Remnants of the Earth
OUTER SPACE => Open Space => Topic started by: Tally on April 20, 2011, 07:18:12 pm
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Nathan had docked Diva at this run down little space station for a couple of reasons. Firstly to get in touch with a contact who could only be reached face to face. And second to take advantage of one of the sleaziest, most dangerous bars in the known universe.
The place was rough and run down and filled with people. It was really the only place to go in this sector of space. It fit Nathan's mood as he slouched at the bar, just on the verge of being drunk and determined to get thoroughly, actually drunk before he made it out of here. He hadn't planned on getting sloshed when he came. He rarely drank enough for that. But it was sort of depressing seeing how all the chicks flocked right to Alexis. The wouldn't leave him alone!
"Papillion!" He lifted his head up just enough to make a halfhearted effort at spotting her. "Get over here and do your job!"
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"Aye aye SIR!" Papillion popped up next to Nathan, giving him a salute and grinning up at him. She had made sure to wear flats, a pair of skin tight pants and a shirt that hid little of Papillion's ample charms, "Ready and able to make you look tall! Would you like me to fawn on you as well?"
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The girls were nice and friendly, Alexis had always gotten along well with girls, they just seemed to like him. But tonight, it was annoying Alexis. He didn't want to talk to them, he wanted to talk to Nathan. He was currently trying to catch a glimpse of Nathan over the head of some half dressed redhead.
He was lucky and Nathan seemed to be looking over and Alexis gave a wave with his drink hand, smiling at the Captain.
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This place was so lively!
Willow sipped her drink--a virgin strawberry margarita--and beamed happily at all the different people. She was sitting close to Alexis, at the same table, and had wound up as one of the many girls that had flocked to him, and she couldn't help but watch with interest. Perhaps one of them would break the spell that had been cast upon him and restore him to his true wolf form! That would be just so romantic and bittersweet!
Sighing happily, Willow raised her glass to take another sip, but paused when she caught sight of a small fly buzzing around her glass. "Oh, you poor dear. You must be thirsty!" she said, and set her glass back down. It circled the glass uncertainly, but she only made soothing noises to encourage it.
"It's okay! You go right ahead!" Finally, it landed. "No one feeds you, do they? Oh, I just can't imagine how tough it must be, getting swatted at by those terrible men. But don't you worry, okay? I won't let anyone bother you."
But now she was out of a drink.
She frowned at her predicament, then turned and waved at Nathan. "Nathan! Nathan, sir! Oh, I do hate to bother you so, but I'd like another drink, please!"
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Alright. 3 hours in this worn down, edge of space station tavern and Chastity was already sick of this shit. Her second in command and sister was thoroughly smashed and throwing herself all over some perv with a hundred other girls who wanted his attention. She got up from the bar and slammed her fist down on the table where Temperance was trying to sneak her way onto perv-dudes lap. "It's time to go." She said, deadly serious. Temperance completely ignored her as she batted her eyelashes at the man. Her wolf side started to growl, and she didn't hold it back. A snarl broke loose of her throat as she wrenched Per's arm to pull her out of the gathering crowd of females. "What the fuck do you think your doing, Per?"
"Gawd, lemme alone Chasdidddy.... Like you're chaste..." Temperance started to laugh loudly while Chastity tightened her grip and growled feraly.
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It was hard keeping up with all the girls, and one in particular seemed really intent on his lap. She was nice and Alexis loved making new friends, but he wasn't sure he wanted to be that friendly with her. But then some dark haired, angry woman was yanking her away.
"Whoa! Let's just calm down, yeah?" Alexis made calming gestures with his hand, smiling awkwardly, "We're all cool here. No need for hostility."
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Nathan pursed his lips and thought it over then nodded once, decisively. "Yes. Yes, I would. Commence fawning."
His weapon's specialist looked so very out of place here, and she did not seem aware of it at all. He had to keep an eye on her. She could take care of herself, but she looked like an easy mark and he didn't want anyone getting ideas. He slid some money over to her. "Didn't I just buy you one? Don't drink too much okay?"
He caught Alexis's eye and winked at him. At least someone was getting some play around here—
—or not. Some woman was causing a scene, cursing and pulling at a girl on Alexis's lap. It drew more than just Nathan's attention. He had an awful thought just then, that he wouldn't mind at all if a fight broke out in here. At least then he'd get some kind of action.
