Break Out The Bottles (Open)

[Maid Melody]

[atrb=background,http://i360.photobucket.com/albums/oo48/elronia/VC%20Pics/CarlyTable.png][atrb=height,300][atrb=width,493][atrb=style,border:0 firebrick none,b,Table][scrolly:h(220),w(240),sy,as(padding:4px;margin-right:3px;margin-left:230px;margin-top:45px;margin-bottom:10px;color: #f4b0c6;)]Carly took Alex's response, or lack there of, as a 'you don't want to know' and just left it at that. Red eyes drifted over to Lilah as she responded to what Iris had just said ... shit ... whatever had happened earlier had left the woman hurt. Carly could see the moisture in Lilah's eyes despite the woman's attempts to make light of the situation ... damn you Iris ... why'd you have to go and do a thing like that. Carly had been about to go over to Lilah to see what had happened when Lyall asked her where'd she'd gone. "Oh ... I had an important phone call and didn't feel like yelling at the moron in the bar ya know~,"Carly replied rather easily, hoping that the white lie would pass ... she hadn't been gone all that long thankfully so yeah a phone call could have been a legitimate excuse. Finishing off her drink, Carly fought off a small shudder at the sudden burning in her throat ... yeah strawberry was still her favorite but this was a nice change she supposed. Filling up her glass again, Carly walked over to where Lilah sat and sat down without so much as waiting for an invitation. "Hey girl ... ,"Carly started out, more or less making her presence known with the greeting of sorts if Lilah hadn't realized it before,"Ya alright? You looked pretty shaken up after what Iris said ... ,"Carly continued before taking another sip of her drink. The term 'shaken up' was putting it lightly in Carly's eyes but for the moment it was the best way she could think to phrase the question.[/scrolly]

[Admiral Striker General]

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[ Alex / Delilah ]

[scrolly:h(280),w(400),sy,as(margin:15px 5px 15px 30px;padding-right:10px;)]Alex had still been a bit distracted by the whole thing with Delilah, and as such didn't notice Iris until she was falling, at which point she reacted similarly to Lyall except much more slowly. As the woman popped back up, Alex rubbed the back of her head a bit. "...You okay?" she asked after a moment, surprised Lyall hadn't beat her to it this time. Well.. She could understand being more concerned about a sibling, and Iris did seem fine. Still..

Meanwhile, Lilah was just sort of idling in her little corner, head propped on one hand, tracing a finger around her glass with the other one. She couldn't decide whether she wanted to drink it all, thus easing her mood a bit faster, or savor it slowly, both enjoying the drink as it deserved and also avoiding everyone for that much longer. Either way, she was a bit relieved at least for the moment to have this breathe--- oh for the love of gods. Was Carly headed her way? Mother goddess she was. Uuuugh. She swore, if the little bitch asked her to repeat what she'd missed or something....

As it turned out, it was even worse.

The words 'hey girl' were met with a look that seemed to answer 'what the hell', but at the actual question, Delilah barked a harsh, but legitimate, even hardy laugh. "Since when have you given a damn about me?" came the dry reply. "I'm really not sure if you've ever glanced my direction without glaring, but now you care? What, it just suddenly occurred that I'm an actual person, with feelings and everything? Or did you guys just draw straws to see who had to come over and you lost?" Remarkably, she didn't even come off as bitter as just... kind of tired and mildly annoyed. She'd stopped playing with her glass and just lay that arm on the table in front of her, but her head was still propped, and her expression seemed as bored as anything despite her words, even if her still-moist eyes did betray there was more to it than that.

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[KARP KARP!]

[atrb=style,background-image:url(http://i682.photobucket.com/albums/vv181/SojiRem/irisposttable.png);][atrb=width, 497][atrb=height, 297][atrb=style,border:0 purple none,b,Table][scrolly:h(200),w(269),sy,as(padding:4px 0px 5px;margin-top:8px;margin-left:208px;color:#de86e2;)]After falling like that, Iris decided maybe it was best if she didn't go over there, especially considering how Lilah reacted to Carly. She sighed to herself as she poured herself another drink; of course she'd ruin the mood on Lyall's birthday...Actually no. Lilah ruined it, Iris just contributed by being the only one to speak her mind and tell the truth about it. Yeah, that was it. Rubbing her temple, Iris finally got the nerve to walk over there--but not without taking the newly poured drink with her--just in time to catch the end of what Lilah had said. "Well, the object of exchanging stories was to humor each other," Iris barked, her emotions--and maybe the alcohol--getting the better of her. "So sorry if your attempt to ruin it bit ya in the ass. If you want pity, go look in a dictionary somewhere between pituitary and pixie dust." Okay, yeah, maybe Iris was being a little harsh, but hey, she wasn't the one who invited Lilah. And besides, she'd had a rough day leading up to this and was looking forward to a good time; not to mention she had low tolerance for Delilah anyways. Grah....she just wanted things to be light-hearted and funny again. And Lyall sticking up for the other woman made the ex-assassin feel even more like crap. So it seemed like it was her fault the mood on Ly's birthday went south. Iris knocked back her drink, shuddering a little afterwards. Ugh...crap it burned that time. Shaking her head, the woman turned away, set the drink on an empty table, and made her way to the bathroom, albeit a little more...groggily than earlier. [/scrolly]

