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[idkmybffbloodwing]

CHARACTERS: Mordecai, OPEN!
LOCATION: Space Babylon
WARNINGS: None
SUMMARY: Mordecai found the bar. Good luck getting him to leave, ever.
NOTES: Prose or action is fine, take your pick. Oh, and feel free to join existing threads or start a new one.

It was amazing how quickly time could pass. Already, Mordecai had been stuck on this damn ship for a week - a week too long, in his opinion, but there wasn't much to do about that. Most of his and Lilith's thoughts on how they might get out of here already had proven futile. Having spent as much time reading the comms as he had, though, that didn't really surprise him. There wasn't much that they'd thought of that hadn't already been tried.

He wasn't about to give up on at least finding out more about the workings of the place, though. There was a lot of information out there that the ship's other residents knew that wasn't written down in any obvious place - he'd learned that much already from Jaye and her descriptions of the ship's interior. He doubted those he really wanted information from - namely, the ship's Captain and Commander - would ever visit the bar and talk openly with the passengers while inebriated. That would be too good to be true. But getting to know a few more people could yield surprising results.

Well, that, and really, he just wanted a drink, so justifying it to himself didn't actually matter. Besides, he was curious about the place. He sent a quick text to Lilith, who he'd never known to turn down a night of social drinking, then headed on in to see who was there, and most importantly, what the regulars recommended he try.

Comments

[supfirehawk]

She had received Mordecai's text and knew when he said a few minutes, he probably meant seconds and immediately headed to the bar to see what it was about. If it met his approval, then it meant it at least had some good drinks available for them and after finding out she was indefinitely stuck here, she could use a few of those.

She tracked him down shortly after she had arrived and went to take a seat beside him. "Hey, got anything good?"

[idkmybffbloodwing]

He'd located himself a bottle of whiskey and poured some, but then taken the whole bottle with him anyway. Free refills, right? He grinned as he saw her walk in, then slid the bottle toward her when she sat down. "It's not bad, give it a taste."

[supfirehawk]

She grabbed the bottle and had a sip before taking a bigger drink. "Better than I expected to find on an ship that kidnaps people."

[idkmybffbloodwing]

"I know, I was surprised, too. After getting shitfaced on rakk ale and moonshine, the stuff's actually pretty good."

[supfirehawk]

"I was getting fond of some of the booze I'd find on the Bloodshots."

[idkmybffbloodwing]

"You had quite the specialty collection going. Not sure where they got it all." He downed what remained in the glass he'd poured for himself, then peered over to see what else was lurking behind the bar, pulling his goggles up onto his forehead to see better in the dimly-lit room. Not like he needed those here anyway. He got up, and then came back with a bottle of rum to try out.

[supfirehawk]

"Hell if know, but it was easier to get it from them than find another supplier." Especially when she was supposed to be 'dead.' "You're going to run the bar out of stock before long," she joked.

[idkmybffbloodwing]

"Nah, there's plenty here. Though I'm curious about these space station stops to stock up on whatever you want. I wonder how long it'll be 'til we get to one."

[supfirehawk]

"No idea, but we'll have to watch ourselves. I've heard not following their little rules during them could get you in trouble."

[idkmybffbloodwing]

"We'll have to see how it goes." He downed a gulp of the rum, and found himself once again pleasantly surprised. It really had been too long since he'd been to a place that had decent stuff to drink.

"Speaking of rules, got some info about exploring deeper in the ship. I ran into someone who's been in there, an' she says she'd be willing to help out if we want to give it a try."

[supfirehawk]

She wasn't looking to drink too much. He handled being drunk far better than she did and she wanted to be mostly sober while on this ship. "Yeah? Did she say anything about how it was in there?"

[idkmybffbloodwing]

"Yeah. Said it smells like blood and chemicals, the deeper you go in. And she claims the walls start moving on you, too. So you think you know where you went in and how to get back out, but it's not the same, coming back out. I guess people've been trapped in there." He shook his head. "Whatever the hell that means. Whoever made this ship's gotta be hiding something in there."

