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collects_ears ([personal profile] collects_ears) wrote in [community profile] milliways_bar2006-01-09 08:58 pm
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Happy Hour

Whistling to himself, George slips behind the bar.

After being gone several days, it feels good to be back.

He glances at the specials board, makes a couple of quick additions then announces:

"Tonight's drinks are Oasis, Opal Cocktail, Orlando Amethyst, The Other Half.."

"What'll it be?
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[personal profile] badinlatin 2006-01-10 08:05 pm (UTC)(link)
"1933. I'm a bit fuzzy on the whole Earth History bit, though I always liked cars."

Mal = Geek, apparently.

"Won't find a lot o' things lookin' like your cars in my time."

[identity profile] jackdriscoll.livejournal.com 2006-01-10 08:07 pm (UTC)(link)
"It would be hard to get a car into a space ship, wouldn't it?"
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[personal profile] badinlatin 2006-01-10 08:12 pm (UTC)(link)
"Not necessarily - some liners are about a thousand feet long."

Mal handwaves the subject entirely, changing topics with, "What about you? What do you do?"

[identity profile] jackdriscoll.livejournal.com 2006-01-10 08:12 pm (UTC)(link)
"I'm a writer," he replies. Slightly dissapointed he switched the topic.
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[personal profile] badinlatin 2006-01-10 08:15 pm (UTC)(link)
"Sounds interestin'. Novels, or newspapers...?"

[identity profile] jackdriscoll.livejournal.com 2006-01-10 08:15 pm (UTC)(link)
"Plays."

Sometimes short stories, too.
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[personal profile] badinlatin 2006-01-10 08:18 pm (UTC)(link)
"Oh." Somewhat flat. "Don't know too much 'bout plays and all. They're kind o' boring in my time - Chinese plays are bizarre, wi' like...drums and things. Hope yours are more entertaining."

[identity profile] jackdriscoll.livejournal.com 2006-01-10 08:19 pm (UTC)(link)
"They are," he says curtly.
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[personal profile] badinlatin 2006-01-10 08:26 pm (UTC)(link)
"Sounds good - maybe you'll let me read 'em sometime?"

[identity profile] jackdriscoll.livejournal.com 2006-01-10 08:27 pm (UTC)(link)
"Ask the bar for one. I don't have any on me."
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[personal profile] badinlatin 2006-01-10 08:30 pm (UTC)(link)
"I'll do that. And if you ever need any good ideas, 2519's got a lot of 'em, story-wise."

[identity profile] jackdriscoll.livejournal.com 2006-01-10 08:32 pm (UTC)(link)
He smirks wryly. "Audiences in 1933 would not exactly flock to see a play set in on a spaceship in 2519. That's not what I write about, anyway. I don't exactly dabble in the extraordinary."

Unless Carl makes him.
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[personal profile] badinlatin 2006-01-10 08:33 pm (UTC)(link)
"That is quite a shame, I think. What do you write about? What's the popular themes where you're from?"

[identity profile] jackdriscoll.livejournal.com 2006-01-10 08:37 pm (UTC)(link)
"I write about the common people. Cinema likes to show fiction; I prefer to show the truth."
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[personal profile] badinlatin 2006-01-10 08:39 pm (UTC)(link)
"I can see where that might get problematic, writin' about my truth in your time. Your world probably won't see spaceships for a good long while, yet."

[identity profile] jackdriscoll.livejournal.com 2006-01-10 08:42 pm (UTC)(link)
He shakes his head. "It's only a theoretical possibility at this point. The work of science fiction."
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[personal profile] badinlatin 2006-01-10 08:43 pm (UTC)(link)
Mal almost laughs. "That's me - livin' in a world o' science fiction."

Mun: Hahehehe. Heh.

"Well, I'm gonna let you get back to your drink. Thanks for talkin' with me - you need help 'round here, drop me a line, dong ma?"

[identity profile] jackdriscoll.livejournal.com 2006-01-10 08:47 pm (UTC)(link)
He nods. "Certainly. I'll see you around."
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