[Jay]

[atrb=style,background-image:url(http://i682.photobucket.com/albums/vv181/SojiRem/Lyallposttable1.png);][atrb=width, 497][atrb=height, 297][atrb=style,border:0 blue none,b,Table][scrolly:h(210),w(230),sy,as(padding:4px 0px 5px;margin-top:48px;margin-left:260px;)]The exchange of words didn't last long as Carly went over towards Delilah and Iris went off to the bathroom. For a brief moment, Lyall looked towards Alex before sighing, turning over to the bar, and setting his chin on it hunching over in the process. "Jeeze... can't people just be nice for my god damn birthday?" he growled. [/scrolly]

[Maid Melody]

[atrb=background,http://i360.photobucket.com/albums/oo48/elronia/VC%20Pics/CarlyTable.png][atrb=height,300][atrb=width,493][atrb=style,border:0 firebrick none,b,Table][scrolly:h(220),w(240),sy,as(padding:4px;margin-right:3px;margin-left:230px;margin-top:45px;margin-bottom:10px;color: #f4b0c6;)]Ouch ..... ok Carly had to admit she'd deserved that, or at least some of what Lilah had said. Still ... she had come over to see if the woman was alright for crying out loud, the least the bitch could do was answer her question like a decent person ... ugh ... was this even worth the trouble. Carly was about to speak up when Iris beat her too it, causing red eyes to narrow into a cold, icy glare as she whirled around to face Iris. "Shut your face Iris!"Carly hissed, not caring what Lyall thought at the moment,"Did you think that if we gave a damn what you thought we would have ooohhh I don't know ... SAID SOMETHING!?"Carly continued before turning back to Lilah and taking a sip of her drink, for once welcoming the burn that came with downing the liquid. After a moment, Carly sighed and looked back up at Lilah, her eyes softer than usual ... though the alcohol could have had something to do with that at this point. "Look, I know I deserved what you said ... or at least some of it. But ... you get to spend more time with Ly than I do and ... I was jealous ... ,"Carly said in a quiet, calm voice before taking another sip of her drink,"But just because I so suddenly came over here doesn't mean that you get to snap at me. Yes I get that the bitch hurt you but don't take it out on me. Really now, I get it that you don't like me but frankly I don't see how I'm supposed to like your obvious flirting with Ly every single time you see him. Yeah I get it that you're part of the team and all but ... that doesn't make it- ... . I just wish I could see him more OK!"Carly continued before taking another sip of her drink and breathing out quietly. "I'm not heartless Lilah ... and I'm no stranger to heartache ... . I can tell you're hurting, or at least that's what your eyes seem say. Ya wanna talk about it ... ? I'm all ears, and if ya know me at all you'd know that I don't tell another person's secrets. Sure figuring them out can be fun but I won't tell a soul what you say if ya don't want me to,"Carly said quietly in a sincere tone. She didn't know if what she said would actually get through to Lilah but at the same time Carly felt like she had to at least try no matter if the result was only more biting comments.[/scrolly]

[Admiral Striker General]

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[ Alex / Delilah ]

[scrolly:h(280),w(400),sy,as(margin:15px 5px 15px 30px;padding-right:10px;)]As torn as she'd been between downing and savoring her drink, Delilah could have taken a third option and sloshed it on Iris if the woman hadn't turned when she did. She'd made a polite effort to decline. So sor-ry she didn't have any cute little silly drinking stories that wouldn't have still made things worse, at least off the top of her head. Normally if she drank enough to be called "drunk", she crossed the line between "buzzed" and "puking her brains out" pretty quickly. About the best thing she could think of that didn't involve anything sexual that she really found amusing was once when she'd thrown up in her own living room floor, just due to the look on Emery's face, which she couldn't believe she remembered as she'd passed out what she presumed was a few minutes later. And if 'my Buneary looked so horrified at the mess' wasn't a 'you had to be there' moment, she wasn't sure what was.

As it was, she watched Iris stagger to the bathroom, apparently either not hearing Carly or just ignoring her... or, perhaps, gods forbid, just needing to pee too badly to deal with it right that second, in which case she'd probably be back. Lilah prayed not. Either way, she took minimal- though more than no- comfort in Carly's snapping.

She considered saying something to the effect of thanking her, but before she could think of just what, the blonde was talking again. (....Oh RIGHT. THAT'S why it had been Carly to come over. Lilah almost forgot that she was apparently a magnet for all the world's blondes.) As she admitted that she was... jealous? What?? Lilah let out a bit of a laugh. But then she was talking again. She fought the urge to roll her eyes as she was accused of taking out her hurt on the wrong target: Lilah hadn't snapped because Iris was a bitch; she'd snapped because Carly had always been one before, and she couldn't help but point out the sudden change. At any rate, she hadn't really 'snapped' at all, but whatever.