[supfirehawk]

"I'd say that sounds like a load of crap, but so does being randomly kidnapped and sent across the universe."

[idkmybffbloodwing]

"I admit, I dunno what the hell's believable or not anymore. Same girl's a shapeshifter. Like, she changes into animals. And I'd say there had to be some kinda trick to it, but hell if I know anymore, after the stuff I've read on the comms, with people being from all kinds of fucked-up worlds, with superpowers and whatever."

[supfirehawk]

"Can't be anymore fucked-up than ours. Remember the wereskags from Jakob's Cove?" Never mind her own powers.

[idkmybffbloodwing]

"That's still different from calling it magic. Makes me think there's either more to it than she's saying, or more to it than she herself knows about." He shrugged and had a drink. The girl had gone on about gods and the like, too, and that kind of suspension of disbelief required of him was even more extreme.

"Anyway, it doesn't matter. She can call it what she wants. What does matter is she can help on an exploration trip. I don't think it'd hurt to have another pair of eyes, especially ones that have been there before."

[supfirehawk]

She folded her arms on top of the counter. "Now that, I'm fine with. But we should be ready for if she goes crazy on us in the middle of the ship."

[idkmybffbloodwing]

He laughed a little at that. "So what if she does, are you worried you can't handle one single unarmed woman? Even if she tries to change into some animal and attack, I think we can handle it."

[logicunlocked]

He'd taken a seat a couple stools away some time ago and found a bottle for himself, seeking to unwind, though his interest was piqued by the conversation he could overhear from down the bar. After a bit he decided to go behind the bar and trade out the alcohol he was drinking for something else. Once he made his way behind it, he found himself practically face-to-face with the two who were conversing. "You talking about exploring the locked areas of the ship?" he asked, switching the bottles out and looking at them with a raised eyebrow.

[killarevolution]

Haymitch hated this bar, but after so many months of detoxing, he'd take the closest thing he could get to the Hob until someone decided to make a Hob. Besides, he'd been up here with Carolyn and it proved it could be more than just a loud party place for all the insane children on board if you came at the right time.

Luckily, said insane children, bartenders aside, were elsewhere tonight, so the atmosphere was a bit more subdued and Haymitch was on his third glass of something strong and likely alien in nature. He hadn't tried alien liquor since Megamind was on board and probably shouldn't have dove into it so soon after falling off the wagon, but, well, it happened. Not much he could do about it now except order another round and look, quite frankly, like the most drunk man at the bar at this moment.

Best first impression ever.

[idkmybffbloodwing]

It was an impression he was very used to at this point. What was a bar without a few people enjoying its alcohol to it's fullest extent, after all?

Of course, being that he was on the lookout for new booze to try, Mordecai periodically left the little group accumulating at his table to see what else was available. And this man, being that he was very, very drunk, clearly had found something strong.

"Any good?" he asked, nodding at the glass.

[killarevolution]

"Good enough," he exhaled, cringing a bit, all without actually looking the man's way. He held up two fingers to indicate two more and slid the second glass over. "You tell me, though. Not the best judge of what they've got on this boat, but it's effective."

[idkmybffbloodwing]

He had a seat and tossed a gulp of the drink back, then grinned. "Damn. Yeah, that's somethin'." He eyed the glass and swirled it a little. "What the hell is this, anyway, d'you know?"

[supfirehawk]

"Yeah," she answered cautiously and sized the man up. His scar said he wasn't a stranger to fights, but he had been clearly eavesdropping. "Who are you, the bartender?"

[idkmybffbloodwing]

"No no, this is the guy who wants to be friends with everyone. You know, it's not good manners to eavesdrop. Might wanna work on that if you want people to like you so bad." Yeah, the kid wasn't that bad, really, but he couldn't help but make fun of him.