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"Oooooh Nathan! You're so big and strong!" Papillion pressed up tight against Nathan, one arm sliding along his chest, the other grabbing his ass, "You have the best dick ever and sex with you was really good!"
Fawning wasn't really Papillion's strong suit, but she gave her her all.
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Chastity was less drunk than Temperance but well on her way to getting there. She rarely censored herself when she was drinking. And since she and Tem fought, physically fought, constantly, she didn't think anything of it to let her wolfsoul out in the middle of a crowded bar. Te' knew how to fight back. Chastity wouldn't tear her up too bad. She smiled evily and backed up a step before she felt the wolf rip through her.
Temperance was now on her feet and slightly wobbly. Even through the haze of drink she saw the look on Tis's face before she shifted. Te' got angry at her sisters rudeness. "Ya know, mom alwaz waned me to tech you temprence. It's lezin time..." she slurred and shifted aswell.
Chastity lunged at Temperance first, black attacking white. Tis was larger with more muscle and glowing blue eyes. Te' was slimmer and lankier with deep amber eyes. Both were snarling and snatching at each other with their feral teeth, leaving shallow wounds in shoulders and haunches but neither going for anything to mame or kill. Their constant rivalry came to a head in this way and they tended to fight until separated or until one yelped. Neither were in the mood, or the state of sobriety for that matter, for surrender tonight.
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The doors burst open and for a brief period the music stop. Everyone is quiet and two men run in carrying an ornate looking chair to the table closest to the back wall. They dropped it down gently before walking out in a hurry. Then he walked in. Vicious with his pet vulture perched on his shoulder. He scowled at one of the waitress and she immediately hop into the back to get Vicious his favorite drink. Vicious sat in his chair with his feet on the table and looked around. The music started up slowly again.
He tapped his foot as he waited. People knew if Vicious reached ten taps he was going to get violent and people would start dying. Vicious reached seven and his drink was in his hand. He sat the cup of liquor down. He fed his vulture a bit a carrion. It was good to be Vicious
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Chastity and Temperance were too engaged in their violent battle of wills, not to mention teeth, to notice when the music stopped or notice that a man now sat on a throne at the back of the bar. Chas caught her sister's haunches in her fangs and threw her off balance. She shifted back to her human and now not drunk but very naked form as she fell and landed directly on top of the man with the vulture. Her hands on his thighs, she pushed herself to a sitting position and looked up at his... well... vicious, face. Her hazel eyes sparkled with the pain of her wounded back and hip and slight fear of the unknown man she'd been pushed into.
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The bird dug its talons into his shoulder as he was suprised. Vicious grunted in pain. The vulture settled down and released his master. Vicious was not pleased. He moved his head closer to her face. The vulture mimiced it's master. He didn't speak. Well not at first. He merely stared. His red eyes glowed slightly in the light. His voice was old and wise. Not to mention errily calm as he spoke, "Are you alright?"
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Temperance felt as if she'd been sucked into those eerie eyes. At his question, before she could catch herself she let out a low whine like an injured dog might. She lowered her gaze also in the manner of an animal showing respect. Chastity came up behind her with her head low. She was still upset but hadn't meant to make her sister bleed, maybe bruise her... But that was beside the point. Still in wolf form she laid down and licked her sisters wound lightly.
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Vicious nodded and gently pushed the wolf away from the wound. He took some of his drink and pour in the wound. The alcohol would clean the wound to keep out infection. He placed his hand on the wound and when he removed it a dark patch was covering it like a second skin. People were staring that the display but one glance from him and they turned away quickly. Pretending and trying not stare to provoke the infamous pirate wrath. In a calm manner he spoke again, "That should do it." The vulture squawked. Vicious turned to it, "What do you mean I don't treat your wounds like that?" It squawked again. "Eat your carrion you bat crazy buzzard."
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Papillion stared, hand still on Nathan's ass, mouth opened slightly. What the fuck had just happened? It was beyond weird. She stared up at Nathan, then giggled, "Holy shit. Did you just see that? Those bitches are bitches!"