An eyebrow cocked at 'I know you don't like me', though, and shifting to mention of her 'obvious flirting' did amuse her. She wasn't sure whether the girl was shy or just naive, but most people would have called it something more on the lines of 'seduction attempts', or, less eloquently, 'acting like a slut'. Twice there she started to open her mouth to reply, only to find Carly still wasn't done. The slight smirk she'd taken on faded with the words 'no stranger to heartache', however. You have no idea, little girl.. Lilah did suppose that wasn't entirely her fault, as she'd been gone when things were said, but still.

Finally, at long last, it seemed the blonde had actually fallen silent. After a few moments to be sure, she dryly teased, "You know, I could probably share a little easier if you'd give me a chance to talk too.." A small chuckle escaped her at that.

Taking a sip of her own drink now before sighing, she figured out what to even reply to first. Shrugging, she said nonchalantly, "I don't dislike you." There was no hint of sarcasm. "I hate those looks you give me, and I think it's really petty and shallow to look at anyone like they're scum just because they have different views or values than you. But the moment you stop giving me or other people those and I have nothing against you personally." She half-shrugged again, leaning back.

She figured she'd try to keep things short (and avoid the more uncomfortable parts if Carly would allow it), and just focused on the other part she deemed important for now. "And you know I've never so much as kissed your brother even once, right? I'd hardly say being a regular customer at his place of employment counts as quality time." She let that sink in a moment... and then hesitated. The woman who generally radiated confidence was now unsure of herself, and it wasn't even related to all the stuff before.

Deciding it couldn't really hurt and just might help, she finally let out, "...I really do like him, you know." Wow, that... felt a lot weirder to say than she expected. It sounded more awkward than she'd meant it to be as well. Damn. Trying to recover more of her usual tone, she added flippantly, "Don't get me wrong, of course. I'd definitely love to get him in bed, and that was still my initial interest." Yes, that sounded more like she was supposed to. "But he's..." She blinked in realization, then laughed a bit, teasing herself a little now. "I guess I don't really need to tell. you what a cool guy he is, huh... Duh."

Sighing, she glanced over his way without fully looking. "Honestly.. As much as I loooove to tease him.. And I do mean it's become a favorite hobby~" Her smirk faded. "...As much fun as that is.. I'm not even sure what I'd do anymore if he actually took me up on the offer.. .... Nice as it sounds in theory, I...." She sighed, trying to force a smile and failing to be convincing at all. "Lyall's the kind of guy I might, just might.. like to actually date. ...And.. I don't--"

Wow she.. totally lost her train of thought... Forcing a small laugh, she finished weakly. "All that just.... It gets really complicated." Whether she meant the reason that was a problem or just that dating in general tended to be complicated.... Okay so she really just meant both.

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Meanwhile, Alex cringed and sweatdropped at Lyall's question, then tried to crack a cheesy grin. "...Hey. I'm being nice, right..?" She gave a weak laugh. ...Then as a thought hit, her grin became more real- and mischievous- as she reached out... and pulled his ponytail, bringing his chin off the bar in the process. "Mostly," she teased. Still, that had been to help get his attention. Nodding now toward some other knights, she suggested, "You should go greet the other guests. They're here to see you, ya know~" She'd briefly considered saying 'they' should go, but.. eh. She was sure he could use the break from all of it, and... yeh. Alex would rather not do a lot of walking around on her leg, heh... :B;;;

Indeed, there were a good 20-25 people here now aside from the few who'd been involved in.. certain recent drama. There was the guy who'd taken Alex's first choice name of Blade, who used various bladed weapons. Venom, Bo Staff, and Arrow sat at one table, all with self-explanatory names as well. At another table was a guy called Mace, who used spiked balls and hammers, and his girlfriend, Mace, who carried pepper spray. ...Yeah, Alex was never totally sure what she was even doing in the gang, but she was really rebel-minded, even if her combat skills left something to be desired (where 'something' meant 'pretty much everything'). Plenty of other knights were here and there having conversations and/or enjoying their drinks. Alex noticed a few glasses were empty already but... she'd get it later... Sigh.

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[KARP KARP!]

[atrb=style,background-image:url(http://i682.photobucket.com/albums/vv181/SojiRem/irisposttable.png);][atrb=width, 497][atrb=height, 297][atrb=style,border:0 purple none,b,Table][scrolly:h(200),w(269),sy,as(padding:4px 0px 5px;margin-top:8px;margin-left:208px;color:#de86e2;)]Iris sighed, wanting nothing more than to smash a bottle against someone's head--or her own. SHE was trying to be light and have a good time for once in her life, and of course that was ruined and it was her fault. Who was she kidding? It was always her fault. Seemed like she just caused more trouble than she was worth. Lyall hated her. Carly hated her. Even Lyall...And that...that freaking burned, deeper than anything. Once done in the bathroom, Iris walked from the stall, and looked in the mirror. Her blouse had gotten caught on the stall and ripped, so Iris just took it off and draped it over the sink. Purple eyes looked at those of her reflection. Why was she even here? What was she good for, besides starting fights and making a mess? ....Nothing. Sighing again, she wiped the tears that had started to flow from her eyes, smearing her make up even worse. Great....she was crying. The ex-assassin hadn't cried since she'd almost died in the North that time... She finally emerged from the bathroom, and surprisingly walked right past Lyall. She'd talk to him later; there was alot weighing on her mind and....grah. She went to Alex, the only person besides him that she'd ever confided in, forgetting she was down to her dark purple tank top and a pair of slacks. "Why....why the fuck do you guys have me around again...?" she asked Alex, sort of slumping against a wall. [/scrolly]

