Party? Party.

[misterbunny.livejournal.com]

So, the Bunny has gotten things set up for a nice little alcohol fueled party. There's an Ipod attached to a boombox for music, a nice cleared spot for dancing, some hijacked foods for eating, and, of course, the booze.

The Booze is laid out in row after row of wonderfully full bottles. It starts with the cheap stuff, and gets gradually better. But the good stuff, the long aged, good brewed, never tapped stuff, is in the five barrels the Bunny is currently sitting on. He's got a glass of cheap in front of him, just to start things off right.

"Ladies, gentlemen, and assorted creatures! I give you, booze! But, I am not one to give things away for free. And money ain't worth shit no more. So, instead I ask of you, a simple thing. A joke, a toast, a tale or a song, any two of these, and you can drink all night. All four, and we crack open the casks. Lay on!"

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[ineveryport.livejournal.com]

"Well as ever," Jack says, returning the grin cheerfully. "Jack Hollins is me."

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[angela-edmunds.livejournal.com]

"Angela Edmunds. How long you been here?"

Grammar says bye bye when she's tipsy.

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[ineveryport.livejournal.com]

"I returned not two hours ago," Jack replies. "I've been putting in port at the farm for some moons now."

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[angela-edmunds.livejournal.com]

"Yeah? I just got here...oh man, must be about a month ago by now. Maybe just seems longer."

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[ineveryport.livejournal.com]

"And how like you this place?" Jack asks, and the general joviality may hint at a little concern.

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[angela-edmunds.livejournal.com]

She shrugs. "It's nice enough. Good people. But I miss home a bit."


Way more than a bit, actually.

Re: Drinking!

[ineveryport.livejournal.com]

"Aye," Jack says, understanding completely. "Family, loved ones?"

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[angela-edmunds.livejournal.com]

"Yep. Mother, father, brother. They must be climbing the walls about now."

Must have been since about an hour after she was supposed to be home, actually. She drinks for a while.

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[ineveryport.livejournal.com]

Jack bows his head, and lifts his drink in a toast for them.

"I dare not think of the trouble my crew are getting into without my sage advice."

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[angela-edmunds.livejournal.com]

Angela raises her glass as well and smiles. "Well, at least we'll know we're missed."

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[ineveryport.livejournal.com]

"Aye," Jack agrees, and for some reason he smiles when he says, "as long as they last."

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[angela-edmunds.livejournal.com]

Angela looks a bit confused. "Hmm? What do you mean by that?"

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[ineveryport.livejournal.com]

"I mean my mates are lost without their compass," Jack says cheerfully. "And that's me."

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[angela-edmunds.livejournal.com]

"Oh," she says, grinning. "I'm nobody's compass. So my family should get along just fine."

She's only half-joking. She knows it probably isn't true, either.

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[ineveryport.livejournal.com]

Jack knows that as well. He also doesn't want to get too depressing about it.

"Their loss is to our benefit, I'd say."

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[angela-edmunds.livejournal.com]

"Yeah," she says, keeping the grin. "So...what'd you do on your world? Sailor?"

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[ineveryport.livejournal.com]

"Oh aye," Jack confirms. "The Alethea was my ship. LeFevre my captain."

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[angela-edmunds.livejournal.com]

"I...don't think I've ever been on a boat--not a big one anyway--before."

She's paused in her drinking. This is a very good thing, actually.

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[ineveryport.livejournal.com]

Jack will let that happen. He's distracted by boat talk.

"Nothing like it," he says firmly. "The freedom of the open sea, no laws except that of nature herself. It's the greatest thing in life."

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[angela-edmunds.livejournal.com]

"I used to feel like that when I was surfing. Even if the ride didn't last very long mostly."

Unless she was doing very well.

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[ineveryport.livejournal.com]

"Aye, something like that," Jack agrees. "It's the travelling, too."

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[angela-edmunds.livejournal.com]

"Where have you been? That's...assuming you're from any world that I recognize, of course."

She grins. She keeps forgetting that not everyone is from the same place.

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[ineveryport.livejournal.com]

"Nay, you won't recognise the places," Jack says. "I was born in Brythony, spent most of my adult life sailing the Pelagics."

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[angela-edmunds.livejournal.com]

"Nope, I don't recognize that. You must miss it, being here."

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[ineveryport.livejournal.com]

"Nay, not a beat," Jack contradicts, happily. "Miss my mates, of course. Will always miss people who I travelled with. The wheres mattered not a drop to me, ever."