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Alexis was having similar thoughts of what the hell. He was making friends, then all of a sudden there were wolves and a vulture and there was fighting. But at least they weren't fighting anymore?
He turned to give Nathan a confused look. Should they stay? Go?
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Chastity sensed no malice in the man, atleast not toward her sister, so she back away cautiously.
Temperance sucked in breath between her teeth as the alcohol burned the gash. Then when he put his hand over the would a tight heat seemed to spread over it slowly. She looked down in amazement at the dark covering. She looked back up at the man and smiled. "Thank you." She said quietly, even though she could tell the entire bar was holding their breath like the calm before a storm. She looked at Chastity and smiled forgiveness. "She didn't mean it, we're twins, it's just this sibling rivalry thing."
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Nathan closed his eyes and sighed. "That...that'll do Papillion. Thank you."
Between closing his eyes briefly and opening them once again, the world went crazy. Papillion's hand was still on his ass and he couldn't even care because there were two wolves tumbling around in front of him. Then there was a vulture and the wolves became naked women and—he felt like he was reliving some wacked out dream.
He returned Alexis's look with a shrug. Things looked fine now.
"Oh, uh...you can let go of my ass now, Papillion."
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"I cooooould. But where is the fun in that?" Papillion grinned up at him, more amused than weirded out by the wolves and the strange pirate, "I vote we do shots in honor of how fucked up that just was!"
Alexis still felt a little confused and he made his way over to where Nathan, Willow and Papillion were, "Hey! Whoa brah! Did ya see that? It like totally blew my mind! Shit got real brah!"
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Chastity shifted back and picked up her ripped clothes and attempted to return them to her body. They were a completely lost cause. She went up to the bartender and asked if they had any bar-shirts in the back. He looked her over, smiled and shook his head teasingly. She snarled ferally at him and his eyes got very round and he practically ran to the back room. She turned around and leaned back against the bar and dared everyone in there with her eyes to make any kind of comment.
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Five thousand nine hundred seventy-two, five thousand nine hundred seventy-three, five thousand nine hundred seventy-four, five thousand nine hundred seventy-...four and a half!
It had taken Cian far too long to measure out how far it was from the ship to this place. The mage had forgotten why in the universe he had decided to pace out the trip but it must have been important, otherwise he wouldn't have done it. Right? Right! And if it was important, that meant the Captain needed to know about it.
With that matter settled, Cian made his way into the fine establishment, yelling as he walked through the door. "Nathan! It took exactly nine thousand five hundred...No, wait." He stopped and counted a bit on his fingers. Was it nine thousand or five? Perhaps seven? Hmmm.... "It took multiple thousands of steps to get here!" He said triumphantly. He put a grin on his face and flicked his eyes around the room, absorbing the surroundings.
Most of the patrons seemed to be locals or, at least, people that wouldn't stick out. Expected, given Nathan's description of the place. Really, the only people that stuck out (that he could see) were the Diva crew, a guy in a fancy seat, a naked woman at the counter. Everybody else in the room stood out simply because they were pointedly not looking at anything besides whatever was in front of them. With inventory done, Cian made his way to the rest of the crew, dipping his head slightly as he passed the man in the fancy chair. "Your Grace."
"So, what'd I miss?" He nudged Alexis. "I assume you had something to do with that?" He nodded towards the unclothed woman, giggling in his way a bit before looking up and down the bar. "And where's the bartender?! I wonts me some drank!"
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"What? Naw brah. I was just like, makin' friends and stuff, then the girls were like, totally buggin!" Alexis shrugged, feeling really confused. Thinking really wasn't his strongest suit, "They like, totally attacked each other and stuff brah."
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Seeing those wolves fight was utterly distressing for Willow, and she felt her eyes burning with tears. Oh, she couldn't watch! It was too awful! Why did they have to fight? Why couldn't they just be friends?
But soon it was over, thankfully.
She wiped at her eyes and took a deep breath. "That was awful. Those poor things," she agreed with Alexis. "Why would they do that?"
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"I think they said they were sisters or something? I donno. Seem fucking nuts!" Papillion beamed, her hand now resting comfortably in Nathan's back pocket, "I still vote we do some shots until that doesn't seem weird anymore!"
She was getting antsy just standing around and the fact the mood of the bar had been totally ruined really didn't bother her any.