[Jay]

[atrb=style,background-image:url(http://i682.photobucket.com/albums/vv181/SojiRem/Lyallposttable1.png);][atrb=width, 497][atrb=height, 297][atrb=style,border:0 blue none,b,Table][scrolly:h(210),w(230),sy,as(padding:4px 0px 5px;margin-top:48px;margin-left:260px;)]The sudden pull of hair was enough to cause Lyall to comply with the motion. Though he'd scowled for a few seconds, he slowly chuckled and managed something a bit lighter than what had been produced earlier. "Pft man... make me want to cut my hair..." he managed a joke but sighed shortly after that. Refilling his glass, Lyall took a swig of it before looking sideways at the group of people that were there. It was true, they were there to see him, and it was his birthday and...yeah.... After a moment, he straightened up a bit and slowly started over towards one of the tables -the one that happened to have Ven, Bo, and Arrow all sitting around. They greeted him well enough, and as he sat down, the 'boys' began to talk among themselves, and slowly but surely Lyall's mood rose again. [/scrolly]

[Maid Melody]

[atrb=background,http://i360.photobucket.com/albums/oo48/elronia/VC%20Pics/CarlyTable.png][atrb=height,300][atrb=width,493][atrb=style,border:0 firebrick none,b,Table][scrolly:h(220),w(240),sy,as(padding:4px;margin-right:3px;margin-left:230px;margin-top:45px;margin-bottom:10px;color: #f4b0c6;)]Carly half-laughed when Lilah pointed out that she could have responded if she had shut up. Carly didn't think that she had talked that much but ... OK she should slow down on this ... what was it called again, amontillado right. As Lilah started to talk, Carly blinked ... OK that was news to her but then she probably shouldn't be surprised. Who did like getting hate glares all the time anyway ... probably some crazy person but- right pay attention. When Lilah went on to explain that she hadn't even kissed Lyall Carly blushed ... OK so what had she expected to hear ... whatever moving on next subject ... this was kinda awkward. Wait ... Lilah wasn't part of the knights ... but she was always hanging around and ... ugh whatever. As Lilah went on Carly found herself paying more and more attention to her glass rather than actually looking at the woman. She- owieurowieur @_@ just ... no Carly did not just hear that ... taking rather large sip of her drink (owieuroiweur DX why didn't she learn the first time), Carly tried to listen to Lilah but if she was going to continue to talk about Ly like that Carly was going to-. OK good, next subject ... something she could actually relate to~. Yeah it was fun to tease Ly~, his reactions were just so much fun and- ... oiuwe what this ... Lilah and she and- ... @_@. OK ... she hadn't heard that, there was no way she had just heard that ... or rather there was no way in hell that Carly was going to acknowledge what Lilah had just said. Yeah, sticking with the teasing subject please and thank you~ 8''DD. "Yeah, Ly's so much fun to tease~,"Carly replied easily before glancing at the time. Ohhey, Lexi should be off by now~, this'd be great~,"Speaking of teasing~ why don't we ask my sis if she can give us some of Ly's drunk stories since he can't remember any of them~. And I really don't have any ... that or we could try and get him wasted tonight~,"Carly said in a melodic voice before beginning to text Lexi to ask her what Lyall was like when drunk.[/scrolly]

[Admiral Striker General]

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[ Alex / Delilah ]

[scrolly:h(280),w(400),sy,as(margin:15px 5px 15px 30px;padding-right:10px;)]Alex sighed in relief as Lyall took her advice and headed off to chat with some of the other guys. For a moment, she just turned her stool back to its proper position facing the bar and lay her head facedown on her arms upon it, thinking perhaps she'd get a moment to rest. After all, she had been working since that afternoon, and on her leg even the shorter shift was more taxing than usual.

Unfortunately, she'd hardly been able to get out this thought when she heard Iris. Between some irritation at the timing and just being tired, the fact that this sherry was a bit stronger than her usual drink, and the actual content of the question, the words struck her pretty sour. Sighing as she sat back up, she turned to Iris with a small smile. "Because apparently Lyall thinks you're more qualified as his Second than an actual former Knight," she thought, but she wouldn't say that out loud. She'd been suppressing that since Iris joined them, and she could certainly keep doing so for---

........ FUCK she actually had said that hadn't she. x__x "Uh--- I mean-" Alex could have facewalled, but tried to stay calm. She.. was really glad that had been the first thing to come to mind rather than her theory that Iris had bought her position with her body. "That is-.. you'd have to ask him! --Not that.. I wouldn't keep you around, just.. Lyall'd know all the best reasons. Y'that's all." Wow Iris had already looked upset she really hoped she wasn't making this worse. She didn't always like her but she definitely did care about her and... bluh.

