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baedalites ([personal profile] baedalites) wrote in [community profile] multiversallogs2012-02-10 06:39 pm

OPEN :: A golden bird was singing

Who: Everyone!
What: St Kelley's evening
Where: The Apache and surrounding environs.
When: Veerdi evening.
Notes:
(1) The topic threads are just suggestions; if you've got somewhere else that your characters simply must be, make your own thread.
(2) All mementos will appear overnight in some part of your character's apartment.
(3) Dance!




St Kelley's is one of the more sedate occasions in Baedal, at least as holidays go. It passes more or less unnoticed by the majority of the population as many of them feel it doesn't concern them. It's not their holiday; it's for the others. Those with severed ties and broken hearts. The temple and church preach that it's a time for reflection or for glorifying the generosity of the gods. It's one of the few days on which no one looks askance at first generation Citizens mourning their missing loved ones publicly.

As night rolls around and floating lanterns are set to sea, the Apache in Mog Hill prepares to accept guests from the newer cohorts. It's something that happens every year, making it a practical tradition. The alcohol will be cheaper for first timers, and the music will be kept at a reasonable level.
captaincocksure: (bones idk what do you think)

[personal profile] captaincocksure 2012-02-12 02:27 am (UTC)(link)
"--it's more than that," Jim says as he and McCoy step up to the bar. He pauses to wave at one of the bartenders, making sure he catches her eye. "Yes, it's nice to get something from home. But maybe it's a clue, too. How far the city can reach, what it can bring through, how it can get things here. And if it can bring things here it can certainly get them out. Maybe there'll be some clue to that in this."

He's certainly not trying to justify a bout of sentimentality, what are you even talking about.

He leans on the bar slightly, unbuttoning the jacket of his suit. "You want a bourbon when the bartender gets down here, or are you going to surprise me tonight?"
aviophobia: (things that suck: questioning authority)

[personal profile] aviophobia 2012-02-12 02:49 am (UTC)(link)
McCoy rolls his eyes, adjusting his tie and glancing down the bar as well before turning out to see if he recognizes anyone in the crowd. To be fair, he'd sent a lantern out on the river as well, with a lot of complaining about fire hazards and polluting the water, but he actually rather liked the idea. It was a nice way to honor those who were lost, a beautiful and elegant tribute.

"When have you ever known me to surprise anyone ever? What the hell else would I get, a mai tai?"
captaincocksure: (bones i'm listening)

[personal profile] captaincocksure 2012-02-12 04:17 am (UTC)(link)
"You surprised me with that suit. Look at you, seriously." His gaze drifts back to McCoy's face, half a smirk on his lips. He's teasing. Obviously.

...Isn't he?

He glances back down the bar to make sure the bartender hasn't moved on, and he gives the people gathered along its edge a glance. No one he recognizes. "If Hasi turns up tonight I'll have to introduce you. I feel like I've told you both all about each other without managing to have you meet."
aviophobia: (things that suck: waiting for an outcome)

[personal profile] aviophobia 2012-02-12 06:09 am (UTC)(link)
McCoy rolls his eyes. "My suit surprised you? Really? I'm not a savage, Jim; I do know how to dress myself." He crosses his arms over his chest, the neatly tailored jacket stretching slightly at the shoulders. "Hasi's your friend who works at the Vault, isn't she?"
captaincocksure: (i hope so too)

[personal profile] captaincocksure 2012-02-13 02:15 am (UTC)(link)
"I meant more that you clean up so nice. I wasn't expecting it."

Aaand he gives the area around the bar another sweep, to try to cover that sudden, awkward moment. "Yeah. Yeah, she is. You'll like her," he says, his gaze going back to hold McCoy's, though maybe it's more a hopeful wish than a confident declaration.
aviophobia: (jim i will rip out your throat)

[personal profile] aviophobia 2012-02-13 04:00 am (UTC)(link)
McCoy's eyebrows go straight up, and he peers down the bar, trying to see where that bartender's gotten to, because he can use that bourbon right now, thanks very much.

"Great. Look forward to meeting her."
captaincocksure: (bones thoughtful)

[personal profile] captaincocksure 2012-02-13 08:52 am (UTC)(link)
...Oh, right, that's McCoy's "what the hell was that" face, with the eyebrows shooting up like that. Great. Where the hell's the bartender?

"Good. She's been a big help to me--and a good influence, believe it or not. Such things are possible." He's still peering at the crowds. "I should have you meet Olivia if she turns up, too. She's from Earth from a while back--federal government law enforcement, but she investigates space/time anomalies. Though I warn you, she might like to pick your brain for technological and scientific information."
aviophobia: (things that suck: surrounded by idiots)

[personal profile] aviophobia 2012-02-14 02:43 am (UTC)(link)
"Olivia?" McCoy echoes, glad for the change of subject that isn't how good he looks in a suit, apparently (what the fuck, Jim, why do you do this 'talking' thing with your mouth). "I think I've met her. Pretty, blonde sort of girl?"
captaincocksure: (that's cheating)

[personal profile] captaincocksure 2012-02-14 04:19 am (UTC)(link)
Jim will never for the life of him understand how he can make the worst innuendo and most ridiculous ham-handed pickup lines sound so great, but he can say something that's not at all like those things--and is totally factual, by the way, did he say anything that wasn't true?--and it comes out sounding so awkward and desperate and oh god where is the bartender, this is getting to be something of an emergency.

