http://bonhomme7h.livejournal.com/ ([identity profile] bonhomme7h.livejournal.com) wrote in [community profile] multiversallogs2011-08-08 08:05 pm

It's like paradise, spread out with a butter knife :: [OPEN]

Who: EVERYONE
What: Réjean has decided that more people ought to celebrate and help raise a bit of dosh for one of his favourite bars. See: flyer.
Where: The Apache.
When: Misdi night and into the wee hours of the morning.
Warnings: Discussion of Pickman's manky feet.

The Apache is much the same as it always is: dimly lit, with the jukebox playing in the background, and the bartender serving whatever's on tap. Tonight, the bar is packed with people from all across the city, different cantons and cohorts, all out to celebrate surviving the fungal plague. Patrons are encouraged to buy tickets for a door prize with the proceeds going to repair the damage tunnelling ants made to the cellar.

[identity profile] fixedroll.livejournal.com 2011-08-10 01:52 am (UTC)(link)
Arthur turns toward Cindy once he's paid for his order, which seems to be designed specifically to attract further ridicule, as it's a half-pint of the lightest beer on tap. (He's taking it easy, okay.) Being determined not to get bristly over nothing this evening, though, he indulges the immediate teasing.

"Yeah, I guess so. Sorry about that." I am become Killjoy, destroyer of fun, etc.

[identity profile] fuckyouboots.livejournal.com 2011-08-10 04:58 am (UTC)(link)
Cindy waves off his apology and signals the bartender for another vodka refill. Throwing that one back is easy and so is taking notice of Arthur's choice in booze.

"You might as well ask for some Juicy Juice."

Hey. He brings it on himself.

[identity profile] fixedroll.livejournal.com 2011-08-14 06:01 pm (UTC)(link)
He does not. You people are just jerks. Jerks, all of you.

"Maybe I will," he counters, with a mild note of so there. "The night is young." On that note, time for a sip. ...A large sip. He likes this beer, okay, it's organic.

[identity profile] fuckyouboots.livejournal.com 2011-08-14 06:14 pm (UTC)(link)
Jerks who just give him what he's asking for. That's all.

"Young, but isn't it past your bedtime? What are you? Twelve?" Cindy laughs as leans her elbows on the bar. Organic? And he says he doesn't bring it on himself.

[identity profile] fixedroll.livejournal.com 2011-08-14 06:32 pm (UTC)(link)
Ha ha. Ha ha ha. You people are so hilarious.

Arthur sort of chuckles through his nose as he swallows, though he's not exactly feeling it. Not in a friendly way, anyway. See: "Wow. I know cougars like them young, but that's pushing it a little, isn't it?"

(He has never claimed to be nice.)

[identity profile] fuckyouboots.livejournal.com 2011-08-14 06:37 pm (UTC)(link)
Oh, Arthur. You don't even know how much past cougar age Cindy is. But for you information, she's still twenty-five here. Right-o.

"Well, maybe, regardless of that, you're really not my type. I like 'em with dropped balls." Cindy orders another drink, this one something light and fruity. She is just so polite and sweet to strangers. "Where's your British friend?"

[identity profile] fixedroll.livejournal.com 2011-08-14 06:51 pm (UTC)(link)
Well, that more or less singed his eyebrows right off. As soon as he's done with this mini-beer, he's going to ask for another drink. Which will be shortly.

"I don't know, but I'm sure he'll be devastated to have missed this conversation." This isn't sarcasm, exactly, though it may sound like it. He's actually really glad Eames isn't here right now.

[identity profile] fuckyouboots.livejournal.com 2011-08-14 06:58 pm (UTC)(link)
"Shame on him. He really should have come along." She sips slowly, wondering if she should light up in front of Arthur and risk him telling her that his mommy said smoking was bad or just be a bad influence all around.

"I mean, who else is going to make sure that tree trunk stays out of your ass?"

[identity profile] fixedroll.livejournal.com 2011-08-14 07:21 pm (UTC)(link)
"Not that I don't appreciate your concern for the well-being of my ass, but I thought you weren't interested," he says, and somehow this transitions smoothly into flagging down the bartender for another drink. No beer this time. She'll just have to wait and see.

[identity profile] fuckyouboots.livejournal.com 2011-08-14 07:29 pm (UTC)(link)
Her eyebrows inch closer to her hairline. Cindy's interested in the way a cat is interested with a mouse. She's going to bat and push Arthur between her paws because it's fun.

"I'm not interested sexually, but what kind of person would I be if I didn't think about the children?" That's right, Arthur. Think about the children. Namely, yourself.

[identity profile] fixedroll.livejournal.com 2011-08-14 07:40 pm (UTC)(link)
"Ah, so it's altruism that compels you to hassle me endlessly. I see."

Arthur turns now, bev in hand. He even holds it up for examination: a G+T, complete with lime. Does this meet your approval, majesty? Regardless of her verdict, it is going in his mouth presently.

[identity profile] fuckyouboots.livejournal.com 2011-08-14 07:50 pm (UTC)(link)
"You know you like it." Because if Arthur didn't, why is he still here sucking up all the oxygen in the room with his uptight self? Really, Cindy is nice to look at in her catsuit and boots, but she's a dick.