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Lilah chuckled at Carly's suggestion, still rather astonished at the girl's sudden transformation, but deciding not to question it too much. "I'd still say both sounds fun.." she murred. Thinking a bit more as she searched for further conversation, she suddenly thought, "Oh, have I met your other sister?" She.. almost felt like she had, but she couldn't really pin it at the moment for some reason. Maybe she'd just heard mention of her before tonight?

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Meanwhile, as Lyall chatted with a few of the guys, Mace and Mace looked over from their table at him, leaned in to say something to each other, and suddenly got up to make their way to the back door. Not many people seemed to notice, but even if they did wonder, they'd be answered soon enough. About a minute later, girl-Mace peeked back in the door and called to the table where Lancer, Venom, and the others were sitting, "Hey Lance~! Guess what~"

She grinned at them for just a moment at them to add suspense, then quickly moved to open the door for guy-Mace-- a very large man-- who was carrying a small TV with one arm and a.... was that a karaoke machine??? "Anyone call for some entertainment? |3" he asked rhetorically.

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[KARP KARP!]

[atrb=style,background-image:url(http://i682.photobucket.com/albums/vv181/SojiRem/irisposttable.png);][atrb=width, 497][atrb=height, 297][atrb=style,border:0 purple none,b,Table][scrolly:h(200),w(269),sy,as(padding:4px 0px 5px;margin-top:8px;margin-left:208px;color:#de86e2;)]...Ouch. Those words....they stung. And Iris was too busy feeling the slap in the face from them to hear Alex trying to cover it up. Clenching her teeth, the woman shakily made herself another drink. "You know, I once called you my brother," she said shakily, her voice almost a whisper as she took a sip. "Someone I could talk to; confide in. But...maybe that never changed. I'm nothing but one big screw-up, aren't I? Good for nothing. Well, at this rate...at this rate you may wanna go talk to any actual former Knights you think might be interested in my job...." She let out a sigh. "Maybe I should go. Brighten everyone's lives a bit...." Closing her purple eyes, she tilted the glass back, letting the liquid slide down her throat. The burning actually helped sooth her this time. But...were those...tears, running down Iris's face again? Setting the empty glass down, she turned towards the back door she'd entered from. Maybe she should just go now..."Maybe I'll get lucky and get hit by a bus on the way home..." [/scrolly]

[Jay]

[atrb=style,background-image:url(http://i682.photobucket.com/albums/vv181/SojiRem/Lyallposttable1.png);][atrb=width, 497][atrb=height, 297][atrb=style,border:0 blue none,b,Table][scrolly:h(210),w(230),sy,as(padding:4px 0px 5px;margin-top:48px;margin-left:260px;)]Ah yeah, he was definitely feeling better again. Lyall couldn't help but grin and chuckle as a few jokes were tossed around, and light humor replaced what he had been feeling just a few minutes ago. He hadn't even noticed the Maces leave, but the sudden call from the girl caused him to look over. The sight of the karaoke machine caused a sudden loud but light laugh to escape from Lyall. "Hell ya!" he called back holding up his drink in a toast to the machine, apparently. Suddenly setting down his drink, Lyall stood up and started over. "Anyone got any song requests?" was the sightly airy question. A few people mumbled, but Lyall didn't pay too much attention to the exact words. "Hey any songs from GIF on there?" he asked. Grass, Ice, and Fire were not a bad band after all~ Ok pretty fucking awesome~ Who was his favorite? Lyall'd never tell. Meanwhile, a text vibrated Carly's phone. 'I'm on my way!' the message read, and sure enough Alexis was out the door of her job and all but jogging -in heels somehow- down the street. [/scrolly]

[Maid Melody]

[atrb=background,http://i360.photobucket.com/albums/oo48/elronia/VC%20Pics/CarlyTable.png][atrb=height,300][atrb=width,493][atrb=style,border:0 firebrick none,b,Table][scrolly:h(220),w(240),sy,as(padding:4px;margin-right:3px;margin-left:230px;margin-top:45px;margin-bottom:10px;color: #f4b0c6;)]Carly laughed when Lilah said that both sounded fun and nodded,"I agree~. Ya know, on my 21st birthday I said that I'd never seen him drunk and Ly said I never would. We'll see about that now won't we~,"she said in a mischievous voice before hearing Lilah's question, "Hmm? Well ... you might have met her before, Lexi works here occasionally when she's not busy with her other job or school." Taking a sip of her drink, Carly fell silent not knowing what else to talk about when her phone vibrated. After reading the text Carly smiled and waved the phone at Lilah,"Well whatever the case, she's on her way and then we can see about embarrasssing ... I mean teasing Lyall more~,"Carly said before pocketing the phone moments before someone brought in a karaoke machine. Turning just in time to see Lyall make a toast to the machine Carly broke into a fit of giggles and shook her head. Wow ... this was just too good~, wait he was taking song requests oh yes~. "How about Friday Night!"Carly called out before giggling slightly at the image of Lyall actually singing the song,"Come on! I'll even sing it with ya~!"[/scrolly]

