[OPEN] LOOKIN FOR SOME TROUBLE 2NIGHT

[stonefaith]

Date & Time: 12/31 evening - 01/01 early morning NEW YEARS YEAAHHH
Location: ALL AROUND THE CITY WE'RE BARCRAWLIN BABY
Characters: Bariyan e Kodhi (stonefaith), Koltira Deathweaver (deadelfwalking), and YOU.
Summary: drunk undead men assault the island
Warnings: n/a except for zombie drunkards

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[ HERE ARE TWO UNDEAD MEN. IT IS NEW YEAR'S EVE, OR MAYBE IT'S BECOME NEW YEAR'S ALREADY. THEY ARE NOT SURE. THEY ARE BOTH EXTREMELY DRUNK.

They've been drinking their way through the city, bar to liquor store back to bar again, to any alcohol-selling establishment still open at this point in time, or gate crashing parties in search of booze. They are wandering all over the goddamn place. You might run into them entering a bar, or exiting it (possibly unwillingly, and possibly via the window in Bariyan's case). Maybe you turn a corner and walk smack into them. Maybe you hear them getting into a fight a few blocks ahead. MAYBE YOU GET INTO A FIGHT WITH THEM (NOT THE SUGGESTED COURSE OF ACTION).

Basically, Koltira and Bariyan are having a grand time of it and WOULD BE EXTREMELY PLEASED IF YOU JOINED IN. ]

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[stonefaith]

[ Oh well that was quite a throw. BUT ON ACCOUNT OF BEING NUMB TO ALL PAIN AND SENSATION, Bariyan just staggers to his feet and brushes himself off, scowling. Luckily, the window that he'd been tossed through had already been open, so there's no broken glass.

His reply to Collette's inquiry is groggy, absent-minded. ]

Yes, yes, I'm fine--

[ Then he starts to look around. He blinks at Collette, but quickly turns his attention elsewhere -- behind, then back to the bar. ]

Did anyone else come out after me? Or, er, before?

[ Where's Koltira. ]

[deadelfwalking]

[SOME GUY flies out the window after Bariyan and lands, flat on his ass, on the sidewalk. This random douchebag mutters some vague insult before he collapses and falls completely unconscious. Koltira stumbles out of the window after him, flexing his fingers.]

Ha. Perhaps in future he will mind his manners--[Oh, hey, it's Collette. UH. He pauses, and then steps forward, his steps uncertain and staggering.]

He's all right. He's just having a bit of a sleep. Assisted sleep. [HORRIBLE CHUCKLE.]

[whatsupcroc]

( Why was -- why are they -- adults are so weird! )

I was more worried about Bariyan, but now that you mention it...

( Hello drunk man she's never met before. How you sleep so soundly. She gives Koltira a look. )

You guys weren't in the middle of a bar-fight, were you?

[stonefaith]

[ Bariyan breaks out into a grin when Koltira arrives, and immediately staggers towards him -- stepping carefully over the unconscious man -- to clap Koltira over the shoulder, joining in the chuckling.

Then, leaning against the other man, he turns back to blink at Collette. ]

Fight? What? No. Absolutely not. [ he nudges koltira. ] Correct?

[ Bariyan smiles serenely as he answers. yeah the truth the pure 100% truth ]

[deadelfwalking]

Oh, no. Not at all.

[He puts an arm 'round Bariyan's shoulders as well, and leans in as he speaks, such their foreheads are just a hair's breadth away from each other.]

It was merely a spirited discussion. Nothing more.

[whatsupcroc]

Sure, whatever you guys say. Invite me along to watch next time! That's way more fun than seeing just the aftermath.

( She grins, hands off her handrails for the moment as she brings them to her face and breathes into them. Sure, with gloves it doesn't penetrate like it would to bare hands, but between than and a brisk rubbing together afterward she feels like she's warming them up.

It's kind of fun to see the two of them together, chumming around and looking more like they're sharing secrets -- of a transparent sort -- than anything else. Which was odd, since both were dead dudes, and Koltira had mad scary powers and apparently uncontrollable bloodlusts.

And yet people were people, and he was a good enough sort compared to others. )

Happy New Years, you guys. Where're you off to next?

