's a handshake'll hafta do fo now"
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Post by skyeknight on Mar 6, 2017 0:25:13 GMT
"Just relax then," Axel said.
He shook her hand with a smile. And she did look exhausted, ready to crash the moment her food arrived, or perhaps even before then. He was going to make sure that she got good service. It really looked like she could use a good meal and just some time not to think. If there was anything Axel was good at, it was talking someone's ear off.
"So... police riots?" he guessed.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 6, 2017 0:35:22 GMT
Red nodded at his correct guess. "I'm a bounty hunta" she said for an explanation. "An I was catchin all my previous nets an handin em back inta th' jail. I put em there, I should make sho thang they stay there, ya know? Unfortunately it's kept me hoppin faster 'n the bunny cop they have in the office" Her face crinkled into a smile at the thought of Riku. "I just been doin my best. Barely been enough though" She put a hand over her mouth as she yawned and smiled at Axel. "So 'm here ta get some drinks now that it's windin down, and rest ma feet. I'll go home in a few hours, but fo now I want more'n workin an sleepin, ya know?"
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Post by skyeknight on Mar 6, 2017 0:40:40 GMT
"Don't envy you." Axel said. "Had my hands full too... Had to keep my employees here since it wasn't safe for them to go back home. Had to shut down the bar but the girls need the money so we're open again."
He looked out over his staff, who were wearily serving. They might not have wanted to work either, but because of finances they had to. That was just how tough it was out there for some of them. They had kids staying at the bar when it wasn't the most family friendly place. Not to mention husbands and other extended family. Things had been crowded.
"It'll be nice when things go back to normal."
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Post by Deleted on Mar 6, 2017 1:43:30 GMT
"Don't envy you eitha sug. Sounds like we both had it pretty rough" Everyone was tired and downhearted right now and it was no surprise why. First the police station had been decimated, by an officer no less, then the riots had broken out because someone had destroyed the wall of the prison and let everyone out. She was pretty pissed about that and was ready to throttle the poor unfortunate soul that had done it. Some were saying it was a demon. Well, she knew how to handle those. Trap them in a good circle and force them into a contract. Then again, her brother had tried that and look where it got him. Six feet under. But she'd do better. She had to. "When are things 'normal' in this city?" she asked with a faint smile.
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Post by skyeknight on Mar 6, 2017 2:39:33 GMT
"Too bad I don't drink on the job." he laughed.
He heard the familiar bell from the kitchen. He stepped over and smiled. Red's plate of hot barbecue wings were ready. Extra wings with an extra sauce on the side. He made the right call to get her a little more bang for her buck. She deserved it. He carried her plate back and set it down in front of her. He paused only to get napkins and a roll of clean silverware out for her in case she wanted them. Some girls were dainty about those sort of things.
"Well, normal-ish."
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Post by Deleted on Mar 6, 2017 2:50:15 GMT
"Professional's don't" she agreed. "But yeh can drink afta th' job is done. I won't judge. You'd deserve it" She clapped her hands when the barbecue wings were placed in front of her and she immediately dug in, for once not caring about being dainty. She just wanted food. She did wipe her mouth now and again but that was out of ingrained politeness than anything else. She chewed, swallowed and nodded. "Normal-ish is right. We got a faery an a voodoo bunny on th police force. A demon too, I seen him. An Ice Woman for a lawyer an a giant for a detective. Not to mention a myriad of otha creatures playin around in this city. It don't get much weirder ya think, till it does. An I didn't even mention th 'creatures I seen walkin around. Me? I'm a summona meself. We all weird in this city" she grinned and went back to eating.
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Post by skyeknight on Mar 6, 2017 3:05:25 GMT
"Don't think I need to. As soon as we close up. I'm heading home and sleeping." he said.
Sleeping at his own place would be heavenly. The irony was not lost on him for a demon to compare something to heaven. But he had to make sure the bar stayed safe while the riots took place. He wasn't typically a crowd sort of person, so having that many people in close quarters took some getting used to. He loved his staff but he would do so from a distance. He doubted he actually wanted to live with any of them and their families any time soon.
"I'm a fire demon who's a bartender. Try and make sense of that one," he grinned.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 6, 2017 4:46:42 GMT
"Sleep. What a delightful word. I got maybe...six hours altogether in the past 10 days" she mused. "Sleep would be great. A full night wi no calls sayin anotha one of mine's on the loose, be careful he might go afta you. That'd be great" She always made sure to go after her former targets before they got it into their heads to go after her. She laughed. "Then you shouldn't be drinkin at all! You'd set fire to everything!" she teased and laughed some more. Funny that a fire demon was working surrounded by flammable liquid. That just seemed like a recipe for disaster.
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Post by skyeknight on Mar 6, 2017 13:18:11 GMT
"He better hope he doesn't find me," Axel said. "I'm liable to burn the first person to a crisp."
And he was. He was at wit's end with everything that happened. It was probably only his fatigue that kept him from becoming a blazing inferno of rage at the moron who caused all this. Or whatever poor sap set him off, whichever came first. Either way, he knew he was a powder keg that was primed and set for explosion. He was just trying to keep himself level until closing. That's all he had to do was stall until closing. He could go home and not come back in the next few days until he recovered.
"I can handle my alcohol." Axel laughed. "There are some drinks people request that you just have to set on fire."
And there were drinks like Flaming Gorilla or Bailey's Comet.
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