[Admiral Striker General]

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[ Alex / Delilah ]

[scrolly:h(280),w(400),sy,as(margin:15px 5px 15px 30px;padding-right:10px;)]At first as Iris started talking, Alex.. just had no clue what was even going on. She got that Iris was upset- she might have felt bad about earlier or just been stung she'd been scolded by Lyall, but probably both- but it was.. all sort of a confusing daze at the moment. At the words 'any actual former Knights' and such, Alex got legitimately mad for a second, stilling her tongue only because she doubted Iris in this state meant it quite as insulting as it came out. All the same, the more bitter side of her snapped, As if she doesn't know I meant me.

However, this was overpowered a bit when Iris mentioned going, and Alex again found herself in the state of 'wait what?' As the purple-haired woman turned, the brunette was pretty certain this was only the second, maybe third time she'd ever seen Iris cry. At mention of a bus as she moved off, Alex was finally snapped from her stupor with a string of random syllables escaping her mouth, and she jumped again from her stool as she had when Iris had fallen earlier... She was much less graceful this time.

Her crutch didn't land quite squarely, and with her injured leg lifted a bit and only half her weight on her good leg, she ended up stumbling and half-falling. "Fuck," she hissed. At the last moment, either incredible reflexes or sheer luck (probably the latter considering she was already feeling just a teeny bit tipsy) allowed her to reach out and grab the edge of the bar, managing a grip just long enough to shift her weight to another barstool, leaning over it more than anything.

Though her thoughts at the moment were more 'I almost died', Alex went with her secondary line this time. "Bitch, I swear I will hobble my crippled ass after you and beat you with this crutch if you don't stop talking like that. You're brash and kind of bitchy and you dress like a whore and for the love of God will you start wearing a bra more and if I have to watch you drooling over Lyall one more day I'm going to throw up. But as much as you make me want to shoot myself some days you're ours, dammit. And I'm not going to listen to you talk about hurting yourself and shit." All right she hadn't meant to say half of that, but no going back now. Fortunately, they were kind of away from everyone as it was, and most of the attention had presently been drawn to something or other that Alex really couldn't spare a glance for right now over in Lyall's direction. It was doubtful anyone had heard any of that, let alone the whole thing.

As Alex thought now on just what she'd said, she leered away slightly and added as a dry attempt at grim humor, "..Because having some sense beat into you is much better than getting hurt other ways, obviously." ...Yeah she should proooobably stop drinking if she was getting this bad after one glass. Obviously it was the alcohol and not just pent-up okay make it was both.

---

Ooh? "Huh." So Lexi worked there sometimes. Well, Lilah certainly counted herself a regular, especially for actually living out of town. She was in the capital often enough for shopping or business, though.. and admittedly, there were a few nights she'd come to the capital just to come to this bar. Sometimes the half-rate pubs in Evergreen just didn't cut it, and no one around home- at least that she'd met- seemed to be able to mix all her not-as-girly-as-they-looked drinks just right, let alone remember her favorites.

Ah, well it seemed she'd get to meet her anyway. ... :3 No offense, but she rather hoped this Lexi would be more like Lyall than Carly, heh.. Not that it mattered all that much. She could just do without more.. She actually thought of several different things, but 'more Carlys' really seemed pretty accurate. ..Though that would still be preferable to more Irises.

Remarkably, Delilah had actually been focusing on her conversation, if one could call it that, with her to the point of missing the whole thing going on across the room until Carly turned. Looking up now, she saw--- Oh my how did she miss him before? A man darker than her who made even Lyall look kind of scrawny (not that she'd ever complain about a build like Ly's, just this... this was an entirely different ballpark.. or sport altogether) was setting up a tv on one corner of the bar. It was the opposite one from where they'd been earlier (where Alex and Iris still were, completely ignored by Lilah at the moment), and cadi-corner from Lilah and Carly's table. This meant there wasn't a whole lot further apart that they could be while remaining in the same room; Carly had probably only heard Lyall because he'd gotten fairly loud, and/or perhaps because she was so attuned to his voice as his sibling. (Lilah honestly hadn't heard him, though she hadn't been paying much attention either.) ... |3 It also meant Lilah had minimal odds of getting caught staring.

Ooh, what was he doing now? Was-- oh no was that a karaoke machine? Suddenly losing a bit of interest, Lilah shrank back in her seat a bit. ..Oh, hey, suddenly she realized Carly had said something and now it made sense, all right. ...Heh. Well, that could be amusing. Oddly, intentionally horrible things, or those that weren't necessarily 'intentional' but were just obviously destined to fail, seemed slightly less embarrassing to her than solid efforts that just weren't quite up to par. Well, she'd see how it went..

