no cover charge, come as you are...

[swedge]

CHARACTERS: Jo Harvelle & YOU
LOCATION: Space Babylon
WARNINGS: Drunken Shenanigans
SUMMARY: No special occasion here, just an open post for anybody that frequents the space bar. mix and mingle, friends. put up open threads for your characters, or talk to Wichita Jo, or. whatever. anything goes!



[ when she'd texted Wichita about asking for her job back, the last thing she'd expected was to be told to take it over for a little while. But this was Wichita, and Jo trusted her privacy enough not to ask questions. the bar will be here when you get back and that was that. So for those who frequent the bar looking for Wichita, you won't find her. Instead, you'll find this blonde here who you've probably seen walking around - she's the only other bartender at this joint, after all.

And now she's running it. Which isn't as difficult as some might thing - sure, she's used to running this place with at least one other person (even back home, at least she had her mom), but Jo's had a lot on her mind and keeping busy helps her keep her head clear. She's bustling around the room, most likely, humming along to whatever vaguely eighties mix she's been able to put together. It's either that or she's behind the bar, mixing drinks and chatting it up like all good bartenders do. Or try to do. ]

Comments

[lockwood]

[Tyler falls silent, considering his options. He's not the type of person to just start telling people his life story -- and besides which he's not entirely sure where to start.]

[swedge]

[ Jo waits, giving him enough time to answer if he felt like it before smiling a little and shaking her head. ]

Well. I'm all ears whenever you do feel like sharing.

[lockwood]

Honestly? I was having some trouble deciding where to start. [The story honestly starts long before him, before that night in the study where he killed Sarah and triggered the curse.]

[swedge]

You could start with where you're from.

[ Everyone's from somewhere. And getting people to start talking about their home town - the good and the bad - usually help them open up a little. ]

[lockwood]

Mystic Falls. A little town in Virgina. [It's possible she's talked to other people from there here, there's a few of them on the ship.]

[swedge]

Virginia? So you're an east coaster.

[ if she has, they haven't mentioned Mystic Falls. ]

I'm from Nebraska, myself. But we're both from the same side of the Mason Dixon, at least.

[lockwood]

Yep. Born and raised. My family helped found the place. [He's sort of bragging but it's also an explenation. He's always lived the small town life -- except for those times once every season where he's had to leave town for a while.]

Probably for the best. Mystic Falls took what side of that line we were on very seriously.

[Founder's Day, war reenactment floats, things like that.]

[swedge]

Seriously?

[ And dude, Jo whistles a little, pretty impressed. She's lucky her family set down roots at all, with the hunter life her parents had lived. ]

That's really cool, actually. Do you do all those state pride festival things too?

[lockwood]

Mostly just town pride, but yeah. Founder's Day is a big deal. [And there's a twinge mentioning that, his mother was always the one who organized all that --

But she won't be around to anymore.]

[swedge]

Founders day, huh? That sounds...exciting.

[ And that's a bit of sarcasm there. No offense, Tyler, but it's not something she sees as being fun. ]

So is it like a fair?

[lockwood]

It's....something alright.

[Tyler doesn't particularly care for it. It's more Caroline's sort of thing.]

It's a lot of things, there's a parade, historical events, a Miss Mystic Falls pageant -- the town goes all out.

[swedge]

A pageant? Shit.

[ She snorts a little, eyebrows moving up her forehead. ]

How big is this Mystic Falls, anyway?

[lockwood]

Not that big. Sort of town where everybody knows just about everyone.