[stonefaith]

[ Bariyan leans hard against Koltira, to the point where Koltira is just about the only thing keeping him standing upright. He laughs at Collette's question, as if she's just told a very good joke. ]

Somewhere where they won't toss me out a window, I hope. Mmm. [ Bariyan thinks hard but uh a lot of the bars he used to frequent don't like him much anymore. Oops. To Collette BECAUSE HE TOTALLY EXPECTS HER TO KNOW: ] You wouldn't happen to know any such place, would you?

[deadelfwalking]

[Fortunately, Koltira is a pretty solid mass of elf, so he's quite effective at keeping Bariyan's equilibrium in place. He nods in agreement with Bariyan as the other man talks.]

We've had a bit of a chilly reception tonight. Familiarity breeding contempt, perhaps ...

[whatsupcroc]

Oh, um... well, do you know the names of all the ones you've been to?

( Collette leans around to her pack hanging off the back of her chair, pulling out her tablet. )

I've got Roslyn's list on file, so we can start with that,maybe?

[stonefaith]

[ Bariyan makes a face. ]

I suspect I've got most of Roslyn's list memorized, unfortunately. And most of Ros' list isn't overly fond of me. [ But, not wanting to be discouraging: ] Though she may have updated it since. Yes, let's take a look.

[deadelfwalking]

[Koltira makes a face like 'there's a list?' and starts to move forward, pulling Bariyan with him.]

I had no idea that such a thing existed. Ms. Small is a clever woman.

[whatsupcroc]

( Collette starts up her tablet, flicking a few icons around to bring up an expanded list called "Bars People Talk About on the Network + Roslyn's List."

At one point she was planning to make an AA joke, but she hasn't gotten around to it yet. )

Can either of you read right now, or are you too far gone for small letters on screens? I can start reading down the list...

( Waiting for confirmation one way or the other. Collette's fine rattling off the names she has typed in. )

[stonefaith]

It's been around for a while. Almost... [ Wait. Frown. He's got no clue how long Ros has kept that list. He doesn't even know if it came before or after Koltira. ] ...never mind.

[ He then moves around behind Collette to try and peer over her shoulder. He tries to read, he really does, but god that screen's bright, uh... focus.... ]

Ehhhh.

[ THAT'S BARIYAN'S ANSWER. He steps away and grabs Koltira's arm to slump against it again. ]

[deadelfwalking]

[Koltira shrugs as he slings an arm around Bariyan's waist, doing his part to keep the man semi-upright.]

I dislike reading off of those machines even when I haven't had ... [he pauses.] -- ten shots? Eleven? Well, who can say. [shrug.] The point remains.

[whatsupcroc]

I don't know, guys, isn't bar crawling done walking bar to bar? If this block's done with you, why not forget the list and see if you can manage to walk three blocks over? Or start trying to sober up. Can either of you get pass-out drunk? That's not supposed to be any fun. That's what my brother told me, though, and I think he was probably being honest after seeing him on a few mornings with hangovers.

[stonefaith]

Three blocks? [ THREE, THOUGH. THAT'S A HIGH NUMBER. Like, almost as high as Koltira's eleven. But on the other hand... more alcohol....

Bariyan exhales, and with some effort, manages to get himself mostly upright-- though he keeps using that arm around his waist for some support. ] I think we can make three blocks. Eh?

[ He gives Koltira a slight push, a signal for him to start walking. Bariyan'll drag himself behind. He's got to contemplate Collette's other question now, too. ]

Pass-out drunk... no, I don't think so. I don't get hangovers in this state, either. [ He laughs. ] Fortunately.

[deadelfwalking]

[Koltira takes that cue and starts to amble along, though he glances back at Bariyan as he goes, just to make sure the guy isn't about to fall over.]

Aye, this body is unyielding in all respects. Including, ah ... alcoholically. [is that a word? IT IS NOW.]

[whatsupcroc]

( She's more careful in picking her way, tablet now in lap as she wheels herself at an equivalent pace. )

Why do you guys drink, if you can't get drunk? Does it really help with forgetting like everyone tries to say?

[stonefaith]

Hold on-- [ bariyan holds a hand up. ] Drunk we can do. It's unconscious that we can't. [ shush, koltira, you're totally drunk right now too so just SHUSH ]

As for forgetting... [ he's about to say something, but then realizes that's actually an unhappy topic for him. NOPE. leaving that one to the other dead man ]