---

As guy-Mace set up the final touches and tried to figure out what setting to put the TV on for this input to show up, girl-Mace giggled at Carly's outburst. "I think there's a G.I.F. or two in there," she answered Lyall. "But I like her suggestion!" The pale woman glanced over to her boyfriend, then, smiling for a moment before huffing a sigh and hurrying over. "No honey it goes-- here let me-"

Guy-Mace just stepped back and let her take over. It really didn't matter if he was twice her size- she was bigger than Carly, but not by much- and it really didn't matter how opposite-of-intimidating she looked- with her aurburn-brown hair done up pretty daintily, her slightly preppy clothes, and her thick black glasses. Guy-Mace knew when girl-Mace wanted to do something, it was really just better to get out of her way. ... That said, he had always been sort of a follower in general, but who was complaining? That just meant he served Lyall unquestioningly as well, and no one really seemed to have a problem with the biggest guy in most given rooms eager to help them instead of trying to take charge.

A few settings-adjustments later, and the little lady 'Knight' turned around with an accomplished grin. "There we go~" She brought Lyall the mic, and leaned toward him a bit proddingly. "Sooooo... Friday night..~?"

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[KARP KARP!]

[atrb=style,background-image:url(http://i682.photobucket.com/albums/vv181/SojiRem/irisposttable.png);][atrb=width, 497][atrb=height, 297][atrb=style,border:0 purple none,b,Table][scrolly:h(200),w(269),sy,as(padding:4px 0px 5px;margin-top:8px;margin-left:208px;color:#de86e2;)]Iris sort of flinched a little as Alex spoke, but she knew he was right. She wasn't exactly a great person, and yeah she did dress more than a little slutty. Sighing softly, she put her arm around Alex to go back and sit down. She stumbled a little, because, hey a tipsy woman trying to lead someone else who's tipsy....doesn't always bode well. "Actually, I think I sorta needed that. I'll probably always be a brash bitch, though. Though, I sorta take some sick pleasure in flaunting all this, only to tell those drooling over it that they can't have any." She looked over in Lilah's direction. "As for her...well...I can't stand her. I haven't even talked to her much but I'm sure I just don't like her. Though I've got this strong feeling that it goes both ways. It's not like I try to be a bitch, it just sorta....well it just happens. And Lyall...yeah. It's obvious I drool over him, but the way it looks, I probably have better odds of getting hit by that bus." The woman laughed dryly, moving to get another drink. But then she stopped cold, looking down, then at Alex, blinking. "Uh...Alex? What happened to my blouse?" [/scrolly]

[Jay]

[atrb=style,background-image:url(http://i682.photobucket.com/albums/vv181/SojiRem/Lyallposttable1.png);][atrb=width, 497][atrb=height, 297][atrb=style,border:0 blue none,b,Table][scrolly:h(210),w(230),sy,as(padding:4px 0px 5px;margin-top:48px;margin-left:260px;)]Lyall looked back at Carly as she shouted across the room, and for a brief moment, he raised his eyebrow and smirked a little. As girl-Mace gave an approval of the song, the blue haired man just chuckled. "Only if Carly sings with me!" he called back with a cheesy grin on his face. This was doomed for disaster, but at the moment, Lyall was having too much fun to care. Meanwhile, Alexis finally caught sight of the bar in the distance and ran that much faster. Stopping at the front to find the door closed, she sighed and quickly walked around through the back. Pushing the door open, the blue haired girl stared into the crowd of people rather quietly for a moment. [/scrolly]

[Maid Melody]

[atrb=background,http://i360.photobucket.com/albums/oo48/elronia/VC%20Pics/CarlyTable.png][atrb=height,300][atrb=width,493][atrb=style,border:0 firebrick none,b,Table][scrolly:h(220),w(240),sy,as(padding:4px;margin-right:3px;margin-left:230px;margin-top:45px;margin-bottom:10px;color: #f4b0c6;)]Carly laughed when she saw Lyall's reaction to her suggestion and all but leaped out of her chair when he said yes. "Didn't I just say I would?"Carly teased before finishing the rest of her drink (woieruwoier ... would she ever get used to that) and turning back to Lilah,"Wish me luck~,"she said brightly before giving a brief wave and going up to the front where Guy-Mace and Girl-Mace had set up the karaoke. Picking up a microphone, Carly turned to Lyall and winked at him,"Try to keep up~,"she teased just as Alexis walked into the bar. Catching sight of the movement, Carly beamed and waved,"Hey Lexi~!"Carly called out before realizing that the song had been set up by this time. "You first~,"Carly chimed as the familiar introduction of --- wait ... that wasn't the song she was expecting. Shit ... oh well~, at least she knew the song fairly well; not as well as Lady Antebellum true. No matter, this Katy Perry song was perfect for embarrassing Lyall anyway~.[/scrolly]

[Admiral Striker General]

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[ Alex / Delilah ]

[scrolly:h(280),w(400),sy,as(margin:15px 5px 15px 30px;padding-right:10px;)]Alex did her best to help Iris find a seat while keeping her own balance, then sat next to her. At this point, she was in slight awe that she'd managed to keep from dropping her crutch, let alone manage anything else.

