unheiring: (If We Don't Believe)
unheiring ([personal profile] unheiring) wrote in [community profile] sticksandbones2024-04-02 02:09 pm

I Never Will Play the Wild Rover No More

Who: Luca Aurelius and YOU
What: It's a bar log. For all your drinking needs. Make your own top-levels and have your own bar-related fun here.
When: End of March up to just before the event
Where: The Watchtower Bar
Warnings: Alcohol. Lots and lots of alcohol.


It sure has been a month, hasn't it? And it's probably been made all the worse by the fact that Luca has been keeping the bar closed more often than not. Someone's had a lot on his mind, you see. Even when the bar has been open, Luca's presence has been missing, with only the spirit to tend to any, well... spirits you might have needed! There's no stew over the fire, or anything like that. It's great for drinking, but not much else.

But he can only wallow in misery for so long. And by that, we mean deal with the spirit occupying his walls, staring at him somberly every time he refuses to open the doors.

So, finally, toward the end of March, the doors to the bar open. One night at first. Then a second. By the third, it's the longest stretch they've stayed open since everything went to shit! Moreover, a pot of stew always seems to be brewing, a fresh deck of cards has been laid out on the table, and a new, makeshift dartboard has been prepared.

Well. If ever there's been a time to party, it's now. Grab your alcohol from your host, or do your own thing. It's about time the Grove got to relax.

soundsurfing: (I've been waiting)

[personal profile] soundsurfing 2024-04-02 09:04 pm (UTC)(link)
Jus' my luck, brotha.

[ ..... The sniff makes him blink, then sniff his own? Did he order root beer?? ]

Uh... mine don't smell like root beer. [ A little sniff of Dark Cacao's. ] Neither does yers, yo. Smells jus' like normal beer.
winterfrosting: (21)

[personal profile] winterfrosting 2024-04-02 09:07 pm (UTC)(link)
[He blinks down at it. Some other kind of soda then? It's certainly lacks tartness so it can't be juice. He finally shrugs a little and sips.

His eyes bug slightly. Bitter and sour! But to his Ridge sensibilities he actually... kinda likes it. He nods]


Acceptable.
soundsurfing: (To play it safe)

[personal profile] soundsurfing 2024-04-02 09:46 pm (UTC)(link)
[ That reaction gets a PFT out of him, followed by a proper laugh. ]

First time havin' beer?! It ain't the best - uh, no offense to the place - cuz it jus' beer but it ain't gonna straight kill ya like the harder stuff will.
winterfrosting: (18)

[personal profile] winterfrosting 2024-04-02 09:48 pm (UTC)(link)
I suppose it is. I do not drink often...

[But it was a gift, so of course he's going to accept it!]
soundsurfing: (You say it's all a blur)

[personal profile] soundsurfing 2024-04-02 09:55 pm (UTC)(link)
Yer a Cookie right? You guys even GOT beer?!

[ Other than root beer which is a soda cause it has no alcohol?? He Does Not Know. ]
Edited 2024-04-02 21:56 (UTC)
winterfrosting: (20)

[personal profile] winterfrosting 2024-04-02 09:56 pm (UTC)(link)
Root Beer, yes. And juice as well.
soundsurfing: (If you don't try)

[personal profile] soundsurfing 2024-04-02 09:58 pm (UTC)(link)
[ That makes Beat stroke his chin. ]

Ye! I know 'bout Juice, yo, Spark- uh, Sparklin' Cookie...

[ :( He misses his family. ]

Sparklin' Cookie told me 'bout the juices, but huh. Root beer fer us is jus' a soda, yo. No alcohol.
winterfrosting: (18)

[personal profile] winterfrosting 2024-04-02 10:00 pm (UTC)(link)
Other Cookies have been here?

[he doesn't know Sparkling Cookie personally]
soundsurfing: (You know it could be worse)

[personal profile] soundsurfing 2024-04-02 10:03 pm (UTC)(link)
Not here, yo. Other than you an' Grandpa. But in the place I came from before here. There was a bunch. Grandpa is from there too, s'why he's a Minotaur. He don't 'member it. But Sparks was there. CeeCee was there. Grandpa, an' his girl though I think they was on the outs. Vamp was there too at one point, yo.

[ And even Dark Cacao briefly though he won't drop that on the man, instead he sips his beer. ]
winterfrosting: (10)

[personal profile] winterfrosting 2024-04-02 10:05 pm (UTC)(link)
[it takes him a bit to process the words]

Pure Vanilla and Clotted Cream both were? That would explain their beast forms... they are not dissimilar from your own.