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"Sisters or no, they were probably fighting over our boy Alex here." Cian leaned in closer to Willow and continued in a mock whisper. "Mechanics've got some... dexterous fingers, don't'cha know." He wiggled his fingers for emphasis before succumbing to a laughing fit. "And where in the Hells is that bartender?!" He demand-asked after recovering.
"I'm coming. I'm coming!" The owner of the voice appeared from the backroom holding a shirt. After tossing it to the leaning lady he turned to the Diva crew. "So what's your poison?"
"Bottle uh'ya strongest, my good man." The mage replied in a chipper tone. "Captain Nathan, Sir! You're covering for us, right?" He asked with a grin.
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"Oh! Oh! Me too!" Papillion waved her arm when Cian ordered his drink, "Bring lots of some really strong drinks! I wanna get fucked up! Oh!" Papillion was supposed to be talking Nathan up! Looking the poor bartender right in the eye, she kept her tone very serious, "Nathan here has a very good penis. And fucks like a bull."
"Uh...thanks. Good to..uh...know." Giving Nathan a strange look, the man retreated to fix drinks before something weirder happened.
"Cian dude, you are like, totally wack!" Alexis laughed, taking a swallow of his drink, "I just, like, make friends fast brah."
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Chastity tugged the huge shirt over her head and sat down to sulk at the bar. Her anger spent, she just wanted to get good and wasted and take someone back to her quarters to have her way with them.
Temperance pushed herself up and walked quietly out the door to the bay and up the dock to the Morrigan. She threw on a pair of jeans and a tight fitting black t-shirt and went back into the bar. She sat lightly on a stool next to her sister.
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Nathan put a good couple of feet of distance between himself and Papillion. "Thank you so much, that'll do." She got points for enthusiasm.
He was a little worried about the naked wolf girl. Seemed like she could take care of herself but still. She was naked in a room full of morally-unencumbered men.
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"You sure? I can keep going!" Papillion beamed at Nathan, which had Alexis looking between them, puzzled.
Cocking his head, he studied them, a little nervous, "So, like, are your two like, sleeping together?"
He really hoped not. He would be sad if Nathan only liked girls.
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Chastity ordered four shots of the cheapest tequilla they had and took them one after the other. Her fast metabolism meant she felt them immediately... all of them... at once. She staggered over to the man with the girl fawning over his supposedly amazing penis. "Hey mister... if your as good as she says you are, i might have to pay you to take me back to my room." she smiled flirtily, and flashed a little fang. She knew quite a few men who thought danger and sex appeal were the same thing.
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When the half naked wolf chick came back over, Alexis started to open his mouth to greet her when she started pawing all over Nathan. His jaw dropped and he wasn't quite sure what to do. He had a bit of a crush on the Captain, but no real claim on him.
Ever the helper, Papillion leaned forward, nodding, "Oh yes. His skills in bed are good. You should go sex each other in the bathroom. Then come do the damn shots with me Nathan." Slapping him on the ass, Papillion figured the deal was as good as closed. It would do him good to get laid.
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"What?" Not a question he'd been prepared for, nor a thought he cared to dwell on. He and Papillion? She was practically his first mate! And he was pretty sure her level of attraction toward him hovered somewhere between fuck all and zero. As for himself, he'd just never looked at her that way, and he wouldn't want Alexis of all people thinking he was involved with someone he wasn't. Wrong impressions and all. "No! No, no, no, no. Noooooo. No. Us two? Definitely not. Definitely. Uhhh..."
Well I'll be damned. Papillion's fawning had actually worked! He couldn't believe this girl was taking all that seriously. Then again, she'd just thrown back four shots and looked like she was feeling every one. Girl wasn't even in her right mind.
He let out a nervous laugh, eyeing her fangs. There were entirely too many people taking entirely too much about his sex life at the moment. And he'd just seen this one turn into a wolf! She could want to kill him for all he knew. He looked wordlessly at Alexis for a little help.
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Alexis was glad to help. He caught the look Nathan sent his way and quickly stood, more than happy to get in the female wolf's way, "Yeah man, I don't think any of us are uh, here for some hookups, ya know? We're like, having some crew bonding and it's totally sweet. The offers was, uh...appreciated."