She fought the urge to roll her eyes at Iris's logic behind flaunting. Maybe if you weren't advertising they wouldn't be drooling... Well, she had just admitted she was a bitch, so perhaps 'taunting' was a better word than 'flaunting'. Well, whatever. Yeah, yeah.. There was no secret Iris and what's-er-face, Lilah or whatever, didn't get along. Alex could understand the sentiment there, though she couldn't find it much in her to outright hate many people.

And great, she had to openly agree how hard she droo---what was this? Was... Was she considering giving up on him? Oh wow yeah she-- Alex was going to have to work on that. Just as she opened her mouth, though, Iris asked a question. The knight blinked in response, looking over Iris for a few moments. "...... You were wearing a blouse?" And the award for least-fashion-concerned female in the bar went to.... Not that anyone else would realize that.

About that time, the music started up, finally getting Alex's attention. As she looked over, a laugh escaped her which may or may not have sounded a little less than masculine. "Oh shit really?"

---

Delilah just watched and laughed lightly to herself as Carly rushed off. Dear gods that poor girl was the size of an Igglybuff. After a few moments, a more legitimate laugh escaped her as she wondered how she had even for a moment compared that bouncing flighty bubbly little thing to Faith.

When Carly called out to her sister, Lilah glanced the direction she'd looked and spotted the blue-haired girl in the door. Ah, all right. It was hard to say from here, but she thought she may have seen her waiting/busing tables once or twice before. Of course, she wouldn't have even been able to place where if she'd bumped into Lexi on the street rather than seeing her here.

Well, at any rate, she supposed it was time to enjoy the show. ...And as the music started... Lilah suddenly couldn't stop grinning at the realization that... it was currently a Friday night. And now the images of various people here dancing on the tables and such simply would not leave her mind.

---

Across the bar, both the Maces seemed to be thinking the same and had taken a seat, though at the bar where they could man the station now. Girl-Mace-- whose name was actually, perhaps ironically, Pepper-- was positively giddy and beaming as she waited for the first words to come up, eager to see how much Lance would ham it up. Guy-Mace-- whose name was actually Todd. ...Yes, Todd-- smiled and pretended he wasn't the slightest bit jealous of or threatened by the way Pepper looked at Lyall/Lance sometimes.

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[KARP KARP!]

[atrb=style,background-image:url(http://i682.photobucket.com/albums/vv181/SojiRem/irisposttable.png);][atrb=width, 497][atrb=height, 297][atrb=style,border:0 purple none,b,Table][scrolly:h(200),w(269),sy,as(padding:4px 0px 5px;margin-top:8px;margin-left:208px;color:#de86e2;)]"Yeah, I was," she answered, shrugging. "Oh well. And for the record...." The woman pulled the strap of her tank top away slightly and briefly enough to show a black bra strap. "I am wearing a bra tonight." She teasingly stuck out her tongue--wait what was THAT about? Well, Iris was an unpredictable drunk, and her mood swung faster than one could imagine. Then, the music hit, and Iris jumped, laughing as well. "Wow. Well, I'd have gone more for something like Night Daze or Locked on by GIF, but I ain't complaining." Iris smiled, looking over at Alex. "I never noticed your laugh before now, but it's cute. Anyways, it's a party. No need to sit around and whine to each other or listen about my problems, neh? Let's have a little fun~" Her eyes sort of twinkled as she grabbed for her fourth drink; yeah she should stop that soon. "You know, if you wouldn't mind hanging out or dancing with a bitch like me." The way Iris said the last line, one would think Iris was flirting, and not the obvious drooling she did over Ly. Though maybe Iris was just trying to loosen up and have a good time, and Alex just happened to be right there. Or maybe it was the alcohol talking. But it was probably both. [/scrolly]

[Jay]

[atrb=style,background-image:url(http://i682.photobucket.com/albums/vv181/SojiRem/Lyallposttable1.png);][atrb=width, 497][atrb=height, 297][atrb=style,border:0 blue none,b,Table][scrolly:h(210),w(230),sy,as(padding:4px 0px 5px;margin-top:48px;margin-left:260px;)]Lyall was about to break everyone's ear drums and no one even knew. Smirking at Carly, he simply nodded and then focused on the screen. Oblivious to all that was going on around him, he waited for the words to come. At hearing her name called, Alexis jumped a little before looking across the bar and offered Carly a wave and a smile.... Up until she caught sight of the machine and it clicked what was actually going to happen. Biting her lip slightly, she prayed Lyall wasn't too drunk already which he shouldn't have been since she was only... a half an hour...ok about forty-five minutes late? Lexi hadn't been keeping count and was now wishing she had. Slowly edging her way around, she ended up placing herself at one of the bar seats feeling, out of habit, a little awkward to actually be sitting at a bar. When she worked, she stood for the most part so... yeah... Lyall, meanwhile, suddenly broke into a horrendous Wookiee calling before actually reading off the words, displacing the tune, but at least matching the words. Alexis cringed and sweat dropped heavily. Oh ... oh sweet God.... [/scrolly]