['his girl' though? That must be-]

You mean White Lily Cookie?
soundsurfing: (Thought you could go)

[personal profile] soundsurfing 2024-04-02 10:19 pm (UTC)(link)
Yeah, that was her name. Long braid.

[ It takes a moment, before Beat blinks. ]

Wait, how you know CeeCee was a Mer??
winterfrosting: (14)

[personal profile] winterfrosting 2024-04-02 10:21 pm (UTC)(link)
Because he is here. Though I have not seen him in some time.

[Beat, Beat buddy]
soundsurfing: (The sun is in the east)

[personal profile] soundsurfing 2024-04-02 10:26 pm (UTC)(link)
HE'S HERE?!

[ HIS BOY IS HERE?!

He doesn't mean to yell it but he hasn't ran into him so... ]
winterfrosting: (32)

[personal profile] winterfrosting 2024-04-02 10:27 pm (UTC)(link)
[He quirks a smile]

Yes. Though as I said, we have not seen him for a few days. We suspect he went exploring. Likely Pure Vanilla Cookie and I will go searching for him soon.

[He's worried...]
soundsurfing: (Please tell me why do we worry?)

[personal profile] soundsurfing 2024-04-02 10:34 pm (UTC)(link)
Yeah... yeah yo, that stuff takes some time! Coupla days out, coupla days back.

[ A pause, before Beat frowns. ]

Wait... do you think he went into the woods proper or like, followed the trails? Cuz the trails is safe, like to the lake, but uh. The other stuff is really bad.
winterfrosting: (35)

[personal profile] winterfrosting 2024-04-02 10:40 pm (UTC)(link)
We are not sure. He did not leave a note or any indication.
soundsurfing: (A self-inflicted murder)

[personal profile] soundsurfing 2024-04-02 10:44 pm (UTC)(link)
Oh.

[ He stares at his beer for a moment, frowning harder. ]

Be careful, aight? You weren't here when the Grove was attacked, but Gramps was. I know he knows how dangerous that shit is, but I also know he... ya know, is Gramps.
winterfrosting: (3)

[personal profile] winterfrosting 2024-04-02 10:47 pm (UTC)(link)
[he nods. Yeah, he knows]

Pure Vanilla... is a very intelligent and wise cookie. But he also has very little care for himself. I have been protecting him since we were young- I will not let him fall.

['again' is unspoken]
soundsurfing: (One thing you never seem to learn)

[personal profile] soundsurfing 2024-04-02 11:01 pm (UTC)(link)
[ The look Beat gives the man is approving, and he nods. Good. But also.

Heh.

He knows declarations like that. He's shockingly emotionally intelligent. So he sips his beer and grins around it. ]


Yer a good dude, yo, but I think you should tell him upright.

[ He's not saying what Dark Cacao might be thinking. ]
winterfrosting: (19)

[personal profile] winterfrosting 2024-04-02 11:02 pm (UTC)(link)
...?

[he literally grunts in confusion, taking another drink to hide his expression]
soundsurfing: (I've been walking)

[personal profile] soundsurfing 2024-04-02 11:05 pm (UTC)(link)
That'chu love him, brotha.

[ Have you met Josh, Dark Cacao Cookie? If yes, you will instantly recognize that gremlin grin on Beat's face. ]
winterfrosting: (10)

[personal profile] winterfrosting 2024-04-02 11:06 pm (UTC)(link)
[He narrows his eyes]

Of course I do, he is my oldest friend.

[Sorry Beat, cookies just declare their love super easy]
soundsurfing: (Thought you could go)

[personal profile] soundsurfing 2024-04-02 11:09 pm (UTC)(link)
[ Silence for a moment, Beat squinting.

... Oh my god, don't tell him. ]


Yo, you Cookies all the same. Not like, friend love, but like. Hey, I wanna b- wait yer a Cookie you prolly dunno that term. Uh. Yo, I wanna kiss you stupid, love.
winterfrosting: (32)

[personal profile] winterfrosting 2024-04-02 11:12 pm (UTC)(link)
[That narrowed look maintains, and Cacao takes another drink. But something in the air changes. A kind of dangerous tension.

A warning that maybe, maybe, Beat shouldn't pursue this]


You should not probe things you lack the context for, Beat.
soundsurfing: (You know it could be worse)

[personal profile] soundsurfing 2024-04-02 11:20 pm (UTC)(link)
[ Oooohoho, damn, okay. He raises his hands in defeat, backing down. ]

Aight, Pops, aight, you right. I won't say shit no more, I ain't got a right.

[ There's either some deep repression here or some other shit, and he will yell mentally at Josh all about it, giiiiiiiiiiirl listen! ]

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