Papillion just gave Nathan a weird look. He was ruining all her helpful attempts to get him laid. Bringing up stupid facts like they hadn't actually slept together was pointless. She just elbowed Nathan, giving him a sharp look and hissed, "What are you doing?"
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"I'm avoiding taking advantage of a very drunk woman! Who might or might not turn into a wolf and kill me during sex!" It seemed quite prudent to him. If the only way to get himself laid was to seek out naive, alcoholic wolf women then he might as well make peace with celibacy right then.
Thanks the gods for Alexis. Sometimes Nathan felt like the eye of Hurricane Crazy. Then Alexis joined him in sanity and made it better. "Now can we stop talking about this please?"
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"Well hell, don be ashamed yourer a vergin... Hey! thas a sterotyde i resnent." she slurred. "Kill you? I don wanna kill you... I thoud i made it obvious what i wanna do," she attempted a seductive smile. "but no bathroom, i do have stenderds ya no...."
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"Did she just offer to pee on you?" Papillion was trying to follow the girls slurred speech and having problems with it. The girl was a wreck and fast proving she probably would be a bad lay. All her efforts wasted!
"Look, slutty McWolf, we're bonding and shit here. You are a drunkin' mess. Go find your sister or whatever. No one wants your tainted cootchie."
Now that Nathan wasn't sleeping with her, Papillion had no use for her and wanted to get back to her fun times with her shipmates.
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Chastity turned to the chick who had had no problem a few moments before recomending the mans penis to her. As her anger triggered her wolf, her metabolism rose in preparation for the change (much like fight or flight in humans) and her buzz was instantly gone. She took a practiced calming breath and closed her eyes to further calm her body. She raised changed eyes to the girl and said calmly "And who was asking -you- to sleep with them?" now totally sober again. She turned her attention back to the still rather attractive man and away from his pr girl. "Sorry for the drunk and disorderly thing, but honestly if your interested ill be in bay 6, Captains Quarters, Ive got protection and as you can tell" she glanced at the girl "I have soooome self control."
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"Very little. Now go away slut bitch." Papillion shooed the wolf with her hands, annoyed and bored with her. Nathan had said no, she was annoying and Papillion just wanted to hang out with her friends. And the irritating little wolf was making that hard.
"No one here is going to sleep with you. So shoo."
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"Let me make this very clear, I was not propositioning you little girl. I appreciated your input about his abilities, but now I'm not speaking to you." Chastity said, irritated but still under control and calm.
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"Oh, good. I wouldn't sleep with you. Now go away." Papillion made shooing motions, "We're enjoying ourselves."
"Pap, come on brah." Alexis gave a short, nervous laugh and flashed Chastity a smile, "She totally had to much ta drink, ya know? But, uh, yeah, so like, ya made the offer and, uh, he'll think it over."
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Chastity growled low in the back of her throat at the imprudent human girl. She would snap like a toothpick... The other male took her attention away from the little irritation, he made sense. No reason to hang around now. She would be in her quarters on her ship, she had already given the attractive man directions and permission to seek her out. She nodded at the male and blatently rolled her eyes at the female before walking out of the bar.
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Nathan swiveled his head between Papillion and the wolf girl as they argued. He wondered if anyone else ever got that feeling like they were dreaming, even when they were awake. He was having that feeling now.
Then, as mysteriously as the wolf girl had appeared, she was gone, and he was left rubbing his head. "What...what just happened?"
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"Well, wolf bitch number 2 wanted to spread her legs for you and you said no and she got all snippy and now she's gone. Let's drink!" Totally unfazed, Papillion beamed and lifted one of the shot glasses that had arrived.
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"Why aren't you all more weirded out by this?!" Nathan sounded almost shrill, even to his own ears.
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Papillion gave Nathan a blank look, "Why should we be?"
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Willow gave Nathan a worried look, still sipping her drink daintily. "Is he okay?" she asked, frowning, also seemingly unfazed.
The fight between those wolves had been terribly unpleasant and worrisome, but it looked like it had worked out in the end! Those two just needed to hug it out, was all!
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"Because that is not normal. That is not a thing that should happen when you come into a bar. That is not in line with the expected order of reality!" He was giving a speech to the whole bar, lots of people staring like they couldn't go back to their own business after seeing what they'd just seen and needed more diversion. That was good! Someone should benefit from his mental breakdown.