He all but jumps on the change of subject, nodding, smiling. "Sounds like her. Fun, easy to talk to? But could still totally kill you without breaking a sweat? I mean, not that I've tested that, it's just a feeling I get."
aviophobia: (things that suck: dammit jim)

[personal profile] aviophobia 2012-02-15 02:24 am (UTC)(link)
"Yeah, that's her." McCoy nods, also looking down the bar, because this is rapidly becoming a situation that can only be successfully navigated with bourbon. Possibly a double, and unquestionably neat. "Met her at Queequeg's a couple of times. She likes her coffee strong, too."
captaincocksure: (leather jacket)

[personal profile] captaincocksure 2012-02-16 02:11 am (UTC)(link)
"That sounds like her too," Jim agrees. "I'm glad you two met. I'm hoping she took my advice and applied at Hellsing."

Finally the bartender arrives. Jim orders vodka, a double. "And he wants a bourbon. Double on that too?"
aviophobia: (things that suck: waiting for an outcome)

[personal profile] aviophobia 2012-02-18 03:13 am (UTC)(link)
"Neat," McCoy confirms, with a nod of thanks to the bartender. "And we'll open a tab." Hell, discounted liquor? He's not missing out on that.
captaincocksure: (heroic)

[personal profile] captaincocksure 2012-02-18 06:33 am (UTC)(link)
"A tab. That's an excellent idea." He claps McCoy on the shoulder, grinning. "Knew I was right to bring you along."
norea: (light ∞ she has never been so pure)

[personal profile] norea 2012-02-14 04:24 pm (UTC)(link)
Jim does appear to have company, and to be mid-conversation, too, so Hasi waits an appropriately polite span before she comes over to say hi to him (and his friend). In the crowded bar, the click of her high heels doesn't warn for her arrival--you know, like a cat's bell--so it may be something of a surprise.

"Hi, stranger," she calls in her light, playful drawl, "you look good."

She flashes a smile McCoy's way, too, as a greeting.
captaincocksure: (happy)

[personal profile] captaincocksure 2012-02-16 02:04 am (UTC)(link)
Jim turns at the sound of her voice, his face lighting up. "Thank you," he says, reaching for her hand at once. "I'd tell you you do too but that pretty much goes without saying. You always do."

Both his hands close around hers, holding on for just a moment longer than propriety tends to dictate; he even keeps her hand between his as he raises them to gesture at his companion. "I'm glad you came over, I can finally introduce the two of you."

He drops her hand, glancing from her to McCoy and back again. "Hasi, I'd like you to meet Dr. Leonard McCoy, my close personal friend and the Chief Medical Officer aboard the Enterprise. Bones, this is Ms. Hasibe Ozcelik, also my close personal friend, and a performer-in-residence at the Vault."

There is the decided air, in the smile and darting glance between the pair that follow, that he very much hopes they'll like each other.
aviophobia: (things that rule: a moment of peace)

[personal profile] aviophobia 2012-02-18 05:35 am (UTC)(link)
She's gorgeous.

This is, of course, not surprising. Jim has always had a knack for attracting beautiful women, so of course even in some freaky goddamned pocket dimension he'd find the hottest girl on the block and make friends with her. He nods politely to her, offers his hand to her - he intends to kiss it, but if she wants to shake, that's fine too.

"A pleasure to meet you, Ms. Ozcelik. I've heard nothing but good things about you."
norea: (genuine ∞ never felt better)

[personal profile] norea 2012-02-18 07:32 am (UTC)(link)
Hasi picks up, a bit, on Jim's tone--it's not difficult to gather that this is someone who is important to him, and she definitely wants to make a good impression. For her part, she's not hard to charm--especially with old-fashioned manners, judging by the pleased note her smile takes when her hand is kissed.

"The pleasure's all mine, Dr. McCoy. I'm very glad we finally got to meet--and please feel free to call me Hasi." She remembers the conversation she had with Jim about people going home and coming back, now, and she can't help but wonder, but she's not about to let a second of that show in her expression. "You two don't mind if I stick around over here for a little while? This bar's a madhouse, and I could use the good company."
Edited 2012-02-18 07:33 (UTC)
captaincocksure: (amused)

[personal profile] captaincocksure 2012-02-19 05:58 am (UTC)(link)
Jim Kirk may have a talent for catching the attention of women everywhere, but he's convinced that careful long-term study would show you it's McCoy who has a talent for actually charming them and looking after them. His CMO has actual good manners, gentlemanly ways come by honestly and cultivated over years, not Jim's sometimes superficial I-behave-because-Starfleet-beat-it-into me good graces.

"Not that Bones isn't good company all on his own, but we could always use more," he says, glancing at McCoy for confirmation--not that he expects anything else, Bones isn't going to send a lady packing. "Please, stay."
aviophobia: (things that suck: jim being a dumbass)

[personal profile] aviophobia 2012-02-19 09:04 pm (UTC)(link)
As though McCoy is going to send a beautiful woman packing - especially one that's important to Jim. "If you wouldn't mind," he echoes with a nod, glancing back at Jim as though to say are you serious? like I would. "Can I get you something to drink?"