And in fact, she'll remain a dick as she decides to throw caution to the wind and pull out a cigarette, slipping it unlit between her painted red lips as she eyes Arthur's new glass. "Probably more tonic than gin. Wouldn't want you throwing up on your very first hard drink."
Edited 2011-08-14 19:52 (UTC)

[identity profile] fixedroll.livejournal.com 2011-08-14 07:59 pm (UTC)(link)
"I'll try to aim away from your shoes," he says, barely a moment before his lips touch the glass. It's much easier to roll with this kind of thing when it isn't undermining his authority—no one in the immediate area really gives a shit, and the feeling is mutual. So here Arthur remains. For some reason.

He does watch the cigarette's progress, for the record, but declines to comment just now. If he had a problem with smoke, he wouldn't be in here. The air is kind of blue up there.

"Out of curiosity, are you ever not abrasive?"

[identity profile] fuckyouboots.livejournal.com 2011-08-14 08:06 pm (UTC)(link)
"You will if you don't want my foot up there with the tree trunk." This is Cindy. Shoes are serious business. Talk about her mother, beat her father, but don't threaten the shoes.

She nods and pulls out a silver lighter from her pocket, resting it on the bartop for the moment. It looks fancy, brand new too. Wonder who she stole it from. "But you always make it so easy to be. Your face just says 'Make fun of me for looking twelve and super serious'."

[identity profile] fixedroll.livejournal.com 2011-08-14 08:28 pm (UTC)(link)
"So I've heard." Many, many, many many many times before. But he's not going to change who he is just to avoid being ribbed. Fuck the haters! ...Can you even imagine him saying those words aloud.

"But I'm here, socializing, with a drink in my hand, in a distinctly non-professional context. Doesn't that count for something?" Arthur you are still wearing a tie and you just used the word context, no it doesn't.

[identity profile] fuckyouboots.livejournal.com 2011-08-14 08:47 pm (UTC)(link)
"Dressed like you just came from church? Fuck no. In fact..."

Cindy suddenly grabs at Arthur's tie, taking it upon herself to recreate What Not To Wear right here in this very bar, amongst the drunks and the smokers. The tie gets yanked off and tossed to the floor, his shirt gets unbuttoned at the neck. She steps back a bit to eye her handiwork before leaning back in to mess up Arthur's carefully coiffed hair.

"It's a start." The way she says that and the way she makes up her face says that Cindy is a princess, not a magician. There's only but so much she can do on her own.

[identity profile] fixedroll.livejournal.com 2011-08-14 09:04 pm (UTC)(link)
What the—

Arthur's half-ready to defend himself, or to restrain Cindy, or something, before he realises what she's doing. To him. And to his clothes. And his...head. Okay. He's doing pretty well so far by remaining still like this, by not immediately pushing his hair back into place, nor leaning to pick up his tie—although he did watch it go down, and was about to protest that before she reached for him again.

He stares at her for a beat, looking a mix of nonplussed and tolerant and vaguely entertained. Gin and tonic drips from his fingers where it splashed during the fussing. ...

[identity profile] fuckyouboots.livejournal.com 2011-08-15 12:35 am (UTC)(link)
He needs a lot more work than Cindy can give him in this bar. In fact, he should really stop by the shoe store where she works. She can do better with real materials on her hands.

For now, this'll do. She turns back to the lighter and picks it up to spark her cigarette. "Drink your drink, kid. Didn't your mom tell you about wasting food?"

[identity profile] fixedroll.livejournal.com 2011-08-15 01:19 am (UTC)(link)
Well, now he does look kind of twelve with his hair all over the place, thanks Cindy. There's a reason he keeps it slicked back—which he shall now attempt to do again, casually, with one hand. Alas, he doesn't secrete product from his palms and so the damage has been done. It'll never be quite the same again.

He then does indeed revisit his drink, sort of side-eyeing Cindy whilst doing so, and after swallowing he announces, "I feel like I should retaliate somehow."

[identity profile] fuckyouboots.livejournal.com 2011-08-15 01:30 am (UTC)(link)
That gets a Look. A very serious and deathly look.

"Only if you really hate having arms."
Edited 2011-08-15 01:31 (UTC)

[identity profile] fixedroll.livejournal.com 2011-08-15 01:44 am (UTC)(link)
"See," he says, pointing at her around his glass, "that would be why I only said it instead of doing it." Whatever 'it' may or may not be.

Jesus, look at his face. What is happening—oh, okay, he's just grinning.

[identity profile] fuckyouboots.livejournal.com 2011-08-15 01:50 am (UTC)(link)
"Yeah, well, tell the idea of saying it or even thinking it to fuck off." Nobody touches Cindy unless they want to die, want her to die, or they've having sex. None of these options are happening right now in this bar with Arthur so it will never happen.

That grin is slightly odd on his serious face. She watches him like one would watch a strange dog lumbering towards them. "What's so funny?"

[identity profile] fixedroll.livejournal.com 2011-08-15 03:49 am (UTC)(link)
Don't worry, the alien expression is always brief-lived; soon nary a dimple shall remain.

"Nothing," he says, in the way that clearly means you. And now that the tables are effectively turned, he sees this as an excellent time to break away... after an appropriate pause, of course, during which he just looks at Cindy, like he wants to remember this moment for some reason. It's brief, but pointed. And now it's over. "Well, I'm gonna go mingle. See you around."

In what is no doubt a shocking turn of events, it seems he intends to leave his tie there on the floor.

[identity profile] fuckyouboots.livejournal.com 2011-08-15 07:26 am (UTC)(link)
"Yeah, nothing my ass," Cindy mutters as she turns back to her drink. He didn't win this one, not by a long shot. The points still rack up in her favor and don't forget, he's leaving without his tie and his clothes still messed up.

She is always the winner.