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"Well, why not? I mean, it happened, didn't it?" Papillion glanced over at the shot Nathan hadn't taken, "Are you gonna drink that? Cause I think it might help."
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"Couldn't hurt!" Nothing could at this point, except maybe a genuine, non-wolfen bar fight of the kind sane people partook in. He threw back the shot and hoped it'd help him along to a state of buzzed apathy if not to a place where anything made sense.
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"Yay!" Papillion clapped her hands in delight, then stood up, "I'll get us more!" She slid off her chair and made her way back toward the bar. Two large men stood between her and the bar and she cleared her throat, "Hey! Move!"
One of them glanced down at her, then went back to talking to her friend, dismissing Papillion. Which annoyed the First Mate. Eyes narrowing, Papillion reached back and punched the guy hard in his kneecap.
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That set off a beautiful chain reaction of events.
The man howled in pain and jerked back, flailing in agony and elbowing the man next to him in the face, who toppled over into the line of people at the bar, which set off a domino effect of people slopping drinks over themselves and others and knocking into each other. Glass broke, voices raised in alarm and anger, and the fragile tempers (and judgment) of the deeply inebriated snapped.
As soon as the first punch was thrown, it was all over.
The first man scrambled to his feet, disentangling himself from the men he'd fallen into, and snarled at Papillion, fist raising. "Ya fuckin' bitch!"
But before he could swing at her, another voice cut in. "Ya fucking hit me!" And the man went down from a blow to his kidneys.
Willow blinked at the scene, still sipping at her drink, then frowned and turned to the flies she'd attracted. "Oh dear. I think you better go!" she said, and made delicate little shooing motions at them.
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"Hey! He was mine!" Papillion snarled as the man she had punched just got decked by someone else. Talk about lack of respect! She launched herself into the fray with a loud whoop, throwing punches and some very painful kicks as Papillion liked her big shoes.
Alexis, on the other hand, froze, staring around him at the exploding violence in horror. He sunk down in his chair, trying to look as small as possible, "Uh, I like, think we should totally peace out brah..."
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Nathan wasn't going to participate. He was perfectly happy to let Papillion lay the whole place out. Then a drunk shambled up to him and tried to bring a wine bottle down on his head and he lost his disinterested observer status.
He put the drunk on the floor with a knuckle punch to the throat and beamed at Alexis.
"Why? This at least I can understand!" He waded in with an irrepressible glee, helped Papillion out with a couple of pretty big, pretty angry guys wielding chair legs as though they were clubs, and continued on to Willow.
"No weapons now, love. Except of the blunt force kind." He hadn't touched his guns. Pull out a blade or a firearm in a brawl and you created something else out of it entirely.
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It was good Nathan brought that up, because as soon as the flies had vacated, Willow had been reaching under her skirts and about two seconds away from whipping out a gun. Someone had smacked one of her flies in the chaos and, prickling with horror and indignation, she had been more than prepared to stick some lead where the sun didn't shine--after she'd made sure said fly was okay, of course.
"Yes, sir!" she said, smoothing her skirts back out and frowning out at the chaos. Someone bumped into her table and knocked her drink over, sending it gushing over the table as she scrambled out of her chair before it could drip onto her dress. "Goodness! Where are peoples' manners? Excuse me, sir, but--"
Then she saw it. Out of the corner of her eye, she saw a man approaching Alexis, chair leg raised like a club.
She reacted without even thinking, grabbing her drink glass and chucking it at the man with a squeal of, "Alexis!"
It hit the man right between the eyes and sent him dropping to the floor like a sack of potatoes. Willow didn't even spare him a glance. She rushed over to the blond and kicked the fallen man roughly out of the way, cringing as she did, and may have stepped on his hand along the way. "Oh, dear! Alexis! Are you okay?"
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Papillion gave Nathan a thumbs up, "Thanks sir!" She then grabbed a chair and hit a woman across the face with it that had been going toward Nathan's back.
Alexis whirled when Willow threw the cup and stared wide eyed. He was not used to such violence and he made a low whimpering sound, clinging to Willow when she arrived, "W-what? That was a gnarly throw Will. Like, I think we should like, check out man."